by Karl Widerquist | Jun 26, 2014 | News
Street art in Boulevard Saint Laurent, Labrona -Basic Income Canada Network
The Basic Income Earth Network’s (BIEN’s) 15th International Congress gets underway today, June 26, 2014 with the pre-conference day dedicated to the 13th Annual North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress, a joint meeting of the Basic Income Canada Network and the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network. The NABIG Day is focusing on strategies to activate and implement a basic income policy in Canadian and United States jurisdictions.
The BIEN Congress is the oldest and largest basic income conference in the world. He has taken place every two years since 1986, when it was known as the Basic Income European Network Congress. It expanded to become the Basic Income Earth Network Congress in 2004. This year’s Congress takes place at McGill University in Montreal under the theme of “Re-democratizing the Economy.” The registration has sold out with about 250 attendees. Participants will be discussing all aspects of BIG from the effects in terms of economics, philosophy, and sociology to the effort to build a successful political movement for BIG.
The 15th International Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress will take place on 27-29 June 2014 in Montreal. The Congress brings together academics, activists, policy makers, political representatives, NGOs, and interested members of the general public to discuss and debate how introducing a universal and unconditional basic income relates.
Click here for more information on the BIEN and the NABIG Congresses.
See also the following article from the Montreal Gazette:
Peggy Curran, “Idea of flat income to be hot topic at McGill on Friday,” The Gazette [Montreal, Quebec, Canada], June 26, 2014.
On Friday, more than 100 academics, economists and activists for social change from around the world will gather at McGill University’s Law Faculty for the 15th International BIEN Congress. -Photograph by: Aaron Lynett , Postmedia News, via the Gazette
by Karl Widerquist | Jun 14, 2014 | News
Anna Reid Lecture
Dr Anna Reid, past president of the Canadian Medical Association, will talk about health and basic income at BIEN Congress 2014 on June 26. This is a free event, sponsored by the Institute for Health and Social Policy. All welcome.
More info at https://biencanada.ca/congress/keynote-speakers – reid.
by Karl Widerquist | May 29, 2014 | News
The early registration rate for the BIEN Congress in Montreal ends on May 31. After this time (i.e. beginning June 1), late registration takes effect and registration fees will increase. Organizers remind participants to register at https://biencanada.ca/congress/registration
The 15th International BIEN Congress will take place at McGill University on June 27-29, 2014 with a pre-congress day on June 26th as the 13th Annual North American Basic Income Guarantee Conference.
McGill Universtiy
by Karl Widerquist | Apr 27, 2014 | News
Enno Schmidt
Enno Schmidt will speak at BIEN’s Congress from June 27th through the 29th. Schmidt is an activist and co-founder of the Initiative Basic Income in Switzerland and president of the Cultural Impulse Switzerland Foundation. Schmidt is known for his 2008 film “Basic Income – a Cultural Impulse,” which has had a major influence in the basic income debate. The film is in German, but it is available with closed captions in English and in other languages.
Born 1958 in Osnabrück (Germany), he studied painting and art theory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Frankfurt am Main. Schmidt is a recipient of the Frankfurt Art Prize. He became a Managing Director and shareholder of the Enterprise Economy and Art – Extended GmbH and a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. He contributed to creating the Future Foundation Social Life under the umbrella of the Trusteeship Office of the GLS Bank in Bochum, Germanyand held a teaching position at the Institute of Entrepreneurship, University of Karlsruhe. Living in Basel, since 2006 Schmidt has been a spokesperson for the initiative, author, filmmaker and presenter.
More information is available at: https://biencanada.ca/congress/keynote-speakers – enno
by Karl Widerquist | Apr 26, 2014 | News
Roberto Gargarella
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Speaking at the BIEN congress will be Roberto Gargarella. He is Professor of Constitutional Theory and Political Philosophy at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. He will shortly take up a post as Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellow at the Institute of the Americas, University College London. He is an expert on comparative constitutional political theory.
The Basic Income Earth Network Congress will be held in Montreal from June 26th through 29th. For more information on Roberto Gargarella, go to: https://biencanada.ca/congress/keynote-speakers – roberto.
