[Air-L] ICCR 2016: The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent?

[Bala Christian]

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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 at lab-concepts.de
Competence Center of Consumer Research | CECORE NRW
Mintropstr. 27, D-40215 Düsseldorf, Germany, E-Mail:
verbraucherforschung at 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