Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
A Journal of the University of Iowa College of Law
February 24, 2012
Levitt Auditorium, Boyd Law Building
The University of Iowa College of Law
Schedule of Proceedings
Friday, February 24th, 2012
Sign in & Registration
Main Lobby
Boyd Law Building
8:30–9:00 a.m.
Poster Presentation provided by the University of Iowa Center for International Finance and Development & Breakfast
Main Lobby
Boyd Law Building
9:00–10:00 a.m.
Introduction and Welcome
Enrique Carrasco, Guest Editor & Dean Gail Agrawal, The University of Iowa College of Law
Levitt Auditorium
Boyd Law Building
10:00–10:15 a.m.
Panel I. Why Did the Crisis Arise and What is Being Done About It?
Moderated by Alexander Somek, The University of Iowa College of Law
Levitt Auditorium
Boyd Law Building
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
- Professor Caroline M. Bradley
University of Miami School of Law
“The EU from Global Financial Crisis to Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Role of the European Central Bank”
- Aldo Caliari
Director of the Rethinking Bretton Woods Project
“Debt Restructuring & Cross-border Bank Resolution: Their Place & Features in a Viable European Financial Structure”
- Harold Rocha
Former University of Iowa Faculty Fellow
“In Eurozone, the Core of the Problem is not the Periphery: The Spanish Perspective”
- Professor W. Mark C. Weidemaier
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
“Producing Change in Sovereign Lending Practices”
Lunch
Boyd Law Building
12:30–1:00 p.m.
Roundtable with All Panelists
Moderated by Enrique Carrasco, The University of Iowa College of Law
Levitt Auditorium
Boyd Law Building
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
Lobby
Boyd Law Building
2:00–2:15 p.m.
Panel II. The Future of the EMU: Post-Crisis Reform
Moderated by Andy Grewal, The University of Iowa College of Law
Levitt Auditorium
Boyd Law Building
2:15–3:45 p.m.
- Professor Adam Feibelman
Tulane University Law School
“European Monetary Union & the Future of International Monetary Law”
- Professor Christoph Henkel
Mississippi College School of Law
“The Importance of Harmonizing European Bank Insolvency Regimes to Avoid Future Debt Crisis in the European Union”
- Badr Zerhdoud
University of Geneva
“The European Sovereign Debt Crisis or the Call for a Federal European Government as the Adequate Tool in a Financial Turmoil”
Closing Remarks
Levitt Auditorium
Boyd Law Building
3:45–4:00 p.m.
- Heidi Loch
Editor in Chief, Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
Banquet with panelists, TLCP staff, UICIFD staff, and faculty
By invitation only
5:30 p.m.