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3 Jul

Creating value together Towards joint business opportunities with social economy and traditional enterprises

Event Conference

Social economy enterprises and traditional, for-profit enterprises collaborate in many ways. Together, they can co-create value for both partners and become a real source of jobs and social impact in Europe. Yet, the potential of value creation through collaboration between these two types of enterprises is not fully exploited. 

The conference aims to bring together representatives of social economy enterprises and traditional enterprises, policy makers, stakeholders and representatives of networks and umbrella organisations in order to provide an opportunity to exchange experience and open new avenues for collaboration.

For further information please contact creatingvalueevent@technopolis-group.com

 

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Creating value together Towards business partnerships between social economy

enterprises and traditional businesses

Thon Hotel, Rue de la Loi 75, 1040 Brussels

Tuesday 3 July 2018

Wednesday 4 July 2018 DAY 1

10:00 Registration and coffee

11:00 Opening • Katharina Warta

Director, Technopolis Group, Austria

11:05 The host’s opening • Ulla Engelmann

Head of Unit, European Commission, DG GROW, F.2: Clusters, Social Economy and Entrepreneurship

11:20 Maximising social impact: cooperation between social economy enterprises

and traditional businesses • Peter Leyman

General Manager, Social Enterprise Ryhove VZW, Former Managing Director Volvo Cars, Ghent

11:40 Key findings of the study: cooperation of social business enterprises and

traditional businesses • Karl-Heinz Leitner

Senior Scientist, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria • Elena Como

Head of the Research and Evaluation Unit, LAMA Development and Cooperation Agency Societa’ Cooperativa S.C.R.L., Italy • Mika Naumanen

Senior Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland

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12:00 Five parallel workshops showcasing best practices on:

• Sharing economy – New modes of collaboration • The spectrum from CSR to social-intrapreneurship – The next step

towards collaboration • Public and private procurement – Transactional business

relationships • Gender and collaboration – The promotion of gender opportunities • Co-creation workshop – Understanding the value of collaboration and

evaluating it

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 Five parallel workshops showcasing best practices on:

• Circular Economy – New modes of collaboration • Changing management methods – Leading your business to the next

stage of collaboration • Clusters – Creating shared value • Experience from the European Social Fund – Collaboration between

traditional enterprises and social economy enterprises in social franchising

• Co-creation workshop – Measuring the value of collaboration: what and how?

15:00 Five parallel workshops showcasing best practices on:

• New technologies and digitisation – New modes of collaboration • Social impact investment – From investment to integrated

cooperation • Clusters – Creating shared value • Experience from the European Social Fund – Collaboration between

traditional enterprises and social economy enterprises to promote work integration

• Co-creation workshop – Assessing the evaluation: data analysis and learning

16.00 Coffee break

16:20 Wrap-up

• Rebecca Allinson Director, Technopolis Group, United Kingdom

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16:50

Panel discussion: Success factors for cooperation Moderator:

• Slawomir Tokarski Director, European Commission, DG GROW, Directorate F: Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing.

Panellists:

• Kimmo Lipponen Chief Executive Officer, Finnish Association for Social Enterprise, Finland • Sophi Tranchell (tbc)

Group Chief Executive Officer, Divine Chocolate Ltd., United Kingdom • Emmanuel de Lutzel (tbc)

Vice President Social Business, BNP Paribas, France • Hans Reitz

Founder and Managing Director of creative agency Circ GmbH & CO KG and co-founder of “Grameen Creative Lab” (together with Prof. Muhammad Yunus), Germany • Renata Truzzi de Sousa

Portfolio Director, Brazil & the Southern Cone Region, NESsT, Brazil

18.00 Break / transfer to Mundo-b

19:00 Networking event and walking dinner Hosted by a Regional Government (tbc) Venue: Mundo-b Co-working space for social enterprises Rue d'Edimbourg, 1050, Bruxelles

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DAY 2 09:00 Opening

• Katharina Warta Director, Technopolis Group, Austria

09:10 Preliminary recommendations to enhance collaboration

Moderator: • Thomas Heimer

Scientific Head, Technopolis Group, Germany Panellists:

• Diana Dovgan (tbc) Secretary General, CECOP-CICOPA Europe, European Confederation of Cooperatives active in Industry and Services, Belgium • Veronique Willems (tbc)

Secretary General, UEAPME - European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise, Belgium • Mikel Irujo Amezaga (tbc)

Delegate of the Government of Navarre to the EU, Spain

09:45 World cafe sessions Five parallel interactive sessions on future collaboration design for social economy enterprises, traditional business, intermediaries and policy makers

• The potential of hybrid business models – From transactional towards transformative collaboration

• The potential of policy measures – How government can facilitate sustainable collaboration

• The potential of clusters – The unique role of clusters to facilitate collaboration and shared value

• The potential of rethinking value chains – The future of circular and shared economy

• The potential of funding – The use of European funds to pilot collaboration modes and designs

11:00 Coffee break

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11:30 Panel discussion on the future of collaboration: the way forward Moderator:

• Michael Wagemans Managing Partner, i-Propeller, Belgium

Panellists:

• Oana Toiu Former State Secretary at the Government of Romania, Founder and CEO at Social Innovation Solutions, Romania • Carsten Schierenbeck

Head of Sector Cluster Policy, European Commission, DG GROW, F.2: Clusters, Social Economy and Entrepreneurship • Christophe Itier (tbc)

High Commissioner for social and solidarity economy and for social innovation • Margarita Albors

Founder and President of Social Nest Foundation, Spain • Ann Branch

Acting Director, European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Directorate Skills • Antoine Feral (tbc)

Vice President EU Affairs, Rolls-Royce

12:45 Concluding Remarks • Ulla Engelmann

Head of Unit, European Commission, DG GROW, F.2: Clusters, Social Economy and Entrepreneurship

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Optional site visit to a social economy enterprise

MolenGeek or Atelier Groot Eiland in Brussels (duration ~2h)

Further information on site visit will be provided soon

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