Also this year I will be pleased and honored to participate to Alberto Alemanno‘s Summer Academy, leading a panel about food fraud prevention and challenges faced by official controls when it comes to imported goods: a brief comparative analysis on different systems will be also developed (EU, US, China).
As usual I suggest to any practicioner involved in the food system to attend, due to the invaluable heritage of knowledge and contacts you can gain in just 5 days.
The Summer Academy in Global Food Law & Policy, directed by the excellent friend and Professor Alberto Alemanno, is an established one-week summer programme that brings together practitioners, policymakers, industry representatives and leading academics working in the field of food law and policy. It offers intensive training on the most innovative developments in global food regulation and provides a unique opportunity for professional development and networking in an informal and inter-disciplinary setting. By talking, studying and interacting with food experts from all over the world, participants are able to gain new perspectives into both their own sectors and international regulatory issues. This is achieved by combining traditional classroom instruction with experiential learning opportunities offered by dedicated and distinguished international experts.
The Academy will take place from Monday, 18 July, to Friday, 22 July, 2016 in Bilbao, Spain. The choice of this vibrant city will enable participants to benefit from the world renowned Basque cuisine, its privileged geographical location between the Atlantic sea and the Rioja region, as well as its distinctive architectural landscapes (with the Guggenheim Museum, Norman Foster’s Undergroud, the towers by Arata Isozaki and César Pelli and the Calatrava’s airport).
This edition´s keynote speaker will be Professor Marion Nestle, award-winning author of Food Politics and of the newly published Soda Politics, from New York University.
Key Note address Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and winning)
Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University
Mega-Regional Trade Agreements as New Sources of International Food Law
Marsha Echols, Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law, Director of The World Food Law Institute
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: What is at Stake?
Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law at HEC Paris and Global Clinical Professor of Law at NYU School of Law
The Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Implications for Food Safety Governance
Ching-Fu Lin, National Tsing hua University, Taiwan
What Role for the Law in the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases? Focus on the Obesity Challenge
Oscar Cabrera, Executive Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
Ilaria Passarani, Head of the Food and Health Department at BEUC – The European Consumer Organisation
Evaluating the Impact of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the Agri-Food Sector
Kirsteen Shields, Lecturer at the School of Law at University of Dundee
Think Outside the Juicebox: A Commercial Litigation Strategy to Temper the Effects of Food Advertising Targeting Children
Esther Trakinski, New York University
Food Frauds and the Global Food Safety Import Challenges: a Comparative Perspective of EU, US and Chinese Official Controls on the Market
Cesare Varallo, Food lawyer and founder of foodlawlatest.com
Francesco Montanari, Food lawyer and Senior Associate at Arcadia International
Nudging for Good: Towards a New Form of Corporate Social Responsibility?
Francesco Tramontin, AIM
The Role of Taxation and Economic Incentives in NCD prevention: The Case of Sugar Taxes and Minimum Price for Alcohol Unit
Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law at HEC Paris and Global Clinical Professor of Law at NYU School of Law
And many more sessions and speakers to be announced.
Hope to see you there and have a enjoyable and fruitful week together!
In case you want to know more about the experience, feel free to contact me (foodlawlatest@gmail.com or 00393495275567) or write directly to summeracademy@albertoalemanno.eu.
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