Anticipating Dissension:

When Legal Frameworks, U.S. Commerce and Foreign Markets Intersect 

George Watts Hill Alumni Center

January 27, 2012

Tentative Agenda

Registration & Breakfast
8:00 a.m.-8:40 a.m.

Welcome & Introduction
8:45 a.m.-9:25 a.m.
Laura N. Gasaway
                Paul B. Eaton Distinguished Professor of Law
                University of North Carolina School of Law

Panel: International Dispute Resolution
9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
Moderator:
Mary U. Musacchia
                Managing Director & C.L.O.
                Center for Board Excellence
Panelists:
Anthony Biller
                Attorney
                Coats & Bennett, P.L.L.C
Ethan Berghoff
                Partner
                Baker & McKenzie L.L.P.   
Timothy Holbrook
                Professor of Law
                Emory University
Peter  Rutledge
                Professor of Law
                University of Georgia

Panel: Disputes Arising from Arbitration Awards Abroad
11:05 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.

Lunch
12:30p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker
Nicholas Didow Jr.
                Associate Professor of Marketing
                University of North Carolina Kenan-Flager Business School
Panel: Tension Produced by Trademark Law Internationally 
1:40 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Moderator:
Deborah Gerhardt
                Assistant Professor of Law
                University of North Carolina School of Law
Panelists:
Trevor Schmidt         
                Associate Attorney
                Moore & Van Allen P.L.L.C.
Marshall Leaffer        
                Distinguished Scholar in Intellectual Property Law and University Fellow
                Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Jay Kesan
                Professor of Law
                University of Illinois School of Law

Coffee Break
3:05 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Panel: Direct Investment & Franchising in an International Setting
3:15p.m.-4:40 p.m.

Closing Remarks
4:45 p.m.