On Laws & their Applications for Sustainable Development (3rd Intl. Symp.)


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This major symposium is in honor of the distinguished work and lifetime achievements of Hunter T. Carter, an esteemed international arbitrator, litigator, and international human rights advocate. He has been consistently recognized as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in Latin America” by Latinvex and is a multiple award-winning advocate for the LGBTI+ community who notably fought to help secure marriage equality in Latin America.

Carter is a graduate of the University of Virginia (UVA) where he earned his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Relations and French Literature and his Juris Doctorate (JD) from UVA’s School of Law, where he was elected to the editorial board of the Virginia Journal of International Law. He also previously earned a Certificat d'aptitude (CAP) in French language from the Université Catholique de l'Ouest (UCO) in Angers, France. Following a brief stint at as a litigation associate at a global firm in Washington, DC, he joined the US-based law firm Arent Fox, now known as ArentFox Schiff, where he has spent over 30 years building a strong and reputable litigation and international arbitration practice. Today, Carter serves as a co-leader of the firm’s international group, known as AFSInternational, where he keeps his finger on the pulse of international business with a focus on Latin America.

A vigorous advocate and sophisticated strategist with widely varied experience, Carter has served as a trial lawyer in federal and state trial and appellate courts in the United States and has also led cases in foreign and domestic arbitration, including serving as an arbitrator appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). He also leads domestic and international internal corporate investigations with a specialty handling anti-corruption related investigations for multinational corporations. A recognized leader in the field, he often instructs corporate clients on global compliance.

Carter has represented organizations and individuals throughout South and Central America, as well as Europe and the United States, and is fully fluent in Spanish. His clients span a diverse range of industries, including agriculture, aircraft leasing, equipment manufacturing, financial and legal services, food and beverage, health care, intellectual property development and licensing, media and entertainment, oilfield services, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and telecommunications, among others.

Of special note, Carter has tried a case involving torture against Chile in the Inter-American Court on Human Rights, has represented the people of Easter Island on international cultural property rights, and has had significant accomplishments advocating for marriage equality. Carter addressed the full Colombian Senate when it debated marriage equality – where Hunter and his husband were ultimately the first foreign-married same-sex couple to register a civil marriage under Colombian law. Carter has argued at the Inter-American Commission repeatedly on the subject. Since 2012, Carter, in collaboration with famed Chilean human rights lawyer Ciro Colombara, has served as co-counsel for Chilean LGBT advocacy group Movimiento para la Liberación Homosexual (MOVILH) in denouncing the Chilean government for denying three same-sex couples civil marriages. MOVILH filed a complaint at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, part of the Organization of American States in Washington, DC. Along the way, Carter and Colombara created AMAmericas, the Alliance for Marriage in the Americas. AMAmericas is an informal group of pro bono lawyers who have partnered with local leaders to support cases against Mexico in the Inter-American Commission, against Panama in its Supreme Court, and against Colombia and Peru, among others.

Outside of his legal practice at ArentFox Schiff, Carter is a respected leader in the global legal and political community. He serves as a founding board and executive member of Global Americans, an innovative Latin America-focused think tank. He was elected to serve on the New York City Bar’s Council on International Affairs and is a longtime member of its Committee for the Vance Center for International Justice, which promotes pro bono thoughout Latin America and Africa. He has chaired the New York City Bar Committee on Inter-American Affairs and served two terms as a member of the New York State Bar Ethics Committee, as chair of the ethics committee of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, and as the ethics partner for the firm's New York office. He periodically teaches at Latin American law schools and at conferences on anti-corruption compliance, international arbitration, human rights litigation, and lawyer ethics.

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS
A round table discussion open to everyone interested will be organized at a specific date and time during the symposium. It will be a platform for high level representatives of various industries, technologies, and academic disciplines to freely discuss and debate all topics of this symposium, and identify positive and efficient pathways towards sustainability in industrial practices, technologies, and research.

You are cordially invited to actively participate in this symposium by submitting and presenting a paper, or by attending the round table. We look forward to meeting you in Panama, December 2023.

