Second Session Chair: Klaus Niederländer (Director, Cooperatives Europe) SECOND SESSION: Co-operative Innovation

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1 CONFERENCE PROGRAM FIRST DAY 28/09/2012 OFFICIAL OPENING 08:30 09:00 Arrivals and Registration Opening Session Chair: Mr. Ioannis Nicolaou (Journalist) 09:00 09:10 Welcome Address Declaration of the Conference Opening Session Mr. Andreas Mavroyiannis, Deputy Minister to the President for European Affairs (TBC) 09:10 09:20 Greeting Address by EU Commission (TBC) 09:20 9:25 Greeting Address by Mr. Felice Scalvini, Co-President of Cooperatives Europe 09:25 09:30 Greeting Address by the Representative of the Pancyprian Co-operative Confederation (TBC) 09:30 09:35 Greeting Address by Mr. Erotokritos Chlorakiotis, General Director of Cyprus Cooperative Central Bank Ltd. 09:35 09:50 Keynote Speaker, Mr. Constantinos L. Lyras Commissioner of the Authority for the Supervision and Development of Cooperative Societies 09:50 10:05 Artistic Program from the Cyprus Symphonic Orchestra 10:05 Departure of Officials 10:05 10:30 COFFEE BREAK -1-

2 First Session Chair: Mr. Efthimios Pantazis (Banking Operations Division Manager, Cyprus Co-operative Central Bank (Ltd) (TBC) FIRST SESSION: Co-operative answers to the current economic crisis 10:30 11:00 Key note speech by Dame Pauline Green President of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) 11:00 11:30 Between the State and the Markets: The third sector, the co-operatives and the challenges of the co-operative banking sector Talk by Dr. Stavros A. Zenios, Professor, Department of Public and Business Administration, University of Cyprus 11:30 11:45 Co-operatives and restructuring: Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee Mr. Jan Olsson 11:45 12:30 3 co-operative answers: Member value: Mr. Eric Meyer, Co-operative Institute, University of Munster, Germany Co-operative Banking: Mr. Herve Guider, General Manager EACB, Brussels Co-operative Industry: Mr. Patrick Lenancker, President of CG Scop, France 12:30 13:00 Discussion & Question Time 13:00 14:30 LUNCH BREAK Second Session Chair: Klaus Niederländer (Director, Cooperatives Europe) SECOND SESSION: Co-operative Innovation 14:30 15:25 EU Innovation Policy & New Co-operative Development: Dr. Henriette van Eijl, DG Enterprise & Industry, EU Commission Renewable energy co-operatives: Dr. Andreas Wieg, DGRV, Germany Health co-operatives: Mr. Guiseppe Milanese, President of Federazione SanitaConfcooperative, Italy 15:25 15:45 Dialogue with Audience 15:45 16:15 COFFEE BREAK Third Session Chair: Mr. Stavros Iacovou (Administrative Division Manager and Secretaria, Cyprus Cooperative Bank Ltd (TBC) THIRD SESSION: Co-operatives and Regional Cohesion 16:15 16:30 Film screening: The Co-operatives in Cyprus 16:30 17:00 The role of co-operatives in Cyprus in 2012 Mr. Andreas Mouskallis (President of Confederation) the Pancyprian Co-operative 17:00 17:30 Press Conference 17:30 End of first day 20:30 Official Conference Dinner (& short artistic program) -2-

3 SECOND DAY 29/09/ :30 09:00 Arrivals and Registration Fourth Session Chair: Klaus Niederländer, Director, Cooperatives Europe FOURTH SESSION: Towards a new European Co-operative Society regulation? 09:00 9:45 Overview of national co-operative legislations in Europe Co-operative Law experts: Dr. Fici, Euricse (Italy), Mr. David Hiez, Universite de Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Dr. Schaffland, DGRV (Germany) 09:45 10:00 Recent Developments on the Statute for European Cooperative Society (SCE) Mr. Apostolos Ioakimidis, DG Enterprise, EU Commission 10:00 10:30 COFFEE BREAK 10:30 12:00 Debate on the future of the European Co-operative Society: EU Member States Representatives EU Commission Representatives Cooperatives Europe Representatives Co-operative Law Experts 12:00 12:45 CLOSING SESSION Mr. Yiannakis Omirou President of the House of Representatives Mr. Etienne Pflimlin Co-President of Co-operatives Europe Closing Remarks and Conclusions Mr. Neoklis Sylikiotis Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (TBC) 12:45 End of Conference 12:45 13:00 Family photo 13:00 14:30 LUNCH 15:30 17:30 Sightseeing tour of Nicosia

4 REGISTRATION - one registration form per participant Confirmation of participation at the Conference, including hotel reservation Title (Prof./Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms)* Surname* First name* Position* Org/Dept/Agency* Address* Country* Address* Telephone No* Fax No * Date* Signature* * Required fields

5 Accompanying Persons Number of accompanying persons Names Accommodation Accommodation has been reserved for delegates for the period from 27 th to the 29 th of September 2012 (3 nights). * Please note that accommodation fees will be covered only for one delegate from each organization. * Accompanying persons are obliged to cover the cost of their accommodation. Prices for accompanying persons will be sent to you in due time. Select Room Type (A) Single Occupancy in a Twin/Double (B) Double Occupancy in a Twin/Double Check-in Date Check-out Date Number of nights Preference smoking non-smoking Please send your registration form until the 30th of June, 2012 the latest to: Ms. Marianna Christoforou Authority for the Supervision and Development of Cooperative Societies 1423, Nicosia - Cyprus Mr. Pavlos Loukaides Authority for the Supervision and Development of Cooperative Societies 1423, Nicosia - Cyprus Tel: Tel: Fax: /592 Fax: /592 mchristoforou@cssda.gov.cy ploukaidis@cssda.gov.cy