International co-operatives conference to be held in UK

The International Co-operative Alliance's annual research conference will this year be held in the UK. People before profit: the response of co-operatives to the global financial crisis and economic recession will take place at Queen's College Oxford from the 2 to 4 September 2009.

Research, workshops and debates at the conference will be addressing co-operative contributions to two key discussions - amongst governments, a discussion on how to regulate the banks so the current financial crisis never happens again and and amongst citizens, a broader discussion about how to create more sustainable, fairer, and people-centred economies.

Booking: for further details and a registration form see: http://technology.open.ac.uk/cru/oxfordconf.htm

Participants may also be interested in joining the Society of Co-operative Studies Conference which begins midday Saturday 5th September, and finishes midday Sunday 6th September – see their website for registration and programme details which will be published later:
www.co-opstudies.org