Personal Insolvency Conference: 7-9 September 2016 - Brisbane Australia
Final date for submission of abstracts: 7 March 2016
In 2016, the Insolvency & Restructuring group within the Queensland
University of Technology's Commercial and Property Law Research Centre
will be hosting their first international conference. While the current
focus in much insolvency scholarship or commentary is upon salvaging
economic value for large businesses facing financial collapse, the harsh
reality is that many more people experience financial stress as
over-indebted consumers or Œowners¹ of micro/small/medium sized
enterprises.
The conference will provide a forum for scholars and policy-makers to
discuss and present on the human experience of bankruptcy.
Key note addresses will be delivered by Professor Jay L. Westbrook, Benno
C. Schmidt Chair of Business Law, The University of Texas at Austin, and
Professor Iain Ramsay, Professor of Law, University of Kent.
Themes to be discussed at the conference include:
- Fresh start: rhetoric or reality?
- Policy tensions: fresh start v commercial certainty
- Personal insolvency law reform
- Alternatives to bankruptcy
- Multi-disciplinary insights
- Comparative approaches
- Lenders¹ perspectives
- Human rights
- The health effects of over-indebtedness
Our themes are deliberately broad and we welcome abstracts from all
disciplines and areas of expertise examining issues surrounding natural
person insolvency.
Supporting URL
http://personalinsolvencyconference.com/