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From July 1st to July 10th, 2009
Five takes on the World Economy: USA, India, Environmental Law, Biodiversity and China

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Today, Quebec entrepreneurs do business on a global scale. Because of their presence in foreign markets and in their efforts to grapple with foreign competition, they feel a great need to understand the economic environment in which they are operating.

In five of its summer schools, the Université de Montréal’s Centre for Study and Research on International Affairs (CÉRIUM), in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, has brought together some 20 seasoned economy experts.

Topics covered:
 USA: The economic and environmental challenges of the Obama administration;
 India : How it copes with the crisis; the Indian business world; private enterprise and sustainable development;
 China: The state of the economy in 2009; Quebec investments in China; The world of labor; China’ Energy picture;
 Environment: Corporate social responsibility in International Trade Law; Climate Change and Investment Law; Economic value and Intellectual property of biodiversity.

Participants will be invited, once during the week, to lunch with the economy experts.

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The American Economy under Obama

The American economic environment is changing. To understand the upheaval under way, we are offering two conferences given by seasoned experts.

Themes:

Wednesday 1st July, 13h30 - 16h30
Economic Challenges. How to solve them… and at what costs?
Speaker: TBA

Thursday 2 July, 13h30 - 16h30
Ecologic Challenges Energy Independence and Sustainable Development: An Illusion or a Plan of Action?
With Gaëtan Lafrance, Ph.D., researcher, author, lecturer, professor Honorary and GREEN Associate member, Université Laval.

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Part of the Summer School The Obama Presidency: Year One
Six intensive days from Monday, June 29th to Saturday, July 4th, 2009 . The US is brewing with change in the first year of the Obama administration. American and Canadian experts will decipher the economic, political, cultural and social shifts under way.

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The Indian Economy

Do you do business in India or want to do business there but desire a better understanding of India’s evolving economic situation?

Themes:

Thursday 2 July, 09h00 - 12h00
The Crisis of Sustainable Development
With Mira Kamdar, fellow, World Policy Institute and Asia Society de New York, author, Planet India: How the Fastest-Growing Democracy is Transforming America and the World

India has one of the most dynamic economies on earth. Yet the country faces a dilemma of sustainable development, with natural resources becoming rarer, the impact of climate change starting to be felt and the gap between rich and poor becoming ever more pronounced. In this context, how can one do business in India and what are the issues?

Friday July, 13h30 - 16h30
The World of Indian Business
With Sanjeev Rao, founder,Gateway 2 India company, Bangalore, India.

India believes it will be able to maintain a 6-per-cent growth rate. In the midst of a global economic crisis, it is being sought out for business partnerships as never before. How is business done on the Indian subcontinent? How do cultural differences influence the dynamics of a company?

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Part of the summer school India, surprising modernity
Six intensive days from Monday, June 29th to Saturday, July 4th, 2009 . How does this emerging power cope with the challenges of cultural diversity,global economic crisis and resurgence of terrorism? Answers provided by Indian, European and Canadian experts in the field.

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Environmental Law and Economy

Two experts decipher the concept of corporate social responsiblity in international commercial and investment law in the context of climate change.


Themes:

Thursday 2 July, 09h00 - 12h00
Corporate Social Responsibility in International Law
With Alexandra Harrington, LL.M (Albany Law School), CISDL, Associate Fellow.

Saturday 4 July, 13h30 - 16h30
International Investment Law and Climate Change
With Markus W. Gehring, professor of Law, University of Ottawa Fellow in Law, Cambridge University Centre of International Studies, Lead Counsel, International Trade, CISDL.

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Part of the Summer School International and European Environmental Law: Adaptation to Climate Change

Six intensive days from Monday, June 29th to Saturday, July 4th, 2009 . An up-to-date briefing by Canadian, American and European experts on current international environmental laws, regulations, trends and challenges, with a special focus on climate change.

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The economic value of biodiversity

Four experts decipher the general principles and the economic value of biodiversity

Themes:

Thursday 9 July, 09h00 - 12h00
The economic value of biodiversity
With Maria Costanza Torri, postdoctoral Fellow at the CÉRIUM for the year 2008-2009.
She is affiliated with the Geography Department

And Jean-Pierre Reveret, professor at the Department of strategy, social and environmental responsability of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), active Member of the Institut des sciences de l’environnement (ISE)).

