This first Conference was entitled “Thirty years of community and complementary currencies – what next?”. It was organised by the University of Lyon’s Triangle research centre, from the 16th to the 18th of February 2011, and was trilingual (Spanish/English/French) and multidisciplinary. It gathered overall 250 persons during 3 related events:

• Two days of a classical research conference with call for papers, at the ENS Lyon (Ecole normale supérieure). 55 papers were presented. (16-17 Feb.)
• One day was dedicated to the practitioners, in the house of the Urban community of Lyon : “Building the movement” (18 Feb.)
• A roundtable opened to the general public (17th Feb.) held at the Palais de la Mutualité : “La monnaie réinventée : éclairages internationaux sur les monnaies sociales et complémentaires (Argentine, Brésil, France, Grande-Bretagne)”, notably featuring late Sandra Magalhaes),

More information on the conference website: http://triangle.ens-lyon.fr/spip.php?article1588

Two special issues of research journals were published from this conference:

• “Thirty years of community and Complementary currencies: a review of Impacts, potential and challenges”, Special Issue of the IJCCR (International Journal of Community Currency Research), vol. 16, 2012. (17 papers)
• “Regards sur les monnaies sociales et complémentaires”, RECMA (Revue internationale de l’économie sociale), n°324, avril 2012. (4 papers)

Outcomes for a wider audience:

• Conference reports
• A photograph exhibition, “Les nouveaux riches”, see also the Fokus21 website
• A short video presenting the conference (in French)