THE 2010 HAYEK ESSAY COMPETITION

Topic:

'Examine whether authoritarian capitalism is a viable alternative to its Western liberal version, to promote long term economic growth and development.'
Prize Information

First prize: $2500 cash award + travel grant*

Second prize: $1500 cash award + travel grant*

Third prize: $1000 cash award + travel grant*

For detailed information about the competition please go to http://www.montpelerin.org/essay.cfm

NOMINATIONS

We are happy to receive nominations from MPS members for GUESTS AND FELLOWS to attend the 2010 MPS meeting.  Remember that you can nominate as many people as you would like.  Please go to our Guest and Fellows Nomination page.

VISIT THE WEST BEFORE MPS STARTS!

Another great opportunity for MPS members is taking place in Western Australia two days before the MPS conference (For members coming from Europe, travelling via Perth would be a great option).  Ron Manners, an MPS member is organizing a fascinating tour/conference of some of the mining and energy zones in Western Australia.  For more information go to The Sun Rose in the West

THE CUTTING EDGE COMPETITION

As an additional element in the academic programme we are holding a competition called “Cutting Edge Ideas” which is OPEN TO EVERYONE. The committee is looking for new ideas about liberty, it can be on any topic or area of interest.  We want to be provoked and hear about ideas that are 'out of the box'. Please feel free to pass the competition information on to anyone you think may be interested.

PRIZE:

- Three competition winners will present their ideas during the Cutting Edge Ideas session at the prestigiousMPS conference

- Registration fee of AU$1700.  (Please note that winners will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation.)

How to enter

Message from the President

of the Mont Pelerin Society

In October 2010, we hold our first general meeting in the South Pacific and second in the southern hemisphere. We return to the beautiful city of Sydney, which last hosted a regional meeting in 1985.

Since our last general meeting in Tokyo in 2008, the global intellectual and political climate seems to be shifting again towards taking that Road to Serfdom, which the Society was set up to avoid. Hence, there can be no more important task today than to test the foundations of those principles of liberty that the society has espoused and, till recently, seemed to be in the ascendant. As the ideas of the Enlightenment – particularly of its Scottish parent – have formed the bedrock of these beliefs, it is opportune that the general theme of this meeting is to discuss whether these ideas still have relevance and how they can be strengthened. As many political conflicts and differing policy prescriptions are ultimately based upon divergent implicit beliefs about human nature, it is important to see how our understanding of human nature has been refurbished by the recent advances in the human sciences, and the extent to which this will aid a twenty-first century liberal Enlightenment.

One of the stated aims of the Society at its founding was ‘the analysis and exploration of the nature of the present crisis so as to bring home to others, its essential moral and economic origins.’ At another time of crisis, when economic and personal liberties seem again to be threatened, it is appropriate that the organisers of the meeting have included a number of sessions to discuss these threats. As a glance at the program will show, the meeting will be discussing not only the promise that recent scientific advances hold for a New Enlightenment but also the current threats to old Enlightenment ideals as well as the means to counter them.

I look forward to seeing you at the 37th General meeting of our Society in October 2010.

Professor Deepak Lal

President of MPS

Chairman of Programme Committee

The Centre for Independent Studies would like to welcome all MPS members, guests and fellows to the 2010 Mont Pelerin Society General Meeting.

The conference, titled A 21^st Century Liberal Enlightenment, will offer an inspiring and rigorous program that will discuss the fundamental ideas of the Enlightenment period and how best to foster this thinking, be it in the world of science, the arts, or in the crucial sphere of economics. A re-engagement with these ideas is vital to ensure the survival of a free and civilised world.

All the details you may need for registration, accommodation and general information are available on this website. If not, please contact the organising committee at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it directly. We hope you will take this opportunity to extend your stay and explore Australia. You may even like to consider coming to Sydney via Perth in Western Australia or via New Zealand.

I look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful shores in October 2010.

Greg Lindsay

Chairman of Organising Committe

VISA INFORMATION

Please note all travellers other than Australian and New Zealand citizens are required to hold a valid visa to travel to Australia.  Please go to the Business Vistor Visa Information to get details of how to apply for your visa. 

For those who would prefer to use an agent to organise the visa please note that some companies may charge unneccasarily high fees.  Shop around.
PLEASE APPLY FOR YOUR VISA AT LEAST 6–8 WEEKS BEFORE THE CONFERENCE.  NOT ALL COUNTRIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTRONIC VISA APPLICATIONS AND MAY REQUIRE FORMS TO BE COMPLETED AND POSTED TO OUR EMBASSY.

INSURANCE