The Americas Council provides an annual conference for presenters and participants to explore critical socio-cultural, political, economic, global, regional and national issues including the challenges and opportunities facing Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. Proposals for individual papers and panels on specific topics are now being requested. While the focus of this conference is primarily for collegiate faculty, we also encourage secondary school faculty along with graduate and undergraduate students to participate. We expect the conference will include at least two graduate and two undergraduate panels.