Following the success of the first three Fair Trade International Symposiums held in Montreal (2002 and 2006) and Montpellier (2008), Fairness UK has attracted the 4th symposium to Liverpool Hope Business School on 2-4 April 2012. For this 4th edition, the international symposium will gather around 250 academics and practitioners around discussion of Fair Trade’s ability to grow and institutionalise without increasing the distance between stakeholders involved; especially between producers and consumers. Echoing this theme, the event will also host the final conference of the EU-funded “GeoFairTrade” project.

Prior to the three day symposium (on the 1st April), there will also be a Postgraduate researchers workshops specifically designed to provide research students with a supportive environment in which to develop their work and thinking. Accepted participants can obtain free entry to the whole event.

For more information see here.