Donald Klingner, Convener, Professor, Florida International University

                       Patricia Romero Lankau, Professor, UAM-Xochimilco Mexico City

                       David Arellano Gault, Professor, CIDE

                       Enrique Cabrero Mendoza, Professor, CIDE

                 Evaluating the Three-Gorges Dam Project (SICA sponsored)
                  Sunday, April 2, 3:45-5:15pm

                       William Miller, Convener, President, Miller and Assocs

                       Mary Denigan-Macauley, Asst. Professor, Troy State University

                       Emerson Markham, Management Consultant

                       Frances Mossman, President, Sustainable System Dynamics

                 Innovation and Cooperation on the Mexico-US Border:
              The Role of Local Government (SICA sponsored)
                  Sunday, April 2, 3:45-5:15pm

                       Tonatiuh Guillen, Convener, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

                 Public Administration Education in Eastern European Universities
                  (SICA sponsored)
                  Sunday, April 2, 3:45-5:15pm

                       Joseph W. Grubbs, Convener, Grand Valley State University

                       Marvin K. Hoffman, Appalachian State University

                       Marvin E. Nowicki, Southern Illinois University

                       Renata Matuszkiewicz
                       Civic Education Project and the University of Gdansk, Poland

                 Strengthening Legislative Budgeting in Transitional and Developing
                  Countries (SICA sponsored)
                  Sunday, April 2, 5:30-7pm

                       George M. Guess, Convener, Senior Public Administration Specialist
                       Development Alternatives, Inc., Comparative Legislative Budgeting:
                       Lessons from Romania

                       Lance LeLoup, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science,
                       Washington State University, Parliments and Budgeting in Hungary and
                       Slovenia

                       Paul Posner, Director, Federal Budget Issues, US General Accounting
                       Office

                       Bryon Gordon, Senior Evaluator, US General Accounting Office, Can a
                       Nation Save?

                 Comparative Perspectives on Public Management (SICA sponsored)
                  Monday, April 3, 2:45-4:15pm

                       Tong-yi Huang, Chilik Yu and Don-yun Chen, Assoc. Professors, Shih Hsin
                       University, The Attitudes of Public Managers in Taiwan: Exploring the
                       Factors of Variations

                       Pam Kim, Professor, Yonsei University, Revitalizing the Public Service:
                       Human Resource Management Reform in the Korean Government

                       Denis Proulx, Professor, University of Quebec, Comparative Perspectives
                       on Public Management: Canada, Mexico, Venezuela and Cameroon

                       Chaomeng J. Huang, Asst. Professor, Shih Hsin University, Effects of
                       Computers on Strategic Decision Making of Public Managers

                       Robert G. P. Cruz, Guam Public Auditor, Government of Guam, How
                       Legislation is Really Enacted: The Evolution of Guam's Public Auditor Law

                 Transparency, Decentralization and Professionalization of Public
                  Administration in the US and Mexico (SICA sponsored)
                  Monday, April 3, 2:45-4:15pm

                       Juan Pablo Guerrero Amparan, Convener, Professor, Center on Research
                       and Teaching in Economics, CIDE

                       Robert Cerasoli, Inspector General, Massachusetts

                       Dianne Stewart, Director, Center for Public Policy Priorities

                       Jose Luis Mendez, Executive Director of the Electoral Professional Service,
                       Federal Electoral Institute, Mexico

                       Maria del Carmen Pardo, Professor, El Colegio de Mexico

                 State of Privatization Around the World (SICA sponsored)
                  Monday, April 3, 2:45–4:15pm

                       Ali Farazmand, Convener, Professor, Florida Atlantic University

                       Nicholas Henry, Professor, Georgia Southern University, The Contracting
                       Conundrum: Or Do We Really Understand Privatization?

