12:00 Registration & Refreshments
12:15 Welcome & Introduction
José Caroço, Consul General of Portugal & Vivien Schmidt, Center for the Study of Europe
12:30 Keynote Address
Ambassador David O’Sullivan—Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership in the Context of Strategic Transatlantic Relations
1:00 Panel I: Geopolitical and Broader Context of TTIP
Tereza Novotna, Free University of Brussels—EU Institutions, Member States & TTIP Negotiations: The Balance of Power Roberto Dominguez, Suffolk University—Implications of TTIP for the Wider World: Views from Latin America
2:30 Panel II: Trade Implications, Sectors & Issues
Michelle Egan, American University—Reframing Regulatory Cooperation under TTIP
Fernanda Nicola, American University—Transformative ISDS: The Constitutional Dimension of Investor-State Arbitration Kaija Schilde, Boston University—Possibilities for and Challenges to Defense Markets
3:45 Discussion
Daniela Caruso, Boston University School of Law & Vivien Schmidt, Center for the Study of Europe
4:15 Networking Reception
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Keynote Address
David O'Sullivan, Head of EU Delegation to the United States
