ICC’s Marrakesh Congress Goes Online
The International Chamber of Commerce’s 35th World Congress takes place June 6-9 in Marrakesh, Morocco under the theme, “Standing Up for the Global Economy.” EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and WTO Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi have confirmed their participation. Companies whose CEOs have signaled their intention to join the gathering of world business leaders include AXA, BASF, Koc Holding, Lafarge, Rio Tinto, Shell, Skoda, Unilever and Vivendi Universal. This is the major event on the ICC/USCIB calendar this year. We strongly encourage members to join the U.S. delegation to Marrakesh.

View the latest program developments for this important global business event at: Click Here.

ICC Cannes Conference
On May 13-14, the ICC Institute of World Business Law will be holding its 18th Conference on International Audiovisual Law in Cannes, co-organized with the International Bar Association and the
International Association of Entertainment Lawyers. This year's topic will be "Books, Movies and Remakes: Adapting Literary Works to Cinema and Remaking Films." By special arrangement, participants in the conference will be able to register for the film festival at a 70 percent discount.

Information regarding the conference, including registration materials, can be accessed online at: Click Here.

OECD Anti-Bribery Consultation
The OECD will hold a half-day consultation on enhanced prevention of bribery in international business transactions, April 21 in Paris, part of industry’s effort to encourage the OECD to be more pro-active on the “demand side" of bribery. A focus of discussion will be the establishment of facilities to report bribery solicitation. The program takes place just prior to the International Bar Association’s Paris conference on anti-corruption enforcement, April 22-23.

For more information, please contact Stephen Canner (202-371-1316 or scanner@uscib-dc.org).

How to Do Business With the UN
UN organizations spend $4.6 billion per year to supply their worldwide operations and are constantly seeking new sources of goods and services. On April 26-27, in New York, USCIB is sponsoring a seminar on how your company can bid on UN procurement projects.

For more information, please visit: Click Here.

Commerical Crime Seminar: Exposing the Risks of International Trade Fraud
The head of ICC’s respected Commercial Crime Services, Capt. Pottengal Mukundan, will be the featured speaker at a series of West Coast USCIB seminars to help companies deal with the many faces of modern commercial crime. The seminars will take place on July 15 in San Francisco and July 16 in Seattle. (The seminars were rescheduled from earlier March dates due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts.)

For more information or to register, please visit: Click Here or contact Franca Gargiulo by phone at (415) 922-2870 or by email at franca.gargiulo@att.net.

International Business Convention 2004 - “The New Europe”
Co-sponsored by ICC Germany, the International Business Convention will take place in Berlin on April 29-30. As ten new countries join the European Union on May 1, this convention will be a great opportunity to look at how a larger European Union will fit into the global marketplace.

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