Colloque étudiant «Nouveaux enjeux, nouveaux acteurs, nouvelles dynamiques: Vers une nouvelle mondialisation économique?»

The 2025 Student Conference will address the redefinition of economic globalization through three main themes in which participants can frame their presentations. 

Theme 1: New Challenges 
Under this theme, are welcome submissions that address issues gaining new or evolving prominence in international economic relations, within the WTO, regional trade agreements, investment treaties, international negotiations, jurisprudence, or academic literature. Examples include: addressing climate change, sustainable development, inclusive trade, gender equality, human rights, collective or individual rights of Indigenous peoples, worker protection, energy trade, the race for critical minerals, digital trade, semiconductors, battery and electric vehicle supply chains, sustainable public procurement, data protection, national security, new agricultural supply chains, food security, biodiversity, friend-shoring, near-shoring, reshoring, product labeling, etc. 

Theme 2: New Players
This theme consists of two aspects: the new roles of state actors and the growing roles played by private individuals and entities. 

• Aspect 1: The United States no longer assumes the leadership role in economic globalization. Some states are playing new roles, either promoting agreements or initiatives or blocking them. New alliances are forming, and some trade tensions are intense. Governments are deploying new trade policies while others are retreating. Developing countries are taking on new roles and directions, while others are left behind. Are welcome submissions under this aspect that address the new roles and relationships among state actors in globalization. 
• Aspect 2: Private individuals and entities are playing an increasingly significant role in shaping and defining the global economy. Their growing influence, whether through activist or legal actions, or through roles assigned to them by states or international organizations, increasingly impacts international policies. NGOs, agricultural lobbies, indigenous communities, investors, environmental groups, and many other collectives are moving beyond their previous positions as mere subjects of international law. Recent examples of impactful interventions by non-state actors include their involvement before the European Court of Human Rights, in investor-state arbitrations, as amicus curiae in courts, and in negotiations related to fisheries, environmental protection, biodiversity, food security, culture, and digital trade. Are welcome submissions under this aspect that address the new roles of non-state actors in the redefinition of economic globalization.

Theme 3: New Dynamics
While a certain form of multilateralism may be faltering, other dynamics and movements are emerging. Within the WTO itself, we are seeing commitments through joint initiatives, plurilateral agreements, and even multilateral agreements that seem to be negotiated and implemented with more flexibility than previously accustomed. Outside the multilateral trading system, there are innovative trade agreements, mega-partnerships, and mini-deals that challenge the traditional balance between regionalism, bilateralism, and multilateralism. Are welcome submissions under this aspect that address the new dynamics of deconstructing or reconstructing globalization.

Prizes
The conference proceedings will be published. Prizes ranging from 250 to 1500 CAD will be awarded for the best written presentations, best oral presentations, language quality, best visual support (e.g., PowerPoint Presentation), as well as the jury’s and public’s favorites at the end of the Conference. A jury composed of professors, researchers, practitioners, and governmental officials will evaluate the participants' presentations