Manjiao Chi is professor and founding director of Center for International Economic Law and Policy (CIELP), Law School of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing. His recent reaserch focuses on international economic govenance, dispute settlement, responsible business conducts, and global cooperation. Author of numerous books and articles, consultant of various international organizations, recipient of multiple research grants, and visiting professor of many leading law schools and institutions around the world. Deputy Chair, UNCITRAL Academic Forum on ISDS, Co-Chair, ASIL Asian-Pacific Law Interest Group, and Standing Council Member, Chinese Society of International Law. He also has rich experience of international dispute settlement and treaty negotiatons.
Andrea K. Bjorklund is the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, as well as a Full Professor and the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, at McGill University Faculty of Law. She acts as arbitrator and expert in both investment and commercial arbitrations and as an expert in court proceedings related to arbitration. She is on the panel of arbitrators of the Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center, the International Commercial Arbitration Court of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, and Industry, and AAA’s International Centre for Dispute Resolution. She is also a U.S. appointee to the NAFTA Chapter 19 (and USMCA Chapter 10) roster of arbitrators. Professor Bjorklund has a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.A. in French Studies from New York University, and a B.A. (with High Honors) in History and French from the University of Nebraska.