Thursday, November 5, 2015
KCON XI: Registration Open Now
Bumping this back up to the top:
The website for the 11th edition of the International Conference on Contracts is now up.
Here are the basics:
11th International Conference on Contracts (KCON XI)
Feb. 26 and 27, 2016
St. Mary’s University School of Law
San Antonio, Texas
The St. Mary’s University School of Law is pleased to host the International Conference on Contracts — a two-day conference designed to afford contracts scholars and teachers at all experience levels (including those preparing to enter the academy and those whose primary teaching appointment is not in a law school) an opportunity to present/demonstrate and discuss (formally and informally) recently-published and accepted-but-not-yet-published scholarship, works-in-progress, thought experiments, as-yet-fully-formed ideas for scholarship, and pedagogical innovations and to network with colleagues — and potential collaborators or mentors — from around the country and other parts of the world.
This year, we will be honoring Professor Peter Linzer of the University of Houston Law Center (pictured) with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of contract law.
Call for Papers
Submissions are cordially invited for the 11th Annual International Conference on Contracts, the largest annual scholarly and educational conference devoted to Contracts and related areas of commercial law. Papers and works in progress are welcome from those who study contracts from any perspective, whether doctrinal, pedagogical, theoretical, empirical, historical, economic, critical, comparative or interdisciplinary.
Works that take an international or civil law approach are also welcome. Junior scholars are particularly encouraged to participate. Those interested in proposing and organizing panels of three to five presenters on specific themes are especially encouraged to do so.
Individual submissions should be made by a brief abstract (one page is sufficient) of the paper or work in progress that includes contact information for the author(s). Individual submissions will be placed on panels with like submissions. Panel proposals should include the name and contact information of the moderator or organizer, and a summary of the proposed papers or works in progress. There is no publication commitment for the conference, but organizers of individual panels are free to arrange for publication on their own.
Submissions: The deadline is Monday, Dec. 11, 2015. Proposals submitted earlier will be accepted on a rolling basis. Proposals submitted after the deadline will be accepted on a space-available basis.
Submissions should be directed to:
Professor Colin P. Marks
[email protected]
Preliminary Schedule
The conference program will begin both Friday and Saturday mornings at 9 a.m. Breakfast and conversational opportunities will start earlier. The conference will continue until about 5:30 p.m. each day.
Accommodations
The Menger Hotel in downtown San Antonio is holding a block of rooms from the nights of Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 through Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 at a rate of $139 per night (plus tax) for a single or double occupancy room or $149 per night (plus tax) for a triple or quadruple occupancy room.
To book a conference-rate room, please use this hotel registration link or call 800-345-9285 and identify yourself as an attendee of the International Conference on Contracts.
The deadline for hotel registration at the conference rate is Feb. 5, 2016. The sooner you book the more likely we will be able to get the hotel to make the conference rate available to additional attendees once the initial block is booked and the deadline passes.
Though shuttles will be provided to and from the conference and hotel, should you wish to drive, parking rates for the group are: $20 valet plus tax, (subject to change/for Hotel guest only). There are also various city lots around the hotel which cost between $12 and $20 per day.
Transportation
We’ll provide transportation between the Menger and the law school for the conference as well as forFriday’s dinner venue at the Plaza Club in downtown San Antonio. Attendees who prefer to stay elsewhere are responsible for their own transportation.
Meals
Your registration fee will cover the costs of breakfast and lunches both days and a reception and dinnerFriday evening, as well as morning and afternoon refreshments during breaks, which will include coffee, fruit, baked goods and other items.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact the chair of the conference steering committee, Colin P. Marks, at 210-231-2248 or [email protected].
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