Symposium: “Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: US-EU Dialogue”

The Wisconsin International Law Journal’s 26th Annual Symposium MEDICAL TOURISM MEETS HEALTH LAW: US-EU DIALOGUE Friday, March 7, 2008 8:30 am-5:45 pm UW–Madison Health Sciences Learning Center – Room 1335 750 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705 THIS ALL DAY EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Continuing Legal Education Credits for Wisconsin Attorneys Pending To register, e-mail WILJSymposium@gmail.com by February 29, 2008 http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wilj SCHEDULE: 8:00-8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30-8:45 Introduction and Welcome 8:45-10:30 Panel One **International Accreditation and Efforts to Improve International Health Care **International Health Care Convergence: The Benefits and Burdens of Market Driven Standardization **The Global Market for Health Care Economics and Regulation 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break 10:45-12:30 Panel Two **A Comparison Between Public Health Insurance Programs and the Regulation of Private Health Insurance in the US, Mexico and Canada: Could the European Union Serve as a Model for Integration? **Medical Tourism in Lesser Developed Countries: Diverting Doctors or Increasing Investment? **Pandemic Planning: The Impact on Business and the Impact on the Delivery of Health Care 12:30-1:45 Break for Lunch 1:45-3:30 Panel Three **The Impact of Recent Developments in EU law on the National Health Care Systems of the Member States of the EU **How Will We Know When We Have an EU Health Policy? **Cross-border Health Care Rights, The European Court of Justice and Social Citizenship- The Accidental Death of a Concept? 3:30-3:45 Coffee Break 3:45-5:30 Panel Four **The Creation of EU Biological Citizens or Euro-Biocitizens through Medical Tourism Within the EU **Financing National Health Care in a Trans-national Environment – the Impact of the EC Internal Market **The Construction of Healthier Europe: Lessons and Questions for EU Governance from the Fight Against Cancer 5:30-5:45 Closing Remarks SPEAKERS: – Harold J. Bressler, General Legal Counsel, Joint Commission International – Nathan Cortez, Assistant Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law – Dr. Mark L. Flear, Lecturer in Law and Library Officer, Queen’s University Belfast – Scott L. Greer, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Public Health – Vassilis Hatzopoulos, Assistant Professor at the Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) , Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium) – Eleanor D. Kinney, JD, MPH, Co-Director, William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis – Thomas R. McLean, MD, MS, JD, FACS, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, the UMKC School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Kansas – Christopher Newdick, Professor of Health Law, University of Reading (England) – Frank Pasquale, Associate Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School – Diane J. Romza-Kutz, member of Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. – Johan Van De Gronden, Faculty of Law at Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands) – Louise G. Trubek, Clinical Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School Sponsors: Global Legal Studies Center European Union Center of Excellence Center for European Studies UW School of Medicine and Public Health Health Law Section-Wisconsin State Bar Center for World Affairs & the Global Economy (WAGE) Global Studies East Asian Legal Studies Center Academy Health-Student Chapter Other Sponsors Pending