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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

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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 Sanita-Confcooperative, 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 the Pancyprian Co-operative Confederation)

17:00– 17:30 Press Conference 17:30 End of first day 20:30 Official Conference Dinner (& short artistic program)

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SECOND DAY 29/09/2012 08:30 – 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

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