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Conference of Montreal: The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, Chrystia Freeland, the President of the World Bank Group, David Malpass, and the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus, Guillaume Faury among keynote speakers
03/12/2020
The International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) will virtually hold the 26th edition of the Conference of Montreal live, from December 14 to 17, 2020.
Montreal, December 10, 2020....
Conference of Montreal: The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, Chrystia Freeland, the President of the World Bank Group, David Malpass, and the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus, Guillaume Faury among keynote speakers
03/12/2020
The International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) will virtually hold the 26th edition of the Conference of Montreal live, from December 14 to 17, 2020.
Montreal, December 10, 2020. – The Conference of Montreal is thrilled to unveil its program for the 2020 edition, which will bring together over 220 speakers over four days. A true international reference and one of the world's most important economic forums, the Conference of Montreal brings together the world's top leaders from the public and private, institutional and academic spheres on a platform that fosters dialogue and collaboration.
Over the past year, the global economy has faced unprecedented challenges due to the ongoing global pandemic. Now is the time to plan for a robust economic recovery, while continuing the work to manage the pandemic. Numerous political and business leaders will participate in sessions throughout the Conference to discuss their vision and solutions to meet today's challenges.
Dates and themes:
Monday, December 14 – Economy, Finance and New capitalism
Tuesday, December 15 – Climate Change, Health and Energy
Wednesday, December 16th – Globalization, geopolitics and Green recovery
Thursday, December 17th – Artificial intelligence, Innovation and Video games
Some of the speakers:
Ethan Brown, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Beyond Meat
Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Chairman, Lloyd’s
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, chairman, ENGIE
Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus
Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of Economy and Innovation, Québec
Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Canada
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission
Nadine Girault, Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie; and Minister of Immigration, Francization and Integration, Quebec
Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes, Minister of the Economy, Brazil
Catherine Guillouard, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer, RATP Group
Ángel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Glenn Hutchins, Co-Chairman, The Brookings Institution; Chairman, North Island; and Co-founder, Silver Lake
Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages, Canada
Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor of Atlanta
Jin Liqun, president, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
David Malpass, president, World Bank Group
Bill McDermott, Chief Executive Officer, ServiceNow
Shunichi Miyanaga, Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Eileen Murray, Chair, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA); Board Member, HSBC, Guardian Life, Compass; Chief Executive Officer, Bridgewater Associates (2011-2020)
Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Canada
Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal
Odile Renaud-Basso, President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Chris Roe, Energy and Sustainable Operations, Amazon
Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Blackstone
The complete program will be updated regularly. To consult it, please click here.
Media Accreditation
Requests for media accreditation and interviews with speakers can be addressed to Maxime Debeauvais (mdebeauvais@national.ca or 514-512-9448).
About the Conference of Montreal
The Conference of Montreal is a world-class event that invites leaders from the political and academic communities, public and private sectors and civil society to speak on major issues in the globalization of economies, with a focus on relations between the Americas and the other continents. The Conference also strives to foster exchanges of information and facilitate meetings between world leaders to encourage international discourse.
The Conference of Montreal is presented every year by the International Economic Forum of the Americas, which is also presenting the Toronto Global Forum, the Conference of Paris and the Miami World Strategic.
For more information: forum-americas.org/montreal/
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