The 2008 Annual Meeting was held in New York, NY on April 10-12, 2008 at the New York Marriott Downtown. Below you will find presentations from the 2008 Annual Meeting along with the final agenda.

Final Agenda (link)

Plenary Session I – The University Infrastructure and the Graduate Dean
Daniel Denecke, Council of Graduate Schools
Nancy A. Busch, Fordham University
Maurice Yeates, Ryerson University

Plenary Session II – Special Symposium on Graduate Student Retention

Plenary Session III – Best Practices in Graduate Student Enrollment Management
Thomas Rock, Columbia University
Kristin Williams, George Washington University
Brian Niles, Target X

Plenary Session IV – Diversity in the 21st Century:  Building a Sense of Community in Graduate Education
Carol Duncan, Wilfrid Laurier University
Elaine Kim, University of California at Berkeley

Plenary Session V – Academic Freedom – New Realities
Nathalie Des Rosiers, Université d’Ottawa
Arthur Hochner, Temple University

Plenary Session VI – In an Age of Science, What is the Role of the Humanities?
Catharine R. Stimpson, New York University
George Walker, Florida International University

Plenary Session VII – Keeping Your Eye on Privacy
Steven J. McDonald, Rhode Island School of Design
Mike Gurski, Bell Canada

Plenary Session VIII – Participant Open Exchange
Martin Kreiswirth
Mary Martin
Mick Thompson