The Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business
Conference
Humanising the Global Economy:
towards an Economy of Communion
Date Tuesday 24th February 2004
Time 9.30 – 16.30
Revised Provisional Programme
| 09.30-10.00 | Registration & Coffee
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| 10.00–10.15 | Welcome and Outline of Programme | John McNerney, Head of Chaplaincy Department, UCD |
| 10.15-10.30 | Opening remarks | Laurence Crowley, Governor, Bank of Ireland |
| 10.30- 10.50 | Why do we need an “Economy of Communion”?
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Dr. Lorna Gold, Policy Analyst, Trócaire |
| 11.00-11.40 |
Humanising the Global Economy: towards and Economy of Communion |
Chiara Lubich, Founder and President of the Focolare Movement |
| 11.40-12.00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 12.00-13.00 | The EOC and the challenges to economic theory | Chair: Maura Leen, Lecturer, Development Studies Centre, UCD
Prof. Benedetto Gui, Professor of Political Economy, University of Padua |
| 13.00 – 14.15 |
Lunch
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| 14.15 – 15.30 | From Theory to Praxis: Case Studies of EOC Businesses | Co-chairs: Professor Ray Kinsella and John McNerney
Andrew Basquille, Co-Director, Language Learning International, Ireland Leo Andringa, Former Regional Director, Bank of Holland Armando Tortelli, Director, Prodiet, Brazil Elisa Parolin, Co-Director, Rainbow Consulting Inc., Italy |
| 15.30 – 15.50 |
Coffee
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| 15.50 – 16.30 | Dialogue and Conclusions | Co-Chairs: Dr.Lorna Gold and Donal Lawlor |