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AmCham EU Gala 2015 takes place at Concert Noble

The annual AmCham EU Gala took place on the evening of Wednesday 3 June at the Concert Noble in Brussels. The Gala was attended by over 250 guests.

The laureates of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium, Violinists Ji Young Lim and Oleksii Semenenko, performed two pieces each to the seated audience. AmCham EU is delighted to announce that the laureates will also play at the Philips Collection in Washington D.C. on 1 November 2015.

Delegation visit to the US for the AmChams in Europe

A delegation from a number of AmChams across Europe took part in a six day visit to California and Washington last week. AmCham EU was represented by Susan Danger, Managing Director.

The visit served as the launch of The Case for Investing in Europe 2015 report which aims to promote US investment in the EU. 

Pastora Valero discusses the recent Digital Single Market strategy

Pastora Valero, head of Government Affairs for the EMEAR (Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia) region at Cisco and Chair of the AmCham EU Digital Economy Committee, discusses the European Commission’s recent proposals to make the Digital Single Market a reality.

View video here.

Annual General Meeting takes place at Bibliothèque Royale

AmCham EU hosted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 18 May. The lively meeting was held at the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. In addition to the business items, which included approving the 2015 annual budget and voting to approve the new Board, Conny Dekens, Office Manager, and Rosaria Sciaccaluga, Operations Assistant, were recognised for 25 years of service to AmCham EU. Additionally, David Hastings, Policy Officer for the Financial Services, Institutional Affairs and EU Tax committees, was also named this year's winner of the Lizanne Scott Staff Excellence Award for his outstanding work.

Susan Danger at the AmCham EU Annual General Meeting

Susan Danger, Managing Director, AmCham EU, discussing the AmCham EU AGM. 

Alberto Di Felice speaks on behalf of AmCham EU at eHealth week in Latvia

eHealth week was held in Riga, Latvia from the 11-15 May. Alberto Di Felice (Qualcomm), Vice-Chair of the Healthcare Committee, spoke on behalf of AmCham EU, on the panel for 'Privacy and Data Protection in Healthcare'.

Warning! TTIP may severely promote economic growth

The European Liberal Youth Forum (LYMEC) is organising a street campaign in support of TTIP. The LYMEC TTIP Action Day will take place on Saturday May 16 in Brussels. Participants will take to the streets to come out in support of TTIP and free trade.

TTIP: Landing the right deal

On 12 May, AmCham EU and The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) hosted a joint event on The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).