Conference Diary

21st Annual Arden House Conference on American-Russian Relations:  "Has Russia Finally Turned a Political and Economic Corner?" 
March 27-29, Harriman, New York.

Organizers:  Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard and the Harriman Institute of Columbia University.
Topics:  After Yeltsin, Who?; NATO Expansion: What Next; The Economy: Is the Worst Behind Us?; Operating in Russia; Making Russia Safe for Investment; Prospecting for Oil in the Former USSR; Russia as an Emerging Market for Foreign Investors.
Information:  Marshall Goldman, tel. 617-495-4485; fax 617-495-8319; Email goldman3@fas.harvard.edu; Internet: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~daviscrs/ardenhouse.html.

Third International Conference on Enterprise in Transition
May 27-29, 1999, Split, Croatia

Organizer: Faculty of Economics, University of Split.
Language: English.
Call for papers: Please submit a short abstract of up to 250 words in English, including author´s name, institution and address by August 31, 1998.
Information: Faculty of Economics Split, Radovanova 13, Hr 21000 Split, Croatia, tel: 385-21-366033 or -362465, fax 385-21-366026.

1998 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Slavists
May 30- June 1, 1998, Ottawa, Canada 

Organizer: University of Ottawa.
Information: Prof. Richard Sokoloski, CAS Program Committee, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, 70 Laurier Street, Room 138, Arts Building, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5, fax 1-613-562-5138, Email: rsokolos@aix1.uottawa.ca 

Univest 1998: International Investment and Trading Conference
June 15-17, 1998, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom 

Organizer: Hurstbourne Management Ltd. Booking of stands: $269 per square meter. Exhibitors may stage seminars at no additional cost.
Information: Hurstbourne Management Ltd., tel. 44-707-25-1027, Email: Hurstbourne.m@swipnet.se

 Third Moscow International Conference: Comparative Analysis of Economic Transformation in Post-Socialist Countries: The Global Context
June 17-19, 1998, Moscow, Russia 

Organizer: The Faculty of Economics of the Lomonosov, State University of Moscow.
Topics: Essence, stages and models of economic transformation.
Information:Professor Alexander Buzgalin, MGU, Economic Faculty, Vorobevy Gori, Moscow 119 899, Russia 

Opportunities of the Transition in Yugoslav Economy: Enable Market to Function Properly
June 24-26, 1998, Montenegro, Yugoslavia 

Organizer: Yugoslav Economic Association.
Topics: The purpose of the Conference is to increase awareness among private sector, policy makers, general public and journalists of what is involved in the transition to a market economy in Yugoslavia. The following will be tackled in three sessions: Economic stabilization and liberalization; Privatization, enterprise restructuring and enterpreneurship; Reform of financial sector.
Deadline for papers: May 10, 1998
Information: Prof. Nebojsa Savic, Economics Institute, Srpskih vladara 16, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia, fax 381-11-686-345, Email: nebojsas@Eunet.yu 

9th Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation: Participation and Change in the Global Economy
June 26-28, 1998, Bristol, United Kingdom 

Organizer: University of Bristol.
Language: English.
Topics: Employee ownership and the transition to a market economy; Employee participation in transnational corporations; The stakeholder economy: participation, trust and social inclusion.
Call for Papers: Submissions invited from all relevant fields including industrial economics, comparative economic systems, organisational studies, management studies, economic sociology, institutional economics, evolutionary economics, development economics, and studies of economies in transition.
Information: Dr. Will Bartlett, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Rodney Lodge, Grange Road, BS8 4EA, United Kingdom, tel. 44-117-974-1117, fax 44-117-973-730, Email: Will.Bartlett@bristol.ac.uk 

14th Colloquium: Stretching the Boundaries of Organisation Studies into the Next Millennium
July 9-11, 1998, Maastricht, The Netherlands 

Organizer: Maastricht University.
Call for papers: The organizers of the session „Sub-theme 5“, Karoly Balaton and Ed Clark, welcome papers addressing the questions: What are the characteristics of the emerging organisational solutions in different transitional economies? Are they similar to those widely used in advanced market economies?
Information: EGOS Colloquium Secretariat, Faculty of Economics, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands, tel. 31-43-3883656, fax 31-43-325-8495, Email: egos@mw.unimaas.nl 

