The Meyner Center co-hosted with the Center for State Constitutional Studies of Rutgers University-Camden a joint conference of the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies and the Research Committee on Comparative Federalism and Federation of the International Political Science Association. The conference theme was: “Federalism and the Global Financial Crisis: Impacts and Responses.” The conference was held in Philadelphia on September 16-18, 2010, and featured a special program and dinner at the National Constitution Center on the Independence Mall. Research papers were presented on Argentina, Australia, Canada, the European Union, Germany, India, Italy, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.