BAB Confirms Line-Up of High-Calibre Speakers at the 2011 BAB Annual Conference
(London, UK –25 March) BritishAmerican Business, the leading transatlantic business organisation, today confirmed an impressive line-up of top business leaders and influential opinion-formers who will be speaking at the 2011 BritishAmerican Business Annual Conference.
Entitled 'The US & EU: Addressing the Challenges of Global Competition', this year's conference, held in collaboration with the American Chamber of Commerce in the EU (AmCham EU), seeks to assess the challenge that global competition presents to the US and EU and suggest what this means for companies that have their roots and focus in these markets.
Specific questions to be discussed include:
- How best to adapt to the increasing strength of competition?
- Globalization - an opportunity or threat?
- How far will currencies and regulatory frameworks help?
- What more can be done to reduce the barriers to trade and investment between the US and EU?
- What more can be done to support cooperation?
- What is the best way to help key business and manufacturing sectors compete?
Confirmed speakers include:
- Joaquín Almunia, Vice President, European Commission
- Ambassador William E. Kennard, United States Ambassador to the European Union
- Alexander Baugh, CEO, Chartis Europe
- Alistair Buchanan, CEO, Ofgem
- Stuart Fraser, Policy Chairman, City of London
- Alison Hook, Managing Director, Global Legal Market Consulting
- Joseph P. Quinlan, Managing Director & Chief Market Strategist, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
For more information, full conference programme and registration details, please visit the official website of the BritishAmerican Business Annual Conference 2011 www.conference.babinc.org