Sixth International Council for Central and East European Studies Congress
July 29-August 3, 2000, Tampere, Finland 

Organizer: Finnish Institute for Russian and East European Studies.
Call for proposals: The International Programme, Committee invites proposals for panels and roundtables.
The proposals should present the results of new research on Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. All proposals should reach the Congress Scretariat by January 1, 1999.
Information: IV ICCEES World Congress Secretariat, Finnish Institute for Russian and East European Studies, Annankatu 44, FIN-00100 Helsinki, Finland, tel. 358-9-2285-4434, fax 358-9-2285-4431, Email: iccees@rusin.fi, http://www.rusin.fi/iccees

The 5th EACES Conference: Economies in Transition and the Varieties of Capitalisms: Features, Change, Convergence
September 10-12, 1998, Varna, Bulgaria 

Organizer: Institute of Economics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
Topics: Distinctive general features of capitalisms; The change of different models/types of capitalism; The change of economic systems from transitional economies to capitalism; Cooperation and integration of capitalism and transitional economies. Registration fees: For EACES Members: Senior members USD 80; Students and East Europe Scholars USD 40; For Non-EACES Members: Senior members USD 100; Students and East Europe Scholars USD 50.
Call for papers: Deadline March 31, 1998.
Information: Wladimir Andreff, ROSES, University Paris I, 106-112 Boulevard de l´Hopital, F-75647 PARIS Cedex 13, fax 33-(0)1-5543-4191, Email: richet@univ-mlv.fr Or Mitko Dimitrov, Institute of Economics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Aksakov Street 3, BG-1000 Sofia, fax 359-2-882108 

Marketing Strategies for Central & Eastern Europe
December 2-4, 1998, Vienna, Austria 

Organizers: Kellstadt Center for Marketing Analysis and Planning, DePaul University Chicago, University of Economics and Business Administration Vienna.
Call for Papers: Deadline August 31, 1998.
Information: Dr. Reiner Springer, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Althanstr. 51 Vienna, Austria, tel 43-1-313-364371, fax 43-1-313-36751, Email: springer@isis.wu-wien.ac.at 

3rd International Conference on Enterprise in Transition
May 27-29, 1999 

Organizer: University of Split, Faculty of Economics.
Topics include: Transition Processes and Economic Development, Development of Countries in Transition and their Position in Global Economy; Transition, Internationalization, and Globalization; Role and Impact of International Organizations on Transition Processes; Economic Development Models for Countries in Transition;  Industrial, Trade, and Technology Policies in Transition; Distributional Consequences of Privatization Processes; Transition Processes in Enterprises and Their Impact on Economic Development; Securities Markets; Financial Infrastructure for Transition Economies; Enterprises in Transition; Transition of Ownership (Privatization); Restructuring of Large Corporations; SMEs in Transition Economies; Dynamics of Market Structures and Competition, State and Market; Corporate Governance;  Efficiency of an Enterprise in Transition; Entrepreneurship and  Entrepreneurial Behavior; Strategies and Experiences with Setting up New Businesses; Women Entrepreneurship; Business Ethics (in Transition); Transition Processes in Enterprise; (Business) Strategy of an Enterprise in Transition; Transition in Marketing Concept; Financial Restructuring; Human Resources in Enterprise in Transition; Modern Technologies and their Impact on Enterprise in Transition; Production Systems and Concepts; Accounting Systems and Policies in Transition; Organization Structures in Transition; Management in Transition Processes; Innovation Management; Information Systems and Information Technologies in Enterprise in Transition; Transition Processes and the 21st Century; Economic Environment and Infrastructure; New Technologies, Innovations, and Entrepreneurship; New Ventures and Job Creation; Characteristics, Skills, and Behavior of Entrepreneurs and Managers; Characteristics of Successful Business Leaders; New Organizational Structures and Processes (Virtual Enterprise, learning Organization, ...); Cross-cultural Management; Entrepreneurship Education and Training; New Paradigms in Managers' Education.
Information: International Conference 'Enterprise in Transition, University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Radovanova 13, 21000 SPLIT, Croatia, tel. 385 21 362 465 / +385 21 366 033, fax 385 21 366 026, Email: eitconf@efst.hr, Internet: http://www.efst.hr/eitconf/