The conference "Prospects for the Acceptance of Competitive Local Currencies: The Future of BerkShares." is scheduled for July 18th at the campus of the American Institute for Economic Research, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Papers given at the conference will later be available through the American Institute for Economic Research’s website and that of the E. F. Schumacher Society .

More information about BerkShares and media coverage of the project may be found at www.berkshares.org