                       Francis Terry, Professor, London School of Economics and Politics, UK,
                       Privatization in the UK: Lessons for Public Management

                       Roger Wettenhall, Professor Emeritus, University of Canberra, Australia,
                       Privatization and Public Enterprise in Australia (co-authored by F. Collyer
                       and J. McAllaster)

                       Ali Farazmand, Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Privatization and
                       Public Enterprise Reform in Post-Revolutionary Iran, and Around the World

                       Behrooz Kalantari, Associate Professor, Savannah State University,
                       Preconditions for Successful Privatization Implementation

                       George L. Hanbury, Discussant, Executive Vice President for
                       Administration, NOVA Southeastern University

                       Gerry Riposa, Discussant, Professor of Political Science, California State
                       University Long Beach

                 South African Service Delivery in Local Government (SICA sponsored)
                  Monday, April 3, 4:30-6pm

                       Victor Hilliard, Convener, Improving the Efficiency, Effectiveness and
                       Economy of Public/Human Services at the Central Sphere of South African
                       Government

                       Johan Burger, Professor, University of Stellenbosch, Closing the Gap:
                       Service Delivery by the Regional Sphere of South African Government

                       C. Auriacombe, University of South Africa, Rethinking Public Administration
                       Education: New Approaches and Combinations for Better Outcomes

                       H. Kroukamp, University of Free State, Strengthening Public Administration
                       and Management Through Service Delivery Renewal in South African Local
                       Government

                 The Big Questions of Public Administration Across Nations: Common
                  Themes or Disparate Realities: A Comparative Discussion of Four Different
                  National Contexts (SICA sponsored)
                  Tuesday, April 4, 10:15-11:30am

                       Richard F. Callahan, CAO, University of Southern California, The Big
                       Question of Public Administration: Linking Public Management and
                       Institutional Change

                       Muhittin Acar, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Southern California, The Big
                       Questions of Public Administration in Turkey: Uniqueness Meets
                       Universality

                       Shih Cho David Huang, Consultant to the Minister of Interior Affairs, Taiwan,
                       The Big Questions Facing Taiwan Public Administration in Addressing the
                       Crises of the State

                       Harriet R. Kaufman, Former Director, Metromedia International, The Big
                       Questions in the Former Soviet Union: Institutions and Communication

                 Federalism and Its Variations in Different Countries: Lessons and
                  Experiences (SICA sponsored)
                  Tuesday, April 4, 10:15-11:30am

                       Zhiyong Lan, Convener, Arizona State University, Federalism and the
                       Central-Local Relations in the People's Republic of China 

                       Larry Schroeder, Professor, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University,
                       Central-Local Fiscal Relations and Reform in South East Asia

                       Curtis Shook, City Manager, Apache Junction, AZ, Fiscal Federalism and
                       Its Impact on State and Local Governments in the United States 

                       Jae Y. Kim, University of Inchon and Pan S. Kim, Yonsei University, Korean
                       Intergovernmental Relations in the 1990s: Searching for Financial
                       Autonomy for Local Governments 

                    Challenges in Past and Present: Illustrations of Police, Partnerships and
                Personnel (SICA sponsored)
                      Tuesday, April 4, 2:15-3:45pm

                       Joseph C. N. Raadschelders, Convener, Assoc. Professor, University of
                       Oklahoma, History as Tool: Analyzing Trends in Human Resource
                       Management

                       Derick Brinkerhoff, Ast Associates

                       Jennifer Coston, Rutgers University, Partnerships for International
                       Development: A Comparative Perspective

                       Ann-Marie Szymanski, University of Oklahoma

                       Pieter Wagenaar, University of Leiden, Paradise Lost? Policing Before the
                       Police 

                 The State of the Public Sector: A United Nations Global Report (SICA
                  sponsored)
                  Tuesday, April 4, 4-5:30pm

                       Guido Bertucci, Convener, Director, Division of Public Economics and
                       Public Administration (DPEPA), Department of Economic and Social Affairs
                       (DESA), United Nations

                       Jeanne–Marie Col, Interregional Advisor in Governance and Public
                       Administration, DPEPA, United Nations, Global Public Management
                       Trends and Developments

                       Albrect Horn, Deputy Director, DPEPA, United Nations, Strategic
                       Management of Global Assessment of Public Sector Developments and
                       Trends

                       Kim Seok-Ran, Public Administration Officer, DPEPA, United Nations,
                       Impact of Globalization on Public Sectors

                       James Katorobo, Discussant, Advisor in Governance and Civil Service
                       Reforms, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)