Program
Offical pre-summit event
October 6 to 8, 2012
Imagine 2012 International Conference on Co-operative Economics
Imagine 2012 is designed to bring together the leadership of the world’s major co-operatives and leading economic thinkers from around the world. Imagine 2012 will provide a forum in which co-operative leaders and world-class economists can explore a new approach to economic thought and analysis that offers people around the world renewed hope for an economy that meets people’s needs.
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Complementary Events (October 4 to 12, 2012)
Several complementary events will be added to the program, including:
OCTOBRE2012
October 4 to 8
International Summit of Funeral Cooperatives
A global first! All cooperators, mutualists and persons voluntarily offering funeral services for families affected by the loss of a loved one will be gathering to discuss the major issues associated with death and bereavement.
Invitation only
Information: www.quebec2012.fcfq.qc.ca
Registration: online
Registration: (Spanish) online
Location : Hilton Quebec Hotel
Room : HILTON-PALAIS
October 7
2 events scheduled
Board of Directors’ Meeting
In this ICA Americas board meeting—the fourth to be held in this International Year of Cooperatives—board members will discuss regional cooperative development policies and strategies designed to help the organization achieve its objectives.
Invitation only
Information:
Karla Schlager
member@aciamericas.coop
+506 2296-0981
Registration:
Invitation only
www.aciamericas.coop
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 302A
Time: 9:00 am
Workshop on the promotion and dissemination of research on financial services cooperatives in the digital age
The workshop will bring together leaders of some large financial services cooperatives (FSC), representative organizations and regulators as well as academics to further the needs and establish permanent mechanisms for collaboration in the research promotion and development. The Desjardins Center from HEC Montreal will also proceed to custom demonstrations of the International Observatory of FSC, a web application that facilitates the capture, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information on the FSC.
Invitation only
Information:
Alain Côté
+1 514 340-6998
cote.alain@hec.ca
http://observatoire.coopfinance.hec.ca
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 204B
Time: 8:00 am
October 8
10 events scheduled
Cooperative Forum
The forum will provide a unique opportunity to meet with forward-looking and passionate people deeply committed to the Quebec cooperative and mutualist movement. The event will enable the participants to hold meaningful discussions on a variety of subjects directly associated with the cooperative and mutualist movement.
Invitation only
www.coopquebec.coop/forum2012
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 2000D
Time: 8:00 am
Annual General Meeting
Some 30 community finance institutions will attend this annual meeting organized by Développement International Desjardins. As a group, Proxfin member financial institutions reach more than seven million families and business owners throughout the world. In fostering communications between these institutions, Proxfin intends to help microfinance move forward so that access to financial services may become a reality for everyone.
Information:
Johanne Tanguay, adjointe administrative, DID
jtanguay@did.qc.ca
+1 418 835-2401, ext. 6055
Registration:
Invitation only
www.proxfin.org
Location: Centre des Congrès de Lévis
Global Cooperative Finance Summit
This summit will examine how financial cooperatives contribute to making the world a better place and the role that banks play in intercooperation within the cooperative movement. It will also look at how cooperative banks, through their values and actions, can actively participate in creating this better world that we aspire to live in. The discussions will be followed by a luncheon meeting organized jointly with the ICMIF. Registration is free.
Invitation only
Information and registration:
Sandrine Rodrigues
sandrine.rodrigues@credit-cooperatif.coop
+33 1 47 24 90 88
www.aibc.coop
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 206AB
Time: 8:30 am
Workshop on the promotion and dissemination of research on financial services cooperatives in the digital age
The workshop will bring together leaders of some large financial services cooperatives (FSC), representative organizations and regulators as well as academics to further the needs and establish permanent mechanisms for collaboration in the research promotion and development. The Desjardins Center from HEC Montreal will also proceed to custom demonstrations of the International Observatory of FSC, a web application that facilitates the capture, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information on the FSC.
Invitation only
Information:
Alain Côté
+1 514 340-6998
cote.alain@hec.ca
http://observatoire.coopfinance.hec.ca
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 204B
Time: 8:00 am
International Forum on Communication Issues in the Co-operative Movement
The expertise and research specialization “Communication and Co-operatives” shapes the First International Forum on Communication Issues in the Co-operative Movement. The forum is addressed to both scholars and co-operative practitioners, especially communications practitioners. A dialogue will be launched, providing communication practitioners of the cooperative sector an opportunity to share evolving issues and best practices on an international level.
Open to all, registration required
Information and registration:
Emmanuelle Lussiez
lussiez.emmanuelle@courrier.uqam.ca
http://www.crpcm.uqam.ca/Pages/october_2012_forum.aspx
Location: Hilton Quebec Hotel
Room: HILTON-KENT
Time: 9:00 am
Cooperative Tourism Forum
This international forum will focus on the theme of cooperative tourism as a driver of local and regional development, and how cooperative tourism contributes to community development. It will provide an opportunity for tourism professionals and cooperative players from all sectors to meet and share ideas and expertise from Quebec and around the world.
