SelectUSA reception
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ADBC Monitors: New Policy for Procurement in the World Bank
On behalf of Danish companies, the American-Danish Business Council has taken a look at the coming procurement changes in the World Bank. As the World Bank works out the details of its new Procurement Policy, the two-year review process, set to finish in early 2015, will seek to change the Bank’s approach to procurement from…
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Congressional Reception
The second annual Friends of Denmark Caucus reception was again a great success – with attendance far more than the 200 participants from last year. Several ADBC companies were represented and former Ambassador Laurie Fulton, Chair of the ADBC Honorary Advisory Board and former Ambassador Stuart Bernstein, member of the ADBC Honorary Advisory Board,…
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Denmark Awarded International Energy Efficiency Prize
The Alliance to Save Energy’s EE Global Forum, the world’s premiere energy efficiency forum, honored Denmark at the 2014 EE Visionary Awards in Washington, DC. To receive the award, Ambassador Taksoe-Jensen was accompanied by ADBC member companies working in the field of energy efficiency. The judging committee said that Denmark’s efforts to reduce its consumption…
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Ambassador Rufus Gifford Honorary Member of ADBC Board
Ambassador Rufus Gifford (US Ambassador to Denmark) has agreed to become a non-voting honorary member of the American-Danish Business Council Board of Directors. Ambassador Gifford graciously accepted Ambassador Taksoe-Jensen’s invitation to join as an honorary board member to mark the close cooperation between the United States and Denmark and between the two embassies. This is…
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Greetings from the Ambassador
It was my great pleasure to host the Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard during his visit to Washington D.C. to meet with Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday May 7th. In addition to the meeting at the State Department, Minister Lidegaard spoke at the Brookings Institution on “Ukraine and the New European (Clean) Energy…
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ADBC Board Meeting
The first board meeting of 2014 was held at the Ambassador’s residence on March 11th. Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen opened the board meeting and welcomed the new members of the board: Leslie McLaren, Roxul; Chris Hedquist, Novo Nordisk; Jeff Telep, King & Spalding; and Joseph McAndrew of Boeing and Sarah Howell of Grundfos who could not attend. …
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Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen Speaks at LEO Pharma Reception
Ambassador Taksøe-Jensen was the keynote speaker at a reception hosted by LEO Pharma for leading dermatologists attending the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in Denver, Colorado in March.
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ADBC Working Dinner with the Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation
The Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation participated in a working dinner with 20 representatives from ADBC member companies to discuss the US as a market and the potential for The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
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The American-Danish Business council participated in the American Council on Renewable Energy Member Day, Thursday March 27, 2014
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) held its member day event at the Newseum in Washington, DC on March 27th. The day focused on three panels: National Defense and Energy Security, Transportation, and Power Generation and Infrastructure. It’s about lives: The National Defense and Energy Security Panel included: moderator Todd Foley (ACORE), Colonel Jim…
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The American-Danish Business Council Participated in the American Council on Renewable Energy Policy Forum, Friday March 28th 2014
ACORE held its annual policy forum on March 28th. The morning keynote speaker was Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Ms McCarthy discussed the carbon rule which she expected to be announced in June. While Ms McCarthy would not discuss the rule in detail, she indicated that great effort had been made to…