The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent?

The Competence Center of Consumer Research North Rhine-Westphalia is hosting the second International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR) 2016. 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?

The two-days conference will be opened with welcome addresses by Svenja Schulze, Minister of Research of North Rhine-Westphalia and by Johannes Remmel, Minister of Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia. The last session 12 "The sustainable consumer: Patterns of consumption in private households" will be hosted by Wuppertal Institute's Prof. Dr. Christa Liedtke, Dr. Carolin Baedeker and Julia Nordmann.