PETER MORRISON is a senior Counsellor to the WTO Trade in Services Division. He was educated at McGill University (B.C.L., LL.B.) and the University of Paris. He was subsequently called to the Quebec Bar, and worked for the law firm of McCarthy Tetrault in Montreal. In 1980 he entered Canada's diplomatic service, where he specialized in economic and trade law. In 1989 he joined the Legal Affairs Division of the GATT and, in 1995, the WTO. He was legal advisor to numerous dispute settlement panels, and to the Uruguay Round group negotiating the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). From 1996-99 he headed the World Trade Group at Clifford Chance in London, specialising in the practice of WTO law. From 2000-2001 he was a legal advisor to the WTO Appellate Body. He is a former Sir John Lubbock Senior Visiting Lecturer on WTO law at the University of London. Until his appointment to the staff of the WTO Appellate Body, he was Legal Editor of the International Trade Law Reports.

JAYASHREE WATAL is a Counsellor in the Intellectual Property Division of the WTO, and a former Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Development at Harvard University, the Institute for International Economics, Washington D.C., and George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C. Ms. Watal also served as Deputy Secretary (Industrial Development) and Under Secretary (Chemicals and Petrochemicals) at the Indian Ministry of Commerce 1986-1991, before she became Director of Trade Policy Division at the Ministry 1995-1998. Her twenty two years of experience with the Government of India focused on policy and research making with respect to intellectual property and environment issues in GATT and in TRIPS, and was retained as consultant by the World Bank, UNCTAD and the UNDP in these areas. Ms. Watal holds a Post Master's degree (DESS) in International Trade Law from the University of Paris V (Rene Descartes), France; a Diploma in International Economic Relations from the International Institute for Public Administration, Paris, France, and an M.A. in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India. She is the author of "Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO and Developing Countries" (Oxford University Press, India and Kluwer Law International, 2001).

DR AHMAD KHALAF MASA'DEH is Executive Partner at Khalaf Masa'deh & Partners, and Assistant Professor of international business law at the Faculty of Law, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. Dr Masa'deh holds an Masters degree (LLM) from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville and a PhD degree in international investment and trade law from King's College, University of London. His principal areas of practice are foreign direct investment, privatisation & infra-structure projects, corporate, international trade, and WTO law. He advises various multinational corporations in their business in Jordan, and is also advisor to various Ministries on WTO and privatisation matters. Dr Masa'deh is appointed as international arbitrator on the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, and is member in various international trade associations. He is author of "International Rules for Investment and Investors: Light at the End of the Tunnel?" (European Business Law Review, 2000), and also co-author and editor of "Liberalisation and Protectionism in the World Trading System" (Cameron May 1999).

PHILIPPE RUTTLEY is a partner at Clyde & Co and Head of the WTO & EC Group (London). A former Legal Counsel of the United Nations, Rome and EC advisor at the HM Treasury Solicitor's Department. His principal areas of specialisation are EC competition and WTO/EC trade law. He is the author of numerous articles on EC and WTO law and co-author and editor of "the WTO and International Regulation" (Cameron May 1998) and "Liberalisation and Protectionism in the World Trading System" (Cameron May 1999). He has been Secretary of the World Trade Association since 1997.

DR EDWINI KESSIE is Counsellor at the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division, the body responsible for coordinating the negotiations launched in Doha, Qatar in 2001. He is also the Secretary of the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO. Dr. Kessie joined the WTO Secretariat in 1995 and has assumed posts at various divisions of the Secretariat including the Development Division, the Training Division and the legal unit of the Technical Cooperation Division. He holds a Doctorate Degree in Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and Masters Degrees in Law from the University of Toronto, Canada and the University of Brussels, Belgium. He is admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Courts of England & Wales, New South Wales, Australia and Ghana. Dr. Kessie has practiced Corporate and Commercial Law in Sydney, Australia and International Trade Law and European Community Law in Brussels, Belgium, and has written a number of articles on international trade issues.

DR ARTHUR E. APPLETON is an attorney (Of Counsel and Head of the Trade Law Department) with Lalive & Partners in Geneva, Switzerland. His practice consists of WTO work and international arbitration. He has appeared before the WTO's Appellate Body, and has lectured throughout the world on many different aspects of the WTO Agreement, including dispute settlement, TBT and SPS issues. Dr. Appleton has published numerous articles on trade issues, and is the author of Environmental Labelling Schemes: International Trade Law Implications, Kluwer Law International (1997). He is presently co-editing a multi-volume work on the WTO Agreement, The Kluwer Companion to the WTO Agreement that is due to be published in late 2002.

MARC WEISBERGER is a member of the EC & WTO Group at Clyde & Co, London. He is an English barrister, holding an MA from Queens' College, Cambridge University and an LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Mr. Weisberger's practice covers all aspects of EC, WTO and public international law. His clients include international corporations dealing in maritime transport, commodities trading, energy, pharmaceuticals, insurance and luxury goods. He is also the author of several books and articles on WTO issues, including "Due Process in the WTO Dispute Settlement."