Authenticity and Action

Saturday 7 November 2009 9:30am - 6:30pm

A one-day conference looking at key issues for the future of Fair Trade:

• The Economics of Virtue:  How can Fair Trade continue to grow in the mainstream without being captured by Big Business?
  
• Authenticity, Legitimacy and Certification; What makes Fair Trade authentically Fair Trade?  How does it establish its legitimacy?
  
• Accountability and Impact:  How can the voice of producers be more influential in the planning of Fair Trade strategy? 
  
• Global Economic Trends and Sustainability:  Dealing with the crisis - How the economic downturn is affecting Fair Trade? 
  
• Fair Trade and Trade Agreements: What is the impact of bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations on Fair Trade? A case study: Fair Trade perspectives on Economic Partnership Agreements

Bringing together leading experts, including:

• Ian Barney, Managing Director of TWIN and TWIN Trading
  
• Sergi Corbalan, Coordinator of the Fair Trade Advocacy Office (Brussels)
  
• Timothy Davies, Founder, Practical Participation
  
• Mike Gidney, Deputy Director of the Fairtrade Foundation
  
• Louise Herring, Trade and Enterprise Manager of Comic Relief
  
• Joan Karanja, CEO of Cooperation for Fair Trade in Africa
  
• Dorothea Klein, Fair Tracing Project 
  
• Safia Minney, Founder and CEO of People Tree
  
• Alex Nicholls, University Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship, Skoll Centre, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
  
• Carry Somers, founder and CEO of Pachacute
  
• Mags Vaughan, Business Director of Traidcraft, plc

For fuller speaker biographies, please click here

And offering participants a chance to take issues further in theoretical and practical “open space” discussions, as well as to share in a networking reception at the end of the day.

Please register early to avoid disappointment as numbers are limited.

Free admission includes Conference attendance, tea and coffee, and drinks and refreshments at the reception.  Lunch is not provided. 

Conference Sponsors: 

Oxford Fair Trade Coalition; The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship; Christian Concern for One World; Partnership for Change