The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will hold its 77th session in a hybrid format in San Juan, Puerto Rico from March 2-7. For questions regarding ICANN, please contact Barbara Wanner: bwanner@uscib.org
The ICC Global Environment and Energy Commission will host its next meeting on March 6 from 10:00 to 17:00 CET. This event will be held in hybrid format, both on Teams and in person at the ICC Headquarters in Paris. The meeting will provide an opportunity for interactive in-depth discussions, including both plenary and break-out sessions, related to recent international […]
IOE is pleased to invite IOE members and partners to join the Policy Working Group on Employment, Skills and Digitalisation virtual meeting on March 7, 2024 from 13:15-14:25 CET (Geneva time). The following items will be addressed: Presentation on IOE’s draft policy review: Artificial Intelligence and its impact on work and employment Briefing on the IOE Global Taskforce on Platform […]
The March 7-8 meeting of the OECD Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment (JWPTE) will be held virtually and in-person in Paris. Please register for this event with aharrington@uscib.org by February 23, 2024. Please note that the size of our business delegation to the OECD session may be limited, and participation will be subject to confirmation only. The discussion will […]
The 9th OECD Investment Treaty Conference will be held on March 11, 2024, addressing the energy transition and evaluating methods for climate alignment of investment treaties. The Conference will support work within and across governments to incorporate climate commitments into their investment treaty networks and policies. At COP28 in December 2023, 198 countries committed to transition away from fossil fuels […]
USCIB will be hosting a joint meeting with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on March 11th, 11:00 am -12:00 p.m. EST. Lene Wendland, OHCHR’s Chief for Business and Human Rights, will be one of the speakers. At the meeting, OHCHR will brief USCIB members on the recent publications listed below, related to the intersection […]
The 1st Quarter 2024 meeting of USCIB’s Digital Policy Committee will be held on March 14 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. EDT. Please contact Nan Schechter is you would like to join. Elham Tabassi, Chief AI Advisor, NIST Associate Director for Emerging Technologies at Information Technology Laboratory, NIST, has accepted our invitation to provide status reports on the NIST AI Safety Institute […]
USCIB and FETCO welcome you to a briefing on the reporting obligations of Bill S-211 “An Act to enact Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff”. Many companies are getting ready to file their reports, and our Canadian colleagues are here to help. The briefing will be presented by Derrick […]
The next meeting of the OECD Working Party of the Trade Committee (WPTC) March 14-15, in person or virtually. This meeting will discuss, among other topics,: Update on the Forum on Critical Supply Chains. The Secretariat will provide an update on the preparation for the Forum on Critical Supply Chains taking place on March 26-27, 2024. Update on WTO-OECD Aid […]
The OECD’s Working Party 1 on Macroeconomic and Structural Policy Analysis will meet in Paris with hybrid option. Key topics discussed will be the economics of Artificial Intelligence, enhancing productivity, and the digitalisation of financial services.