9:00-9:30      REGISTRATION AND WELCOME TEA/COFFEE

9:30-10:30    INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND OPENING ADDRESS
Opening address by Dr Euan Macdonald, Research Officer, NYU GAL Project
Chair: Dr Cormac Mac Amhlaigh, University of Edinburgh

10:30-12.00   PRESENTATION SESSION I: GAL CONCEPTS, VALUES & CHALLENGES
Chair: Pierre Harcourt, University of Edinburgh

• Unpacking the "Concept" of "Global Administrative Law": Some Reflections on Form, Substance and Pedigree, Nuhalia Carmouche, European University Institute
• The Challenge of Global Governance to the Concept of International Law: Refurbishing Legal Positivism
Matthias Goldmann, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
• The Added Value of Global Administrative Law, Tiago Fidalgo de Freitas, European University Institute

12:00-1:00    PRESENTATION SESSION II: MAINSTREAM GAL APPLICATIONS
Chair: Dr James Harrison, University of Edinburgh

• GAL, Investment Law and Equality, Jarrod Hepburn, University of Oxford
• The Dilemma of the People and Pluralist Approach in the Global Perspective, Younsik Kim, University of Edinburgh

1:00-2:00     LUNCH

2:00-3:30    PRESENTATION SESSION III: DIVERSIFYING GAL
Chair: Danielle Rached, University of Edinburgh

• The Protection of Cultural Heritage between the European Legal Order and the Global One, Carmen Vitale, University of Bologna
• Electric Sector Reform in Nigeria: A critique from a Human Rights Perspective, Oche Onazi, University of Edinburgh
• Weak Judicial Review: Lessons for Global Administrative Law, Aruna Sathanapally, University of Oxford

3:30-4:00   TEA/COFFEE BREAK

4:00-5:30   FINAL PLENARY SESSION
Professor Janet McLean, University of Dundee
Professor Alan Miller, Scottish Human Rights Commission
Professor Neil Walker, University of Edinburgh
Dr Euan Macdonald, Research Officer, NYU GAL Project
Chair: Kasey Lowe, University of Edinburgh

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