The Conference of Montreal is a not-for-profit organization engaged to heightening knowledge and awareness of the issues concerning economic globalization, with a particular emphasis on the relations between the Americas and other continents.

[1] The Conference works to foster exchanges of information and to promote free discussion on major current economic issues.

A desire emerged to create an independent international forum in Montreal, to identify and discuss the impact of all these developments on the global economic system.

[9] In June 2018, the Conference of Montreal celebrated its 25th-anniversary edition under the theme "Embracing Change", and reiterated its position among the most important international economic forums, connecting world leaders for twenty-five years.

[10] Paul Desmarais, Jr., chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Power Corporation of Canada (PCC) Gil Rémillard Current members of the board of governors of the Conference of Montreal are: Duarte M. Miranda[11]