The next meeting of the USCIB Trade and Investment Committee will take place on Tuesday, October 20, from 10:00-11:30am EST. We are pleased to announce that we will be joined by Dawn Shackleford, Assistant USTR for WTO and Multilateral Affairs. Shackleford is also the Chair of the OECD Trade Committee. This meeting will be held virtually. To attend, please RSVP […]
The ICC Commission on Taxation will take place on Wednesday, October 21 from 2pm – 5pm CET. Please kindly indicate your interest in participating using the registration link below, in order to receive the link to the meeting platform. The preliminary agenda for the meeting will be circulated shortly.
Monday, November 2, 2020, 7am – 9am EST – Virtual Business at OECD Trade Committee Meeting Please find attached the draft agenda for the upcoming Business at OECD Trade Committee session, as well as the summary record of the April 2020 meeting. Following the Business at OECD discussion on Building Resilience in Global Supply Chains in the context of the […]
The 15th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting will take place in Katowice, Poland, November 2-6, 2020. "Internet United" is a motto of this year's IGF. However, it is not just another empty slogan but a real obligation and challenge for the whole Internet society, involving representatives of governments, the private sector, academia, civil societies and technical organizations.
OECD Consumer Policy meetings on November 2-6, 2020, which will be held remotely. Please find some further preliminary information about the meetings of the OECD Consumer Policy Committee (CCP) and the OECD Working Party on Consumer Product Safety (WPCPS) below: OECD Working Party on Consumer Product Safety (WPCPS) | 2 November 2020 The OECD Working Party on Consumer Product […]
The International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Intellectual Property has a working group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that has been participating in the WIPO conversations on IP and AI since 2019. WIPO has now announced that they will hold the 3rd installment of these events on November 4, 2020 (Details here). The AI Working Group is preparing a submission and […]
Arbitrating with Non-Participating Respondents: Pitfalls and Best Practices Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020 Time: 12:00pmET With the increasing likelihood that, due to the pandemic, arbitrators and claimants will encounter more cases with non-participating respondents, join us for an interactive roundtable discussion addressing practical issues and challenges for arbitrators and counsel arising out of these cases. A panel of seasoned […]
The training will use a case study and the ICCA-IBA Roadmap and Annexes to provide hands-on expertise in applying the data protection laws and related cybersecurity requirements to an international arbitration proceeding being held virtually. The training will start with an overview of what data protection is and what it means for a virtual arbitration. There will then be breakout […]
COP26 will now take place November 1-12, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. COP26 will be held from November 9 – 19, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. COP26 is taking place five years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, the central aim of which is “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to […]
The UNFCCC Secretariat, together with the Subsidiary Bodies Chairs, the High-Level Climate Action Champions and the COP25 and COP26 Presidencies will convene a series of events in November and December with the aim of keeping up momentum on climate action and advance on technical work under the UNFCCC. Race to Zero Dialogues convened by the High-Level Climate Champions November 9-19