Barcelona, September 17, 2026

Ownership, tested in practice.

Ownership Economy Day brings international institutions into a practical European conversation about power, capital and shared infrastructure.

The program

Ownership Economy Day at ECOSYSTEM Summit.

Day 2 of ECOSYSTEM Summit, focused on ownership, shared infrastructure and the institutions that shape value across Europe and beyond.

Who it is for

Cooperative leaders, founders, researchers, public institutions and investors working across European and international ownership systems.

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Program focus

Four questions shaping the day.

Each city has its own institutional context, speakers and working agenda.

01

Cooperative federation

02

Data agency and trusted value chains

03

Steward ownership and institutional purpose

04

Shared infrastructure and democratic finance

Agenda preview

The opening program.

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Plenary, Town Hall

Setting the Day

Plenary, Town Hall

Market Power, AI, Development and Freedom: Paths Forward

Dr. Hamid Rashid, Jan Eeckhout, Nuria Oliver, PhD

Ideas, Town Hall

Ideology vs. Practice in Building the World's Largest Federation of Cooperatives

Ander Etxeberria Otadui

Ideas, Town Hall

Autopsy of a Good Idea: Why Platform Coops Didn't Scale and What Mutualistic AI Must Do Differently

Damiano Avellino

Barcelona, September 17, 2026

Join us in Barcelona.

Ownership Economy Day at ECOSYSTEM Summit at Norrsken House Barcelona.