May 30, 2018
16:00 – 18:00
Welcome of participants and handing out of Congress bags at the Palais des Congrès de Liège
19:00
INAUGURATION OF THE CONGRESS & WELCOME COCKTAIL – Palais Provincial de Liège
- Paul-Émile MOTTARD, President of the Liège Provincial College
- Leona DETIÈGE, President of CIRIEC-Belgium
- Albert CORHAY, Rector of the University of Liège
- Alain ARNAUD, President of CIRIEC
May 31, 2018
08:00 – 9:00
09:00 – 10:45
Welcome coffee
OPENING SESSION
Chair: Alain ARNAUD, President of CIRIEC
- Jean-Pierre HUPKENS, Advisor of culture and urbanism of the city of Liège (Belgium)
- Jean-Marc DELPORTE, President of the Belgian Federal Public Service for Economy (Belgium)
- Oliver PAASCH, Minister-President of the German speaking Community of Belgium
- Jean-Claude MARCOURT, Vice-President and Minister for Higher Education, Research and Media of the French Community, Federation Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium)
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee-break
11:15 – 12:00
PLENARY SESSION 1
Chair : Jacques FOURNIER, Honorary President of the France’s national rail operator SNCF and Gaz de France (GDF); Honorary President of CIRIEC-France
« The Public Investment, Spearhead of the Digital Development in the Service of the Community »
- Digitization of Local Public Services in Rural Environments in Japan: Perspectives and Challenges
Munenori NOMURA, Professor at Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan) - Information technology – The Nervous System of the Smart City
Ulrike HUEMER, Chief Information Officer in charge of the digital, City of Vienna (Austria)
12:00 – 13:00
PLENARY SESSION 2
Chair : Hilde VERNAILLEN, President of The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF); Chairman of the Management Committee at P&V Group (Belgium)
« Digital Innovation and Enterprise Development »
- When Cooperatives encounter Digital Revolution in China
Haibo LI, CEO – Founder of Bihu Mutual Insurance/BIHU ORC (Online Reciprocal Community (China) - The Social Impacts of the A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) and Digitalization : towards the creation of OMIA (Quebec International Organization of A.I.)
Rémi QUIRION, Chief Scientist of Québec (Canada)
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
WORKSHOP A:
Collaborative Economy and Cooperative Platforms
Animator: José Luis MONZÓN CAMPOS, Executive Director of CIRIEC-España; President of the Scientific Commission of CIRIEC-España
- Collaborative economy and cooperative model
Jacques DEBRY, Managing Director of Febecoop (Belgium) - The blockchains: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Louis MARTIN, Professor at Université du Québec in Montréal (UQAM) (Canada) - Digitalization and collaborative models as an opportunity for the expansion of the social economy
Victor MESEGUER, Director of Social Economy Europe - New technologies and digitalization: opportunities and challenges for the social economy
Ulla ENGELMANN (presented by Patrick Klein), Head of Unit “Social Economy”, Clusters, Social Economy and Entrepreneurship; European Commission – Directorate-general for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
WORKSHOP B:
The Development of the Social Economy within the framework of the Digital Revolution
Animator: Dimas ALCIDES GONÇALVES, President of CIRIEC-Brasil
- Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the Social Economy
Marietta BUCHELI GÓMEZ, Director of the Institute of Rural Studies at the Pontificia Javeriana University of Bogotá (Colombia) - Digital development, what are the challenges for the Social and Solidarity Economy?
José Pablo PUZINO, President of IAIES – CIRIEC-Argentina - Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the Social Economy: what effects?
