Event Category: Council Events

Events hosted by the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council

<strong>Industry Welcomes Embrace of Nuclear Energy for Achieving Net Zero Goals</strong>

5 December, 2023 From L to R: Danny Sebright, President, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council; David Durham, President of Energy Systems, Westinghouse Electric Company; Jeremy Harrell, Chief Strategy Officer, Clearpath; Michelle Brechtelsbauer, VP of Strategy, Last Energy; Lamine Selmane, Energy Chief Technology Officer, Dell; Costa Samaras, Principal Assistant Director for Energy and Chief Advisor for the Clean Energy Transition, U.S. Office of […]

<strong>Public and Private Sector Leaders Look to Build on COP28 Finance Momentum</strong>

4 December 2023 From L to R: Danny Sebright, President, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council; H.E. Sharif Al Olama, Under Secretary for Petroleum and Energy Affairs, U.A.E. Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure; Jay Collins, Vice Chairman, Corporate and Investment Bank, Citi; and Jay Horine, Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Energy Investment Banking, JPMorgan The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council hosted a panel […]

<strong>U.S. Mayors Discuss FDI with Emirati Investors and Businesses</strong>

Dec. 3, 2023 From L to R: Danny Sebright, President of the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council; Ambassador (Ret.) Nina Hachigian, Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State; Mayor Barbara Buffaloe of Columbia, Missouri; Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard of Mount Vernon, New York; Mayor Ravi Bhalla of Hoboken, New Jersey; and Meghan Gregonis, U.S. Consul General in Dubai  The […]

Public and Private Sector Leaders Explore Intersection of Public Health and Climate Change

3 December 2023 From L to R: Danny Sebright, President, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council; Dr. Ali Al Muneer, Public Health Specialist, Dubai Health Authority; Sossy Ingirkochian, Managing Director and Head of Global Subsidiaries, First Abu Dhabi Bank; Dr. Nino Kharaishvili, Global Solutions Director of Health Governance, Jacobs; and Ayman Mokhtar, President for MENA and Eurasia, Viatris The U.S.-U.A.E. […]

<strong>Business Council Kicks Off COP28 Programming with Sustainable Finance Discussion</strong>

30 November 2023 The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council hosted a closed-door discussion on sustainable finance in the Chairman’s Boardroom of ADGM as a part of Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2023. The discussion among leading U.S. and U.A.E. financial institutions and key stakeholders took place on the first day of COP28, and was a sequel to an event the Business Council hosted last month with Mercedes Vela Monserrate, Head of Finance Sector […]

<strong>Badr Al-Olama Spotlights New Tech Hubs in Abu Dhabi and Invites U.S. Partnerships</strong>

November 15, 2023 – Dubai, U.A.E. The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council convened over 100 representatives of the bilateral business community for a breakfast with Badr Al-Olama, newly appointed Director General of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), and Director General for Economic Affairs at the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED). Mr. Al-Olama shared insights into the recently announced Smart […]

<strong>H.E. Sarah Al Amiri Praises U.S.-U.A.E. Aerospace Relationship during Dubai Airshow Reception</strong>

13 November 2023 at 1:00 PM GST From L to R: Will Löfberg, Vice President International and Environmental Affairs, Emirates Airline; Danny Sebright, President, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council; H.E. Sarah Bint Yousif al Amiri, U.A.E. Minister of Public Education and Advanced Technology and Chairwoman of the U.A.E. Space Agency; the Honorable Martina Strong, U.S. Ambassador to the U.A.E.; […]

U.S. Officials Talk Defense Equipment Release and Sales Ahead of Dubai Airshow 2023

12 November 2023, Dubai From L to R: Danny Sebright, President, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council; the Honorable Stanley L. Brown, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Mike Miller, Deputy Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency; Dayle Carden, Senior Advisor, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council hosted a […]

<strong>DHA Delegation Seeks Public Health Partnerships and Best Practices</strong>

Left to right: Danny Sebright, President, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council; Dr. Hend Alawadhi, Head of Health Promotion and Education Section, Dubai Health Authority The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council hosted a luncheon discussion with a public health delegation from the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) on November 8 2023 in Washington, D.C. The delegation represented the DHA’s clinical audit […]