34th Meeting of Mercosur Specialists

October 21

10:00. OPENING CEREMONY, led by Drs. Hernán Botta (Dean of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Rosario, UNR), Fernando Milano (Full Professor of Integration Law, Chair C, Faculty of Law of the UNR, President of ADEI and First Vice President of the Integration Law Institute of the Rosario Bar Association (COLABRO)) and Alfredo Mario Soto (Full Professor of Integration Law, Chair A, Faculty of Law of the UNR, President of ECSA-ARGENTINA and of the Integration Law Institute of the Rosario Bar Association (COLABRO)). Presentation by Dr. Juan Facundo Besson (UNR, Second Vice President of the Integration Law Institute of the Rosario Bar Association (COLABRO)). 11:00. OPENING LECTURE. Miguel Angel Ciuro Caldani (Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Law of the UNR) "Integration: the humanist path of our time"

Recess. 15:00. PANEL Éric Fongaro (Université de Bordeaux) "The Interim Trade Agreement between the EU and Mercosur: between enthusiasm and distrust" Dámaso Francisco Javier Vicente Blanco (Universidad de Valladolid) "The doubtful balance in the integration of consumer policy in cross-border relations in the EU" Jorge Fernández Reyes (Universidad de Montevideo) "Dispute settlement under the EU–Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement"

Jorge Fontoura (Instituto Rio Branco – Conselho Federal de Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil) "A integraçao como imperativo de politica externa regional" Roberto Ruíz Díaz Labrano (Universidad de Asunción) "The political and economic scenario in the launch of the EU–Mercosur Agreements" María de los Ángeles Nahid Cuomo (Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz) "Bolivia and the European Union–Mercosur Agreement" Moderated by Dr. Andrea Straziuso (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Second Vice President of ADEI, Assistant Treasurer of AADI)

October 22

9:00. PANEL Virginia Saldaña Ortega (Universidad de Nebrija, Secretary of IELEPI). "Reinventing regional integration: tensions between the enlargement agenda and the need for institutional deepening" Jorge Orgaz (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) "Mercosur regional integration under debate. From cooperation to an à la carte model" Pablo De Rosas (Universidad Champagnat) "Harmonization of consumer law and jurisdiction in Mercosur: a latent opportunity" Pablo Podadera Rivera (Universidad de Málaga) "A paradigm in transition or in fracture? The launch of the EU–Mercosur Association Agreement from the political economy of regional integration" Alessandra Silveira (Universidade do Minho) "Iintegração europeia entre o sólido e o precário: equacionando as novas circunstâncias estratégicas que afetam a implementação do Acordo UE-Mercosul.

Elvio Guagnini (Università degli Studi di Trieste) "Building Europe: the contribution of Italian culture" (simultaneous translation by Trad. María Gabriela Piemonti) Moderated by Dr. Sebastián Melano (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Assistant Treasurer of ADEI) 13:00.

Recess. 15:00. PANEL Gustavo Oliveira Vieira (Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana) "The foundations of regional security and international police cooperation in Mercosur" María Alejandra Larrea (UNR, Director of the Center for Research in Social Sciences –CICSo– Dra. Ada Lattuca) "Diverse in unity: the history of Mercosur's culture" Ignacio Vázquez (Universidad de Buenos Aires) "The implementation of the Mercosur–EU Agreement and regional cohesion: the case of the distribution of preferential quotas" Sandra Negro (Universidad de Buenos Aires) "Dynamics and tensions in the Mercosur–EU Agreement" Walter Carnota (Universidad de Buenos Aires) "Culture and human rights in the Mercosur States" Calogero Pizzolo (Universidad de Buenos Aires) "Artificial intelligence and the Brussels effect" Moderated by Dr. Valentín Tosetti (Universidad Nacional de Rosario)

21:00. Fellowship dinner

October 23

9:00. PAPERS Ana Cardoso (Universidade do Minho) "Environment, trade and simplification: the ecological and digital transitions in the face of the EU's need for resilience" Martín Bustos, Diamela Filleaudeau, María Lenarduzzi and Emilse Wirsch (UNR) "The EU–Mercosur Agreement and the protection of vulnerable groups: a human rights perspective" Mariana Dianda, Rosario Goicochea and Damián Muzo (UNR) "New-generation agreements: deep integration and the environmental dimension" Emilia Álvarez, Ulises Cuestas and Gonzalo Travacio (UNR) "Scope and dimensions of sanitary and phytosanitary measures under the EU–Mercosur Agreement" Presentation by Dr. Marcelo Trucco (Universidad Nacional de Rosario) 10:00. PANEL Silvina Barón Knoll (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo – Vice President of AADI and IELEPI) "Regional integration as a wager within an international order in crisis" Diego Mendy (UNR, Director of the Center for Studies in General Theory of Law and Legal Strategy) "Integration and digitality" Miryam Colacrai and Camila Abbondanzieri (CERIR - Universidad Nacional de Rosario) "The EU–Mercosur Agreement six months after its implementation: progress, tensions and pending issues" Moderated by Dr. María Eugenia Nuñez Pierpaoli (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Treasurer of ADEI)

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