2006 Foreign Policy Conference

March 9, 2006

Canadian Institute of International Affairs presents its
2006 Foreign Policy Conference

BUILDING GLOBAL PROSPERITY:

CANADA'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPING WORLD

Thursday 9 March 2006 at 9am to
Friday 10 March at 4:30pm
Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, British Columbia


Overview

The conference will explore a number of themes relating to how the developed world conceives of the developing world, with special emphasis on Canadian development policy. Panel discussions will focus on:
- Thinking About Global Prosperity and Global Inequality
- Millennium Development Goals
- Trade Liberalization: Towards Fair or Unfair?
- Conflict, Natural Resources, and Governance
- Development: Facilitating the Private Sector?
- Emerging Opportunities: Canada's Gateway to Asia-Pacific
- Canada's Engagement with the Developing World

Speakers include:

Roy Culpeper (President, North-South Institute); Paul Evans (co-CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation); Bob Fowler (Canada’s Special Envoy for Peace in Sudan); Robert Greenhill (President, CIDA); Philippe Le Billon (UBC); John MacArthur (Deputy Director of the UN Millennium Project)*; Branko Milanovic (Lead Economist at the World Bank); Ananya Mukherjee-Reed (York University); Zoe Nielsen (Human Security Project, UBC); Maureen O’Neill (President, IDRC); James Riedel (Hopkins-Nanjing Center); Arthur Saper (CIDA)

A full agenda will be available shortly at http://www.ciia.org/fpc2006.htm

Registration fees:

Early registration - until 16 February

CIIA Members: $150
Non - Members: $250
Young Professional Members $125
Student Members: $60
Student Non-Members: $90

Regular registration - after 16 February
CIIA Members: $175
Non-Members: $275
Young Professional Members $150
Student Members: $60
Student Non-Members: $90

To find out more about membership at the CIIA and download an application form, please visit http://www.ciia.org/benefits.htm


Registration

Please download the registration form here.

Please remit the registration form and payment to:
CIIA, 205 Richmond Street West, Suite 302
Toronto, ON M5V 1V3
Tel: (416) 977-9000, or (800) 668-2442
Fax: (416) 977-7521
Email: jgreaves@ciia.org

Cancellation Policy:
CIIA will refund registration fees in full if cancellation is made by 1pm, 6 March 2006.

Accomodation


Vancouver Hyatt Regency
655 Burrard St
Vancouver, BC

Discounted guestroom rate for conference participants: $139

Reservations should be made directly with the hotel. Please identify yourself as attending the Canadian Institute of International Affairs conference. Reservations can be made directly by calling the hotel at 1 (604) 683-1234, toll free at 1 (877) 993-7846 or by fax at 1 (604) 689 3707

About CIIA Foreign Policy Conferences

With the sponsorship and co-operation of business, academia, media, the NGO community and all levels of government, the CIIA's annual foreign policy conference is organized around a timely international theme. Experts from coast to coast and around the world join CIIA members and other interested participants for two days of incisive presentations and intensive discussions. The conference is held in a different city each year in co-operation with local branches and features an array of opinion leaders. It typically attracts one hundred and fifty to two hundred participants from across Canada and the United States.