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&#160;&#160;&#160;16-17 October 2014ParisA cogent appraisal of the spirit of contemporary capitalism and itsproblems calls for renewed attention to the performative. Businessschools, consultancy firms, corporations, investment banks, start-upcompanies, market research agencies, public administrations and othersites of business life are characterized by the presence of habits,idioms and apparatuses that constitute a significant part of the realityof business. These include techniques for the simulation of businesssituations, methods for the explanation of business problems,instruments for the valuation of business endeavours, and tools for thepresentation of business outcomes. But simulation, explanation,valuation and presentation are not only about accounting for externalstates of affair. They are, at least in part, about moulding, enacting,provoking and effecting the business realities they signify.Many things have been said indeed, from a large variety of angles, aboutthe performative condition of capitalist business existence. The pointnow is to think about where to go from here. Contributors to thisworkshop are addressing this challenge from their own particular blendsof intellectual concerns and research undertakings. The workshop aims atproviding an occasion to discover and discuss what they have to say.Topics covered range from the anthropology of financialization to thecritique of management, from the sociology of accounting to the politicsof organization and the philosophy of law.SpeakersAlaric Bourgoin, Laure Cabantous, Ève Chiapello, Kimberly Chong, BarbaraCzarniawska, Liliana Doganova, Paul du Gay, Daniel Fridman, MartinGiraudeau, Penny Harvey, Sarah Kaplan, Andrew Leyshon, Javier Lezaun,Peter Miller, Fabian Muniesa, Horacio Ortiz, Álvaro Pina-Stranger, PaoloQuattrone, Michele Spanò, Signe VikkelsøThis symposium is sponsored by PERFORMABUSINESS (Performativity inBusiness Education, Management Consulting and Entrepreneurial Finance),a project funded by the European Research Council (Starting Grant No.263529) and located at the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation (MinesParisTech/ARMINES).The event takes place on 16 and 17 October 2014, 9:00 to 18:00, at MinesParisTech, 60, Boulevard Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris, France. Publictransportation include rapid transit train (RER B Luxembourg Station)and bus (lines 21, 27, 38, 82, 84, 85, 89).Attendance is free within the limit of available space, and reservationis required. If you want to attend, or inquire about aspects of thesymposium, please contact Pr. Fabian Muniesa at:fabian.muniesa@mines-paristech.frDetails and updates at: http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/performabusiness/