[EVENT] International conference on the U.S. primaries: Who will face Trump?

The presidential primary and caucus season, which officially started on February 3, allows the two major parties to designate their candidate in the eagerly awaited election on November 3. For the Republican Party, this step remains highly symbolic: President Trump should easily win his party's nomination. However, in the Democratic camp, the question remains: who will face Trump in November 2020?

This international conference, scheduled for March 12, is organized by the Center for United States Studies of the Raoul-Dandurand Chair at the University of Quebec – Montreal (UQAM). It will bring together international experts, professors, researchers, and government representatives. It will allow to take stock of the race for the Democratic nomination, and to look into the domestic and foreign policy issues that matter to Americans. In addition, it will be an opportunity to discuss the impact of this race on Quebec and Canada.

Confirmed panelists:

• Nicolas Boyon, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, U.S., Ipsos
• Rachel Caufield, Professor of Political Science, Drake University
• Christopher Galdieri, Professor of Political Science, Saint Anselm College
• Frédérick Gagnon, Raoul-Dandurand Chairholder, Director of the Center for United States Studies and Professor of Political Science at UQAM
• Charles-Philippe David, President of Center for United States Studies and Professor of Political Science at UQAM
• Élisabeth Vallet, Director of the Raoul-Dandurand Chair Geopolitics Observatory
• Ginette Chenard, Co-chair of the Center for United States Studies
• Julien Tourreille, Researcher at the Center for United States Studies
• Rafael Jacob, Researcher at the Center for United States Studies
• Christophe Cloutier-Roy, Researcher at the Center for United States Studies and PhD Candidate in Political Science at UQAM
• Alexis Rapin, Researcher at the Center for United States Studies
• Frédérique Verreault, Researcher at the Center for United States Studies and Master's candidate in Political Science at UQAM

The presentations will be in English or French. Free admission.