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Events for corporate members, while principally in New York and Washington, also take place in other major cities, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Select meetings are also offered to members via teleconference and/or webcast. Additionally, the Corporate Program offers over 25 conference calls a year on timely international issues.
Annual Corporate Conference—New York, NY
The annual two-day Corporate Conference, held at the Council's New York headquarters, addresses the most pressing international business concerns. The 2009 Corporate Conference featured keynote speakers Robert Greifeld, president and chief executive officer of the Nasdaq OMX Group, and Neville Isdell, chairman of the board, The Coca-Cola Company. Panels of experts spoke on timely topics such as geopolitical risk, the financial markets, global trade, and corporate citizenship, while smaller breakout sessions examined the long-term outlook of emerging markets and pressing issues in today's business landscape.
The Council's 2010 Corporate Conference will be held on March 4-5, 2010.
November 6, 2008—Present
This series provides a forum for leading global CEOs to share their priorities and insights before a high-level audience of CFR members. The series aims to educate the CFR membership on the private sector's important role in the policy debate by engaging the global business community's top leadership. Members benefit from hearing CEOs' perspectives as well as interacting with them in an informal setting; in turn, CEOs have the opportunity to highlight the work of their organization and strengthen their relationship with CFR. Recent sessions have featured CEOs such as Samuel J. Palmisano of IBM, speaking on globally integrated enterprises, James W. Owens of Caterpillar focusing on the financial crisis and the U.S. economy, and Neville Isdell of The Coca-Cola Company discussing capitalism in the 21st century.
Corporate members have the opportunity to participate in more than 25 conference calls each year with Council fellows and other experts speaking on timely international issues. Additionally, the “Window on Washington” and “View from Abroad” call series provide members with inside perspectives on DC and critical regions abroad.
March 18, 2008—Present
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This series highlights the depth and diversity of women leadership in the world today. The inagaural meeting of this series honored Sadako Ogata, the president of Japan International Cooperation Agency, and the former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Follow-up sessions in this series will take place in 2008-2009 and will highlight prominent women leaders who have made an impact on a global scale.
The corporate headquarters of Merck & Co., Inc. are located in Whitehouse Station N.J., USA
October 1, 1996—Present
| Director: | Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics |
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This monthly speaker series brings the world’s foremost economic policymakers and scholars to address a high-level audience from the business and financial community on current topics in international economics, such as outsourcing, monetary policy, and competition policy.
September 1, 2002—Present
| Director: | Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics |
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This quarterly meetings series brings together major U.S. and foreign policymakers, business leaders, and independent commentators to discuss and debate current issues in international economics, such as global energy markets, tax policy, global demographic change, and securities regulation.
November 8, 2006—June 27, 2007
In 2007, the Corporate Program and Manjeet Kripalani, the Council’s 2007 Edward R. Murrow press fellow and current bureau chief of BusinessWeek in India, hosted this new and important series to explore India’s role in the global economy. Corporate members examined issues ranging from India’s infrastructure problems to its thriving outsourcing sector. Featured speakers includedNandan M. Nilekani, CEO and managing director of Infosys Technologies Limited, Vilas Rao Deshmukh, chief minister, Maharashtra State, Republic of India, and L. Brooks Entwistle, managing director and CEO of Goldman Sachs (India) LLC.
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