Keynote speaker: Professor John Bridgeman CBE
(Formerly Director General of Fair Trading, MD Alcan)
Contributions from:
Bert Foer : President, American Antitrust Institute
Professor John Kay : London Business School/Director: Institute for Fiscal Studies/London Economics
Professor Alan Riley : City University Law School/ Res Publica
Dr Paul Gorecki : Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin (formerly with Economic Council of Canada)
James Lowman : Association of Convenience Stores
Barry Lynn: New America Foundation
Michael Hallsworth: Institute for Government, London
Courtesy of kind support of the Federal Government of Canada, cost per delegate is held at £100 ea (to include buffet lunch). However, seating capacity is strictly limited
Please email Professor Alan Hallsworth
to reserve your place and for updates, additional speakers etc.
Please put COMPETITION EVENT in the subject line

Purpose of the day
In addressing rising concerns about the environment, sustainability and resource depletion, analysts turn increasingly to behavioural economics for interpretations of the human factor. Critics argue, fairly or otherwise, that Competition Policy, conversely, remains dependent upon Chicago-School visions of market competition. Some who accept the broad sphere of rational choice nevertheless argue that there should at least be US-style routes to contesting the power of market-dominant firms. Others question the metrics and the evidence base that underpin specific decisions about the competitiveness of markets. It can also be argued that any wider vision of a public interest (dropped from Competition policy by the 2002 Enterprise Act) has been reduced to consumer interest.
Who, then, is best placed to define or defend the consumer interest?

Leading speakers will offer a range of perspectives on these topics. Following a networking lunch, the afternoon will include a roundtable session to extend the debate more widely.
The event seeks to appeal to all who have an interest in how consumer markets are, could, or should be regulated.
Supported by LoCSA and the BACS Business group

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 19th European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies will be hosted by the Department of History of the University of Milano, Italy, September 23-24, 2010.  

Any students at European universities working on Master' s or doctoral theses in Canadian Studies are invited to share their current research in the form of an oral presentation before a panel of experts and fellow students. Contributions from all disciplines are welcome.

Contributions may be in either English or French, and should not exceed 15-20 minutes. A selection of the best papers will be published after the conference.

Application

Students interested in participating should submit an abstract (1 page) outlining the topic of their research and the nature of their findings, plus a short C.V. Applications may be submitted by e-mail. Papers will be selected on the basis of the abstract. Invitations to participate will be sent out as soon as the selection process has been completed.

Deadline for abstracts: June 15, 2010- at the address below

Accommodation and other costs: Accommodation and meals will be covered by a grant from the Government of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to the European Network for Canadian Studies.

Travel costs: please apply to your university or your national/regional Association for Canadian Studies.

Contact address:

Prof. Luigi Bruti-Liberati
Department of History
University of Milano

[BACS members: assistance for travel will depend on the number of students attending the seminar; please send a copy of your submission to BACS and inform the BACS office as soon as you hear whether it has been accepted, otherwise you may not be eligible for funding]