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 […]
USCIB's IP & Innovation Committee will meet on: February 12, 2020 from 12:30 – 2 pm USCIB's Washington, DC office WIPO Deputy Director General, John Sandage, will be our guest. He will give an overview of recent developments at WIPO and can address process questions regarding the upcoming election for Director General. After he departs, we will have a longer […]
OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector February 21-22 in Kunming, China The OECD Garment Forum convenes over 500 representatives from government, business, workers and civil society to discuss key issues and risks related to due diligence in global garment and footwear supply chains in a neutral environment. A common denominator of the discussions is the […]
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: Second Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Diversity Framework February 24-29 Kunming, China More info here.
OECD Workshop on International Trade and the Circular Economy will be held in Paris, France February 26-27, 2020 This Workshop on Trade and Circular Economy will dedicate two full days to cover wide-ranging issues in this emerging policy domain. The objectives of the workshop are (I) to examine the interlinkages of international trade and circular economy; (II) to explore how […]
This is the first annual Boston International Arbitration Day, organized by the Boston International Arbitration Council and hosted by Ropes & Gray. Our panels of in-house counsel,arbitrators, policymakers and practitioners will discuss recent developments that are shaping the city of Boston into a new seat of international arbitration, and will examine how international arbitration is used by the city’s diverse […]
UN CBD Thematic Consultation on Capacity-building and Technical and Scientific Cooperation for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework March 1, 2020 in Kunming, China The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat will hold a thematic consultation on capacity building. The report of this thematic consultation will be made available to the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3) and the third […]
The next meeting of the USCIB Trade and Investment Committee will take place on March 4 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Location: USCIB DC office (1400 K St., NW, Suite 525) If you plan to attend the committee meeting, please RSVP to Chris Olsen (colsen@uscib.org).
BRIDGING THEORY AND PRACTICE TO BRING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY TO LIFE Cambridge, MA Environmental concerns are rising on the global agenda, with pressure growing on both governments and businesses to accelerate progress to achieve a sustainable economy. The inaugural Circular Economy Symposium at Harvard will take place on March 6th 2020, uniting at a key location the top leaders, innovators, […]
