SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION:
English, French, German (the three official languages of the CIRIEC),
Spanish
| TUESDAY JUNE 13 |
08:00 WELCOME
(60 min)
Grand
Salon of the Wyndham Hotel, Basilaire 1, Complexe Desjardins,
Montréal
09:00 OPENING
SESSION (75 min)
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Chair |
Massimo
PINCHERA, General Secretary, CIRIEC-Italy; President, CIRIEC (5
min) |
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Introduction |
Benoît
LÉVESQUE, Professor, University of Quebec at Montréal (UQAM);
President, CIRIEC-Canada (10 min) |
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Speakers |
Mr. Bernard LANDRY,
Deputy Premier, Minister of State for the Economy and Finance * (15
min)
Hon. Martin CAUCHON, Minister of National Revenue; Secretary of State, Canada Economic Development, Quebec regions* (15 min) Mr. Federico Mayor, former General Director, UNESCO (to be confirmed) (15 min) The Hon. Lise
THIBAULT, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, Canada (15 min) |
| * Subject to scheduling changes | ||
10:15
Coffee Break| 10:30 |
SESSION
ON THE GENERAL THEME OF THE CONVENTION/ SOCIAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC ECONOMY:
NEW FORMS OF COOPERATION IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION (90 min |
Globalization not only leads to the opening of markets, it also multiplies forms of cooperation among businesses, in which social movements such as trade unionism, also participate. What is the nature of these new partnerships? Under what conditions can they promote a renewal of economic democracy and a reequilibrium among the public, private and social economy (co-operative, mutual and non-profit organizations) sectors on a national, local and even global scale?
| Chair | Peter
BLECHSCHMIDT, Vice-President, Gewerkschaft ÖTV [public utilities
trade union], Germany (5+5 min) |
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| Conference speaker | Michael
J. PIORE, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
United States (20 min) |
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| Speakers | Guy
QUADEN, Governor, National Bank of Belgium; Vice-President, CIRIEC (15
min)
Louis ROQUET,
President and CEO, Investment Quebec, Canada (15 min) |
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| Debate (30 min) | Consecutive speeches followed by short rebuttals |
12:00
LUNCH13:30 SUBTHEME # 1: PARTNERSHIPS AND THE GLOBAL PRESENCE (90 min)
While opening borders increases competition, enterprises in the public and social economy sectors are seeking to extend their activities beyond their country of origin. What types of inter-organizational cooperation do they choose? Are they open to private partners? What is the significance of the new partnerships in terms of specific public and social economy sectors?
| Chair | Jacques
FOURNIER, Honorary President, French National Railway Corporation
(SNCF); Honorary State Counsellor; President, CIRIEC-France;
Vice-President, CIRIEC (5+5 min) |
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| Introductory speeches | Fritz Gautier,
Member of the Executive Commitee, Ruhrgas AG, Germany (15 min)
Jacques RÉGIS,
President, TransÉnergie, a division of Hydro-Québec, Canada (15
min) |
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| Speakers | Madalena
SANTOS FERREIRA, Director, Center for Studies on Public and Social
Economy (CEEPS), Portugal (10 min)
Elisabet MATTSSON, General Secretary, SwedCoop; General Secretary, 7th European Conference of Social Economy, Sweden 2001 (10 min) Jean-Claude SCRAIRE,
Chairman of the Board and CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
[Quebec deposit and investment fund], Canada (10 min) |
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| Debate (20 min) | Consecutive speeches followed by short rebuttals |
15:30
Coffee Break15:45
SUBTHEME # 2: PARTNERSHIPS AND NATIONAL PATTERNS (100 min)Globalization does not put an end to the diversity of national development patterns such as the Anglo-Saxon, Japanese, Rhineland or other models. In each culture, what are the dominant forms of partnership? What national policies favour cooperation among enterprises in various sectors? What sort of rebalancing takes place among the private, public and social economy sectors within the context of promoting the common interest?
| Chair | Katarina
GRUT, Managing Director, Swedish Institute for Social Economy,
University Mid-Sweden; Vice-President, CIRIEC (5+5 min) |
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| Introductory speeches | Arturo
RAVINA, President, Instituto argentino de investigaciones de
economía social (IAIES) [Argentine Institute for Research on Social
Economy] (15 min)
Claude BLANCHET, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Société générale de financement du Québec (SGF) [General investment corporation], Canada (15 min) |
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| Speakers | Sébastien
REYNA FERNANDEZ, Confederal Administrative Secretary, Unión general
de trabajadores (UGT) [General Union of Workers], Spain (10 min)
Munenori NOMURA, Professor, University of Kansai Gakuin, Japan (10 min) Rado BOHINC, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (10 min) Burhan AYKAÇ, Dean,
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University Gazi in
Çorum; Vice-President, Turkish Cooperative Association (10 min) |
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| Debate ( 20 min) | Consecutive speeches followed by short rebuttals |
17:45
END OF THE SESSION19:00
MONTRÉAL RECEPTION|
WEDNESDAY JUNE 14 |
09:00 SUBTHEME # 3: PARTNERSHIPS AND LOCAL DYNAMISM (90 min)
In the era of globalization, local dynamism is always a determining factor in the creation of businesses and employment. What partnerships explain the ability of certain local jurisdictions and communities to quickly mobilize marketable resources, non-marketable (public) resources and even non-monetary resources (reciprocity)? What new forms of cooperation are emerging locally in the public and social economy sectors?
