Palais des Nations
8 – 14 avenue de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland
The UN Forum is the world's largest annual gathering on business and human rights with more than 2,000 participants from government, business, community groups and civil society, law firms, investor organisations, UN bodies, national human rights institutions, trade unions, academia and the media. Over three days, participants take part in 60+ panel discussions on topics that relate to the Guiding Principles […]
UN Headquarters
760 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, United States
USCIB is delighted to honor Ajay Banga, president and chief executive officer of MasterCard. Each year this gala event attracts several hundred industry leaders, government officials and members of the diplomatic community to celebrate open markets and the recipient of USCIB’s highest honor. Established in 1980, USCIB’s International Leadership Award is presented to a senior business executive who has made significant […]
ICC Marketing Commission meeting, Dec 4-5, in San Francisco Meeting materials and agenda are forthcoming. Please contact Jonathan Huneke (jhuneke@uscib.org) for details.
3rd UN Environment Assembly (UNEA3) – December 4-6 in Nairobi, Kenya UNEA has the mandate to take strategic decisions, provide political guidance in the work of UNEP and promote a strong science-policy interface. UNEA3 will focus on the draft report, “Towards a Pollution Free Planet.” Contact Norine Kennedy (nkennedy@uscib.org) for details.
The Conference will be chaired by Minister Susana Malcorra of Argentina. The Conference opens on 10 December at the Centro de Convenciones in Buenos Aires. The plenary sessions begin on 11 December in the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires. These sessions provide an opportunity for ministers representing the WTO's 164 members to make prepared statements. The closing session is planned […]
The USCIB ICT Policy Committee’s final 2017 meeting will be on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the office of AT&T, 1120 20th Street, NW, Conference Room 8-1. The agenda is as follows: Internet Governance Opportunities and Challenges in 2018 New BIAC CDEP Leadership: CDEP Recap and Issues of Interest/Concern ICANN Update: GDPR/WHOIS, .Amazon, Security Review […]
Palace of Culture and Communication (PALCCO)
Av. Central Guillermo González Camarena #375, Casa del Obrero Mundial, Col. Residencial Poniente, Fidel Velázquez, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multistakeholder space that facilitates the discussion and dialogue of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet. The IGF was convened in 2005 by the United Nations General Assembly. With the renewal of its mandate by United Nations in December 2015, the IGF consolidates itself as a platform to bring people together from various […]
The ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC) is co-organizing along with the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) and the Institute for Energy Law (IEL) of the Centre for American and International Law the 5th edition of their joint conference on international arbitration in the energy sector. Procedural issues such as arbitrator selection and emergency arbitrators will be explored, and the […]
Shearman & Sterling LLP 401 9th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 USCIB Arbitration Subcommittee in DC have organized a roundtable discussion featuring ICC Court Secretary General, Alexander Fessas, who will discuss, inter alia, the 2016 ICC Court statistics and recent ICC developments. Click here to register. Please contact Crys Won at cwon@uscib.org for further information.