CHAIRS

Dr. Florian Kongoli
CEO/President
FLOGEN Technologies
Canada, [Bio]

BIO of Florian Kongoli

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Dr. Florian Kongoli holds 3 degrees: a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science/University of Montreal, Canada and a Doctor of Science Degree/Tohoku University, Japan. Since 1996 he is CEO of FLOGEN Technologies Inc.,(www.flogen.com) a Sustainable High Tech applied research institute
incorporated in Canada and USA that today have offices and representations in more than 15 Countries around the the world while carrying out high tech projects in more than 40 countries.
Since 2007 he is Chairman of FLOGEN STAR OUTREACH (www.flogen.org), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to (1) achieving sustainability through science and technology, (2) raising the profile of science and engineering in the society and (3) properly honoring scientists and engineers.
Since 2003 Dr Kongoli has been President of the Organizing Committee of the Sustainable Industrial Processing Summits (SIPS) held every year in several countries around the world with an average participation of 500 authors from academia, industry, government and the entrepreneurship world representing an average of 80 countries.
Dr Kongoli has about 25 years of rich scientific and applied technology experience through direct involvement in numerous invited engagements in all continents. He has managed, involved, or actively participated in about 200 projects, 40 types of reactors, 10 industries, in 45 countries and in 6 continents. Dr. Kongoli has published 113 books and more than 200 scientific articles. He has delivered in numerous countries around the world about 220 plenary, keynote and invited presentations as well as articles, technical reports and research presentations. He has served in many leadership positions in national and international organizations and in many Professional Award Councils such as the Industrial Achievement Award Committee of International Federation of Automatic Control. He is Editorial Board member of several International Journals.
He is an elected Honorary Member of the Lorraine Academy of Sciences and Elected Member of Euro Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded in 2017 the title "The Environmental Tech CEO of the year 2017" by CEO-Monthly UK magazine. He was awarded Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of his contribution toward sustainable development through FLOGEN Sustainability Framework by Tomas Bata University in Zlin (Czech Republic)/Faculty of Applied Informatics. He is honorary Citizen of Rio de Janeiro and Laureate of Gold Medal of the City of Nancy, France. In 2022 he was honored by the Congressman elect of Rio de Janeiro State, Alan Lopes, who will propose to the State Congress to adopt FLOGEN Sustainability Framework developed by Dr. Florian Kongoli in the state law for evaluating any proposed public or private project in the state. Also, in 2022 he was invited to give the Opening Sustainability Plenary Lecture at the United Nation Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 February 2022 about FLOGEN Sustainability Framework at the International Year of Glass 2022.
He has participated in business and government delegations in numerous countries accompanying Prime Ministers, Ministers and other government officials.
A more detailed biography can be found at: http://www.flogen.com/elt/pdf/Kongoli_Short-CV.pdf

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Dr. Malcolm McNeil
Attorney at Law
ArentFox Schiff LLP
USA, [Bio]

BIO of Malcolm McNeil

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Malcolm McNeil received an Arts Degree from Los Angeles city College, a Bachelor degree in management and administration from Antioch University and his juris doctor degree from Loyola Law school, Los Angeles. After passing the bar, McNeil opened his own law office focused on commercial matters and regulatory offenses matters brought by state and federal agencies.
McNeil has also been the chair of the international section of the Los Angeles county bar association. He has held a variety of positions with the American Bar Association including the chair of the China committee, vice chair of the Asia-Pacific committee, Vice chair of the international mediation committee, and liaison between the bar associations.
McNeil currently practices law as the international co-leader of the Arent Fox law firm. He is licensed to practice law in California and Washington DC. He is also admitted to the United States District Court for the northern, eastern, Central and Southern District of California, to the US Court of Appeals for the fifth and ninth circuit’s; the United States court of international trade (CIT) and the United States Supreme Court.
McNeil has been an adjunct professor for the University of Laverne School of Law.
Malcolm’s practice has included representation of clients in most forums, including a range of administrative forums, statewide and nationally. Known for his leadership and accomplishments, particularly for clients with business interests in China, Malcolm is a panel member on the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration in the Beijing International Arbitration Commission. Malcolm also serves as the co-chair of Arent Fox's International Group.

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Dr. Migen Dibra
Attorney at Law
Migen Dibra Law Office
Canada, [Bio]

BIO of Migen Dibra

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Attorney Migen Dibra holds four degrees: a Bachelor of Law (LL.B.), a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Master of Law (LL.M.), and a Ph.D. in Law (LL.D.) all with excellent results (Dean's List) from the Faculty of Law, the University of Montreal. She specialized equally in Civil and North American Common Law and has been awarded the Montreal Bar Award for Excellence in Civil Law.
Attorney Migen Dibra has a rich working experience in the Quebec Court of Appeal, the highest Court in the Province of Quebec, Canada, where she has worked directly for some of its most renowned judges dealing with various legal issues and in various legal domains and has received high evaluations by these judges. She has also been highly evaluated by renowned law figures in civil and constitutional law.
She has published several legal articles in highly esteemed peer-reviewed legal journals both in English and in French. She has given numerous valuable contributions in several jurisdictions and countries around the world in cooperation with local lawyers and government bodies. Through this extensive work, she has gained a reputation for exceptional work.
A highlight of Attorney Migen Dibra, among her special competencies in civil and corporate law, is her valuable extensive contribution in comparative labor laws and legal framework in Canada, Quebec, European Union, and the United Kingdom
Her ability to provide legal advice and guidance as well as litigation in many languages including English and French makes her an acclaimed lawyer in the legal community. Actually, she is the principal of Migen Dibra Law Office (www.migenlaw.com)

