OECD Global Conference on Governance Innovation January 13-14, 2020 The conference will take place at the OECD Conference Centre, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris, France. The conference is co-organised by the Directorates for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and Public Governance (GOV) and will build on the 2019 G20 Ministerial Statement on Trade and Digital Economy, which recognises that “harnessing […]
Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Location: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY) Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm ICC’s Commission on Arbitration and ADR is releasing a Report that explores how arbitration and other dispute resolution services are currently used to resolve climate change related disputes. The Report titled “Resolving Climate Change Related Disputes Through Arbitration and […]
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Location: Baker & McKenzie, LLP (452 5th Avenue, New York, NY) Time: Noon-2:00pm Featuring a panel consisting of the ICC International Court of Arbitration President, Alexis Mourre; Deputy Secretary General, Ana Serra e Moura; Counsel for North American cases, Marek Krasula, among others, our annual January luncheon will provide information about trends in the past year and expected […]
Date: January 23-24, 2020 Location: Hilton Houston Post Oak (2001 Post Oak Blvd., Houston, TX 77056) Time: Day One: 2:30pm-8:30pm: Day Two: 8:00am-6:00pm A world in transition: this year’s conference reflects on the many externalities influencing the industry, the drivers of change in recent years, including in the decade that has passed since Macondo, and explores what role commercial and […]
OECD Private Finance for Sustainable Development Conference January 28 – 30, 2020 The OECD will hold its 2020 Private Finance for Sustainable Development Conference from January 28 – 30 on “Aligning Finance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. Please note that participation is by invitation only. An invitation to register can be requested by email to DCDPF4SD@oecd.org with cc to […]
USCIB Customs and Trade Facilitation Committee will be holding its first Committee meeting of 2020 on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, from 1:30 PM – 4 PM EST, at Sandler, Travis, & Rosenberg (1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 400). We will be joined by CBP speakers Executive Director, John Leonard, Trade Policy & Programs, and Director, Interagency Collaboration Division, Lee-Ann Bigelow, for […]
Business at OECD Development Committee meeting January 30, 2020 in Paris Please contact Frederik Lange (lange@biac.org) to register yourself, or a Europe-based representative of your firm or association. Please contact Norine Kennedy (nkennedy@uscib.org) with any questions.
OECD Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation – First Meeting February 11, 2020 in Paris OECD has launched a Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation and has invited BusinessatOECD members to join that Task Force’s first meeting. If you would like to attend the event as part of the Business at OECD delegation, please contact Josefine Karlsson (KARLSSON@biac.org) with Norine […]
USCIB, ICC and the Royal Academy of Science International Trust are co-hosting an event called the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly”, commemorating five years since the UN formally recognized the need to increase equity in the sciences to support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The event is taking place with support from the Governments of […]
OECD Working Party on Climate Change, Investment and Development Meeting February 12 – 13 in Paris, France The OECD Working Party on Climate Change, Investment and Development (WPCID) will meet on February 12-13, 2020 in Paris. If you would like to attend the meeting as part of the BusinessatOECD delegation, please contact Josefine Karlsson (KARLSSON@biac.org) with Dominik Kümmerle (kummerle@biac.org) and Norine Kennedy […]