2021 Virtual ACE Institute
Hourly Schedule
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021
- 10:30 - 12:00
- Keynote Discussion
- Pamela Standing and Audra Krueger, moderated by Steve Dubb
- 1:00 - 2:00
- Lunch & Learn
- New Co-op Resources on ed.coop Website
- 2:30 - 4:00
- 1st Concurrent Session
- Dr. John Parks, Dr. Diane Friend, Dr. Matt Manley - Rebuilding Cooperative Leaders
- 2:30 - 4:00
- 2nd Concurrent Session
- Marcelo Vieta, Derya Tarhan, Fiona Duguid and Claude-André Guiollotte - Building back, Building On : Pathways to Preseving and Improving Local Economies through Co-op Conversions
- 7:30 - 8:30
- Virtual Book Talk with E.G. Nadeau
Wednesday, June 23rd 2021
- 11:00 - 12:30
- 3rd Concurrent Session
- Measuring the SDGs feels out of your co-operative's reach? Not Anymore!
- 11:00 - 12:30
- 4th Concurrent Session
- E.G. Nadeau - Research and Development Priorities for Strengthening the Cooperative Community in Canada, the United States and the Caribbean
- 1:00 - 2:30
- ACE Awards and AGM
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- Plenary Session
- Erin Hancock, Michelle Iversen, Susanna Collins, Adam Trott and Fred Medlicott - Doing a Master's in Co-op Management: Does it Affect Practice
- 7:00 - 8:30
- ACE Youth & Young Professionals Panel
- led by Canada's Emerging Co-operators Meg Ronson and Sarah Jensen
Thursday, June 24th 2021
- 11:00 - 12:30
- Plenary Session
- Doug O'Brien and John Holdsclaw - Harnessing Cooperatives to Build Better Food Systems
- 1:00 - 2:00
- ACE Open Mic
- 2:30 - 3:15
- 7th Concurrent Session
- Jean-François Parent (French) - The effects of the recession caused by the pandemic on the associative, cooperative and community sector in French Canada: Economic impacts, lessons learned and future trends
- 3:15 - 4:00
- 8th Concurrent Session
- Hélène Turcotte (French) - Building back, Building On : Pathways to Preserving and Improving Local Economies through Co-op Conversions
- 2:30 - 4:00
- 9th Concurrent Session
- Jaime G. Cuervas Mercado, Oscar Y. Colon Cruz, Vanessa Martinez Hernandez and Hecmarie Cruz Pizarro (Spanish) - Developing electric co-ops in Puerto Rico due to the privatization of the electricity sector.
