THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA: A GAME CHANGER?

9:30-9:45AM (CET) — OPENING REMARKS

STEFANO CASELLI Dean for International Affairs, Bocconi University

9:45-12:00AM (CET) — MORNING SESSION – AFRICANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Chair

ROBERTO ISIBOR PhD candidate, Bocconi University

NEGOTIATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AfCFTA

NAMIRA NEGM Ambassador, Legal Counsel and Director of Department of Legal Affairs of the African Union

PHASE I OF THE AfCFTA: LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE

REGIS SIMO Senior researcher at University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

PHASE II OF THE AfCFTA: INVESTMENT, COMPETITION AND IP PROTOCOLS

EMILIA ONYEMA Professor at SOAS University of London, United Kingdom

ROUNDTABLE AND Q&A

2:00-4:45PM (CET) — AFTERNOON SESSION – AfCFTA LEGAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Chair

ROBERTO ISIBOR PhD candidate, Bocconi University

IMPACT OF THE AfCFTA ON WESTERN AFRICA

IJEOMA UJU Partner at Templars, Nigeria

OPERATING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA UNDER THE AfCFTA

VIRUSHA SUBBAN Partner at Baker McKenzie, South Africa

THE AfCFTA FROM EAST AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES

LEYOU TAMERU Consultant and Founder of I-Arb, ICC Court Member, Ethiopia

TRADING AND INVESTING IN AFRICA UNDER THE AfCFTA: A EUROPEAN AND ITALIAN PERSPECTIVE

ALBERTO SARAVALLE Professor at University of Padua and Partner at BonelliErede, Italy

TRADE DISPUTES AND THE AfCFTA

PABLO BENTES Partner at Baker McKenzie, Switzerland

ROUNDTABLE AND Q&A

4:30-4:45PM (CET) — CLOSING REMARKS

GIORGIO SACERDOTI Professor Emeritus, Bocconi University

Organised by

Angelo Sraffa Department of Legal Studies

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