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On 7-9 September 2015 UACES 45th Annual Conference was held in Spain. The event took place within the walls of a historic building of the University of Deusto (Deusto Law School) in the city of Bilbao.

During a three-day interdisciplinary conference covering all aspects of the economy and politics of the the EU over 400 research papers were presented. Doctor Strezhneva made a presentation on the prospects of introducing a financial transactions tax on both European and global levels. Ph.D. Student Daria Rudenkova presented the results of a comparative analysis of lobbying regulation in the EU and the US in the context of negotiations on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP).

UACES, with the name University Association for Contemporary European Studies, was established in 1969 in the UK. Today UACES is one of the largest and most reputable academic organisations engaged in the study of Europe and the European Union.