Please circulate this invitation widely. Hope to see you in Bonn in September. Sorry for cross-postings. Thank you! Regards, Christian The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent? September 26-27, 2016 Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn, Ahrstr. 45, 53175 Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany The Competence Center of Consumer Research North Rhine-Westphalia (CECORE NRW) invites to the second International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR) 2016 scheduled for September 26-27, 2016 at the Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The theme of the conference is "The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent?". The aim of the conference is to discuss different views, concepts, and models of consumers and the implications for policy-making. The ICCR 2016 addresses questions like: Is there a way to protect vulnerable consumers more efficiently? Can responsible consumers get new tools to achieve healthy and sustainable societies? Is transparency an asset or a threat to consumers? Does nudging help to unfold self-governance of consumers? For further informations see below or visit our website: http://www.verbraucherzentrale.nrw/iccr-2016. Contact lab concepts on behalf of Consumer Association of North Rhine-Westphalia Bonner Talweg 64, D-53113 Bonn, Germany, E-Mail: ICCR2016-programme@lab-concepts.de Competence Center of Consumer Research | CECORE NRW Mintropstr. 27, D-40215 Düsseldorf, Germany, E-Mail: verbraucherforschung@verbraucherzentrale.nrw Internet: www.verbraucherforschung-nrw.de | Twitter (@kvf_nrw): www.twitter.com/kvf_nrw The ICCR 2016 is funded by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Registration and Information Registration: https://lcem.lab-concepts.de/registration/iccr2016/en (External link | An online service of lab concepts GmbH) Hotel Reservation: http://www.bonn-region.de/events/iccr-2016.html (External link | A service of the Tourismus & Congress GmbH Region Bonn / Rhein-Sieg / Ahrweiler) Venue: http://www.stifterverband.de/pdf/wz_bonn_flyer_english.pdf (External link | Leaflet by the Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn) Programme Day 1: September 26, 2016 08:00 | Registration / Get Together 09:00-09:30 | Welcome Opening Remarks by Wolfgang Schuldzinski | Chairman of the Consumer Association of North-Rhine Westphalia Welcome Address by Svenja Schulze | Minister of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Welcome Address by Johannes Remmel | Minister of Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 09:30-10:15 | Keynote: The 21st century consumer: Living in a smart dictatorship? Prof. Dr Harald Welzer (Germany) | FUTURZWEI Foundation, Potsdam 10:15-10:30 | Award ceremony for excellent young consumer researches in North-Rhine Westphalia Moderation: Wolfgang Schuldzinski | Chairman of the Consumer Association of North-Rhine Westphalia Svenja Schulze | Minister of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Johannes Remmel | Minister of Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Laudatory Speech: Prof. Dr Jörn Lamla (Germany) | University of Kassel and CECORE Scientific Advisory Board 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break 11:00-12:00 | Round-table discussion: The future of consumer research: Challenges, needs and wants Moderation: Wolfgang Schuldzinski | Chairman of the Consumer Association of North-Rhine Westphalia Prof. Dr Mirjam Jaquemoth (Germany) | Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and CECORE Scientific Advisory Board Prof. Dr Jörn Lamla (Germany) | University of Kassel and CECORE Scientific Advisory Board Prof. Robert Walker (United Kingdom) | University of Oxford Prof. Dr Harald Welzer (Germany) | FUTURZWEI Foundation, Potsdam N. N. | European Commission, DG Research and Innovation (requested) 12:00-13:00 | Lunch 13:00-15:30 | Sessions Session 1 | The (self-)quantified consumer: Wearables and life-logging Chair: Prof. Dr Remi Maier-Rigaud | Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden Rapporteur: Sarah-Lena Böning | University of Cologne Opening Speech Prof. Dr Stefan Selke (Germany) | Furtwangen University Citizen empowerment through ICT – a Swedish case David Andersson (Sweden) | Chalmers University of Technology The influence of self-quantification on individuals’ power perceptions Julia Wakonig and Prof. Dr Bernadette Kamleitner (Austria) | Vienna University of Economics and Business Session 2 | The well-fed Consumer: Sustainable and healthy food Chair: Prof. Dr Wiltrud Terlau | Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences Rapporteur: Dr Darya Hirsch | Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences Opening Speech Prof. Dr Christoph Klotter (Germany) | Fulda University of Applied Sciences The costs of a healthy diet Luca Casetti (Switzerland) | Bern University of Applied Science Making sustainability palatable? Changing practices of middle class food consumption in Bangalore Sunayana Ganguly (India and Switzerland) | Freie University Berlin Session 3 | The educated consumer: Chances and limits of consumer education Chair: Prof. Dr Birgit Weber | University of Cologne Rapporteur: Anja Bonfig | University of Cologne Opening Speech Prof. Sue McGregor (Canada) | Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax and McGregor Consulting Group Identifying the strategic conditions to develop and strengthen sustainable social innovations as enablers of sustainable living through consumption hot spots analysis and participatory (bottom-up) processes Georgina Guillen-Hanson (Germany) | Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Wuppertal Consumer education and socio-economic heterogeneity Ulrike Danier (Germany) | University of Cologne 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break 16:00-18:30 | Sessions Session 4 | The nudged consumer: The rise of behavioural governance Dr Kathrin Loer | University of Hagen Rapporteur: Dr Holger Straßheim | Humboldt-University Berlin and Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg Opening Speech Prof. Rhys Jones (United Kingdom) | Aberystwyth University Nudging the government – How open data can be used to make behavioural governance work both ways Prof. Dr Ulrich Greveler (Germany) | Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences Do health apps and