[CTC] Thurs, 4/28 and Fri, 4/29: TPP/TTIP Conference w/ Joseph Stiglitz, Bill McKibben, Lori Wallach, & Many More! (Attend or Watch Livestream)

Wed Apr 27 21:22:41 PDT 2016

*Please circulate widely!*

(Note: TradeJustice New York Metro is not the organizer of this event, 
but we encourage our friends and supporters to attend!)

Basic Info 
<https://events.newschool.edu/event/still_working_on_rules_rights_and_resistance_the_battle_over_tpp_and_ttip#.VyDLFKgwiUk>

Schedule 
<http://milanoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TPP_Program03.30.pdf>

Registration 
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rules-rights-and-resistance-the-battle-over-tpp-and-ttip-tickets-22696583091>

Livestream <http://livestream.com/TheNewSchool/rules-rights-resistance>

Promotional Flier 
<http://wetlands-preserve.org/phpUpload/uploads/New%20School%20Conf.pdf>

Facebook Event for In Person Attendance of Conference 
<https://www.facebook.com/events/908734405902042/>

Facebook Event for Online Video of Conference 
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1541069126195811/>

Media Advisory 
<http://wetlands-preserve.org/phpUpload/uploads/NSAdvisory.pdf>

<http://wetlands-preserve.org/phpUpload/uploads/NSAdvisory.pdf>

*DETAILS*/
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Thurs, 4/28 6:30-8PM: Opening Event:  Screening of Fire in the Blood – 
documentary on access to AIDS medication in global south & discussion 
with Jamie Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International, Kellen 
Auditorium, 66 Fifth Ave

Fri, 4/29: 9AM-6PM: The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall - 66 
West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011

Fri, 4/29: 12:30-1:30 PM: Press Briefing & Q & A w/ Conference Speakers

Cast as “trade agreements”, a momentous re-writing and consolidation of 
the basic rules governing the global economy is being pursued across the 
globe.  At play is much more than “trade."  Driven by commercial 
interest and industry associations, the rules in these agreements - like 
the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and Trans-Atlantic Trade and 
Investment Partnership (TTIP) - cover core elements of politics and 
economics, including investment, dispute resolution, intellectual 
property, public procurement policy and much more. As such, they can 
both re-shape and lock-in the reach and power of multinational 
corporations, the lines between public and private, the role and 
efficacy of governance globally and nationally, and the enormous power 
imbalances among classes, regions and countries. Done in secrecy, these 
agreements threaten to undermine hard-won basic citizen rights - to open 
government, access to justice, livelihoods and a stable and healthy 
environment.

Bringing together noted academics and advocates, “Rules, Rights and 
Resistance” presents a day-long exploration of what is at play in the 
struggle over “trade agreements”: what they portend, the resistances 
they have generated, and the horizons for rewriting and implementing 
alternative rules."

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*Speakers include: *
* Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia School of Public 
Affairs; Co-Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought; 
Co-founder and Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at 
Columbia; Winner, 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics * Judit Rius Sanjuan, US 
Manager, Access Campaign, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans 
Frontières, MSF) * Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar in 
Environmental Studies at Middlebury College; fellow, American Academy of 
Arts and Science; author of 15 books; winner, 2014 Right Livelihood 
Prize; founder, 350.org; winner, 2013 winner of the Gandhi Prize and the 
Thomas Merton Prize, * Frank Ackerman, Principal economist at Synapse 
Energy Economics; founder and member of the steering committee of 
Economics for Equity and Environment * Sanya Reid Smith, Legal Advisor 
and Senior Researcher, Third World Network * Celso Amorim, Former 
Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations and Minister of Defense * Amy 
Kapczynski, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Global Health Justice 
Partnership * William New, Director/Editor-in-Chief. Intellectual 
Property Watch * Ilana Solomon, Director, The Sierra Club Responsible 
Trade Program. * Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and 
Policy Priorities * Greg Grandin, Professor of History, New York 
University * Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of 
International Affairs, Hamilton College * Dean Baker, Co-Director, 
Center for Economic and Policy Research * Caroll Muffet, President and 
CEO, Center for International Environmental Law, Synapse Energy * Kevin 
Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy; Research Director, 
Center for Finance, Law & Policy, Boston University * Lori Wallach, 
Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch * David Van Zandt, 
President, The New School * Celeste Drake, Trade and Globalization 
Policy Specialist, AFL-CIO * Tim Wise, Director, Research and Policy 
Program, Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University
*Moderators:*
* Everita Silina, Assistant Professor of Int’l Affairs, The New School 
Public Engagement
* Will Milberg, Dean, New School for Social Research
* Sakiko Fukuda Parr, Professor of International Affairs, The New School
* Tom Kruse, Program Director, Democratic Practice–Global Governance, 
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Hosted by Julien J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs in 
conjunction with the Shifting Social Contract Seminar Series, and 
professors Everita Silina and Sakiko Fukuda-Parr.

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