Events

The Annual MAA Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference: Globalization versus Regionalization

Conference in Honour of Peter Schlechtriem (1933-2007)
18 March 2012 – Hong Kong SAR

This year's conference focuses on ‘Globalization versus Regionalization’ and aims to discuss issues pertaining to regional versus global harmonization of trade law, with the focus on developments in the Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and elsewhere.

The Annual MAA Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference: Globalization versus Regionalization is hosted by the City University of Hong Kong and organized by the Moot Alumni Association (MAA) with the support of UNCITRAL. The MAA, founded in 1996, is the alumni association of the Willem C. Vis Moot. With an 800-strong membership, the MAA is comprised of students as well as distinguished academics and practitioners, and internationally-renowned arbitrators and practitioners. The MAA is actively involved in reducing barriers to trade through a number of its projects, including the publication of the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, facilitating internships and employment related to these areas of law, a case translation program and collaboration with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace Law School.

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