8:30-09:00

Registration

09:00-09:10

Welcome Remarks:

Professor Ming-yan Shieh (謝銘洋教授), Dean, NTU College of Law; Director, ACWH

Dr. Shu-ti Chiou (邱局長淑媞), M.D., Ph.D., Director-General, Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Taiwan

Session I

 National Experiences, the New Illicit Trade Protocol and Duty-free Sales

9:10- 10:50

Chairperson: Professor Obijiofor Aginam, Senior Academic Programme Officer, United Nations University

1.     Speaker: Dr. Shu-ti Chiou (邱局長淑媞), M.D., Ph.D., Director-General, Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Taiwan

Topic: The Implementation of the Spirit of the FCTC: Achievements over Three Years of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act

2.     Speaker: Professor Chang-fa Lo (羅昌發教授), Constitutional Court Justice, R.O.C.; Professor, National Taiwan University

Topic: Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, Tobacco Companies’ Market Segmentation and WTO Assessment

3.     Speaker: Professor Pei-kan Yang (楊培侃教授), Assistant Professor, Institute of Humanities in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

Topic: Trade-related Issues of Banning Duty-free Sales in Tobacco Products

10:50- 11:00

Tea Break

Session II

Tobacco Taxation and Price Policy

11:00- 12:30

Chairperson: Professor Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜教授), Deputy Director, ACWH; Department of International Business, Soochow University

4.     Speaker: Dr. Hana Ross, Managing Director, International Tobacco Control Research, American Cancer Society

Topic: Tobacco Taxes and Tobacco Use: Global Evidence

5.     Speaker: Professor Hsiao-wei Kuan (官曉薇教授), Assistant Professor, Department of Law, National Taipei University, Taiwan

Topic: Tax, Tobacco Control and Global Governance: A Local Challenge in Taiwan

12:30- 13:30

Lunch Break

Session III

Trade and Tobacco Control

13:30-15:10

Chairperson: Professor Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜教授), Deputy Director, ACWH; Department of International Business, Soochow University

6.   Speaker: Professor Andrew Mitchell/Tania Voon, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne

Topic: Plain Packaging in Australia: A Case Study

7.   Speaker: Professor Lukasz Gruszczynski, Assistant Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences

Topic: The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control as an International Standard under the TBT Agreement

8.     Speaker: Professor Ching-wen Hsueh (薛景文教授), Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

   Topic: Tobacco Labeling and the TBT Agreement

15:10-15:20

Tea Break

Session IV

Investment and Tobacco Control

15:20-17:00

Chairperson: Professor Chang-fa Lo (羅昌發教授), Constitutional Court Justice, R.O.C.; Professor, National Taiwan University

9.   Speaker: Professor Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜教授), Deputy Director, ACWH; Department of International Business, Soochow University

   Topic: Maintaining the Legitimate Stricter Tobacco Control Regulations in Investment Arbitration on Indirect Expropriation

10.  Speaker: Professor Tsai-fang Chen (陳在方教授), Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

   Topic: A Good Investment? Tobacco Control, Expropriation and Investor Protection

Session V

Issues Related to Smokeless Tobacco Products and Electronic Cigarettes

9:00- 10:20

Chairperson: Professor Oscar A. Cabrera, Visiting Professor of Law; Director of the O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law

11.  Speaker: Dr. Chuan-feng Wu (吳全峰博士), Assistant Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Topic: Debate on the Regulation of Smokeless Tobacco: Paternalism vs. Autonomy

12.  Speaker: Professor Chang-fa Lo (羅昌發教授), Constitutional Court, Justice, R.O.C.; Professor, National Taiwan University

Topic: Uneasy Task of WHO FCTC to Regulate Smokeless Tobacco and E-Cigarettes: Different Legal Options to Tighten the Control beyond Cigarette-Based Model

Session VI

Establishing Smoke-free Environment

10:20-11:50

Chairperson: Dr. Hana Ross, Managing Director, International Tobacco Control Research, American Cancer Society

13.  Speaker: Professor Oscar A. Cabrera, Visiting Professor of Law; Director of the O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law

Topic: Human Rights and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Mutually Reinforcing Systems

14.  Speaker: Professor Fong-ching Chang (張鳳琴教授), Associate  Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Topic: Impact of the 2009 Taiwan Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act on Smoking Cessation

11:50-12:00

Closing Remarks: Professor Tsai-yu Lin (林彩瑜教授), Deputy Director, ACWH