Past Conferences

  1. October 20, 2022

    Hidden Costs: Food Security Remote Workshop 2022

    Themes for Discussion Concentration in food supply chains Corporate and country level Anatomy of price due to concentration. Where does the money go when prices rise? An old problem, even before globalization Countries are dependent on certain export countries where food…

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  2. February 24 - February 26, 2021

    Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains Conference 2021

    Day 1: Wed, February 24 Today we will review supply chain projects over the past year. PBS Frontline documentary On China's New Silk Road podcast The RIPE Special issue Hidden Costs of wine production Latest scholarly research and books from Hidden Costs collaborators Lessons…

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  3. September 20 - September 22, 2019

    Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains Conference 2019

    Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains has received a grant of $2.5 million (CAD) from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to develop documentary journalism projects and scholarly research about issues related to global commerce. The purpose of this workshop…

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Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains

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