Open to all, registration required
Information and registration:
Veronica Gomez
vgomez@oits-isto.org
+1 514 252-3208
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 208AB
Time: 9:00 am
Insurance Leaders Forum
This half-day session will bring together leaders of the insurance industry to discuss specific issues affecting their sector and practical solutions to help resolve them. The discussion-based agenda will focus on a number of key strategic topics selected in advance by the group, working in both small and large groups. Discussions will conclude with a summary session.
Invitation only
Information and registration:
Executive and board leaders of ICMIF member organisations can register for a free place at the following address: http://www.icmif.org/en/icmif-insurance-leaders-forum-quebec
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 203
Time: 11:30 am
Board of Directors’ Meeting
A meeting of the ICA Board to consider the Blueprint for a Co-operative decade.
Invitation only
Information :
www.2012.coop
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 302A
Time: 12:00 pm
Annual Convention
Attendance at this annual conference represents a great opportunity to interact with dozens of officers, directors and members of paramedic cooperatives and their network partners who will participate in various activities focusing on strategic issues for the development of this sector.
Information:
Jocelyn Grondin
+1 418 837-7577 ext. 232
conseiller@fcpq.coop
www.fcpq.coop
Registration :
Invitation only
http://www.fcpq.coop
Location: Centre des Congrès de Lévis
Time: 1:00 pm
International Summit of Worker Cooperatives
What are the main components of an optimal governance model for worker cooperatives? This is the question that will be put to participants in the panel discussion organized by the Réseau de la coopération du travail du Québec. The results of a study aimed at developing an optimal governance model will also be revealed, and cooperators will complete the picture based on their own experiences.
Invitation only
Information and registration:
Isabel Faubert-Mailloux
isabel.faubert@reseau.coop
+1 514 526-6267, ext. 29
www.reseau.coop
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 303AB
Time: 1:00 pm
October 9
4 events scheduled
Executive Breakfast: The 2012 IBM Global CEO Study
IBM conducted more than 1,700 in-depth, face-to-face interviews with CEOs, general managers and senior public sector leaders from around the globe. Join IBM and a select group of your Summit peers at our exclusive, by invitation only, Executive Breakfast for an insider's look at the results from the 2012 IBM Global CEO Study.
Information:
Marijo Lamb
+1 416 478-3742
mlamb@ca.ibm.com
www.fcpq.coop
Registration :
Invitation only
Location: Centre des congrès de Québec
Room: 303AB
Time: 7:00 am
Annual Convention
Attendance at this annual conference represents a great opportunity to interact with dozens of officers, directors and members of paramedic cooperatives and their network partners who will participate in various activities focusing on strategic issues for the development of this sector.
Information:
Jocelyn Grondin
+1 418 837-7577 ext. 232
conseiller@fcpq.coop
www.fcpq.coop
Registration :
Invitation only
http://www.fcpq.coop
Location: Centre des Congrès de Lévis
Time: 9:00 am
Lunch Debate: Banks Stability and Economic Growth, the Contribution of Co-operative Banks
This lunch discussion will focus on the strengths and challenges of cooperative banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis. The results of the updated study conducted in 2008 by Oliver Wyman, Cooperative bank: Customer Champion, will also be presented for the first time. The study shows the strengths of the cooperative business model and how it helps make the financial system more stable and resilient. Finally, leading representatives of cooperative banks will share their vision for the future of the cooperative banking sector.
Information:
Elisa Bevilacqua
e.bevilacqua@eurocoopbanks.coop
T : +32 2 286 98 42
www.eurocoopbanks.coop
Inscription:
Invitation only
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 2000B
Time: 12:45 pm
Evening of networking
The four largest agri-food cooperatives in Quebec, Canada, and Desjardins will host an invitation-only evening networking event for the sector's global players.
Invitation only
www.lacoop.coop, www.agropur.com/en/, www.exceldor.ca/en/, www.citadelle-camp.coop, www.desjardins.com
Location: Château Frontenac
October 9 to 11
Board of Directors’ Meeting & 45th Anniversary Celebration
The heads of the boards of directors of Nunavik’s 14 cooperatives will be holding their annual meeting and celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec in Lévis, where the FCNQ was founded.
Invitation only
Information:
Chhoan Sokchiveneath
chhoan.sokchiveneath@fcnq.ca
+1 514 966-9375
Inscription:
Invitation only
www.fcnq.ca
Location: Centre des Congrès de Lévis
Date and time: October 9 and 10 at 9:00 am
October 11 at 8:30 am
October 10
4 events scheduled
Conference Breakfast: Presentation the results of the study “Enlightened Governance for Better Cooperation”
In advance of the Summit, Ernst & Young conducted a global survey of executives and directors of cooperatives and mutuals to identify current and future governance issues facing these organizations. This conference breakfast will address the findings from the global survey, the current governance challenges facing cooperatives and mutuals and ways to overcome these challenges.
