BEST ECONOMY forum 2019
The founders and partners of the BEST ECONOMY forum are hosting an international discussion platform for companies who have been successful in implementing sustainability strategies. The event aims to discuss and develop genuine and realistic models of sustainability. From 9 to 11 April 2019 in Bolzano, South-Tyrol.
“Water is a common good that belongs to the people. You cannot manifacture water, you can only steal it – And that’s what Coca Cola and the likes do!” @drvandanashiva #BestEconomyForum pic.twitter.com/3TUpto1sFy
— ilaria barbonetti (@Organic_Ily) April 11, 2019
“Limitless growth follows the pattern of the cancer cell, which doesn’t know when to stop. In nature limitless growth doesn’t exist” @drvandanashiva #BestEconomyForum @NavdanyaInt @NavdanyaRFSTE pic.twitter.com/FJZHNr2spO
— ilaria barbonetti (@Organic_Ily) April 11, 2019
The programme:
Day 1 – Tuesday, 9.4.2019
14:00 Press conference
17:00 Doors Open and registration
18:00 Opening of the even, Opening by Manfred Jotter (Economy for the common good), Carola Petrone (BIO HOTELS), Jan Plagge (Bioland),, Opening words – Patron: Arno Kompatscher (Governor of South Tyrol)
Keynote “we have the responsibility“ on “acting sustainably – making sense” Dr. Auma Obama
Followed by an open discussion
Our motivation – more than just a vision of a new economy
Antje von Dewitz (CEO VAUDE Sport)
Fritz Fessler (Board of Directors Cooperative GWO)
Dr. Franz Ehrensperger (President of Qualitätsgemeinschaft Bio-Mineralwasser e.V.)
Julia Mayer (Fokus Zukunft)
Dr. Bettina Richter (Global Business Manager, 3M)
Afterwards “get together” with fringe programme, South Tyrolean organic specialities and the South Tyrolean Band “Homeless”
Day 2 – Wednesday, 10.4.2019
08:00 Doors Open and registration
09:00 Beginning of the event “because we are the instrument“ Markus Prieth
09:30 Keynotes Martina Joseph (CEO Dr. Hauschka ), Christian Felber (Economy for the common good), Introduction to Focus groups, Jan Plagge (IFOAM-EU president)
10:30 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 13:15 FOCUS groups Part I
Ethical ecomony (Eng.)
Christian Felber (Economy for a common good )
Antje von Dewitz (CEO VAUDE Sport)
Moderation: Evelyn Oberleiter (Terra Institut South Tyrol)
Imagining the circular economy (Eng.)
Günter Reifer (Terra Institut Südtirol)
Jan Plagge (President IFOAM EU)
Moderation: Emma Dalväg (Coest, Sweden)
Justice for the Global South (Ger.)
Boniface Mabanza (Literary scientist, philosopher and theologian)
Ellen Ehmke (oxFam Deutschland e.V. )
Moderation: Fritz Lietsch (editor of the magazine “forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften”)
Real prices for fair markets (Eng.)
Inka Sachse (Soil & More Impacts, NL,)
Heini Staudinger (GEA Waldviertler),
Moderation: Eduardo Cuoco (CEO IFOAM-EU)
New forms of organization for new forms of economy (Ger.)
Wolfgang Gutberlet (Executive Partner W-E-G GmbH & Co.KG)
Armin Steuernagel (Purpose Stiftung)
Moderation: Christine Brandmeir (Bioland e.V.)
Money with meaning (Ger.)
Dr. Daniel Sieben (Triodos Bank)
Fritz Fessler (Board of Directors Cooperative GWO)
Moderation: Bernward Geier (Colabora)
More than hotel (Ger.)
Michaela Reitterer (Boutiquehotel Stadthalle, Vienna)
Prof. Harald Pechlaner (EURAC Bolzano)
Moderation: Zita Langenstein (GastroSuisse)
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 Group photo
15:00 FOCUS groups Part 2
17:00 Flash in a different way Improvisation theatre “Theatersport Berlin”
18:00 “Get together” with evening catering
20:00 Movie night: “The organic rebells of the Himalayas” (ZDF documentary 28 min) followed by a round of talks with the filmmaker Bernward Geier
Day 3 – Thursday, 11.4.2019
08:30 GREEN Start-up-Rallye
10 start-up present innovations in environmental and social sustainability
09:30 Results from the focus groups, Demands for today. Tomorrow. The day after tomorrow.
10:15 Break
11:00 Thoughts for the future:
How the BEST ECONOMY will drive the transformation of the economy
Allysa Jade Mc Donald (CEO Blyss Chocolate)
Tobias Bandel (Soil & More Impacts)
Wolfgang Gutberlet (Executive Partner W-E-G GmbH & Co.KG)
Dr. Daniel Sieben (Triodos Bank)
Boniface Mabanza (Literary scientist, philospher and theologian)
Michaela Reitterer (Botiquehotel Statdthalle Wien)
Martina Joseph (CEO Dr. Hauschka )
11:45 How can we bring Besteconomy and Bestecology together? Vandana Shiva
12:30 Signature of the Manifesto
Closing words of Jan Plagge (IFOAM-EU president)
13:00 End of the event
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