Adoración MOZAS MORAL, Professor at the University of Jaén; President of CIRIEC-España - Awareness and Attitudes towards Digital Currencies in Non-Profit Organizations
Semra BOĞA, Assistant Professor at the Gelişim University of Istanbul (Turkey)
WORKSHOP C:
The Water, Gas and Electricity Sectors in the Digital Revolution
Animator: Heidrun MAIER-DE KRUIJFF, Secretary General of VÖWG – CIRIEC-Austria
- Digitalization – chances and challenges of interconnecting water technology and administrative systems in water management
Robert HOLLÄNDER, Professor at the University of Leipzig (Germany) - From smart meters to big data – how public water operators’ mission is evolving in light of the digital revolution
Milo FIASCONARO, Executive Director of Aqua Publica Europea - Network services in a Smart City
Joris LEMMENS, Engineer – Strategic projects and Innovation at Eandis-Infrax (Belgium)
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee-break
16:30 – 17:30
WORKSHOP D:
The Health Sector in the Digital Revolution
Animator: Jorge DE SÁ, Vice-President of the Portugese Association of Mutualities (APM-RedeMut); President of CIRIEC-Portugal
- Home care: digital evolutions and the challenges of reorganizing hospital care
Pierre GILLET, Medical Director of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Liège (Belgium) - Digital Revolution, Revolution or Evolution for Health Mutual? New roles, new challenges
Alain COHEUR, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC); Director of European and International Affairs at the National Union of Socialist Mutual Health Funds (UNMS)/Solidaris (Belgium) - Digital services for access to care: the original alliance of mutuals and insurers to promote online services in cities and hospitals
Christophe LAPIERRE, Chief Information Officer in Healthcare at Mutualité Française (France)
WORKSHOP E:
The Digital Revolution and the Transformation of the Social Relations
Animator: Rainer PLAßMANN, Head of personnel and Organisation – Staff Unit: Services of General Interest at Stadtwerke Köln GmbH Holding Company (Germany)
- Theme to be determined
Sébastien BUSIRIS, Secretary General of the Trade Union Federation of Employees and Executives of Force Ouvrière (FEC-FO) (France) - Digitalisation and its impact on labour relations
Pavlos KALOSINATOS, Director General of the Cyprus Labor Institute (INEK-PEO) (Cyprus) - Does automating favor working life quality?
Marc CHENAIS, President of Technologia (France)
18:45
19:30
Shuttles’ departure from the hotels
GALA DINNER at the Cristallerie du Val Saint-Lambert and visit of the museum (Seraing)
June 1, 2018
09:30 – 10:45
PLENARY SESSION 3
Chair: Léopold BEAULIEU, President and CEO of FondAction (Development Fund for Cooperation and Employment of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU); President of CIRIEC-Canada
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: WHICH SOLUTIONS TO OFFER TO PUBLIC AND SOCIAL ECONOMY ORGANIZATIONS
- Digital initiatives for the citizen
Pascal LAFFINEUR, CEO of NRB (Belgium) - If it’s Digital, it will be Cognitive
Koen DE LAET, Vice-President of IBM – Global Technology Services – Strategic Sales Europe - The Public Sector as Operator of Digital Infrastructure – supporting mobility in Vienna
Gerald STÖCKL, Head of Business of Upstream, Vienna (Austria)
ISSUES OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION. BETWEEN GPDR AND CYBERATTACK: GADGET, THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY? ELEMENTS OF RESPONSE THROUGH THE INSIGHT OF AN INSURER
Patricia CORDONNIER, Solution Sales Cyber Security at Sogeti (Belgium) & Valerie KRIESCHER, Head of Underwriting at Ethias (Belgium)
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee-break
11:15 – 12:30
PLENARY SESSION 4
Chair: Koen ALBREGTS, Former Secretary of ACW (Algemeen Christelijk Werknemersverbond)-Limburg (Confederation of Christian Trade Unions) (Belgium)
ROUND TABLE on “THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION IN THE SERVICE OF ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY AND THE CITIZEN”
With:
- Dorothea GREILING, (english version) Professor at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz (Austria)
- Jean-François RAMQUET, Regional Secretary of FGTB Trade Union (Belgium)
- Jane LETHBRIDGE, Professor at the University of Greenwich, (United Kingdom)
12:30 – 13:00
Intervention of Willy BORSUS, Minister-President of the Walloon Government (Belgium)
13:00 – 13:30
CLOSING SESSION
Chair: Alain ARNAUD, President of CIRIEC
13:30
Walking Lunch