Information:
Caroline Phisel
caroline.phisel@ca.eu.com
T : +1 514 879-6373
www.ey.com
Registration:
Invitation only
Location: Hilton Quebec Hotel
Room: HILTON-KENT
Time: 7:00 am
Private breakfast
Presentation of the results of a study conducted by the Canadian International Development Agency on the conditions conducive to strengthening the influence of cooperatives in developing countries. This study is based on the work of the Canadian Cooperative Association (CCA), Développement international Desjardins (DID) and the Société de coopération pour le développement international (SOCODEVI). This event is open to all.
Information:
France Michaud, Communications Officer, DID
fmichaud@did.qc.ca
+1 418 835-2401, ext. 6026
Registration: (Invitation only)
Johanne Tanguay, Administrative Assistant, DID
jtanguay@did.qc.ca
+1 418 835-2401, ext. 6055
www.coopscanada.coop, www.did.qc.ca, www.socodevi.org, www.acdi-cida.gc.ca
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 206AB
Time: 7:30 am
Conference on Microfinance in Cameroon
Conference on microfinance in Cameroon, with His Excellency Pierre Titti, Delegate Minister to the Ministry of Finance of Cameroon.
Open to all
Information and registration:
Serge Tchaha
serge@afriqueexpansion.com
T : +1 450 902-0527
http://afriqueexpansion.com/
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 204B
Time: 12:15 am
Lunch & learn
Lecture by Madeleine K. Albright, former United States Secretary of State (1997-2001), sponsored by PwC.
Information :
www.pwc.com/ca
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
October 10 to 11
Annual Forum on Homecare Services
Homecare social economy enterprises of all sizes, cooperatives or not, are invited to take part in this forum. The event represents a unique opportunity to meet, gather information and reflect on the issues affecting this sector.
Download the programme
Information :
Sonia Laverdière
418 837-8882, poste 226
communication@fcsdsq.coop
Registration:
Invitation only
October 11
2 events scheduled
Lunch & Learn The Mont-Blanc Meetings - Rio+20 sponsored by Desjardins
Conference facilitated by Thierry Jeantet, President, Mont-Blanc Meetings and General Manager, Euresa, France with Ignacy Sachs, Economist, Honorary Director of Studies, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), France and another speaker, to be confirmed.
Information:
Anne-Marie Wioland-Sahabana
amwioland@rencontres-montblanc.coop
+ 33 1 40 68 17 93
www.rencontres-montblanc.coop
Location: Centre des Congrès de Québec
Room: 400AB
Time: 12:15 pm
Breakfast Conference: Addressing the challenge of growth in the Financial Services industry
As financial organisations start to emerge from the crisis of the last 5 years, increasingly CEOs and Boards are turning their attention to the challenge of growth. At this breakfast briefing, we will discuss the latest thinking on the elements for successful growth that organisations will have to establish. Specifically, we will focus on four key elements:
- Getting Fit for Growth: ensuring that the operating model, process and business architecture and cost model are optimised for growth
- Managing for Growth: having the right financial and other management information in place to drive growth strategies and ensuring that data can be translated into real intelligence to enable targeted growth
- Controlling for Growth: embedding leading risk and compliance management processes and cultures to ensure that growth is both profitable and correctly achieved
- Staffing for Growth: developing a talent and workforce agenda that enables the organisation to take advantage of the growth opportunities that will present themselves
Information :
Marie-Josée Vachon
mvachon@deloitte.ca
418-634-2544
www.deloitte.ca
Location: Hilton Québec
Time: 7:30 am
October 12
2 events scheduled
International Health Co-operatives Forum
Under the theme For a Better World, this international forum is a unique opportunity to understand the great variety of ways in which the co-operative model can satisfy needs in the health sector. The following matters will be explored during this forum: innovative forms of health promotion and preventative care, creating a better synergy amongst health professionals, the inclusion, within co-operatives, of pharmacies which emphasize wellness education rather than use of medications and democracy within the governance structure of the organizations.
Open to all, registration required
Download the preliminary program (PDF, 272 KB)
Information and registration :
Gabrielle Bourgault Brunelle
2012forum@healthcoop.coop
+1 418 837-7577, poste 230
1 800 456-5317, poste 230
Location: Centre des Congrès de Lévis
Time: 8:30 am
International Conference on Housing Cooperatives
This conference, which will focus on the successes and challenges of housing cooperatives in the world, will trace the history of housing cooperatives in Europe, where the movement began; examine the various cooperative development, financing and business models; report on outstanding achievements; and share the challenges facing housing cooperatives by providing concrete examples of cooperative organizations in the world.
Open to all, registration required
Information and registration:
Nathalie Verret
nverret@cqch.qc.ca
+1 418 648-6758, ext. 225
Location: Centre des Congrès de Lévis
Time: 9:00 am
