USCIB's SDGs Working Group will hold a conference call on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm EST. More details on this (e.g. agenda, etc.) to follow. For more information, contact: Claudia Herbert Colfer: ccolfer@uscib.org
USCIB SDGs Working Group conference call will take place on September 1, 2020 at 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm EST. This virtual meeting will cover: Overview of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 75) What is At Stake: Business Issues and Main Governmental Positions Online Events During UNGA USCIB Involvement Options, Responsive to Member Survey Responses Update […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that they will be hosting a Virtual Trade Week September 8-11, 2020. We will continue to share information and event details they become available. Point of contact: Megan M. Giblin e-mail: mgiblin@uscib.org
USCIB will host a call on Tuesday, September 8th focused on the work led by the International Labor Organization (ILO) on the Government of Uzbekistan’s efforts to combat forced and child labor – particularly in their cotton industry. Presenters will include representatives from a range of ILO departments working in support of the Government of Uzbekistan’s commitments linked to their […]
Date: September 8, 2020 Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm ET Join us for our first webinar in fall 2020 during which the new chair of USCIB/ICC USA’s Arbitration Committee, Peter Sherwin, will provide an update on committee activities and projects. This will be followed by a panel discussion on tribunal secretaries. Tribunal secretaries are regularly used by arbitral tribunals seated in […]
The 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75) will open on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, September 22, 2020.
ICC will be hosting a Customs and Trade Facilitation virtual commission meeting on September 15-17 from 6:00 am-9:00 am ET/12:00 pm-3pm CET. Please register here in order to receive the link to the meeting platform.
In advance of the virtual UN Biodiversity Summit at the end of September, the UN will hold a series of special virtual sessions of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) and the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI) to facilitate preparations for SBSTTA-24 and SBI-3.
USCIB All In UN 75 and the International Organization of Employers (IOE), under the auspices of the Business and Industry Major Group to the UN in NY, invite you to participate in a virtual symposium on Partnership Solutions at UNGA 75 on September 16 at 7:30 am – 9:30 am EST. Confirmed speakers include: H.E. Evelyn Wever-Croes, Prime Minister, Aruba […]
The 3rd quarter virtual meeting of USCIB's ICT Policy Committee will be held on September 22, 2:00-3:30 p.m. A detailed agenda will be forthcoming. Likely items will cover preparations for upcoming meetings of the OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP) and its Working Parties, the 2020 virtual Internet Governance Forum, ICANN 69, and continued preparations for important ITU meetings (i.e., […]
The 2020 SDG Business Forum will be held virtually on the margins of the 75th United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the 2020 Biodiversity Summit and the Beijing +25 Conference. The event — hosted by ICC, UN DESA and UN Global Compact — highlights companies using their influence as a positive agent of change in their local communities and the wider […]
The United Nations will hold a High-Level Event on September 23 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm “Digital Cooperation: Action Today for Future Generations.” The event will be convened by UNICEF and Generation Unlimited, ITU, UNDP and the Office of the Special Adviser. Featuring Heads of States and Governments, CEOs of technology companies and technology luminaries, the event will focus on […]
Join USCIB's partners around the world - Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Business Unity South Africa, National Confederation of Industry Brazil (CNI), Keidanren (Japan) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on a virtual trip around the world for 80 minutes and listen to and interact with business representatives from six continents. They will share their experiences of trade […]
The Autumn Virtual meeting of the ICC Commission on the Digital Economy will be held on October 28, 8:30 a.m. EDT-11:30 a.m. EDT. Registration and agenda information is forthcoming.
The OECD will host its OECD Consumer Policy Committee meeting virtually on October 2 from 1pm - 2pm (Paris time). If you have not yet done so, we kindly ask you to register in advance on Zoom via the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrf-yqqz4jEt0_AlaB4LukojRSdOvl8E3_
First United Nations Intersessional Meeting on Climate Change will take place from October 4-12, 2020 at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany. A calendar of events for this meeting will be made available shortly. For more information, contact Norine Kennedy (nkennedy@uscib.org).