Due to COVID-19, this ministerial has been postponed. A new date has not yet been determined. Contact Chris Olsen for more information: colsen@uscib.org The next WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) is taking place in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan June 8-12, 2020. USCIB will be on the ground for the meetings. The ICC is organizing a Business Forum to take place on the margins […]
The OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy (TIP) will meet virtually June 18-19, 2020 beginning at 6:30 am ET/12:30 pm CET and lasting for 3 hours on both days. In addition to the draft agenda attached, the meeting will focus on: Update on the draft report on the Impacts of Covid-19 on science, technology and innovation; Update and […]
Registration is now open for the virtual meeting of the ICC Commission on Environment and Energy, which will take place on June 18, 9am-11am ET. You may register for the meeting here using the following code: CEE_Virtual2020. An invitation and link to the Microsoft Teams platform will be shared with registered participants ahead of the meeting.
Due to COVID-19, this meeting will now be held virtually. Please contact Kira Yevtukhova for more details: kyevtukhova@uscib.org. The ICC Commission on Marketing and Advertising meeting will take place on June 19 in Paris at ICC Headquarters (33 Avenue du President Wilson). The meeting will be held ahead of the Cannes Festival of Creativity taking place the following week. Please […]
The webinar is scheduled to take place on June 25, 2020 at 6:30am-8am EST. This webinar will set out the developments in the area of investment screening prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and how the pandemic modified and amplified these developments. The webinar will also seek to anticipate the future of FDI screening policy, as the landscape for international investment […]
The 2nd Quarter virtual meeting of the ICT Policy Committee will be on June 30, 11:00-12:30 p.m. EDT. Contact Erin Breitenbucher to RSVP or if you have any questions.
The International Labour Office is organising a virtual Global Summit to address the impact of Covid-19 on the world of work. The Global Summit will provide a high-profile platform for the tripartite constituents to maintain connectivity with the ILO’s global tripartite constituency, address the economic and social impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in particular to draw on the Centenary […]
USCIB will hold a briefing with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry and his WIPO staff on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 9:00 am ET. The Director-General will provide opening remarks on his tenure at WIPO and future challenges to the IP system.The briefing by WIPO staff will cover the Patent Cooperation Treaty, updates on global […]
The next USCIB SDGs Working Group online meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 11:30 am – 1:00 pm EST. This virtual meeting will cover: Overview of the 2020 United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF) What is At Stake: Business Issues and main governmental positions Socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals […]
The theme of this year's UN HLPF will be “Accelerated Action and Transformative Pathways: Realizing the Decade of Action and Delivery for Sustainable Development.” Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the HLPF will be held virtually, with very limited access to the virtual platform of the inter-governmental discussions. The HLPF will be webcast on UN WebTV. If you would like to participate […]