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ent Networking] July 3 (BERNOUI SEOUL HOTEL)
19:00~21:00, Rooftop (21 floor)
[Day 1] July 4 (National Assembly - Library Auditorium)
09:00~10:00 Registration & Coffee
10:00~10:30 WELCOME SESSION
Chair: Jae-Min Song, Sungkonghoe University (Republic of Korea)
· Marie J. Bouchard, President, the CIRIEC International Scientific Commission “Social & Cooperative Economy”, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
· Sang-Youn Lee, Co-organizer, 9th CIRIEC International Research Conference, Sungkonghoe University (Republic of Korea)
· Haegu Jung, Chairperson, National Research Council (Republic of Korea)
· Jin-pyo Kim, Speaker, National Assembly (Message) (Republic of Korea)
· Tae-young Yeom, Vice Governor, Gyeonggi-do (Republic of Korea)
· SeungSeok Lee, Representative director, Korea Social Economy Network (Republic of Korea).
10:30~11:00 OPENING SESSION / GUEST SPEAKERS
Chair: Sang-Youn Lee, Sungkonghoe University (Republic of Korea)
· Hyungon Jung, President, Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency (Republic of Korea)
· Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard, Director of the Department of Sustainable Enterprises, Productivity & Just Transition, ILO (Switzerland)
11:00~12:00 KEYNOTE SESSION 1
Chair: Marie J. Bouchard, Chair, CIRIEC International Scientific Commission « Social & Cooperative Economy”, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
Katherine Gibson, Professor, Western Sidney University, Australia & co-founder of the Community Economies Collective (Australia)
12:00~14:00 LUNCH
14:00~15:00 KEYNOTE SESSION 2
Chair: Dorothea Greiling, Chair, CIRIEC International Scientific Council, Johannes Kepler Universität (Austria)
Sang-Mi Cho, President, Korea Central Public Agency for Social Service
& Ewha Womans University (Republic of Korea)
15:00~15:30 Coffee BREAK
15:30~17:30 THEMATIC SESSION International Trends of Social & Solidarity Economy
Chair: Barbara Sak, Director, CIRIEC International (Belgium)
· Simel Esim, Head, Cooperatives Unit, ILO (Switzerland)
· Hyungsik Eum, Director of Research, ICA (Belgium)
· Ilcheong Yi, Senior Research Coordinator, UNRISD (Switzerland)
· Marie J. Bouchard, Chair, CIRIEC International Scientific Commission and Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
· Amal Chevreau, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD (France)
· Timothée Duverger, Assistant professor, Bordeaux University, standing in for GSEF secretariat (France)
18:00~20:00 Networking Dinner
Sa-Rang-Jae at National Assembly of Korea

[Day 2] July 5 (Sungkonghoe University)
8:30 ~10:00 WORKSHOPS SESSION 1
· M402 WORKSHOP 1 (Democratic Governance)
· M403 WORKSHOP 2 (Social and Environmental Transition)
· M404 WORKSHOP 3 (Partnerships Between Public, Private and SSE)
· M406 WORKSHOP 4 (SSE and Green Transformation)
· M407 WORKSHOP 5 (SSE and Legal Frameworks)
10:00~10:30 Coffee BREAK
10:30~12:30
Pittsburgh Hall
WELCOME
Keyong-moon Kim, president, Sungkonghoe University (Republic of Korea)

