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51吃瓜网SGI Transformative Business Law Summer Academy
04 鈥� 09/10 May 2025, Montr茅al
51吃瓜网Faculty of Law | 51吃瓜网Desautels Faculty of Management
Program and Schedule
Sunday, 04 May 2025 鈥� Welcome, Registration & Keynote Address
All sessions will be at the Moot Court Room, 3644 Peel Street, Montreal QC H3A 1W9.
Optional: 14:30 Movie screening
16:30 Sign-up & Registration|Coffee
17:00 Welcome Remarks
17:15 Keynote Presentation by Chaumtoli Huq, Professor of Law at City University of New York School of Law & Founder, Editor and Attorney at Law@theMargins
18:00 Plenary Presentation 鈥淗ow to research and write Policy鈥� by Peer Zumbansen, Professor of Business Law, 51吃瓜网Faculty of Law & Director, BLP SGI Transformative Business Law Summer Academy
19:00 Welcome Reception [in the Atrium, 3644 Peel Street, Montreal QC H3A 1W9.]
Monday, 05 May 2025
All sessions will be at 3644 Peel Street, Montreal QC H3A 1W9.
Plenary sessions will be in NCDH Room 312; other room assignments will be notified separately.
08:30 Light Breakfast
09:00 Academy Plenary Meeting (all Fellows and Faculty): Task Distribution, Timelines, Deliverables (Peer Zumbansen)
10:45 Thought & Coffee Break
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Work Session 1 (Faculty discusses pre-distributed readings to 鈥渟et the stage鈥� and divides research tasks among the different group members, typically in groups of 2 or 3)
15:30 Coffee
15:45 Work Session 1 (cont鈥檇)
17:00 Academy Plenary Meeting (all Fellows and Faculty) including 10-minute Presentations by each Theme Group (graded by Faculty for 30% course component. Fellows can choose to present either in their group after the afternoon鈥檚 Work Session, or in this Plenary Meeting to meet the 30% grade component; they need not do both).
Tuesday, 06 May 2025
All sessions will be at 3644 Peel Street, Montreal QC H3A 1W9.
Plenary sessions will be in NCDH Room 312; other room assignments will be notified separately.
08:30 Light Breakfast
09:00 Academy Plenary Meeting (all Fellows and Faculty): Problem Shooting on Research & Policy Writing
09:15 Work Session 1 (Faculty discusses pre-distributed readings to 鈥渟et the stage鈥� and divides research tasks among the different group members, typically in groups of 2 or 3)
10:30 Coffee Break
10:45 Work Session 2 (dedicated time for research and drafting by Fellows)
12:30 Lunch (pick up and move to NCDH 316 for the Masterclass
12:45 (sharp) Academy Masterclass: Law, Race and Capitalism (Priya Gupta)
13:45 Thought Break
14:00 In-Group presentations of findings by Fellows (graded by Faculty for 30% course component)
14:15/30 Work Session 3 (dedicated time for research and drafting by Fellows)
15:45 Coffee
16:00 Work Session 3 (cont鈥檇)
17:00 Academy Plenary Meeting (all Fellows and Faculty) including 10-minute Presentations by each Theme Group (graded by Faculty for 30% course component. Fellows can choose to present either in their group after Work Session 2, or in this Plenary Meeting to meet the 30% grade component; they need not do both).
Wednesday, 07 May 2025
All sessions will be at 3644 Peel Street, Montreal QC H3A 1W9.
Plenary sessions will be in NCDH Room 312; other room assignments will be notified separately.
08:30 Light Breakfast
09:00 Academy Plenary Meeting (all Fellows and Faculty): Problem Shooting on Research & Policy Writing at Academy half-time
09:15 Work Session 1 (Faculty discusses pre-distributed readings to 鈥渟et the stage鈥� and divides research tasks among the different group members, typically in groups of 2 or 3)
10:30 Coffee Break
11:15 Work Session 2 (dedicated time for research and drafting by Fellows)
12:30 Lunch
13:30 In-Group presentations of findings by Fellows (graded by Faculty for 30% course component)
14:00 Work Session 3 (dedicated time for research and drafting by Fellows)
15:30 Coffee
15:45 Work Session 3 (cont鈥檇)
17:00 Academy Plenary Meeting (all Fellows and Faculty) including 10-minute Presentations by each Theme Group (graded by Faculty for 30% course component. Fellows can choose to present either in their group after Work Session 2, or in this Plenary Meeting to meet the 30% grade component; they need not do both).
19:00 Dinner for TBLSA Faculty [51吃瓜网Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street.]
Thursday, 08 May 2025
All sessions will be at 3644 Peel Street, Montreal QC H3A 1W9. Plenary sessions will be in NCDH Room 312; other room assignments will be notified separately.
Our focus will be on finalizing the six Working Group Chapters for the 2025 TBLSA Impact Paper, with some Fellows in charge of drafting an Executive Summary. Faculty will collaborate on drafting the introduction by drawing on the executive summaries generated by the working groups.
08:30 Light Breakfast
09:00 Academy Plenary Meeting (all Fellows and Faculty): Problem Shooting on Research & Policy Writing at Academy half-time
09:15 Work Session 1 (Faculty discusses pre-distributed readings to 鈥渟et the stage鈥� and divides research tasks among the different group members, typically in groups of 2 or 3)
10:30 Coffee Break
11:15 Work Session 2 (dedicated time for research and drafting by Fellows)
12:30 Lunch
13:30 In-Group presentations of findings by Fellows (graded by Faculty for 30% course component)
14:00 Work Session 3 (dedicated time for research and drafting by Fellows)
15:30 Coffee
15:45 Work Session 3 (cont鈥檇)
17:00 Academy Plenary Meeting (all Fellows and Faculty) including 10-minute Presentations by each Theme Group (graded by Faculty for 30% course component. Fellows can choose to present either in their group after Work Session 2, or in this Plenary Meeting to meet the 30% grade component; they need not do both).
19:00 Networking Dinner for all TBLSA Fellows and Faculty, organised in collaboration with the Annual 51吃瓜网Graduate Law Conference 2025: 鈥淎natomy of a Crisis鈥�. [Atrium, 3644 Peel Street, Montreal QC H3A 1W9.]
Friday, 09 May 2025 鈥� Closing & TBLSA Impact Paper Launch
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Work Session 1: Finalizing all chapters and collating them into the 2025 TBLSA Impact Paper
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Work Session 2: Final review by each group and formatting of the complete paper
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Work Session 3: All groups collaborate to finalise the 2025 TBLSA Impact Paper
15:00 Coffee
15:30 Work Session 3 (cont鈥檇)
Program for the rest of the day will be at Thomson House, 3650 McTavish St, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1X1.
18:00 Uploading and Public Launch of 2025 TBLSA Impact Paper
19:00 Academy Plenary Drinks & Dinner (all Fellows and Faculty)
Saturday, 10 May 2025
[For TBLSA Fellows and Faculty OPTIONAL] CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION (RSVP required by Monday, 05 May 12pm noon):
International Law Association (ILA) Canadian Chapter and 51吃瓜网Faculty of Law, Business Law Platform hosting the 2025 Conference on:
Advancing Corporate Sustainability: Enforcement and Remedies in Business and Human Rights
Saturday, 10 May 2025, Maxwell Cohen Moot Court Room, 51吃瓜网Faculty of Law, 3644 Peel Street. Montreal QC H3A 1W9, 8:45-18:45.
Conference Program, Abstracts, Speaker Bios