2008 Panels
Boyd Erman, Globe and Mail
Boyd Erman is a long-time business journalist who has specialized in financial markets and economics. Prior to joining the Globe and Mail, he worked at Dow Jones, Bloomberg, and the National Post. In addition, he is a regular commentator and guest host on Business News Network. Boyd was nominated twice in the business category for the upcoming 2008 National Newspaper Awards, for his contributions to coverage of the asset-backed commercial paper meltdown and the BCE buyout.
Wenran Jiang, China Institute
Wenran Jiang is Director, China Institute, and Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. He holds a PhD, Carleton University; MA, International University of Japan; and BA, Peking University. Dr Jiang is currently President of the Chinese Canadian Professors Association, a board member of the East Asian Council of Canadian Asian Studies Association, a board member of the Canadian Consortium on Asia Pacific Security, twice a Japan Foundation Fellow, and visiting scholar to a number of universities in East Asia over the years. Dr. Jiang's areas of teaching and research include development studies, Chinese politics and foreign policy, Japanese politics and foreign policy, East Asian international relations, and Canada's relations with the Asia Pacific region. He is the editor of a forthcoming book on Canada's energy relations with China, which will be published in both English and Chinese. Dr. Jiang has organized several conferences on Canada-China energy cooperation conferences. Dr. Jiang is a regular commentator in the media and contributor to op-ed pages in major East Asian and Canadian newspapers.
Donald J.S. Brean, University of Toronto
Donald J.S. Brean is a professor of finance and economics in the Rotman School of Management at The University of Toronto and an Associate of the Centre for International Studies and The Centre for International Business. He has published extensively in books, academic journals and business publications in economic policy, forecasting, financial analysis, taxation, international finance and investment, and industrial organization.
Professor Brean's current research interests include international financial integration, factors influencing international investment, the development of national policy in view of the increasing mobility of capital, and structural adjustment in economies in transition. Professor Brean has been involved in private consulting and public sector economic analysis in Canada, Britain and the United States and, among developing countries, Benin, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Togo, and Uganda.
Harry Broadman, World Bank
Harry Broadman is Economic Adviser for the Africa Region at the World Bank in Washington, DC. Previously at the Bank, he served as Lead Economist for Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, and as Senior Economist for China Operations. Prior to joining the World Bank in 1993, Dr. Broadman held a variety of senior positions in government, academia and the private sector. These include serving in the U.S. White House on the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), as Chief of Staff and Senior Economist, where he managed the day-to-day operations of the CEA. He also served in the White House as Assistant United States Trade Representative, (at the rank of Assistant Secretary) where he was in charge of negotiating key portions of the Uruguay Round, which led to the creation of the WTO, and of the NAFTA, and where he also served on the White House Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Earlier, Dr. Broadman was Chief Economist of the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. He also served as a Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Broadman also served as a professor on the faculties of Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University. In the private sector, Dr. Broadman was as an Economic Consultant at the Rand Corporation and was Assistant Director at Resources for the Future, Inc.
Michael J. Trebilcock, University of Toronto
Michael J. Trebilcock, LL.B. (New Zealand) 1961, LL.M. (Adelaide) 1962, called to the Bar of New Zealand in 1964 and the Bar of Ontario in 1975 is University Professor and Professor of Law at the University of Toronto. Professor Trebilcock taught at the University of Adelaide, South Australia until 1969 when he came to Canada as a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at McGill Law School. He was appointed Associate Professor of Law at McGill in 1970 and joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto as a Professor of Law in 1972. In 1987 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was appointed a University Professor in 1990. He was honoured with a University of Toronto Teaching Award in 1986, and was awarded the Owen Prize in 1989 by the Foundation for Legal Research for his book, The Common Law of Restraint of Trade, which was chosen as the best law book in English published in Canada in the past two years. Professor Trebilcock specializes in law and economics, international trade and contract and commercial law. He serves as Co-Director of the Law and Economics Program. In 1999, Professor Trebilcock received an Honorary Doctorate in Laws from McGill University and was awarded the Canada Council Molson Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences. In the same year he was elected an Honorary Foreign Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Louis W. Pauly holds the Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Governance and directs the Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. A graduate of Cornell University, the London School of Economics, New York University, and Fordham University, he has been a visiting professor at Oxford University, Northwestern University, and Osaka City University, held management positions in the Royal Bank of Canada, and served on the staff of the International Monetary Fund. His most recent publications include Global Ordering: Institutions and Autonomy in a Changing World (forthcoming), Global Liberalism and Political Order: Toward a New Grand Compromise? (2007). With Emanuel Adler, he edits the journal International Organization. Among his current research projects, one focuses on the adaptation of international economic organizations, another on the politics of technological innovation in East Asia, and another on the changing politics of supervision in integrating financial markets. He is a team leader in the Major Collaborative Research Initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada on "Globalization and Autonomy," directed by William Coleman. Your browser may not support display of this image.
Louis Pauly, University of Toronto
Louis W. Pauly holds the Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Governance and directs the Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. A graduate of Cornell University, the London School of Economics, New York University, and Fordham University, he has been a visiting professor at Oxford University, Northwestern University, and Osaka City University, held management positions in the Royal Bank of Canada, and served on the staff of the International Monetary Fund. His most recent publications include Global Ordering: Institutions and Autonomy in a Changing World (forthcoming), Global Liberalism and Political Order: Toward a New Grand Compromise? (2007). With Emanuel Adler, he edits the journal International Organization. Among his current research projects, one focuses on the adaptation of international economic organizations, another on the politics of technological innovation in East Asia, and another on the changing politics of supervision in integrating financial markets. He is a team leader in the Major Collaborative Research Initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada on "Globalization and Autonomy," directed by William Coleman.
Charmaine Buskas, TD Securities
Charmaine Buskas is a senior economics strategist with TD securities. Working on the trading desk, Charmaine analyzes economic data and generates macro economic research and insights on North America. In addition, Charmaine is a regular commentator on market developments for financial media such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Dow Jones, as well as local radio and newspapers. She was previously with Moody's Economy.com as an economist and prior to that she was a G10 currency strategist at Bank of America, and worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Charmaine was educated at the University of Alberta, where she received a B.A. in Economics. She holds a Master's degree in Economics from Simon Fraser University.
Peter Bosshard, International Rivers
Mr. Bosshard leads International Rivers’ efforts to strengthen the social and environmental standards of governments, financial institutions, and the dam industry. He has promoted corporate social responsibility since the early 1990s, was closely involved with the World Commission on Dams (WCD), and has coordinated campaigns to stop destructive projects in many countries. Mr. Bosshard leads our effort to strengthen the social and environmental standards of China’s overseas investors, and supervises our Policy, Africa, South Asia and Communications programs. Mr. Bosshard studied at the universities of Zurich, Minnesota, and the West Indies, and holds a Ph.D. from Zurich University. Before joining International Rivers in 2002, he was the coordinator of the Berne Declaration, a Swiss advocacy organization. Mr. Bosshard has authored numerous reports and articles in books, academic journals and the popular press, and blogs for International Rivers.