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2005 Conference - français |
Internationalism Revitalized, or "Pax Americana":
W[h]ither Canada?
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Group of 78 Annual Policy Conference 2005
Programme
September 16-18, 2005
Econiche House: 32 River Road, Cantley, Quebec J8Y 3A1
Conference Chair: Peggy Mason
Presentation of Conference Resolutions: Clyde Sanger
Conference Report Editor: Peter Meincke |
Friday, 16 September
Saturday, 17 September
Sunday, 18 September
Friday, 16 September |
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Cash Bar
Dinner
Welcome from G78 chair Peggy Mason
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Keynote Speaker:
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- The Right Honourable Joe Clark, P.C., C.C
16th Prime Minister of Canada, Former Foreign Minister of Canada and author, "A Nation too Good to Lose"
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Saturday, 17 September |
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8:00
9:00 |
Breakfast
Panel 1 - Fiddling while Rome Burns: Institutional and Political Impediments to
Meeting the Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century |
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Chair: Morris Miller |
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- James Bruce
Canadian Policy Representative, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Senior Associate, Global Change Strategies International, Vice Chair, Board of International Institute for Sustainable Development
- Pat Mooney
Executive Director, ETC Group
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10:30
10:45 |
Break
Panel 2 - Common Security or Global Military Dominance: the Management of Outer Space |
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Chair: Debbie Grisdale |
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- Detlev Wolter
Political Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN
- Erika Simpson
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario
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12:15 |
Lunch Speaker |
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- Nigel Fisher
Executive Director of UN Office for Project Services, former UN Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan, former UNICEF staffer for more than 20 years.
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13:45 |
Panel 3 - Trade, Investment, Property, and Economic Development: Getting the Mix Right |
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Chair: Barbara Darling |
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- Michael Hart
Professor of Trade Policy in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
- Melissa Powell
UN Global Compact Office
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15:15
15:45 |
Break
Concurrent discussion groups |
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Three discussion groups, one on each of the panel topics above. These will be moderated by the panel chairs and include the speakers as resource people for the discussion. The aim of these discussion groups is to develop recommendations on specific areas drawn from the key conference themes.
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18:15
18:45 |
Cash Bar
Dinner |
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Sunday, 18 September |
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09:00 |
Discussion group reports; presentation of resolutions
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Chair: Clyde Sanger |
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11:30 |
G78 Annual General Meeting |
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Chair: Peggy Mason |
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12 h 30 |
Lunch |
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