Programme with presentations/Agenda s predstavitvami
DAY 1 / TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th / 9:00–18:00 / LOCATION: RECTORATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR, Slomškov trg 15, Maribor
CHAIR: Andrej Kranjc, MSc, National Focal Point for UNFCCC and IPCC
8:30–9:00 REGISTRATION
9:00–9:30 OPENING ADDRESSES
Dr. Andrej Fištravec, The Mayor of Maribor
Dr. Danijel Rebolj, The Rector of the University of Maribor
Dr. Darja Piciga, The Chair of the Organising Committee
THE STRENGTHS OF SLOVENIA (Dragana Prijanovič, SOS, Slovenia)
INTRODUCTION: FROM DESTRUCTION TO A NEW BEGINNING
9:30–10:15 The emergence of Integral Economics – The Framework *: An overview and integration of historical and emerging alternative economic thinking - across disciplines, cultures, from individual to societal transformation. A comprehensive presentation of Integral Economics. (Dr. Ronnie Lessem, Dr. Alexander Schieffer, Trans4m, Switzerland)
10:15–11:00 The emergence of Integral Economics – The Practice *: Alternatives do exist! Presentation of seminal integral models: SEKEM in Egypt (Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish)
11:00–11:30 Active coffee break and press conference
11:30–12:30 The emergence of Integral Economics – The Practice * : Alternatives do exist! Presentation of seminal integral models: Virgin Money, UK (Jayne Anne Ghadia, CEO, Virgin Money - video lecture), Mondragon in Spain, Chinyika in Zimbabwe, Grameen in Bangladesh, Interface in USA (Dr. Ronnie Lessem, Dr. Alexander Schieffer) and
Proposal for the Integral Green Slovenian Economy ** (Dr. Ronnie Lessem, Dr. Alexander Schieffer, Trans4m, Switzerland)
12:30–13:00 Interactive discussion
13:00–14:30 Lunch time
CO-CONSTRUCTION: CO-CREATING NEW ECONOMIES
14:30–15:00 Maribor as an Integral Green City: The vision of Maribor as the first integral green city in Slovenia (Polonca Podgoršek, CAAP Centre for Alternative and Autonomous Production, Maribor)
15:00–15:30 Discovering the moral and spiritual core of the new Slovenian economic model (Marko Pogačnik) (Slovenian version, English version)
16:00–16:30 Coffee break
16:30–17:45 Exploring distinctive cases – international and national – of each economic path:
Cases of self sufficiency, developmental economy, social and living economies - Slovenian cases: Biotechnical Centre Naklo in Slovenia (Daša Toman Turuk, MSc, BC Naklo); Biodynamics - Path to the Future (Boris Potočar, President, Union of Associations of Biodynamics of Slovenia); Development Cooperative eTRI (Brigita Žvikart in Dario Radošević, eTRI, referat, video); CAAP - Community potentials (Nina Roškar, Center for Alternative and Autonomous Production, Maribor); Center RINKA - Institute for tourism and sustainable development of Solčavsko (Marko Slapnik); Solar mobility at the outskirts of Julian Alps (Andrej Pečjak, inovator)
17:45–18:00 Conclusion of Day 1
DAY 2 / WEDNESDAY, SEPT 18th / 9:00–18:45 / LOCATION: RECTORATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR
8:30–9:00 REGISTRATION
CO-CONSTRUCTION (Continuation): INTEGRALLY DOWN-TO-EARTH
CHAIR: Mirjana Mladič, Wings Wide Open, Maribor, Slovenia
9:00–9:40 Opening remarks and reports from the sessions of Day 1
Presenting Slovenian cases of integral green economy - integral green local and regional models, organic and biodynamic agriculture, sustainable enterprises, R&D and innovation models for green economy, green cooperatives and social enterprises, cooperatives for organic farming, models of sustainable tourism, permaculture, civil society initiatives and projects: LIFE+ 5.000 Young Captains of Planet Earth (Nataša Beltran and Biotechnical Centre Naklo); Let's provide the food for tomorrow: real life projects in local community, and EKOCI - The eco-civil initiative of Slovenia (Irena Rotar); REUSE Network in Slovenia, Project “USE REUSE” (Katja Zajko, Environmental Research Institute, Slovenske Konjice); Green Development Model of Šentrupert Municipality (Rupert Gole, The Mayor); Development Cooperative eTRI (eTRI); Implementation of an integral green economy in the Centre for School and Outdoor Education (Ida Kavčič, MS and Irena Kokalj, CSOE); Alternative approaches in preservation of plant genetic resources (Mateja Koler, Chairwoman of the association Seed Guardians); Integration and empowerment of socially disadvantaged groups in cities and rural areas for the high-quality local food production (Institute InTeRCeR with partners); Biofarm ZEL and organic brand EKOPRLEKIJA (Zvonko Pukšič); Organic farm and education GOLDEN THOUGHTS (Dr. Matjaž Turinek).
