Conference of Montreal
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Organized by | International Economic Forum of the Americas |
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Type | International Conference |
Frequency | Annually |
Founded | 1995 |
Founded by | Gil Rémillard |
Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Next Event | June 12-15, 2017 |
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Website |
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The Conference of Montreal is an annual economic event organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) since 1995.
Mission
The Conference of Montreal is a not-for-profit organization engaged to heightening knowledge and awareness of the issues concerning economic globalization, with a particular emphasis on the relations between the Americas and other continents.[1]
The Conference works to foster exchanges of information and to promote free discussion on major current economic issues. It also facilitates meetings between world leaders to encourage international discourse by bringing together heads of state, the private sector, international organizations and civil society.[2] [3] [4]
The Conference brings together 200 speakers and more than 3,500 people from across the globe every year.[5] [6]
History
The Conference of Montreal was founded in 1995, by Gil Rémillard, at a time when the globalization of the economies was beginning to emerge at an increased rate.[1] [7]
With the fall of communism, the success of the “Uruguay round” in 1989, the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1994 and the beginnings of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the world was ready to construct a global market that would benefit to every countries. A desire emerged to create an independent international forum in Montreal, to identify and discuss the impact of all these developments on the global economic system. A first conference was organized on June 20–22, 1995.[8]
The IEFA now hosts three annual events: the Conference of Montreal, the Toronto Global Forum (founded in 2007), as well as the World Strategic Forum, held in Miami (founded in 2011).[9]
In June 2014, the Conference of Montreal celebrated its 20th Anniversary edition under the theme The Foundation for the Next Era of Growth. This edition showed that the Conference of Montreal is now positioned among the most important international economic forums[10]
Notable Speakers
- Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State of the United States of America (1997-2001)
- Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile
- Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson, State Bank of India
- Irina Bokova, Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation(UNESCO)
- Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International
- Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England
- David M. Cote, Chairman and CEO, Honeywell
- Vicente Fox, President of Mexico (2000-2006)
- Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States of America (1987-2006)
- Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of the Republic of Iceland
- Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
- Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GE
- Michaëlle Jean, Secretary General, International Organisation of la Francophonie
- Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
- Jim Yong Kim, President, The World Bank
- Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor, Bank of Japan
- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Gerard Mestrallet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Engie
- Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan (2001-2008)
- Patrick Pouyanné, President of the Executive Committee and CEO, Total
- Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France
- Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General, Commonwealth
- Lawrence Summers, Former Director, National Economic Council; Former President of Harvard University
- Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Colombia (2002-2010)
- Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States of America (1979-1987)
- Robert B. Zoellick, Former President, World Bank Group[11]
Board of Governors
Chair
Paul Desmarais, Jr., Power Corporation of Canada
Founding Chairman
Governors
Current members of the board of governors of the Conference of Montreal are:
- Luis Almagro Lemes, Organization of American States (OAS)
- Joseph J. Andrew, Dentons
- Dominic Barton, McKinsey & Company
- Perrin Beatty, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Jean-Stéphane Bernard, Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie (MRIF), Québec
- Irina Bokova, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Guy Breton, University of Montréal
- Agustín Carstens, Bank of Mexico
- Suma Chakrabarti, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- David M. Cote, Honeywell
- Jacques Delors, Notre Europe; Former President, European Commission
- Hélène Desmarais, HEC Montréal; Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal (CEIM)
- Suzanne Fortier, McGill University
- Angel Gurría, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Christine Hogan, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
- Glenn Hutchins, Silver Lake
- Michaëlle Jean, International Organisation of la Francophonie
- Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Monique F. Leroux, International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
- John Manley, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
- Gérard Mestrallet, Engie
- Luis Alberto Moreno, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Louis Morisset, Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)
- Michael Sabia, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
- Strobe Talbott, The Brookings Institution (United States)
- Jean-Claude Trichet, Bank of France; Former President, European Central Bank; Group of Thirty; European Group of the Trilateral Commission
Secretary
Duarte M. Miranda[11]
See also
References
- 1 2 Global Economy
- ↑ Beauséjour, Martin. "La personnalité de la semaine : Gil Rémillard et Nicholas-Philippe Rémillard". La Presse [Montréal] June 16, 2014
- ↑ http://www.mrif.gouv.qc.ca/en/salle-de-presse/communiques/2014/2014_06_12
- ↑ http://www.ledevoir.com/economie/actualites-economiques/441807/forum-economique-international-desameriques- la-grande-traversee-de-l-atlantique
- ↑ http://www.rfi.fr/economie/20150608-francophonie-economique-mythe-realite/
- ↑ http://www.diariolasamericas.com/147_economia/3115462_la-conferencia-de-montreal-discutira-este-ano-los-cambios-tras-la-crisis-de-2008.html
- ↑ http://montrealgazette.com/business/international-economic-forum-wants-to-put-montreal-on-the-map?__lsa=c696-99d6
- ↑ Le Cour, Rudy. "Montréal comme porte d'entrée du continent". La Presse [Montréal] June 9, 2014
- ↑ Ostrowski, Jeff. "Strategic Forum ends four-year run in county". The Palm Beach Post [Palm Beach] April 9, 2014 p.B6
- ↑ Desrosiers, Eric. "La Conference de Montréal gagne en popularité". Le Devoir [Montréal] May 23, 2014
- 1 2 Conference of Montreal
External links
- International Economic Forum of the Americas
- Conference of Montreal
- Toronto Global Forum
- World Strategic Forum