ITU's Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22) will be held in Bucharest, Romania, from September 26 to October 14, 2022. It will be preceded by the last meeting of the 2022 session of the Council on September 24, 2022. The Plenipotentiary Conference is the highest policy-making body of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Held every four years, it is the key event […]
The meeting will address regular WPTC activities, including discussions on digitalisation and trade, raw materials critical to the green transition, supply chains of essential medicines, and the Services Trade Restrictiveness index (STRI). An STRI Workshop will take place on days two and three. Registration: Comments on draft OECD background papers should be sent in redline format to aharrington@uscib.org by 3 […]
The 14th Annual Atlanta Business & Human Rights Conference is Sponsored by the U.S. Council for International Business, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the International Organization of Employers. Hosted by The Coca-Cola Company. Registration for this event is available here: https://engagingbusiness.org/2022-virtual-program/
This meetings will be held in-person at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, with accommodations for those who cannot travel and would like to join virtually. This meeting will be an excellent opportunity to exchange among Committee members about current business trade priorities, and prepare for the sessions of the OECD Trade Committee. We will also feature a discussion with […]
OECD is holding its Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, on October 17-18, 2022, as one of the highlights of its Southeast Asia Regional Programme (SEARP) activities. Business at OECD (BIAC) will participate and has been asked to present a joint business statement, “Connecting Regions: Partnership for Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains,” in collaboration with the ASEAN Business Advisory […]
The World Intellectual Property Organization has scheduled the next meetings of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) for October 17-21, 2022. The Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) was established by the WIPO General Assembly in 2008 with a mandate to develop a work-program for implementing the 45 adopted Development Agenda recommendations; monitor, assess, discuss and report on […]
OECD is hosting the 5th OECD Roundtable on Investment and Sustainable Development: Setting reforms in motion to boost sustainable investment. The objective is to identify how sustainable investment actors – public and private, domestic and foreign – can work together to identify concrete reforms for sustainable investment and set these reforms in motion. High-level policymakers and distinguished speakers from the […]
This OECD meeting will include an update on G20, G7 and APEC activities, discuss recent trade developments notably in relation to the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine, and feature an exchange on responsible business conduct in preparation for a forthcoming OECD Ministerial session in February 2023. The session will be held in-person at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, […]
The objective of the Global Forum will be to promote better coherence and synergies between policies aimed at improving the resilience and sustainability of supply chains, including policies for RBC, and to improve understanding of how a more integrated approach to policy making can strengthen the resilience, security and sustainability of global supply chains. Registration: Please RSVP to Mana Sakamoto […]
The OECD Working Party on Chemical Accidents (WPCA) will convene from October 25-27, 2022 as a hybrid meeting via Zoom and in person at the OECD Headquarters in Paris. Please find the draft agenda attached. As you will see in the attached, the meeting will feature discussions on the following issues: Day 1: Progress and highlights in the Chemical Accidents […]