Osamu Nakano
Osamu Nakano is the Secretary General of the Japan Workers’ Cooperative Union (JWCU) since July 2024. He joined JWCU in 2014 and has served as a board member and Director of International Relations since 2017. He is also a researcher at the Japan Co-operative Alliance, the apex body of co-ops in Japan, and was a […]
Ana Rita Antunes
Giuseppe Guerini
The current President of Cooperatives Europe, the apex organization representing cooperative enterprises in Europe, which promotes the cooperative business model across 77 member organizations from 32 countries. Cooperatives Europe represents 141 million individuals, 250,000 cooperative enterprises, and employs 5.4 million people. He is also the President of CECOP-CICOPA Europe, the European Confederation of Industrial and […]
Thierry Blandinières
Thierry Blandinières is the Chief Executive Officer of InVivo Group, France’s largest agricultural cooperative and a leading European agri-food player. With a degree from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Nantes and an Executive MBA from HEC, he began his career in the chemical and cosmetics industries before moving into the food sector. He held […]
Samuel Vance-Law
Samuel Vance-Law is Principal Researcher at the Decentralization Research Center, addressing equitable governance in emerging technologies. He has written on blockchain law and policy, DAO development, data cooperatives, decentralized digital identity, and blockchain and antitrust. His current work focuses on how data can be both integrated into, and central to, cooperative principles and practices.
Sarah Nicole
Sarah Nicole is a policy and technical governance specialist. Her experiences span working for major tech companies in Europe, leading a non-profit for a decade and publishing extensively on the development and impact of new technologies (quantum computing, immersive environment, decentralized technologies, etc.). In her role at Project Liberty Institute, Sarah focuses on building the […]
Dr Carlos Zarco
Dr. Carlos Zarco holds a degree in Medicine and advanced studies in quality management and senior management of health institutions. He has master’s degrees in Planning and Quality Management, Science in Health, and Advanced Clinical Management. He serves as a member of the Board and Director-General of Fundación Espriu, President of the International Health Cooperative […]
Dr Manuel Guerreiro
Manuel José da Silva Martins Leite Guerreiro is the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo de Torres Vedras (CCAMTV), a position he has held since 2021. Prior to that, he served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the same institution since 2012.With a solid […]
David Beauchemin
David, originally trained as an actuary, pursued a master’s degree in computer science to deepen his expertise in machine learning. His research in natural language processing focused on integrating external sources into insurance business processes. Currently a doctoral student, David is exploring the personalization of automatically generated content from insurance contracts. Active in the AI […]
Asia Guerreschi
Data Analyst for the Italian Regional Clust-ER Innovate and Post Doctorate at the University of Ferrara studying eco-innovation and circular economy strategies in alternative socioeconomic standards. With a background in communication, she completed a Master of Science in Physical Geography at King’s College London, with final research on observing cloud cover effect on in-canopy and […]