| Chair |
Ian
MACPHERSON, Professor, University of Victoria, British Columbia;
Board Member, Canadian Association for Studies on Co-operatives
(CASC) (5+5 min) |
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| Introductory speeches | Karl SKYBA,
directeur général, Wiener Stadtwerke Holding AG [société de portefeuille des entreprises municipales de Vienne],
Autriche (15
min) Étienne PFLIMLIN, président, Crédit Mutuel de France (15 min) |
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| Interventions | Karl SKYBA,
General Director, Wiener Stadtwerke Holding AG [holding company of
municipal enterprises of Vienna], Austria (15 min)
Étienne PFLIMLIN,President, Crédit Mutuel de France (15 min)Speakers Jos ANSOMS, President, Intermixt, Federation of municipal mixed-economy enterprises, Belgium (10 min) Nancy NEAMTAN, President, Chantier de l’économie sociale [Social economy working group], Quebec, Canada (10 min) Ann-Mari
SÄTRE-ÅHLANDER, Swedish Institute for Social Economy, Mid-Sweden
University (10 min) |
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| Debate (20 min) | Consecutive speeches followed by short rebuttals |
10:30 Coffee Break
10:45 SUBTHEME # 4: PARTNERSHIPS AND FINANCING OF ENTERPRISES (90 min)
The public and social economic sectors contend with financial imperatives and enter into partnerships. Nonetheless, these sectors also specialize in business financing and the provision of risk capital. How are these partnerships distinctive? Do they enable public and social economy businesses to attain their general or collective objectives, even if it means crossing the traditional boundaries between sectors?
| Chair | Walter
FREMUTH, Honorary Professor, President, Scientific Council, Austrian
division of the CIRIEC and CEEP (Austria); Vice-President, CIRIEC (5+5
min)
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| Introductory speeches | Wilhelm-Georg
HANSS, President and CEO, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) GmbH;
General Manager, Leipziger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH
[municipal distribution and transport corporation], Germany (15
min)
Alberto ZEVI, Vice-President, Compagnia Finanziara Industriale (CFI) [industrial financing company], Italy (15 min) |
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| Speakers | Willy
PEIRENS, former President, Christian Trade Unions Confederation (CSC),
Belgium (10 min)
Raymond BACHAND, President and CEO, Fonds de solidarité FTQ [Solidarity fund QFL] (10 min) Léopold BEAULIEU,
President and CEO, Fondaction, Fonds de développement de la CSN
pour la coopération et l’emploi [CSN development fund for
cooperation and employment]; Treasurer, CIRIEC-Canada (10 min) |
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| Debate (20 min) | Consecutive speeches followed by short rebuttals |
12:30 LUNCH
14:00 SUBTHEME # 5: NORTH-SOUTH/EAST-WEST PARTNERSHIPS (90 min)
In the public and social economy sectors, what forms of inter-enterprise cooperation are arising in North-South and East-West relations in the era of globalization? Are partnerships in the South and the East different from those in the North and the West? How can these partnerships be examined in terms of reconfiguring public and social economy sectors, while preserving opportunities for an outward-looking economic democracy?
| Chair | Chair
José Luis MONZÓN CAMPOS, Professor, University of Valencia;
President, CIRIEC-Spain (5 + 5 min) |
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| Introductory speeches | Baleren
BAKAIKOA AZURMENDI, Professor, University of the Basque Country,
Spain (15 min)
Ghislain PARADIS, Secretary, International Cooperative Banking Association (ICBA); President and CEO, Desjardins International Development, Canada (15 min) |
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| Speakers | Marcel
CABALLERO, General Delegate, Institute of International Social
Cooperation (ICOSI); Vice-President, CIRIEC-France (10 min)
Christa HECHT, Member of the Board, Berliner Wasserbetriebe (Berlin Municipal Water Company) (10 min) Oscar
BASTIDAS-DELGADO, Professor, Central University of Venezuela (10
min) |
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| Debate (20 min) | Consecutive speeches followed by short rebuttals |
15:45 Coffee Break
16:15 CLOSING SESSION (90 min)
| Chair | Massimo
PINCHERA, General Secretary, CIRIEC-Italy; President, CIRIEC (10+5
min) |
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| Conference speaker | One member
of the European Commission (to be confirmed) (20 min) |
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| Speakers | Bernard
THIRY, Professor, University of Liège, Belgium; Director, CIRIEC (15
min)
Benoît LÉVESQUE, Professor, UQAM; President, CIRIEC-Canada (10 min) The new president of CIRIEC International (10 min) The new president of CIRIEC-Canada (10 min) Marie-Claire MALO,
Professor, École des HEC [business school affiliated with the
Université de Montréal]; |
17:45 END OF THE CONGRESS
| THURSDAY JUNE 15 |
09:00
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF CIRIEC INTERNATIONALReserved for delegates of national sections of CIRIEC International
Alfred-Rouleau Conference Room, Wyndham Hotel, Basilaire 1, Complexe Desjardins, Montréal
