European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
10.00 Welcome Speeches:
- Michael Smyth, Vice President Budget – EESC
- Slawomir Tokarski, Director Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing – DG GROW
10.15 Introduction: What can be expected from the event?
10.30 State of affairs: opportunities and challenges
Moderator: Peter Baeck - Nesta
- Gaia Marcus - Centrepoint
- François Durollet - Simplon
- Anna Sienicka - Tech Soup
- Alain Coheur – Belgian National Union of Socialist Mutual Health Funds
- Jean-Claude Mizzi – HopHopFood
11.30 Platforms for Change
Moderator: Alice Casey - Nesta
- Felix Weth – FairMondo
- Harry Robbins - Outlandish digital cooperative
- Ibon Zugasti – Mondragon
- Sandrino Graceffa – SMARTbe
- Elena Como – LAMA
- Antonio Longo - EESC
13.00 Lunch
14.00 New components for a future commons:
Moderator: Peter Baeck - Nesta
- Marleen Stikker - Waag Society
- Mayo Fuster Morell – Director of Dimmons IN3 UOC and promotor of Procomuns.net Forum
- Catherine Mulligan – Imperial College for Crypto-currency Research and Engineering
- Massimo Menichinelli - IAAC | Fab City Research Lab
- Meelis Joost - EESC
15.30 What role for public authorities?
Moderator: Peter Baeck - Nesta
- Fabrizio Sestini – DG CNECT, European Commission
- Ulla Engelmann – DG GROW, European Commission
- Thomas Wobben – Committee of the Regions
- Sofia Ribeiro - MEP (tbc)
- Denis Stokkink – Pour la Solidarité