PLENARY SESSION 1 Statistics for cooperatives and the SSE
Chair: Simel Esim, Head, Cooperatives Unit, ILO
· Hyungsik Eum, Director of Research, ICA (Belgium)
· Melih Toprak & Fatih Polattimur, Trade Experts, MoT (Turkiye)
· Duong Tuan Cuong & Chu Thanh Giang, Vice Director, Policy and Cooperative Development, Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (Vietnam)
· Ahmed Makbel, National Consultant (Tanzania)
Panel Discussion: Ilcheong Yi (UNRISD), Sylvain Schetagne (Worker’s Group), Flora Bilauri (TCDC), Gianluca Salvatori (EURICSE), Alejandro Ortega (INFOCOOP, CIRIEC Costa Rica and UNED)
12:30~14:00 LUNCH M1
14:00~15:30 WORKSHOPS SESSION 2
· M402 WORKSHOP 6 (Democratic Governance)
· M403 WORKSHOP 7 (Social and Environmental Transition)
· M404 WORKSHOP 8 (Partnerships Between Public, Private and SSE)
· M406 WORKSHOP 9 (Statistics and Impact Indicators for the SSE)
· M407 WORKSHOP 10 (SSE and Legal Frameworks & SSE’s Role in Peace Building, Reconciliation and Reconstruction)
· M301 WORKSHOP 11 (Social Economy and Digital Technology) by Research Group of Reciprocity and Cooperation (Academy of Korean Studies)
15:30~16:00 Coffee BREAK
16:00~17:30
Pittsburgh Hall
PLENARY SESSION 2 Social Economy Implementation Through Legislation in Korea
Chair: Yukyong Choe, Senior Research Fellow/Team Leader, Korea Legislation Research Institute (Republic of Korea)
· Sanghyun Song, Lawyer, SeLaw (Republic of Korea)
· Eunsun Lee, Professor, Gyeongsang National University (Republic of Korea)
· Minseok Kim, Head, Business Division, Gyeonggi-Do Social Impact Creators (Republic of Korea)
· Gahui Shin, Senior Research Fellow, Seoul Institute (Republic of Korea)
18:00-19:00 SC7407
(Private meeting of the CIRIEC International Scientific Commission “SCE”)

[Day 3] July 6 (Sungkonghoe University)
8:30 ~09:45 WORKSHOPS SESSION 3
· M402 WORKSHOP 12 (Democratic Governance)
· M403 WORKSHOP 13 (Social and Environmental Transition)
· M404 WORKSHOP 14 (SSE Utopias and Imaginary Narrative & ETC)
· M406 WORKSHOP 15 (Statistics and Impact Indicators for the SSE)
· M407 WORKSHOP 16 (Gender and SSE)
09:45~10:15 Coffee BREAK
10:15~11:30 WORKSHOPS SESSION 4
· M402 WORKSHOP 17 (Democratic Governance)
· M403 WORKSHOP 18 (Social and Environmental Transition)
· M404 WORKSHOP 19 (SSE and Gig Economy)
· M406 WORKSHOP 20 (Community Based Integrated Care by social economy)
· M407 WORKSHOP 21 (Gender and SSE)
· M301 WORKSHOP 22 (Movie : "SCOPER: A DOCUMENTARY OF 3 YEARS OF COOPERATIVE TRANSFORMATION")
11:30~11:40 Short BREAK
11:40~12:30
Pittsburgh Hall
PLENARY SESSION 3 Health crisis in global epidemics of infectious diseases, and response in social economy
Chair: Jongick Jang, Professor, Hanshin University (Republic of Korea)
· Covid 19 and structural crises of our time (PhD. Mah-Hui Lim, Former international banker and local councillor, Malaysia)
· Health & welfare social cooperative and primary health care in Republic of Korea (MD PhD. Jonghan Leem, College of Medicine, Inha University, Republic of Korea)
12:30~14:15 LUNCH M1
14:15~15:30
Pittsburgh Hall
PLENARY SESSION 4 The Future of SSE in Republic of Korea: Opportunities and Challenges
· Platform work and SSE (PhD. Sumi Cho, K-driver Cooperative, Republic of Korea)
· Fostering Young Entrepreneurs and SSE (PhD. Yena Lee, HBM Social Cooperative, Republic of Korea)
· University and SSE (PhD. Joohee Park, Hannam University, Republic of Korea)
15:30~16:00 Coffee BREAK
16:00~17:00
Pittsburgh Hall
CLOSING SESSION
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ilcheong Yi, Senior Research Coordinator, UNRISD
· Message from Chantal-Line Carpentier, Head, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) & Chair, UNTFSSE (remote or per video)
· Awards to 2 best papers linked to SDGs given by Simel Esim, Head of the ILO Cooperative Unit & Vice-Chair, UNTFSSE
· Brief presentation of the 2 papers by the authors winners
· Conclusions of the conference by Marie J. Bouchard, Chair, CIRIEC International Scientific Commission « Social & Cooperative Economy », Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada) & Barbara SAK, Director of CIRIEC
· Invitation by the associated journals to submit revised papers for publication.
· Announcement and Invitation to the 10th CIRIEC international research conference on Social Economy, 27-29 October 2025 in Bordeaux (France) by Timothée Duverger (CIRIEC France)

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