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Thursday, March 27th 2003
8:15 am
Opening session
A WORD FROM THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FORUM ON INTEGRATION
- Christine Fréchette
President and Executive Director, North American Forum on Integration
WORD OF WELCOME
- Jacques Girard
President and Executive Director
Montréal International
Replaced by
Régis Vigneau
Vice-président principal et secrétaire corporatif, Montréal
International
- Diane Wilhelmy
Deputy Minister, Department of International Relations of Québec
- Marc Lortie
Deputy Minister, Department of International
Relations of Québec
for
further information
9:15 am
Keynote speaker
- Gerónimo Gutiérrez
Deputy Minister (North America), Department of Foreign Relations of
Mexico
for
further information
10:15 am
North American Investment Fund I
CHAIR
- Christiane Bergevin
President SNC-Lavalin Capital inc.
GUEST SPEAKERS
- Robert A. Pastor
Vice-president, International Affairs,
Professor and Director, Center for North American Studies, American
University
- Louise Beaudoin
Minister of State for International Relations, Minister responsible
for La Francophonie and Minister Responsible for the Observatoire de
la mondialisation
COMMENTARY
- Carlos Heredia
Vice-president
Mexican Council on Foreign Affairs
for
further information
12:00 noon
Rethinking the North American Integration: The Citizen’s Perspective
GUEST SPEAKER
- Frank Graves
President EKOS Research Associates Inc.
for
further information
12:30 pm
Luncheon conference
GUEST SPEAKER
- Pauline Marois
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Finance, the Economy and Research
Minister responsible for the Montérégie region Québec
Gouvernement
INTRODUCED BY
- Robert Lacroix
Rector, Université de Montréal
WORD OF THANKS
- Pierre Lampron
President, TVA Interfilms,
President of the Board of Directors of the Observatoire québécois
de la mondialisation
for
further information
2:30 pm
Doing business within NAFTA
MODERATOR
- Stephen Handelman
Columnist, Time Canada
GUEST SPEAKERS
- Sean Finn
Senior Vice-President Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary CN
- R. Michael Gadbaw
Vice-President and Senior Counsel, International Law and Policy, General
Electric Company
COMMENTARY
- Stephen Blank, Ph.D
Director, Center for International Business Development, Lubin School
of Business, Pace University
for
further information
4:00 pm
Beyong NAFTA
CHAIR
- Anthony Quainton
President and CEO, National Policy Association
GUEST SPEAKERS
- Andrés Rozental
President, Rozental & Associates, President of the Mexican Council
on Foreign Relations
- Michael Gallagher
Minister-Counsellor for Economic Affairs,
United States Embassy in Canadaa
- Thomas d'Aquino
President and Chief Executive Canadian Council of Chief Executives
for
further information
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