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The Chair for Agri-food Cooperatives will hold its VII Annual Conference in Oviedo

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  • Chair for Agri-food Cooperatives
  • September 24th, 2024

In-person event with pre-registration.

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As at the beginning of each academic year, the Chair of Agro-food Cooperatives of Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain at the University of Valencia holds an annual conference in a different part of Spain.

This year, the event will take place at the Palacio de los Condes de Toreno (Plaza Porlier, 9. Oviedo, Asturias) on Thursday, 3rd October 2024.

The conference will present the work carried out by the Chair during its sixth year, and the book "Myths (and Realities) of Agro-food Cooperativism" will be introduced. There will also be a presentation of the project studying the impact of the Cooperative Integration Law, and the Chair's annual award will be presented for the best academic work on the subject.

 

PROGRAMME

09:15 h. Reception of attendees

09:30 h. Opening

  • Isabel Díaz Pérez. Director-General. Agro-food Cooperatives of the Principality of Asturias
  • Alfonso del Portillo Elordi. Director. Agrobank Northern Territory.
  • Ignacio Iglesias Vázquez. Director General of Companies, SMEs and Entrepreneurs. Government of the Principality of Asturias.

09:45 h. Lecture: "Report on activities of the Chair's sixth year and activities to be carried out in the seventh year".

  • Pilar Alguacil Marí. Director. Chair of Agro-food Cooperatives.

10:45 h. Roundtable: Presentation of the publication "Myths (and Realities) of Agro-food Cooperativism".

  • Pilar Alguacil Marí. Professor of Financial and Tax Law. University of Valencia.
  • Juan Sagarna García. Doctor of Agricultural Engineering.
  • Practical examples:
    • Cooperative AIRA: Higinio Bougán Bouzón. Director of AGACA.
    • Cooperative Jesús del Perdón - Bodegas Yuntero: Juan Miguel del Real. Director. Agro-food Cooperatives of Castilla La-Mancha.
  • Presented and moderated by: Gabriel Trenzado Falcón. Director General. Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain.

11:30 h. Coffee Break

12:00 h. Project study on the impact of the Cooperative Integration Law

  • Julia García Álvarez. Director of Legal Advisory and Administration. Central Lechera Asturiana.
  • Cristina Garrido Chamorro. Director's Office. Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain.

12:30 h. Presentation of the award for the best academic work on agro-food cooperativism.

13:00 h. Closing ceremony.

  • Delfín Pérez García. Secretary of the Governing Council. Agro-food Cooperatives of the Principality of Asturias.
  • Ángel Villafranca Lara. President of Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain.
  • Borja Sánchez García. Minister of Science, Business, Training, and Employment. Government of the Principality of Asturias.

 

Sponsored by La Caixa (AgroBank). Organised by: The Chair of Agro-food Cooperatives UV - Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain and Agro-food Cooperatives of the Principality of Asturias.