Conference Keynotes

Keynote: Building a better world with cooperatives: a utopia? Inspirations based on French agricultural co-operatives

Maryline Filippi

Professor of Economics

Bordeaux Sciences Agro

Maryline Filippi is a professor of economics at Bordeaux Sciences Agro and a research associate at INRAE at AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, France. She is a member of the European and Global Scientific Councils of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA CCR) and Ciriec International. Since 2022, she has been editor-in-chief of the Revue internationale de l’économie sociale (RECMA). Her research contributes to the analysis of innovation, governance, and competitiveness of the co-operative model, addressing the social and territorial responsibilities of companies and territories in the face of transition challenges. A specialist in agricultural co-operatives, she has led two INRAE research teams on this topic. She has been appointed a qualified person by the High Council for Agricultural Cooperation (HCCA). She has managed and participated in numerous research programs in France and internationally.

Keynote: Beyond Trade-offs: Revisiting Cooperative Identity Through the Lens of Dual Nature

Anu Puusa

Professor of Management

University of Eastern Finland

Anu Puusa is a Professor of Management at the Business School of the University of Eastern Finland. She has a Title of Docent of Management and Co-operatives at LUT School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology. Her current research interest areas are co-operatives (dual nature, co-operative governance and management), expert organizations, organizational identity and change/resilience. Puusa has published 4 textbooks, the 5th on co-operatives and co-operative management is well on its way, and numerous journal articles and other publications. She believes in giving back: Her positions of trust and managerial positions include for example membership of the Presidency and Board of Cooperatives Europe and Pellervo Coop Center, a Finnish apex organization for co-ops. Puusa is an experienced organizational speaker, TED TALK speaker (http://go.ted.com/anupuusa) and an awarded teacher.

Keynote: The economic and social contribution of co-operative and mutual enterprises: An examination of historical case studies

Tim Mazzarol

Emeritus Professor and Senior Honorary Research Fellow

University of Western Australia

Tim Mazzarol is an Emeritus Professor and Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. His research and teaching focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation, marketing, small business, commercialisation, strategic management and co-operative and mutual enterprises. He is also the founder Director of the Co-operative Enterprise Research Unit (CERU), a special research entity for the study of co-operative and mutual enterprises (CMEs) at the University of Western Australia. In addition, he is the founder Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Management and Innovation (CEMI), an independent initiative designed to enhance awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and small business management. Tim is a Qualified Practising Researcher (QPR) as recognised by the Australian Research Society (ARS). He has over 20 years of experience of working with small entrepreneurial firms as well as large corporations and government agencies. He is the author of several books on entrepreneurship, small business management, innovation, strategy and co-operative and mutual enterprises. He holds a PhD in Management and an MBA with distinction from Curtin University of Technology, and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Murdoch University, Western Australia.