Pre-G8 conference: Prospects and Possibilities for the 2013 G8 Lough Erne Summit

Prospects and Possibilities for the 2013 G8 Lough Erne Summit:
Trade, Transparency, Tax and Terrorism

June 14, 2013, Belfast
Organized by the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast
and the G8 Research Group, University of Toronto
with the support of the United Kingdom's Department for Employment and Learning, Newsdesk Media
and the Balsillie School of International Affairs
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9:00	Welcome and Introduction Professor Sir Peter Gregson, Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University Belfast Dr. Stephen Farry, Minister for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland Executive Alan Spence, Newsdesk Publications John Kirton, G8 Research Group Andrew Baker, Queen's University Belfast

9:30	Prospects for G8 Summitry at Lough Erne Chair: Debbie Lisle, Queen's University Belfast The Role of the G8 in the Era of the G20 Andrew F. Cooper, Balsillie School of International Affairs The United Kingdom's Approach to G8 Summitry Sir Nicholas Bayne, former member of UK Summit Sherpa Teams Do Members Keep Their G Summit Commitments? Jenilee Guebert, Caroline Bracht and Abdi Aidid, G8 Research Group

10:30	Plans and Prospects for the Lough Erne Summit: An Inside View Chair: Sir Nicholas Bayne Speaker: Dominic Martin, G8 Director, Cabinet Office

11:00	Break

11:15	Macroeconomy, Trade and Tax Chair: Andrew Baker, Queen's University Belfast The American and Asian Economy Robert Fauver, former United States G7 sherpa The European and Global Economy Manfred Elsig, World Trade Institute, University of Bern Strengthening the International Tax Regime Prem Sikka, University of Essex [related writings] Multinational Corporations and Transfer Pricing Alan M. Rugman, University of Reading

12:45	Lunch

14:00	Development and Transparency: Problems, Prospects and Possibilities Chair: Brendan O'Leary, University of Pennsylvania/Queen's University Belfast The G8's Record on Global Development Anthony Payne, Sheffield University Africa Rising Stefan Andreasson, Queen's University, Belfast From Resource Curse to Resource Cure Paul Collier, Oxford University (By video link) Oil and Sustainable Development John Barry, Queen's University, Belfast

15:15	Break

15:30	Foreign Policy, Security and Terrorism Chair: Joy Fitzgibbon, G8 Research Group Supporting the Arab Spring Bessma Momani, Balsillie School of International Affairs Islamic Jihadism Beverly Milton-Edwards, Queen's University Belfast Working for Women's Security Julia Kulik, G8 Research Group

16:45	Concluding Possibilities and Proposals for the Lough Erne G8 Chair: John Kirton, G8 Research Group The Perspective of the UK Host Sir Nicholas Bayne The Perspective of North America Robert Fauver, former G7 sherpa for the United States The Perspective of Japan and Asia Hugo Dobson, University of Sheffield The Perspective of Europe Dries Lesage, Ghent University

18:00	Conclusion

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