Registration open for the 14th EADI General Conference on “Responsible Development in a Polycentric World », (23 – 26 June 2014), Bonn

We are very pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 14th EADI General Conference, and we invite you register online at www.gc2014.org/registration. We recommend you to book the Conference Package, which includes three nights’ accommodation (Monday 23th, Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th June), all meals and full access to all Conference sessions. Early Bird Rate ends 31 May.

The theme of the conference is “Responsible Development in a Polycentric World: Inequality, Citizenship and the Middle Classes” and we have an exciting range of over 60 panels and working group sessions (http://www.gc2014.org).

We will be holding a book exhibition on the Tuesday and Wednesday, where publishers, NGOs and research organisations are showcasing research, publications and items of interest to the development community. Please see the conditions here: www.gc2014.org/registration/book-exhibition

Among the key speakers are:
Prof. Dr. Isa Baud, EADI President
Dr. Nancy Birdsall, President of Centre for Global Development
Dr. Francois Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics
Prof. Jie Chen, University of Idaho
Olivier Consolo, Former irector of the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development (CONCORD)
Dr. Francisco Ferreira, Acting Chief Economist for World Bank Africa
Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General and former Executive Secretary of ESCAP
Prof. Pierre Jacquet, President of the Global Development Network
Prof. Raphael Kaplinsky, Open University in the United Kingdom
Prof. Louka Katseli, University of Athens and former Greek Minister of Economy, Shipping and Competitiveness
Prof. Peter Knorringa, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam
Assoc. Prof. Adrian Gurza Lavalle, Sao Paulo University
Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner, Director of the German Development Institute
Dr. Branko Milanovic, Lead Economist at the World Bank
Jürgen Nimptsch, Mayor of the City of Bonn
Dr. Jose Gabriel Palma, Faculty of Economics, Cambridge University
Dr. Angelika Schwall-Düren, Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media
Bright Simons, President of mPedigree-Network