The first selection amongst the 66 teams competing in the Preliminary Rounds will be made today.
A dinner to honor and thank the professionals volunteering in the ICC Mediation Competition will be held tonight, starting at 8.00 pm at la Maison des Polytechniciens.
The Preliminary Rounds of the ICC Mediation Competition have started. For the next three days 66 universities will compete against each other with only one aim: to enter the Final Rounds of the 7th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition.
Registration opens today at ICC for the student and professional participants of the 7th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition. Orientation and training sessions are also set to take place today for both students and professionals at ICC headquarters.
The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has announced it is to open an office of the ICC Court’s Secretariat in New York. The move follows the opening of the first overseas office of the Secretariat in Hong Kong in 2008 and of an ICC representative office in Singapore in 2010.
The World Business and Development Awards today launched a call for nominations for successful business initiatives that are in line with the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. All organizations, regardless of size or location, engaged in innovative business models that are delivering both commercial success and helping improve social, economic and environmental conditions are eligible to apply online by 25 March 2012.
ICC Chairman Gerard Worms on Tuesday told conference attendees that private sector engagement can help make the upcoming ‘Rio+20’ conference in Brazil a launching ground for widespread global action in support of sustainability and green growth.
The International Chamber of Commerce and the Oslo-based Business for Peace Foundation are seeking outstanding business leaders who exemplify the Oslo Business for Peace Awards criteria of achieving business success while acting in an ethically responsible way.
ICC announced today that Jason Fry is stepping down as Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration to return to private practice at the law firm Clifford Chance, where he was a partner until he joined ICC in 2007. He will join the firm’s Paris office in September 2012.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon personally invited ICC Secretary General Jean-Guy Carrier to take part in a breakfast meeting Saturday to launch task forces in preparation for the next B20 Business Summit.
Welcoming the prominent role of business in the latest draft outcome document for this June’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012 (BASD) stressed that private sector engagement in policy development and implementation is critical to advance global partnerships for sustainable development.
Today, European and national business associations commend the European Union (EU) and Member States as they moved to join their global allies in the battle against counterfeiting and piracy.
ICC is deeply saddened by the death of Serge Lazareff on 21 January 2012.
ICC has launched the 11th edition of its flagship intellectual property (IP) publication ICC Intellectual Property Roadmap: Current and Emerging Issues for Business and Policymakers.
With final preparations underway for ICC’s Mediation Week, which kicks off on 2 February in Paris, interested participants have just a few days remaining to register for the 3rd Annual International Mediation Conference.
The ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) showcased its role with chambers on certificates of origin (CO) during the Origin workshop, organized by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Brussels on 18 January.
ICC has appointed Brent Sanders, to serve as new Chair of its Commission on Marketing and Advertising.
ICC yesterday took part in a meeting of Mexican officials from government and industry, kicking off preparations for the next B20 Business Summit, to be held in conjunction with the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, 18-19 June 2012.
Pirate attacks against vessels in East and West Africa accounted for the majority of world attacks in 2011, signalling a rising trend, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) global piracy report revealed today.