The Conference of Montreal is committed to heighten knowledge and awareness of the major issues concerning economic globalization, with a particular emphasis on the relations between the Americas and other continents.

The Conference also strives to foster exchanges of information, to promote free discussion on major current economic issues and facilitate meetings between world leaders to encourage international discourse by bringing together Heads of State, the private sector, international organizations and civil society.

Objectives

The objectives of the International Economic Forum of the Americas / Conference of Montreal can be outlined as follows:

• To give its participants access to privileged information while fostering free and extensive discussions on various aspects of economy, with contributors and experts from among the best qualified;
• To promote relations between governments, international organizations, business people, members of the civil society, workers associations and universities;
• To allow its participants from various areas in the world to have business meetings during which they can develop their company or organization internationally;
• To cultivate a better understanding of major international issues in order to make international development more equitable and sensitive to specific realities in designated areas of the world;
• To develop knowledge on the major challenges faced by the Americas.