wearables contribute to the individualisation of consumers? An empirical analysis of user behaviour and regulatory implications Prof. Dr Remi Maier-Rigaud (Germany)| Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden Sarah-Lena Böning (Germany) | University of Cologne Session 5 | The poor consumer: Poverty, debt overload and income inequality Chair: Prof. Dr Till van Treeck | University of Duisburg-Essen Rapporteur: Jan Behringer | Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Düsseldorf Opening Speech Prof. Robert Walker (United Kingdom) | University of Oxford Insecure employment and pro-environmental consumption: An empirical analysis Dr Ortrud Leßmann (Germany and Austria) | ifz. International Research Centre for Social Ethics, Salzburg Torsten Masson (Germany) | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig Exploring consumers' financial fragility in Europe: Over-indebtedness, rainy days funds and the role of financial literacy Gianni Nicolini, Ph.D. (Italy) | University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Session 6 | The modest consumer: Good and sufficient lifestyles Chair: Prof. Dr Reinhard Loske | University Witten/Herdecke Rapporteur: N .N. Opening Speech Prof. Anders Hayden (Canada) | Dalhousie University Anti-consumption beliefs in the general public Jonas Nässén, Ph. D. (Sweden) | Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg Second-hand consumption as a lifestyle choice Prof. Dr. Adrienne Steffen (Germany) | Internationals University Heidelberg 18:30 | Get-together Day 2: September 27, 2016 09:00-10:00 | Round-table discussion: Sharing, access or gig economy? Moderation: N. N. Prof. Fleura Bardhi (United Kingdom) | Cass Business School, City University London Gerd Billen (Germany) | State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Oliver Bremer (Germany) | BlaBlaCar (Comuto Deutschland GmbH) Prof. Dr Justus Haucap (Germany) | University of Düsseldorf David Weingartner (Germany) | OuiShare 10:15-12:45 | Sessions Session 7 | The scored consumer: Privacy and Big Data Prof. Dr Ulrich Greveler | Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences Rapporteur: Timo Jakobi | University of Siegen Opening Speech Dr Walter Peissl (Austria) | Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Personalizing consumer information with Big Data: an opt-in model for data-driven personalization of consumer law Prof. Dr Christoph Busch (Germany) | Osnabrück University Personalized pricing in the light of consumer conversations Prof. Dr Sarah Hosell (Germany)| HMKW - University of Applied Sciences for Media, Communication and Business, Cologne Prof. Dr Michael Schleusener (Germany) | Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences Session 8 | The political consumer: From activism to slacktivism, from advocacy to adhocracy? Chair: Prof. Dr Sigrid Baringhorst | University of Siegen Rapporteur: Katharina Witterhold | University of Siegen Opening Speech Prof. Michele Micheletti (Sweden) | Stockholm University The second-curve model: A promising framework for ethical consumption? Veganism as a case study Estela M. Díaz (Spain) | Comillas Pontifical University "By any means necessary": Political consumption and political participation in the United States Meredith A. Katz (USA) | Virginia Commonwealth University Session 9 | The ethical consumer: From corporate to consumer social responsibility? Chair: Prof. Dr Christian Wey | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Rapporteur: Miriam Thöne | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Opening Speech Prof. Timothy M. Devinney (United Kingdom) | Leeds University Business School The new meat consumers? Exploring the discourse on alternative meats and acceptance of radical change Minna Kanerva (Germany) | University of Bremen Company's monetary benefits from consumer social responsibility Dr Friederike Paetz (Germany)| Clausthal University of Technology Dr Daniel Guhl (Germany) | Humboldt University Berlin 12:45-13:45 | Lunch 13:45-16:15 | Sessions Session 10 | The new consumer: Sharing economy, collaborative consumption and peer production Chair: Prof. Dr Justus Haucap | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Rapporteur: Lisa Hamelmann | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Opening Speech Prof. Fleura Bardhi (United Kingdom) | Cass Business School, City University London Prosumption among young consumers – some research insights from Poland Prof. Maciej Mitrega and Agnieszka Malecka (Poland) | University of Economics, Katowice The responsible, sharing consumer – a closer look at the motivation of potential private durable goods‘ suppliers in the sharing economy Vita Zimmermann and Prof. Dr Michael Schleusener (Germany) | Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences Session 11 | The European consumer: Patterns and development of EU consumer policy Prof. Dr Christoph Strünck | University of Siegen Rapporteur: Anne-Kathrin Schwaab | University of Siegen Opening Speech Prof. Dr. Martin Schmidt-Kessel (Germany) | University of Bayreuth The 21st century digital consumer and international law – dilemmas in a brave new global consumer world Itai Apter (Israel) | University of Haifa The encroachment of Food Deserts in urban markets: Implications for public policy and consumer protection Marko Grünhagen (USA and Croatia) | Eastern Illinois University and University of Rijeka Irena Guszak Cerovecki (Croatia) | Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia Session 12 | The sustainable consumer: Patterns of consumption in private households Chair: Prof. Dr Christa Liedtke and Dr Carolin Baedeker | Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Rapporteur: Julia Nordmann | Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Opening Speech Prof. Dr Doris Fuchs (Germany) | University of Münster Thinking green but buying thoughtless? An empirical examination of the attitude behaviour gap among German clothing consumers Kathleen Krause, Lars Petersen, Jacob Hörisch and Dirk Battenfeld (Germany) | University of Potsdam 50 shades of green: The variability of values in sustainable family homes Dr Elaine L. Ritch (United Kingdom) | Glasgow Caledonian University 16:30-17:15 | Closing remarks: The way to the 21st century consumer: A historical perspective Prof. Frank Trentmann (United Kingdom) | Birkbeck University of London