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Sponsor
Center
for International Food and Agricultural Policy
(CIFAP), University of Minnesota
Guest Speaker
James
A. Robinson is Professor
of Government at Harvard
University’s
Kennedy School of Government, and coauthor of Economic
Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy.
Title
of talk: TBA
Conference
Site
The conference
will be held at the McNamara
Alumni Center (adjacent
to the Radisson
University Hotel) located
on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota. Address: 200
Oak Street SE, Minneapolis MN 55455.
Conference Schedule
| Friday
May 1 |
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Saturday
May 2 |
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8:30-9:30
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Registration
& Cont'l. Breakfast |
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8:00-8:30 |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:30-11:30 |
Session
I |
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8:30-10:30 |
Session
IV |
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11:45-1:15 |
Lunch |
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10:30-10:45 |
Break |
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1:15-3:15 |
Session
II |
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10:45-12:45 |
Session
V |
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3:15-3:30 |
Break |
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1:00-2:00 |
Lunch
and End of Conference |
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3:30-5:30 |
Session
III |
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6:00-6:30 |
Reception |
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6:30-7:30 |
Dinner
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7:30-8:30 |
Dinner
Speaker |
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Registration
Form (pdf)
(doc)
Please print out
this form and return with payment to the address on the bottom of
the form.
General registration: $80.00
Graduate student
registration: $25.00
Hotel Accommodations
Attendees must
arrange accommodations directly with the hotel. A block of
rooms is being held at the Radisson
University Hotel for the attendees
until April
2, 2009. Be sure to identify
yourself as an attendee of the
"Midwest International Economic Development Conference."
The Promotional
Code is: MIEDC.
All reservations can be guaranteed for late arrival with a credit card
or by an advanced deposit. Reservation requests received after April
2, 2009 will be accepted on a space
and rate availability basis.
Room
Rates
A
group rate of $109.00 plus 13.15% tax is available for
the following dates: April
30 and May 1.
The group rate for Saturday May 2 is $169.00 plus 13.15% tax.
The last day to make reservations to receive this rate is April
2, 2009. This
group rate is per night for either single or double occupancy. Add
$20.00 more for triple occupancy.
Hotel Address
Radisson University
Hotel - Mpls (adjacent to the McNamara
Center)
615 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
To Make Reservations
at the Radisson University Hotel
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Phone with credit card |
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On-Line |
Direct: 612-379-8888
Toll
Free: 1-800-822-6757
Corporate Toll Free: 1-800-333-3333
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Specify:
Midwest International Economic Development
Conference
with the promotional code, MIEDC |
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Transportation
between the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Hotel
Super Shuttle:
At the airport, follow the signs that say "Ground Transportation."
Once there, ask for the Super Shuttle. Give them the name of the
hotel you are staying at--Radisson University Hotel-Mpls. The
charge is $17 per person one way.
Taxi costs
about $32-38 one way.
Hotel
Parking
Parking is available
behind the hotel. The daily parking fee is $9.50 per
day per vehicle, which includes "in and out" privileges to registered
overnight guests.
Hotel
Shuttle Service
The Radisson has
complimentary transportation within a five-mile radius of the hotel.
The Radisson is
easily accessible from 35W and Interstate 94. It is located on the East
Bank Campus of the University of Minnesota, only 1 block from the McNamara
Center conference site.
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