2008 Law & Business Conference
Legal Issues in the Governance of Supply Chains: Conference of the Vanderbilt Law and Business Program and the Regulatory Program
October 30 -31, 2008 - Tentative Agenda
Thursday, October 30
1:45 - 2 p.m. Opening and welcome by Randall Thomas, Director, Vanderbilt Law & Business Program
2 - 4 p.m. Panel on Supply Chain Contracting. Moderator: Randall Thomas
"Contracting for Innovation: Vertical Disintegration and Interfirm Collaboration." Ronald J. Gilson, Stanford Law School and Columbia Law School, Charles F. Sabel, Columbia Law School, and Robert E. Scott, Columbia Law School (Charles Sabel presenting).
- Discussant: Todd Zenger, Washington University John M. Olin School of Business
"Managing Outsourced Product Design: The Effectiveness of Alternative Integration Mechanisms." Geoffrey Parker, Tulane University Freeman School of Business, and Edward Anderson, University of Texas McCombs School of Business.
- Discussants: Robert Thompson, Vanderbilt, and George Geis, UVA Law School (participating by telephone hookup).
"Outsourcing, Modularity and the Theory of the Firm." Margaret Blair and Erin O'Hara, Vanderbilt
- Discussant: Edward Anderson, University of Texas McCombs School of Business
4 - 4:15 p.m. Break
4:15 - 6:15 p.m. Managing and Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in Supply Chains - Moderator: Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt
"The Role of Contracts in IP Mediated Global Transactions.” Ruth Okediji, University of Minnesota Law School
- Discussant: Glynn Lynney, Tulane University Law School
"The TRIPS Enforcement Puzzle." Peter Yu, Drake University Law School - Link to abstract
- Discussant: Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt Law School
"Secrets and Supply Chains: Apple and the New Knowledge Supply Chain.” Funmi Arewa, Northwestern University Law School
- Discussant: Glynn Lynney, Tulane University Law School
“The End of Perpetual, Exclusive, and Royalty-Free? The Trouble with Intellectual Property Contracts after Execution." Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Southern Methodist University Law School
- Discussant: Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt Law School
6:15 – 7 p.m. Break
7 p.m. Dinner, Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
Practitioners' Panel: "Managing Global Supply Chains in a Liquidity Crisis." Gregg Kirchhoefer, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, Kevin Crumbo, Member in Charge, KraftCPAs, and Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt Law School, and M. Kimberly Stagg, Senior Counsel, Nissan North American, Inc.
Friday, October 31
8:45 – 9:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
9:30 –11:30 a.m. Panel on Environmental Issues in Supply Chains. Moderator: Mark Cohen, Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management and Resources for the Future
"Climate Change Governance: Boundaries and Leakage." Michael Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt Law School, and Mark Cohen, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management
- Discussants: Jeffrey Smith, Partner, Cravath Swain & Moore; G. Van Velsor Wolfe, Partner, Snell & Wilmer; Greer Tidwell, Director of Environmental Management, Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire
"Global Banks as Regulators: The Equator Principles." Cynthia Williams, York University, Osgoode Hall Law School, and John Conley, University of North Carolina Law School (Cindy Williams to present).
- Discussants: Will Martin, Board Chair, Marine Stewardship Council and Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt Law School; Errol Meidinger, Professor of Law, SUNY Buffalo
11:30 a.m. Lunch (onsite)
