Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - Arrival Day and Welcome Reception

 6:00 - 7:00pm: Welcome Reception, Delta Centre-Villa Hotel on the Terrace

Thursday, May 30, 2013 - Sessions

8:00am - 8:55am: Breakfast Welcome and Presidential Address by Kathleen Rees (Regence A room)

9:00am - 10:20am: Session 1:  Trade Patterns (Saint-Jacques room)

Session 2:  Exchange Rate Models and Financial Risk (Saint-Laurent room) 

10:20am - 10:35am:  Coffee Break (Saint-Jacques and Saint-Laurent)

10:35am - 11:55am:  Session 3:  Trade Models (Saint-Jacques)

Session 4:   Country/Region-Specific (Saint-Laurent)

12:00 (noon) - 1:30pm:  Lunch and Keynote Speaker (Regence A)

"India, an Emerging Superpower?  Reflections on Economic Reforms and a Road Map," presented by Sunder Ramaswamy, President,

Montery Institute of International Studies

2:00pm - 3:20pm: Session 5:  Monetary Policies (Saint-Jacques)

 Session 6:  Human Issues (Saint-Laurent)

3:20pm - 3:35pm: Coffee Break (Saint-Jacques and Saint-Laurent)

3:35pm - 5:00pm:  Session 7:  Round Table on the Euro (Saint-Jacques)

5:00pm - 6:00pm:  IT&FA Officer/Director meeting (Saint-Laurent)

Breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks will be provided.  Dinner:  free evening for conference participants to enjoy Montreal.

Friday, May 31, 2013 - Sessions and Gala Dinner

8:00am - 8:55am:  Breakfast (Regence A) - All Attendees

Business Meeting:  State of the Association, the Global Economy Journal and the 2014 international conference 

9:00am - 10:20:  Session 8:  Lessons Learned (Saint-Jacques)

Session 9:  Industry-Specific (Saint-Laurent)

10:20am - 10:35am:  Coffee Break (Saint-Jacques and Saint-Laurent)

10:35am - 11:55am:  Session 10:  Future Issues (Saint-Jacques)

Session 11:  Currency Issues (Saint-Laurent)

 12:00 (noon) - 1:30pm:  Lunch and Keynote Speaker (Regence A)

"From Beijing to Montreal:  Reverse Innovation as  New Paradigm or Fashionable Buzz,"  presented by Patrick Cohendet, HEC Montreal

2:00pm - 3:20pm:  Session 12:  Latin America (Saint-Jacques)

Session 13:  Banking Issues (Saint-Laurent)

3:20pm - 3:35pm:  Coffee Break (Saint-Jacques and Saint-Laurent)

3:35pm - 5:00pm:  Session 14:  Internet (Saint-Jacques) 

5:30pm - 6:00pm: Cocktails (Regence A)

6:00pm - 7:00pm:  "Lost Decades:  The American Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery,"  presented by Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University

7:00pm - 8:30pm - Dinner 

Breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks provided.  Gala Dinner (provided).

Saturday, June 1, 2013 - Tour of Montreal (morning)

9:30am - 11:30am:  Guided Tour of Montreal (provided)

Lunch on your own and end of conference