Imagine 2012: International Conference on Co-operative Economics

Imagine 2012: International Conference on Co-operative Economics – Quebec City, Canada, October 6-8, 2012

Imagine 2012 Schedule Summary

Saturday, October 6, 2012

3:00 – 9:00 pm | Registration
7:00 – 7:30 pm | Conference opening
Moderators
Denyse Guy, Canadian Cooperative Association
Bernard Brun, Desjardins
Welcome from the Conference Co-Hosts
Colin Dodds, President of Saint Mary’s University
Monique Leroux, CEO, Desjardins
Pauline Green, President, International Co-operative Alliance
7:30 – 7:45 pm | Tom Webb, Imagine 2012 Conference Manager
Why Are We Here?
7:45 – 8:40 pm | Stefano Zamagni
Why Did Cooperatives Disappear From Economic Thought?
Karen Miner, Managing Director, Co-operative Management Education, Saint Mary’s University
8:40-10:00 pm | Reception

8:00 am | Registration
8:30 am | Welcome and opening comments
Economics Unmasked
8:45 am | Manfred Max-Neef
Economics Unmasked: Can we develop more meaningful economics?
9:30 am | Open Session: Questions from the tables, discussion, comments
10:00 – 10:30 am | Break
10:30 am | Neva Goodwin
What Is the New Economy and Why Do We Need It?
Commentary: Charles Gould, Director General, International Co-operative Alliance
11:15 am | Ron Colman
What Is Progress and How Do We Measure It?
Commentary: Joy Cousminer, CEO, Bethex Federal Credit Union, USA
12:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch
Richard Wilkinson
How Bad Is Income Inequality and Why Does It Matter?
Commentary: Bill Cheney, CEO, Credit Union National Association, USA
2:00 pm | William Rees
Are Prosperity and Sustainability Compatible?
Commentary: Ed Mayo, CEO Co-operatives UK
2:45 pm | Peter Victor
Are there Limits to Growth?
Commentary: Dr. U. S. Awasthi, CEO, IFFCO, India
3:30 – 4:00 pm | Break
4:00 – 4:45 pm | Thomas Homer-Dixon
Complexity: What Drives Innovation, Adaptation and Resilience?
Commentary: Jean-Louis Bancel, CEO Credit Cooperatif, France
4:45 – 5:30 pm | General Discussion and Comments
6:30 – 9:30 pm | Dinner
Avner Ben-Ner
Do co-ops need a different type of employees and organizational design than conventional firms? Lessons from behavioral economics
Commentary: Tracy Redies, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, Canada

8:30 am | David Erdal
How Is Worker Ownership Related to the Health of Communities?
9:15 am | Vera Negri Zamagni
Is bigger better? New opportunities for cooperatives
Commentary: Samira Rajan, CEO Brooklyn Co-operative Credit Union, USA
10:00 – 10:30 am | Break
10:30 am | John Fullerton
What Is the Role of Financial Capital In the New Economy?
Commentary: Nelson Kuria, CEO, Co-operative Insurance Services, Kenya
11:15 am | Claudia Sanchez-Bajo
Is the Debt Trap Avoidable?
Commentary: Bruno Roelants, General Secretary, CICOPA Europe, Belgium
12:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch
Stephen C. Smith
What Is the Role of Co-operatives In the New Economy?
Open Session: Questions, discussion, comments
2:00 pm | A Tribute to the Ideas and Work of Elinor Ostrom
Dr. Barbara Allen: Dr. Elinor Ostrom and Her Ideas
Film: Dr. Elinor Ostrom
What are the Commons and how Should We Manage Them?
Commentary by Stefano Zamagni – What is the Role of Co-operatives?
2:45 – 3:15 pm | Break
3:15 - 4:00 pm | Open Session: Questions, discussion, comments
4:00 pm | Sonja Novkovic
Co-operative economics?
Key directions from the new economics and implications for co-operatives
4:30 – 5:00 pm | Summary and Closing

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