Press Release 018/2014

Networked Markets: Global Business

Global (Market) Society Is in the Focus of the 18th Karlsruher Gespräche – Presentations, Discussions, and Cultural Events for the Public
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Does global trade foster prosperity or famine? This is one of the central questions of the Karlsruher Gespräche this year (Figure: Sahar Aharoni).

The global market booms as it did never before. How do growing border-crossing market mechanisms influence our society? Where are the opportunities for networked markets and how can we limit negative impacts of global trade? These questions are in the focus of the 18th Karlsruher Gespräche (Karlsruhe Talks) “The Global (Market) Society. About Trading with Goods, Data, and People” from February 14 to 16, 2014. The talks are conceived and organized by ZAK │ Center for Applied Cultural Science and Studium Generale at KIT. They will be opened by the former Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court Professor Udo Di Fabio, who will speak about the relationship of state and industry in times of globalization.

 

More information: www.zak.kit.edu/karlsruher_gespraeche

 

Being “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association”, KIT creates and imparts knowledge for the society and the environment. It is the objective to make significant contributions to the global challenges in the fields of energy, mobility, and information. For this, about 10,000 employees cooperate in a broad range of disciplines in natural sciences, engineering sciences, economics, and the humanities and social sciences. KIT prepares its 22,800 students for responsible tasks in society, industry, and science by offering research-based study programs. Innovation efforts at KIT build a bridge between important scientific findings and their application for the benefit of society, economic prosperity, and the preservation of our natural basis of life. KIT is one of the German universities of excellence.

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