"Les plus-values des coopératives agricoles dans les opérations internationales", Helsinki, 14-16 juin 2012

eRNAC stands for Electronic Research Network for Agricultural Cooperatives. This virtual organization consists of researchers interested in agricultural producer cooperatives. Most researchers base their research on a variety of economic theories.
An eRNAC conference will be held in Helsinki, Finland, in mid June 2012. The conference takes place close to Midsummer when the nights are very long and bright here in northern Europe. The conference will be three days with the middle day spent as a field trip to various cooperatives. In addition to researchers, also representatives (board members and executives) of cooperative enterprises in Finland and elsewhere will be invited.

June 14^th 2012
10⁰⁰-12⁰⁰ Opening session with keynote speech by an invited speaker
12⁰⁰-13⁰⁰ Lunch
13⁰⁰-15⁰⁰ Plenary session 1 (three speakers)
15⁰⁰-15³⁰ Coffee break
15³⁰-17³⁰ Plenary session 2 (three speakers)
19⁰⁰-22⁰⁰ Get together party: A boat trip with dinner in the Helsinki archipelago
June 15^th 2012
8⁰⁰-17⁰⁰ A full day’s trip with visits to the major Finnish cooperatives such as Valio, HK-Scan, and Metsäliitto.

June 16^th 2012
8.30-10⁰⁰ Parallel sessions 1 (or a plenary session)
10⁰⁰-10³⁰ Coffee break
10³⁰-12⁰⁰ Parallel sessions 2 (or a plenary session)
12⁰⁰-13⁰⁰ Lunch
13⁰⁰-14³⁰ Parallel sessions 3 (or a plenary session)
14³⁰-15⁰⁰ Coffee break
15⁰⁰-17⁰⁰ Closing session

First call January 2011
Deadline August 2011

Organizers
Petri Ollila Jerker Nilsson
University of Helsinki Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Helsinki, Finland Uppsala and Alnarp, Sweden
petri.ollila@helsinki.fi Jerker.Nilsson@ekon.slu.se
Tentative schedule
Call for papers