Agriculture experts from around the world will converge at the Kellogg Center today and Friday to join MSU professors for the Journal of International Law’s 2001 Symposium.
The symposium, “Uruguay and Beyond: The WTO, Agriculture and the Law,” is the first endeavor of its kind by the MSU-Detroit College of Law-based publication. It will begin today 8:30 a.m. at in the Kellogg Center Big Ten A room, and will move to the center’s auditorium Friday. Admission is free.
“We’re really excited,” said Rusty Schisler, managing editor of events for the journal. “This is the first time we’re spearheading a big two-day event like this.”
Schisler said special care was put into picking the speakers.
“We’ve tried to get a good spread from around the world and around the country,” he said.
Among the presenters speaking at the symposium are trade and legal government officials from across the globe.
Catherine Ives, director of the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project at MSU’s Institute of International Agriculture, will be presenting Friday morning.
She said the symposium will be a learning experience.
“I’m looking forward to learning a few things,” she said. “The WTO agreements are not something that I know much about, so I’m looking forward to increasing my knowledge base.”
