Summer Law Institute Suzhou

Dear Colleagues,

We take the liberty to send you the call for applications and the flyer of presentation of the Summer School in China Edition 2012 – Executive Education Training Program held at Peking University School of Government in Beijing (China) with two curricula: 1) Summer Institute on Climate Change and Environmental Protection (SICCEP) and 2) Summer Institute on Intellectual Property Rights and China (IP-China).




This program is multidisciplinary and is aimed at students, young graduates and professionals with a background in law, political sciences, international relations, philosophy, economics, environmental sciences, engineering and any other relevant discipline that can be related to the topics of the program. 

For the current edition 2012, we have already fully enrolled in the program students coming from Italy, Spain, Austria, UK, Albania, Lithuania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Mexico, China, Madagascar, Uganda, Botswana, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, South Africa, Indonesia and several other countries.

We still have few seats available and we would be pleased to enroll some students from your University.


Please feel free to post in your University/Faculty website the message that you find in the body of this email with a short description of the program, our flyer and call for applications or to send them to your students and alumnia directly by email. 

We will reply to any query as soon as possible. 

The next deadline will be on May 25 for both the terms held in Beijing: the first term starting on July 7 until August 4, 2012 and the second term from July 21 to August 18, 2012

Furthermore, we are open to evaluate offers of institutional involvement into the program with collaboration among the institutions already partners into our summer program and your institution.

Best regards

Team SICCEP and IP-CHINA 
Summer Summer School in China – Executive Education Training Program 
held at Peking University School of Government in Beijing (China)

EDITION 2012 - Summer Institute on Climate Change and Environmental Protection (SICCEP) and Summer Institute on Intellectual Property Rights and China (IP-China)

EDITION 2012 BEIJING SUMMER SCHOOL

Queries can be addressed to : summerlawinstitutesuzhou@unimi.it

Summer Institute on Climate Change and Environmental Protection (SICCEP) and Summer Institute on Intellectual Property Rights and China (IP-China) coordinated by the Chair of Chinese Law withing the Department of Law at University of Turin to be held at Peking University, School of Government in Beijing. 

The first term (SICCEP and IP-CHINA) will be from July 7, 2012 to August 4, 2012. The second term (IP-CHINA and SICCEP) will be held from July 21, 2012 to August 18. 

This program is multidisciplinary and is aimed at students, young graduates and senior professionals with a background in law, political sciences, international relations, philosophy, economics, environmental sciences, engineering and any other relevant discipline that can be related to the topics of the program. This program is organized in partnership with the Chair of International Trade Law within the Department of Public, Civil Procedure, International and European Law at the Faculty of Law of University of Milan, Lund University Faculty of Political Sciences in Sweden, University of Provence Aix Marseille I - CNRS Centre of Comparative Epistemology and Ergology in France. 

From the summer program edition 2011, 2 institutions have been affiliated: University of Eastern Piedmont Faculty of Economics in Italy, University of Pavia, Faculty of Law. From the summer program edition 2012, 3 further institutions have been affiliated: Catholic University of Milan Faculty of Law,University of Insubria Faculty of Law and University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (See:  http://summerschoolchina.wordpress.com)

The summer course will include the following topics:

1) Introduction to Chinese Law, Institutions & Politics
2) Global Environmental Governance
3) Environment, Science and Society: a Philosophical Introduction
4) Law, Policy and Economics on Climate Change
5) Introduction to Chinese Intellectual Property Law and Technology Transfer
6) European American and Chinese Approaches to Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy

In addition to traditional lectures, all summer schools provide a number of presentations and round tables involving experts of Chinese law, politics and culture, environment, sustainable development and intellectual property as well as experts in the specific themes covered by the different classes (for a complete list of the events held during the Summer School Edition 2011, please see below in this page). The participants will attend at least 60 hours par curriculum (for a total amount of 120 hours for both curricula).

During the 2010 and 2011 editions, held in Beijing, the following provided contributions to the program: Officials of the State Copyright Agency and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of China; Officials from the Trade & Commercial Office of the Italian Embassy in Beijing; Italian Institute of Culture in Beijing, Chiomenti Law Firm in Beijing, Franzosi dal Negro Pensato Setti, Attorneys at Law, Beijing; Intesa San Paolo, Chief Representantive Beijing; IPR Desk in Beijing (Italian Trade Commission Beijing Branch); Officials of the European Union Delegation in Beijing; Officials from the European Commission IPR2 program; Secretary, Low Carbon Growth, British Embassy Beijing; PRC State Administration for Industry & Commerce (AIC); ORBEO China (subsidiary of Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking Commodities and Rhodia Energy Services), Baker & McKenzie Law Firm (Beijing Office).

The participants of the previous edition 2011 came from Italy, Spain, China, Canada, Ivory Coast Ethiopia, Nigeria, Liberia, Botswana, Uganda, Rwanda, Pakistan, Comores, Togo, Central African Republic, Mali, Sri Lanka

The deadline to apply is fixed on May 25, 2012For further information: http://summerschoolchina.wordpress.com/

Queries can be addressed to : summerlawinstitutesuzhou@unimi.it

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