Programme and presentations
On this website you can find the presentations of the opening, plenary and closing sessions. Please note that the presentations at the workshops can be found in the Papers and presentations -page.
Wednesday 24th August
MUC Campus
14.00 Registration (MUC Campus, Cultiva-building, address: Lönnrotinkatu 7)
20.00 Get-together Party at MUC Campus, Unica-building (address: Lönnrotinkatu 5)
10.00 - 16.00 Doctoral consortium as a separate programme (closed session)
Thursday 25th August
Mikaeli Congress Center (address: Sointukatu 1)
8.00 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 - 10.00 Opening session (interpretation into Finnish)
Chair: Anne Santamäki, Member of Board, International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
Welcoming words
- Professor Pirjo Siiskonen, Vice Director of Ruralia Institute, University of Helsinki,
Chairperson of the conference steering committee - Letter of Support by the President of the Republic of Finland, Tarja Halonen
- Professor Jukka Kola , Vice-Rector, University of Helsinki
- Charles Gould, Director-General, International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
- Professor Salme Näsi, the Finnish Co-operative Council
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 - 12.30 Plenary session (interpretation into Finnish)
Chair: Adjunct Professor Hagen Henrÿ
New opportunities for cooperatives and social enterprises in the changing landscape of the welfare systems
Keynote speech by Professor Carlo Borzaga, President, Euricse – European Research
Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, University of Trento
- presentation paper (pdf)
- slides (pdf)
Co-operative entrepreneurship and new humanism
Keynote speech by Professor Tapani Köppä
- presentation paper (pdf)
- slides (pdf)
How shall we work? – Practical issues
Adjunct Professor Hagen Henrÿ, Research Director, Ruralia Institute, University of Helsinki
MUC Campus, Unica and Cultiva buildings (address: Lönnrotinkatu 5 and 7)
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch (Unica-building, Lönnrotinkatu 5)
14.00 - 18.00 Workshops and optional round tables
(optional coffee breaks)
- Track 1: Co-operative diversity and different types of success
- Track 1A: Financial co-operatives (programme, pdf-file)
- Track 1b: Agricultural co-operatives (programme, pdf-file)
- Track 1c: Social entrepreneurship (programme, pdf-file)
- Track 2: The role and promotion of cooperatives in the global context (programme, pdf-file)
- Track 3: Shared leadership and membership communities (programme, pdf-file)
- Track 4: The green economy and co-operative societies (programme, pdf-file)
- Track 5: Multidisciplinary teaching and research on co-operatives (programme, pdf-file)
- Track 6: Innovative co-operative solutions
18.00 - 18.45 Walking tour through Mikkeli - local co-operatives (optional)
City Hall (address: Maaherrankatu 9-11)
20.00 - 21.30 Reception hosted by the City of Mikkeli
Friday 26th August
MUC Campus, Unica and Cultiva buildings (address: Lönnrotinkatu 5 and 7)
9.00 - 12.30 Workshops ( NOTE: Track 6 will start at 8.30!)
(optional coffee breaks)
12.15/12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
Mikaeli Congress Center (address: Sointukatu 1)
13.30 - 15.00 Plenary session (interpretation into Finnish)
Chair: Adjunct Professor Hagen Henrÿ
Why Ownership and Control matter in a Green Economy
Keynote speech by Reader Molly Scott Cato, Cardiff School of Management
- presentation paper (pdf)
- slides (pdf)
Uncerstanding Co-operatives Through Research
Keynote speech by Associate Professor Lou Hammond Ketilson, Director, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan,
Chairperson of the Committee on Co-operative Research, ICA
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break
15.00 - 17.00 Plenary session continues (interpretation into Finnish)
What happened in the workshops?
Short summary by track leaders
Panel discussion between practitioners and researchers
Chair: Professor Tapani Köppä and Adjunct Professor Hagen Henrÿ
17.00-17.30 Closing session (interpretation into Finnish)
Chair: Sami Karhu, Secretary of the Finnish Co-operative Council
Closing words
- Dame Pauline Green, President, International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
- Tiina Linnainmaa, the Finnish Co-operative Council
ICA Research network and next conferences
Associate Professor Lou Hammond Ketilson
Farewell address by the Local Organizing Committee
Professor Pirjo Siiskonen
19.00 - 20.00 To Kyyhkylä Manor by boat
Kyyhkylä Manor
20.00 - 23.00 Conference Dinner
23.00 Return to Mikkeli by bus
Saturday 27th August - EXCURSION
7.45 - 12.00 Bustrip from Mikkeli to Tampere
12.00 - 12.30 Presentation of the school restaurant Thyme, Tampere
Rudolf Steiner´s school restaurant Thyme is a model of co-operative self-sufficiency. Over 50 % of the food served in the restaurant is organic and the members of the co-operative comprise the restaurant´s staff, school teachers and students´ parents. We will learn more about the activities of the co-operative.
12.30 - 13.15 Lunch at Thyme restaurant
13.15 - 14.15 Bustrip to Nuutajärvi Gallery co-operative NUGO
During the trip we will hear two presentations of co-operatives in Pirkanmaa region.
14.30 - 15.00 Presentation of the NUGO
Nuutajärvi glassvillage glassart artisans combined sales and marketing co-operative. It demontstrates the power of joint co-operation between enterprises. We will hear presentation about the activities of the NUGO and we will have an opportunity to make shoppings in the Glassgallery.
15.00 - 16.00 Coffee in Nuutajärvi and possibility to make some shoppings
16.00 - 16.45 Bustrip back to Tampere
During the trip we will hear about the Culture Co-operative Uulu and we will also have possibility to produce some music with Uulu.
17.00 - 17.45 Visiting the Co-operatives in ProAcademi
Business economics orientated students at Tampere University of applied sciences have established a wide range of co-operatives as a part of their studies at the university. Team entrepreneurship offers an excellent opportunity to both study and business. The co-operative as a means of entrepreneurlial education is experiencing significant growth all over Finland.
18.00 - 20.00 Break
20.00 - 23.00 Reception hosted by the City of Tampere in Tampere City Hall
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Programme for accompanying persons
Accompanying persons can attend to all conference lunches, coffee breaks and evening programs as well as to optional walking excursion in the city of Mikkeli.
On Friday 26th August we offer the companions also a guided city tour in Mikkeli by "city train Mikke". The tour starts from MUC Campus (address: Lönnrotinkatu 7) at 10.00. The city tour lasts 1,5 hours and ends to Mikkeli Cathedral (in the neighbourhood of MUC Campus). The guidance is in English.
Please note that the accompanying person must sign in to different events while filling in the registration form.
Mikkeli and its surroundings offer plenty of possibilities for travellers, see more information from the Conference venue -page.