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 Implementatio of the AfCFTA EGOTIATION 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, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Phase II of the AfCFTA, Investment, Competition and IP Protocols

Emilia Onyema Professor, 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, Templars, Nigeria

Operating in Southern Africa Under the AfCFTA

Virusha Subban Partner, Baker McKenzie, South Africa

The African CFTA 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, University of Padua, and Partner, BonelliErede, Italy

Trade Disputes and the AfCFTA

PABLO BENTES Partner, Baker McKenzie, Switzerland

Roundtable and Q&A

4:30-4:45PM (CET) — Closing Remarks

Giorgio Sacerdoti Professor Emeritus, Bocconi University

Organized by

Bocconi University
Angelo Sraffa Department of Legal Studies

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