Conference of Montreal

The Conference of Montreal is an annual economic event organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) since 1995.

Conference of Montreal
Organized byInternational Economic Forum of the Americas
TypeInternational Conference
FrequencyAnnually
Founded1995
Founded byGil Rémillard
LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Topics
Next EventJune 10–13, 2019
Sister Organizations
Websiteforum-americas.org/montreal

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 4,200 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 four annual events: the Conference of Montreal, the Toronto Global Forum (founded in 2007), the World Strategic Forum, held in Miami (founded in 2011), as well as the Conference of Paris (founded in 2017).[9]

In June 2018, the Conference of Montreal will celebrate its 25th Anniversary edition under the theme "Embracing Change", and will reiterate its position among the most important international economic forums, connecting world leaders for twenty-five years.[10]

Notable Speakers

Board of Governors

Chair

Paul Desmarais, Jr., Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Power Corporation of Canada (PCC)

Founding Chairman

Gil Rémillard

Governors

Current members of the board of governors of the Conference of Montreal are:

Secretary

Duarte M. Miranda[11]

See also

References
  1. "Global Economy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  2. Beauséjour, Martin. "La personnalité de la semaine : Gil Rémillard et Nicholas-Philippe Rémillard". La Presse [Montréal] June 16, 2014
  3. "20th Conference of Montreal – the Premier of Québec presents his government's economic and political vision - MRIF - Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  4. https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/actualites-economiques/441807/forum-economique-international-desameriques- la-grande-traversee-de-l-atlantique
  5. "La francophonie économique : Mythe ou réalité ?". 8 June 2015.
  6. "La Conferencia de Montreal discutirá este año los cambios tras la crisis de 2008 :: Diario las Americas :: Mundo Económico". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  7. "Montreal Gazette".
  8. Le Cour, Rudy. "Montréal comme porte d'entrée du continent". La Presse [Montréal] June 9, 2014
  9. Ostrowski, Jeff. "Strategic Forum ends four-year run in county". The Palm Beach Post [Palm Beach] April 9, 2014 p.B6
  10. Desrosiers, Eric. "La Conference de Montréal gagne en popularité". Le Devoir [Montréal] May 23, 2014
  11. Conference of Montreal
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