9:40–12:00 Elaborating Slovenian cases of integral green economy (Pro-Action Café – hosting by Mirjana Mladič and Dragana Prijanovič)
(coffee while working)
12:00–12:30 Highlights from Pro-Action Café (plenary)
12:30–14:00 Lunch time
CHAIR: Dr. Alexander Schieffer, Trans4m
14:00–15:00 Miha Pogačnik: Co.creation of the Macroviolin
15:00–15:30 Terra Parzival - European Regional Development Model for Slovenia 2014-2020
(Miha Pogačnik, Slovenian Cultural Ambassador and founder of Terra Parzival; Elena Begant, Expert Advisor on Regional Development)
15:30-16:15 Sarvodaya in Sri Lanka (Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne)
16:00–16:30 Coffee break
CHAIR: Dr. Darja Piciga, CMDC
16:15-16:30 Reviewing and upgrading the vision and outline programme of the Integral Green Slovenian Economy (IGSE)**: viable measures to lead Slovenia out of the present serious economic, financial and political crisis, as well as crisis of values, and as a long-term strategy for sustainable development, and, ultimately, establishing Slovenia as a pilot country of an integral green economy: Green Development Breakthrough and Plan B for Slovenia (Dr. Peter Tancig, Umanotera), Draft Strategy for Transition of Slovenia to a Low Carbon Society by 2060 (Jernej Stritih, Stritih Sustainable Development Consulting), Implementation of IGSE through the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment (Dr. Darja Piciga, Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment of the Republic of Slovenia)
16:00–18:30 CONTRIBUTION: Revealing the global relevance
Panel of global thinkers: Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish, Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, Dr. Ronnie Lessem, Ddr. Matjaž Mulej, Dr. Alexander Schieffer, Jernej Stritih, Dr. Peter Tancig, Dr. Aleksander Zidanšek, Dr. Mitja Žagar
CHAIR: Dr. Ronnie Lessem and Dr. Alexander Schieffer Trans4m
18:30–18:45 Concluding thoughts: Dr. Darja Piciga
DAY 3 / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th / 9:30–18:30 / LOCATION: BIOTECHNICAL CENTRE NAKLO, Strahinj 99, Naklo
9:00–9:30 Registration
9:30–10:00 Welcome coffee and press conference
CHAIR: Dr. Alexander Schieffer, Trans4m
10:00–10:30 OPENING ADDRESSES WITH A SHORT CULTURAL PROGRAMME
Marijan Pogačnik, MSc, The Director of Biotechnical Centre Naklo
Marko Mravlja, The Mayor of Naklo
Nada Mihajlović, The Deputy Mayor of Kranj
Dr. Darja Piciga, The Chair of the Organising Committe
A short cultural programme: Students of Biotechnical Centre Naklo
10:30–11:20 Harvesting of the first two days with keynote thoughts from the eminent guests (Dr. Ronnie Lessem, Dr. Alexander Schieffer, Trans4m, Switzerland; Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka; Dr. Darja Piciga, CMDC, Switzerland; Martha Thodhlana, University of Canterbury,UK, and Zimbabwe; Alicia Leonor Sauli Miklavčič, Association VHC, Slovenia; Niko Piciga Platis, student, Slovenia.
11:20–12:00 TOWARDS A CENTRE FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT: Co-Creating a Centre for Integral Development as a key Catalyst for Integral Green Economy in Slovenia (Dr. Ronnie Lessem, Dr. Alexander Schieffer, Trans4m, Switzerland)
12:00–12:30 Coffee break
12:30–14.00 TOWARDS A CENTRE FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT: Education, training and research for an Integral Green Slovenia:
»Gardening« with a purpose (Darja Silan, Gimnazija Jože Plečnik Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Interactive discussion
14:00–15:00 Lunch time (hosted by Biotechnical Centre Naklo)
15:00–16:30 Guided tour of Biotechnical Centre Naklo
CHAIR: Dr. Darja Piciga
16:30–17:45 From education and training to creating new jobs and securing a livelihood (Elaborating and connecting Slovenian and international cases):
Ecovillages (Aleksander Batič, INTERSO, Koper and GEN Europe Ambassador)
How to establish a sustainable enterprise - workshop (Mojca Orel, EDUvision, Slovenia)
17:45–18:30 TOWARDS A CENTRE FOR INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT: CONTRIBUTION
Day 2: Wednesday, September 18th, 9:00–18:00, Location: Rectorate Of The University Of Maribor, Slomškov trg 15, 2000 Maribor, SLOVENIA
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