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Mr. Matthew Nolan
Attorney at Law
ArentFox Schiff LLP
USA, [Bio]

BIO of Matthew Nolan

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Matt has worked extensively for multiple clients on steel trade dispute issues involving antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguards, and the recent 232 investigations. His work includes representing companies and governments in dispute proceedings, and organizing advocacy efforts before government agencies and Congress. He has worked for clients in Canada and Mexico (for both government and private sector clients) on issues related to NAFTA and WTO disputes. He has worked for major US and foreign corporations on export control and sanctions matters; section 301 investigations; customs audits and focused assessments; NAFTA verification audits by US, Mexican, and Canadian authorities; civil and criminal investigations on export, import, and FCPA issues; development, implementation, and audits of internal compliance programs; and advising on trade policy initiatives. He has also worked with companies in a range of industries, including softwood lumber, steel, oil exploration and production, chemical products, beverage and snack foods, life sciences, computer electronics, defense, airlines, textiles, tobacco, banking, telecommunications, and insurance.

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Dr. Edna Selloriquez Pana
Attorney at Law, President and CEO
Tat Filipinas Golf Club
Philippines

Mr. Daniel Shanley
Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
USA, [Bio]

BIO of Daniel Shanley

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Daniel focuses his practice on electro-mechanical patent matters.
His practice includes preparing and prosecuting U.S., P.C.T. and foreign utility and design patent applications; patent office post-grant proceedings; strategic counseling and due diligence; managing complex patent prosecution dockets; conducting studies of patent validity and infringement; performing freedom-to-operate studies; and assisting with intellectual property licensing and litigation. He has expertise in a variety of fields, including automotive, medical devices, oil and gas, electronics, marine engines, turbines and consumer products. Daniel’s clients include Toyota, NICHIA, ExxonMobil, Ingenious Designs (IDL), VF Corporation, and a large financial services corporation, among others.
Daniel’s prior experience includes working as an electro-mechanical engineer for the Department of the Navy, serving as an officer in the United States Naval Reserve, and, while attending law school, working as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the mechanical arts.

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Dr. Barbora Jedlickova
Senior Lecturer
TC Beirne School of Law, The U. of Queensland
Australia, [Bio]

BIO of Barbora Jedlickova

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Barbora Jedlickova is a Senior Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. She specialises in competition law, with principal research interests in competition-law theories, competition law in the digital economy and comparative competition law. She has published extensively both nationally and internationally. She is a member of a number of national and international associations. Barbora’s research has focused on various topics including cartels, exclusionary conduct, vertical restraints, bargaining power, and economic and jurisprudential theories and arguments in competition law. Her research also includes the analysis of specific markets with distinctive issues, such various digital markets, the grocery retail market, the pharmaceutical market and the telecommunications market.
In the principal areas of her work, her focus has been aimed at enriching and challenging existing theories and introducing new ways of thinking which would better fit the digital economy we live in and which would better serve social justice and a prosperous, sustainable economy. For instance, she has been referring to and applying bargaining power when analysing vertical restraints, arguing for the recognition of bargaining power in connection with vertical restraints and abuse of ‘market’ power in competition law and policy. She is also interested in jurisprudential theories that could assist competition law. There is a scholarship gap in jurisprudential theories, which are needed (in addition to economic theories) to address various competition-law issues and better conceptualise competition law and its specific areas. She has been interested in both the deontological and consequentialist approaches to competition law and she has been exploring these in individual and collaborative projects.
Barbora holds degrees from the University of Glasgow in the UK (PhD in Law, 2012; and LL.M. with Commendation in International Competition Law and Policy, 2007) and from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic (2004).
Dr Barbora Jedlickova - Law School - University of Queensland (uq.edu.au)

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Dr. Yoshihisa Hayakawa
Professor
Rikkyo U.
Japan, [Bio]

BIO of Yoshihisa Hayakawa

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Yoshihisa Hayakawa serves as a professor of law at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. He also teaches and researches in a number of foreign universities including Columbia University, Cornell University, QM College of University of London and Australian National University. He also serves as a partner at Uryu & Itoga, Tokyo. He serves as a counsel in many cases of transnational litigation and international commercial arbitration as well as serving as an arbitrator in many arbitration cases. He also serves as a representative from Japan for a number of inter-governmental organizations including UNCITRAL, APEC and Hague Conference on PIL. And he serves as President of Japan National Committee of UIA, Japanese Member for Commission on Arbitration and ADR of ICC and Japanese Member of Users Council of SIAC.

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