Robert Owen commemoration lecture to be delivered by Iain Macdonald

The Friends of New Lanark, in association with the Open University, are delighted to announce that the Robert Owen Commemoration Lecture for 2012 will be delivered by Iain Macdonald, Former Director General of The Co-operative Alliance (ICA).

Iain Macdonald was Director General of the ICA in Geneva from 2002 to 2010 and was directly involved in persuading the United Nations to declare 2012 as the International Year of Co-operatives.

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