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International Trade and Development

New York, NY 14,150 followers

BCIU facilitates mutually beneficial, person-to-person relationships between business and government leaders worldwide.

About us

The world is moving faster than ever. The future of work is changing. Diversity, equity, and inclusion dominate. Environment, sustainability, and governance are essential. All of this occurs while allegiances shift and power structures change. BCIU’s trusted experts, educators, and strategic advisors embrace times like these. We are facilitating ideas, forging partnerships, and accelerating transformation. Our dynamic ecosystem of policymakers, industry, and global citizens is effecting change and building the future. At BCIU, we are more inspired and our work is more impactful than ever. With our members and partners, we are addressing today’s challenges — from cyber security to agricultural sustainability, healthcare access and more. Our team is seizing new opportunities and achieving greater economic cooperation while supporting growth around the world. As we continue to enhance international understanding, business, government, and civil society thrives, and society flourishes. And we’re not just witnessing these developments, we’re fostering collaboration to address them.

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http://www.bciu.org

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Industry

International Trade and Development

Company size

11-50 employees

Headquarters

New York, NY

Type

Nonprofit

Founded

1955

Specialties

international business development, government relations, trade, investment, government leaders, international relations, government contracts, membership organization, diplomacy, trade missions, and economic development

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We were pleased to host His Excellency Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia for a roundtable discussion during #UNGA #UNGA79. The program was timely given expanding U.S.-#Cambodia relations and emerging #trade and #investment opportunities in the country. h/t Jeffrey Donald & Panny Tao.
We were pleased to host a reception and fireside chat alongside Abbott, Gilead Sciences and Merck during #UNGA #UNGA79 celebrating the global #HIV #AIDS community and partners. Speakers included: Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund; Dr. Angeli Achrekar, Deputy Executive Director, Programme Branch, UNAIDS; Dr. Rebecca Bunnell, Principal Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Bureau for Global Health Security and Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State; Bupe Sinkala, Mentor Mother, mothers2mothers; Paul Schaper, Associate Vice President, Global Pharmaceutical Public Policy, Merck; Andrea Wainer, Executive Vice President, Rapid and Molecular Diagnostics, Abbott; and Carmen Villar, Vice President, Public Affairs, Gilead. h/t Meghan Hagberg, Reid Harrison, & Eleni Kokolakis, MPH.
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We were honored to host alongside Kimberly-Clark, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Veea Inc. and Viasat a #UNGA #UNGA79 roundtable with Peru's delegation to the United Nations, including Minister of Foreign Affairs, ⁠H.E. Elmer Schialer Salcedo; Minister of Economy and Finance, H.E. José Arista Arbildo; Minister of Health, H.E. César Vásquez Sánchez; and Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, H.E. Úrsula León Chempén. The discussion focused on key sectors such as #infrastructure, #energy, #mining, #agriculture, and #innovation, as well as the government's economic vision and ongoing reforms aimed at fostering a more favorable #business environment. h/t Peter Tichansky, Gabriella Rodbell & Matthew Lowenbraun.
We were pleased to host a #UNGA #UNGA79 program alongside Medtronic and Philips on the burden of cardiovascular diseases #CVDs and highlighting #stroke care as a way to demonstrate major healthcare improvements while managing financial sustainability. Speakers included: Atul Gupta, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Image Guided Therapy and Precision Diagnosis, Philips; Signe Haughton, Chief of Staff, Senior Director, Medical & Government Affairs- Neurovascular, Medtronic; Dr. Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins, President, World Stroke Organization; global ministers of health, multilateral officials, and others. h/t Meghan Hagberg, Reid Harrison, and Eleni Kokolakis, MPH.
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We were thrilled to host a discussion during #UNGA #UNGA79 #ClimateWeekNYC in collaboration with Topsoe, The AES Corporation, and Chevron on the importance of mitigating #climatechange and highlighting the progress made to date on decarbonizing energy intensive industries. The dialogue focused on how public-private partnerships are essential to the #energytransition in accelerating #research, #development, and deployment of transformative technologies. Speakers included: Roeland Baan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Topsoe; The Honorable Geoffrey Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State; Ivana Jemelkova, Chief Executive Officer, Hydrogen Council; Paul Freedman, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, AES; Giulia Siccardo, Director, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); Molly Laegeler, Vice President, Strategy & Sustainability, Chevron; and Jean-Francois Gagne, Head, Clean Energy Ministerial Secretariat. h/t Tiffany Dobrzeniecki, Brian Dershowitz, Joseph Walters, Kwame S., Kenea Letts, Daniel Castro, Lareina Wang, MPA, & Peter Nonis.

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Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) | LinkedIn (original) (raw)

International Trade and Development

New York, NY 14,150 followers

BCIU facilitates mutually beneficial, person-to-person relationships between business and government leaders worldwide.

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