All Symposium events will take place at the Northwestern University School of Law. The panel discussions will take place in Booth Hall, and the Cocktail reception will be located in Rubloff Atrium.
10:00 a.m.: Registration Opens
10:50 a.m.: Welcoming Remarks
Featuring: David E. Van Zandt- Dean, Northwestern Law School
11:00 a.m.: Technological Drivers of BRIC Economies: Public Versus Private Sector Control
Featuring: Vipin Gupta - Simmons College
David M. Orozco - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Dr. Linda Yueh - The London School of Economics and Oxford University
12:30 p.m.: Keynote Speaker Luncheon
Featuring: James E. Malackowski - President and CEO, Ocean Tomo, LLC
2:00 p.m.: The Existing Legal Infrastructure of BRICs: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
Featuring: Robert B. Ahdieh - Emory Law School
Zhu (Julie) Lee - Foley & Lardner LLP
Kevin Noonan, Ph.D. - McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Srividhya Ragavan - The University of Oklahoma College of Law
Moderated by: Clinton W. Francis - Northwestern University School of Law
3:30 p.m.: Coffee Break
4:00 p.m.: From Infringement to Innovation: Counterfeiting and Enforcement in the BRICs
Featuring: J. Benjamin Bai, Ph.D. - Jones Day
Keith D. Lindenbaum - Foley & Lardner LLP
Yi Qian - Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Moderated by: Cynthia Ho - Loyola University School of Law
5:30 p.m.: Cocktail Reception