D-DebtCon 2020

Shari Bedker

Join the International Insolvency Institute (III) sponsored session of D-DebtCon  on September 18 , 9:00 AM -12 PM EDT.

Join the International Insolvency Institute (III) sponsored session of D-DebtCon, on September 18 , 9:00 AM -12 PM EDT. III has organized two panels - a roundtable and a scholarly presentation-on the following topics: 1. Public Challenges to Private Recognition Regimes. This panel will focus on how public international law and public actors interact with ostensibly private cross border insolvency recognition regimes. Hon. Martin Glenn, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, New York, USAProf. Irit Mevorach, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UKProf. John Pottow, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, USAProf. Ignacio Tirado, Secretary General, UNIDROIT, Madrid, Spain2. Private Enforcement of Public Debt: Managing the Externalities. This panel will focus on how private enforcement of public debt can affect other institutions such as the payment system, specifically, the financial system generally, and/or can create obstacles to creating a rational regime for sovereign debt restructuring. Sebastian Grund, Harvard University School of Law, Cambridge, USAProf. Odette Lienau, Cornell University, Ithaca, USAProf. Steven Schwarcz, Duke University School of Law, Durham, USAProf. Jay Westbrook, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, USA For a detailed program, <a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/news-and-events/sovereign-debt-forum/featured-events/third-interdisciplinary-sovereign-debt-research-and-management-conference-debtcon3/d-debtcon/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">see here</a>.III&#x27;s event on September 18 is part of D-DebtCon, an international multi-day, multi-institutional conference taking place virtually from September 7-18. The conference series is an urgent response to the ongoing global public health crisis that magnifies persistent sovereign debt problems and poses new ones of unprecedented scale and scope. A group of leading academic and policy institutions from around the world will co-host a virtual Distributed Interdisciplinary Sovereign Debt Research and Management Conference —D-DebtCon—in nine countries, spanning five continents, for two weeks in September of 2020.Please find a brief overview of the program and the host institutions <a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/news-and-events/sovereign-debt-forum/featured-events/third-interdisciplinary-sovereign-debt-research-and-management-conference-debtcon3/d-debtcon/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here.</a>About DebtConThe Interdisciplinary Sovereign Debt Research and Management Conference, or DebtCon, was launched at the at the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) Georgetown in January 2016. Its mission is to engage scholars and practitioners across geographic, disciplinary, and institutional boundaries to help solve pressing sovereign debt problems.DebtCon brings cutting-edge research to bear on policy and market practice, and helps make research more impactful with exposure to real-world policy and market experience. D-DebtCon will carry on the mission and expand the reach of the DebtCon project at this critical time. DebtCon4 will return in person at the <a href="https://instituteofinternationaleconomiclawiiel.cmail20.com/t/i-l-xuyvyk-jidyhhddki-i/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">European University Institute (EUI)</a> in 2021.Since 2019, DebtCon has been part of the<a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/news-and-events/sovereign-debt-forum/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Sovereign Debt Forum</a>, a collaboration among Georgetown IIEL, <a href="https://instituteofinternationaleconomiclawiiel.cmail20.com/t/i-l-xuyvyk-jidyhhddki-h/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Queen Mary University London</a> and EUI, to encourage and disseminate policy-relevant research, and help improve government debt management capacity, particularly in vulnerable economies. Past programs in Washington and Geneva may be found<a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/news-and-events/sovereign-debt-forum/featured-events/third-interdisciplinary-sovereign-debt-research-and-management-conference-debtcon3/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> at this link</a>.We are grateful for the generous support of the International Insolvency Institute and the Netherlands Ministry of Finance in helping make this event possible.#DebtCon

The International Insolvency Institute Is:A non-profit, limited membership organizationAn invitation only membership of the most senior, experienced and respected practitioners, academics, judges and financial industry professionals in the worldDedicated to improving international cooperation in the insolvency fieldFocused on promoting greater international cooperation and coordination through improvements in the law and in legal proceduresContinually studying, analyzing and providing solutions to problems in cross-border insolvencies and reorganizationsAwarded special consultative status to United Nations AgenciesVisit www.iiiglobal.org for more information on the III, our members and activities.Partnership OpportunitiesIf you would like to learn more about partnership or sponsorship opportunities for this conference, please contact us via email at sbedker@iiiglobal.org.

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