Thursday 9 July, 13h30 - 16h30
Bioprospection: Intellectual property rights and benefit-sharing
With Konstantia Koutouki, professor at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal, lead Counsel for Natural Resources with the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)

And Alain Cuerrier, associate professor, department of biological sciences, Université de Montréal, botanist at the Montreal Botanical Garden
(to be confirmed)

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Part of the Summer School Biodiversity: current situation, challenges and management

Six intensive days from Monday, July 6th to Saturday, July 11th 2009 : to assess the effectiveness of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the progress member states and local communities have made, and the challenges they face, in protecting endangered species and creating protected areas.

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Understanding China’s Economy


Do you do business in China or want to do business there? Four experts explain what is happening and what works. The themes are: the economic crisis in China, best business practices and energy issues.

Themes:

Wednesday 8 July, 09h00 - 12h00
China and the Economic Crisis
With Zhan Su, professor, Department of Management, Université Laval, Director of the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in International Business.

Wednesday 8 July, 13h30 - 16h30
Two Sides of the Coin : Businesses and Workers in China
With Alain-Marie Carron, director,SECOR-TAKTIK
And Zhan Su, professor, Department of Management, Université Laval, Head of the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in International Business.

Friday 10 July 2009 09h00 - 12h00
Meeting China’s energy needs
With Claude Comtois, professor, Department of Geography, Université de Montréal
And Pierre-Olivier Pineau, professor, Management Sciences, HEC Montréal

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Part of the summer school China Risen: How it Changes and Changes Us
Six intensive days (from Monday, July 6th to Saturday, July 11th, 2009 ):. An overview of the rapidly-changing Chinese reality through the lens of everyday life (rural population, the middle class and ethnic minorities) and from a more political angle two decades after the Tiananmen Square protests.

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You may also be interested in our other summer schools :

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from Monday, June 29th to Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Pluralism and Radicalization in the Arab-Muslim World: Comparitive Political Sociology


This six-day course examines the political sociology of the Arab Muslim world from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective.

Co-directing the course: Valérie Amiraux Professor, Sociology, UdeM, Head of Canada’s Research Chair in religious pluralism and ethnicity studies, researcher for the CNRS and Steven Heydemann Adjunct and Research Associate Professor Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University and author of War, Institutions and Social Change in the Middle East, University of California Press, 2000.

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From July 6th to July 11th
Understanding and Preventing Terrorism


The state of knowledge on the causes, progression and prevention of local and international terrorism as seen by American, European and Canadian experts in the field.

Co-directing the course: Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Professor, Criminology, UdeM, Director, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Research Group (TCRG) and Azzédine Rakkah, Research director, FNSP and ScPoParis, CERI, Guest professor, Political Science, UdeM, co-author of The Enigma of Islamist Violence, Hurst, 2007.

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From July 6th to July 11th
Peace Operations: Manufacturing Peace


An in-depth look at the current and growing phenomenon of peace operations, including peace-making, the debates surrounding its effectiveness and proposed reforms. The course is given entirely in English.

Directing the course: Michel Liégeois, Professor, International Relations Theory and Diplomatic and Strategic Issues, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Among the guest speakers: Xavier Zeebroek, Researcher, Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security (GRIP) and Jocelyn Coulon, Author, Guide du maintien de la paix 2009, Director, Réseau francophone de recherche sur les opérations de paix.

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What do they think?

"Aside from the outstanding quality of the conferences, I was impressed by the expertise of the participants and their involvement in the debates, which ofteh drew on experiences in the field"
Celestin Monga, Senior Economist, World Bank

“CERIUM succeeded in bringing together an impressive number of experts to draw a complete portrait of a complex subject. This course is essential for anyone who wants to understand China. Bravo!”
René Sylvestre
Market Analyst, Vice-president Small Businesses
Quebec Federation of Savings Banks

“I would like to congratulate CERIUM on this project and for the professionalism with which the summer schools are led, particularly the seminar on China. It is a cutting-edge undertaking which meets a pressing need. It demonstrates the University of Montreal’s dynamism as well as its understanding of international issues. From a personal standpoint, this opportunity for discussion with colleagues for whom I have tremendous respect has been very enriching.”
Gervais Lavoie
CEO Fruits & Passion – China Limited

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After Class Comes Jazz and Laughs

The CERIUM summer school program coincides with Montreal’s celebrated jazz and comedy festivals. Summer school participants can spend their days learning on the Université de Montréal campus and their evenings downtown enjoying numerous free outdoor shows presented by the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Just for Laughs Festival.

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