News
Jacques Attali, A. Michael Spence, Riccardo Petrella: prominent speakers coming to the 2012 Summit!
2012-02-16 More than 20 highly-esteemed speakers from around the world have already confirmed their participation in the 2012 Summit, including Jacques Attali, Michael Spence, Riccardo Petrella, Dominic Barton a... >>
2012 International Summit of Cooperatives: Registration is now open!
2012-02-16 We are pleased to announce that it is now possible to register online for the International Summit of Cooperatives, which will take place this fall, from October 8–11 in Quebec City, Canada. All you h... >>
The Future Cooperative Leaders Program now open to young cooperators between ages 20 and 35
2012-02-13 The cooperative community has spoken and we listened: the Future Cooperative Leaders Program is now open to young cooperators between 20 and 35 years of age. The age group for eligible candidates has ... >>
Three times more cooperators than shareholders in the world
2012-02-10 There are three times as many people in the world who are members of a cooperative than there are people who own shares. This is the finding of a report published recently by Co-ops UK Secretary-Gener... >>
Speakers
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Martin Lowery
Executive Vice President, External Affairs
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
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Dr. Eudes de Freitas Aquino
President
Unimed do Brasil
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Alpha Ouédraogo
General Manager
Confédération des institutions financières (CIF) - West Africa
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A. Michael Spence
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2001)
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Leonardo Delgado
General Manager
Federacion de Cooperativas de las Verapaces - FEDECOVERA
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Antoinette C. Roxas
Youth Sector Representative
Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) Multi-Purpose Cooperative
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Kathy Bardswick
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Co-operators
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Paul W. Hazen
Executive Director
U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council
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Peter MARKS
Chief Executive
The Co-operative Group
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Dominic Barton
Global Managing Director
McKinsey & Company
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Colin Heavyside
Director - Chairman
Capricorn Society Limited
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Jean-Louis Bancel
President
Groupe Crédit Coopératif
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Elinor Ostrom
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2009)
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Jacques Attali
Economist and writer, President of PlaNet Finance
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Felice Scalvini
Vice-president (Europe)
International Co-operative Alliance
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Fortunatas Dirgincius
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Lithuanian Central Credit Union
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Riccardo Petrella
Economist, political scientist and alter-globalist
Program
Call for scientific paper proposals
Researchers interested in cooperative and mutual issues are invited to submit proposals for scientific papers related to the theme of the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives, “The Amazing Power of Cooperatives.”
Selected papers will be compiled in a special volume published for the Summit. Authors of the best papers will also be invited to present their results to the 2,000 Summit participants.
For more information about the call for proposals, click here.
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Discover Quebec City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site!
The Mont Blanc Meetings: The social economy and globalization: Global 300.
Press conference given by five of the main players in the international cooperative movement, at the launch of the International Year of Cooperatives at UN headquarters in New York.
Declaration by Dame Pauline Green, the President of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), speaking before the United Nations General Assembly at the launch of the International Year of Cooperatives.
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