The Members of the Diplomatic Council are invited to attend the conferences of our partner Internet of Business  organization all around the world. The Internet of Business event series is specifically designed to help each market sector understand how IoT, AI, Data and Edge Computing is affecting their industry and their jobs today and tomorrow.  Members with a professional background on the specific topic are invited to apply for a speaker slot or to attend free of charge.

Dato Elaine Teh, Group Executive Chair Lady & Founder of Octopus Global Holdings. President of IWFCI Malaysia Chapter, has been appointed Head of Diplomatic Council Mission Malaysia.

Elaine, a self-start and inspiring entrepreneur in the F&B Industry is a loving mother to two teenage daughters. She and her husband founded the Octopus Group which owned more than 80 F&B outlets in Singapore. Now Octopus Global Hldgs became one of the largest alcohol distribution company in Singapore and Malaysia.

The Diplomatic Council (DC) leaders where invited by its partner Brussels Diplomatic Academy (BDA) to join the yearly Economic Diplomacy Conference in Brussels. The main topic was Safeguarding our Economic Security.

The Ubiquity University based in California (USA) joined the Diplomatic Council as a new member. It is an accredited global university designed for Social Impact. The University founders believe that  people everywhere must be supported with the skills they need to solve pressing global problems that are threatening the planetary ecology and human society.

Dr. Mayelinne De Lara has been appointed Head of Diplomatic Council Mission Benelux based in The Hague. She is the publisher of Diplomat Magazine. In her position she is well-connected not just with all Ambassadors around, but also with a high-level business community.

Diplomatic Council and Diplomat Magazine based in The Hague have entered into a far-reaching cooperation with the objective to create more value for Diplomatic Council members while at the same time granting to the readers and partners of the Diplomat Magazine access to the Diplomatic Council`s global network. For this purpose, Dr. Mayelinne De Lara has been appointed Diplomatic Council Head of Mission Benelux based in The Hague.

The Diplomatic Council together with the Christian misio organized the very first press conference ever with the lawyer of Mrs Asia Bibi, Mr. Saif-ul-Malook, in Europe. The first public appearance was initiated by Diplomatic Council Business Ambassador Jamal Qaiser, who was born in Pakistan and lives in Germany for decades.

The fifty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD57) will take place from 11 to 21 February 2019, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar of global development. The Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) monitors national and global socio-economic trends, identifies emerging issues, and assesses their implications for social policy at the national and international levels.