Time

Topics

Speakers

8:50-9:00

Opening Remarks:

Ming-yan Shieh (謝銘洋), Dean, National Taiwan University College of Law

Dr. Donald TF Shang (商東福), MD, Director, Office of International Cooperation, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Session 1

9:00-10:50

Health Development Agenda and Global Governance

Chair: Tung-Liang Chiang (江東亮)

1.       

Rights rhetoric in the post-2015 health development agenda: Interrogating the role of the right to health in advancing global health equity

Lisa Forman, Lupina Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health;

Director, Comparative Program on Health and Society, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

2.       

Global Health Governance Mechanism in Transition: National Interest v.s. Global Public Interest

Stuart O.B., University Lecturer, International Institute Of Health Law, Nanfang Medical University, the People’s Republic of China

3.       

Challenges for global disease governance arising from natural disasters and possible solutions

Huei-ying Shiu (許慧瑩), Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Institute of National Development, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University

10:50-11:10

Tea Break and Group Photos

Session 2

11:10-13:00

Effective Control of Infectious Disease

Chair: Laura Nielsen

4.       

The Legal Characterization of SMTAs in Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework

Feng-jen Tsai (蔡奉真), Assistant Professor, Master Program of Global Health and Development, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

5.       

Beyond the End of AIDS Exceptionalism: Rethinking HIV Screening Policy and Individuals’ Rights in Taiwan

Shin-Rou Lin (林欣柔), Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management Chung Gang University, Taiwan

6.       

Accessibility to Vaccines and Intellectual Property Rights: Conflict and Resolution

Su-Hua Lee (李素華), Associate Professor, College of Law, National Taipei University, Taiwan

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break

Session 3

14:00-17:00

(with 20 minutes tea break)

Global Control of Chronic Diseases, Food Safety and Health Technology

Chair: Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜),

7.       

Soft Law and Hard Law Approaches for International Control of Chronic Diseases

Chang-fa Lo (羅昌發), Justice, Constitutional Court, Taiwan, ROC; Professor, NTU College of Law

8.       

Chronic Diseases and Co-Responsibility: the Case of Obesity

Harald Schmidt, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

9.       

When Divergence Converges: An Analysis of EU and US Food Safety Regulatory Interactions

Ching-Fu Lin (林勤富), S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School

10.    

Where to draw the line – Regulating Therapeutic Nanotechnology

Michael Lupton, Professor (Bond)

Emeritus Professor (Natal), Faculty of Law

Bond University

2 October 2013      

Session 4

9:00-10:50

Pharmaceutical Policy, Public Health and International Agreements

Chair: Mei-ling Hsiao(蕭美玲)

11.  

Pharmaceutical Policy and Lawmaking from Public Health, Intellectual Property and Economic Development Perspectives: A Case-Study of Data Exclusivity  

Bryan Mercurio, Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Daria Kim, Senior Researcher, Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

12.  

Eli Lilly’s Expropriation Challenge against Canada for Pharmaceutical Patent Invalidation: Inter-Mingling TRIPS with Investment Disputes?

Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜), Professor, NTU College of Law; Director, ACWH.

13.  

Controversy over U.S. Tobacco Proposal in Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiation and Ways Forward

Pei-kan Yang (楊培侃), Associate Professor, Department of International Business, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

10:50-11:00

Tea Break

Session 5

11:00-12:20

WTO and Related Human & Animal Health and Environment Issues

Chair: Lisa Forman

14

Between Health and Environmental Risk Assessments - Can the SPS Agreement Handle Irreversible Environmental Damage Risk Assessments?

Laura Nielsen, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen;

Christina Blaunfeldt, LL.M, University of Copenhagen

15

Animal Welfare at the WTO: A “New” Trade Barrier or not?

Tong Qi, Professor, Law School of Wuhan University, the People’s Republic of China

12:20-12:25

Concluding Remarks (by Professor Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜), Director, ACWH)