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Greetings Friends and Colleagues,
A note of deep gratitude to you for your continued support and participation in our organization.
While this past year, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a disruptive impact on business as usual for all of us, the Bilateral Chamber took it as a watershed moment, a turning point that
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changed the direction and means for presenting new prospects across broader global regions and economic sectors.
We launched our webinar series, The Global Rebound 2021, with a belief in brighter days ahead for our members and stakeholders. The programs included timely information, tools, and discussions on opportunities across regions including MENA, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Indo-Pacific, and Latin America, and multiple economic sectors such as Energy, Aviation and Aerospace, Space Technology, Healthcare, Information and Communications Technology, and Digitalization Technology.
The feedback and participation in these programs have energized and inspired us. Thanks to you, our outlook is broader, our resilience made stronger, and our vision is ever-growing.
Respectfully,
Aida Araissi
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Featured Leaders
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Bilateral
Chamber has built a reputation of working with leaders from around the
world, to provide first-hand insights into the various business and
socio-economic climates of various global regions.
As the world worked to
find the light in the darkness of the pandemic, leading CEOs, current
and former ambassadors, foreign dignitaries, and world-renowned experts
were eager to help us convey insights and opportunities to our stakeholders, partners, and members.
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H.E. Qais bin
Mohammed Al Yousef |
H.E. Mohammed bin
Khalifa Al Khalifa |
H.E. Begard Talabani |
Minister of Commerce, Industry,
and Investment Promotion
Sultanate of Oman |
Minister of Oil
Kingdom of Bahrain |
Minister of Agriculture
and Irrigation
Kurdistan Region |
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H.E. Gabriel M.
Obiang Lima |
H.E. Tarek
El Molla |
H.E. Ihsan Abdul
Jabbar Ismail |
Minister of Mines
and Hydrocarbons
Republic of Equatorial Guinea |
Minister of Petroleum and
Mineral Resources
Arab Republic of Egypt |
Minister of Oil
Republic of Iraq |
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H.E. Nejmaddine
Lakhal |
H.E. Motaz
Zahran |
H.E. Shaikh Abdulla
bin Rashid bin Abdulla |
Mr. Borge
Brende |
Ambassador of the Republic
of Tunisia to the
United States (2020-2021) |
Ambassador of the Arab
Republic of Egypt to the
United States |
Ambassador of Bahrain
to the
United States |
President
World Economic Forum
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| World Health and COVID-19 |
We
started the year with a look at the vaccines that were quickly becoming
available worldwide. We invited Dr. Peter Hotez, internationally
recognized and renowned physician-scientists, for a frank, informative
conversation about the vaccines development, efficacy, and impact they
had on the world.
With the optimism the
vaccines gave and the world re-opening, we also spoke with leaders in
the travel industry to learn how air travel was working toward
pre-pandemic status, and the safety procedures the industry put in place
with the vaccines in play.
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| Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph. D. |
Balram Bheordi |
Rodney Cox |
Dean for the National School
of Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine |
Deputy General Manager
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport |
Vice President
Airport Operations, United Airlines |
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| Energy |
Hit
hard by the pandemic, the Energy sector throughout the world pivoted and
looked at new and emerging opportunities, as they also explored and
collaborated on innovative ways to thrive in a potentially net
carbon-neutral world.
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Reimagining Energy:
A Discussion on the Forces Shaping the Global Energy Transition
May 19, 2021
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| Dr. Kamel Ben Naceur |
Maurice Nessim |
2022 President
Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE) |
Chair and President
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) |
U.S.-Libya Energy Spotlight
Insight Into the Future of Libya's Oil Industry
August 17, 2021
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Top Left: Mustafa
Sanalla | Top Right: Aida Araissi
Bottom Left: Laura Malenas | Bottom Right: Dr. Adel Caouch |
WATCH: U.S.-Libya Energy Spotlight
The Future of Iraq's Energy Industry
A Conversation with the Republic of Iraq's Minister of Oil
August 18, 2021
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WATCH: The Future of Iraq's Energy Industry
Equatorial Guinea:
Energy Transformation and Emerging Global Opportunities
September 22, 2021
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Top Left: H.E. Gabriel M. Obiang Lima | Top Right: Dr. Adel Caouch
Bottom: Aida Araissi
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WATCH: Equatorial Guinea Energy Transformation
7th Annual Egypt Energy Spotlight
Egypt's Petroleum Future
October 18, 2021
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Top Row: H.E. Tarek El Molla
Second Row: H.E. Motaz Zahran | Maurice Nessim
Bottom Row: Aida Araissi | Landon Derentz
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WATCH: 7th Annual Egypt Energy Spotlight
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Information and Communications
Digitalization Technology |
COVID-19
sparked a digital revolution of sorts, and accelerated the
transformation of communications. Technologies that had been under the
radar emerged as necessary means of communication, and countries around
the world were prompted to ramp up implementation of nation-wide access.
Bilateral
Chamber took the opportunity to partner with TiEcon 2021 and USTDA and
work with some of the largest, global ICT companies, to help bridge
information and communications technology gaps worldwide. This allowed
us to present opportunities to our members in an industry that
significantly widened its global footprint over the last year.
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TiEcon 2021
Immersive Technology Entrepreneurship
May 6-8, 2021
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Key Speakers Included
Sampling of Participating Companies
LEARN MORE: TiEcon 2021
USTDA: India Digital Infrastructure
Digital Reverse Trade Mission
August 23-27, 2021
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LEARN MORE: USTDA: India Digital Infrastructure Virtual RTM
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| Thank You To Our Experts |
This
past year, we had support from industry leaders, who are experts in
their field, to provide invaluable experiences to those who participated
in our events.
It is through
partnerships like these that give Bilateral Chamber an advantage to make
major U.S. and global industry companies accessible to our stakeholders
and members.
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| Vish Mishra |
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. |
Nejib Zaafrani
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Venture Capitalist
Clearstone Venture Partners |
Major General (Ret), US Marine Corps
US Astronaut (Ret)
Former Administrator, NASA
(2009-2017) |
Chairman of the Board
Tunisian Talents United (TTU) |
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Looking To The Future
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The innovation, proliferation and scaling of commercial space launch companies has led to a democratization of
space exploration. Morgan Stanley predicts the Space Economy will
be worth $1.7T by 2040.
Bilateral Chamber is
actively looking to the future to bring our members and stakeholders
closer to these new economic opportunities, as we continue to explore
sustainability and inclusivity across numerous industries.
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Thank You to our President's Circle
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