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.
UN Human Rights Council Session, 43rd Session February 24 - March 20 Geneva, Switzerland For more information, contact Gabriella Rigg Herzog (gherzog@uscib.org).
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, […]
World Ocean Summit March 9 - 10 in Tokyo, Japan A new ocean agenda is taking shape. New waves of investment in the “blue economy” are rising. Ambitious national strategies are encouraging the development of industries such as bio-prospecting, sustainable aquaculture, tourism and deep-sea mining. The OECD estimates that the ocean economy already accounts for 2.5% of global GDP; by […]
2020 Trade Symposium March 10-11, 2020 Anaheim, California Check here soon for more information!
OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions March 10 - 13 Established in 1994, the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions (Working Group) is responsible for monitoring the implementation and enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the 2009 Recommendation on Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Bribery in International Business Transactions (2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation) and related instruments. This peer-review […]