[cid:[log in to unmask]]Dear AIB Colleagues, Next Tuesday-Wednesday, October 15-16, The McBride Center for International Business will hold a conference on "NAFTA in a Changing Global Economy," marking the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. A schedule for the conference is listed below and on our website http://www.baylor.edu/globalbusiness. [Ambassador Robert Zoellick]We hope that you will be able to attend the sessions as you have opportunity. Ambassador Robert Zoellick will be our keynote speaker at 7:00 PM, Tuesday, October 15, on the 5th Floor of Cashion. Ambassador Zoellick served as US Trade Representative, head of the World Bank, and a number of other significant positions. There will be a dinner at 6:00 PM in the McMullen Faculty Center adjacent to the Cashion building before the Zoellick address, and a luncheon on Wednesday in Armstrong-Browning Library at which Paula Caldwell St-Onge, the Consul General of Canada will speak. You are welcome to attend either or both of these, but seating is limited and a reservation is required. A campus map can be accessed at http://www.baylor.edu/map/. We will hope to see you next week! All the best, Steve Gardner and Joe McKinney McBride Center for International Business NAFTA in a changing global economy October 15-16, 2013 Baylor University McBride Center for International Business Unless otherwise noted, all events are on the 5th floor of the Cashion building on the Baylor campus. October 15 6:00-6:50 pm Opening Dinner McMullen-Connally Faculty Center Registration is required 7:00-8:30 pm Keynote Ambassador Robert Zoellick Harvard U. and Peterson Institute of International Economics (former USTR and President of the World Bank Group) October 16 8:30-9:45 am NAFTA in the Context of a Changing Global Business Environment Cecilia Levine CEO of MFI Manufacturing Ralph Watkins CEO of Americas Trade Analysis Don Michie University of Texas, El Paso 10:00-11:15 am NAFTA in the Context of a Changing Global Energy Picture Paul Foster CEO of Western Refining Corporation Duncan Wood Director, Mexico Institute Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Andre Plourde Carleton University, Ottawa 11:30a -12:45p Luncheon (registration required) Lower floor, Armstrong-Browning Library Consul General Paula Caldwell St-Onge Consulate General of Canada 1:00 - 2:15 pm NAFTA in the Context of a Changing Global Economic Environment Gary Hufbauer Peterson Institute for International Economics Luis Rubio Center of Research for Development (CIDAC) 2:30 - 3:45 pm Beyond NAFTA: Emerging Trade Policy Challenges Michael Hart Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Ottawa Michelle Egan American University [cid:[log in to unmask]] ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.