by Frank P. Neuhaus*

At every turn of the year, Diplomatic Council member iManagement Brazil try to give an outlook on the coming year.

This year the „European Chemistry Partnering“ (ECP) online event focusses on connecting startups and young entrepreneurs with well-know industry leaders. It is organized by Diplomatic Council Chairman Holger Bengs. The digital format will focus on partnering across all time zones from Feb. 16, 08:00 CET to Feb. 18, 23:59 CET.

For three days, contacts can be made in a compact and concentrated manner in the proven partnering, cooperations can be initiated and the major content-related challenges of the future can be discussed, with an accompanying program.

Diplomatic Council CLMTV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) held its 3rd "Diplomacy meets Business" dialogue with ambassadors & business leaders on 7th Dec. 2021 in Bangkok. We were honoured to have a number of ambassadors and business leaders participate in the event.

The guest speakers were H.E. Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, the Former Thai Minister of sports & Tourism and chairperson of Toshiba Thailand, and Mr David Lyman, chairman of Tilleke Gibbins & founder of the Joint Foreign Chamber of Commerce (JFCCT).

The Diplomatic Council will hold an informal dialogue on “Diplomacy meets Business” on 7th December 2021 (2 - 4 PM Bangkok time) and cordially invites selected Ambassadors and business leader to the conversation. They will share their experience on cross-border business and their views on what foreign embassies and ambassadors can do to facilitate and help smooth out many of the challenges of doing business in another country.

A global Meet and Greet is scheduled on December 6 for Diplomatic Council members and their selected guests. In light of the unchanged unsafe covid pandemic, we wish to seize the opportunity to at least get together via zoom to celebrate the pre-christmas time.

On-screen, let us enjoy a glass while we talk about the respective situation in our different countries. For those, who do not know the Diplomatic Council yet, we will show a short presentation about our organisation. We also invite all participants to give a quick introduction about themselves.

The Government of Mexico, Ministry of Culture, is inviting Diplomatic Council members to participate in the first edition of ORIGINAL.

ORIGINAL is a meeting place for master craftsmen and women, traditional and non-traditional designers and national and international companies to showcase the genuine art of Mexico's creative peoples and communities.

Diplomatic Council partner and member organisation Temos International Healthcare Accreditation ist hosting a two-hour web-seminar on October 12, 2021, focused on data protection especially as it pertains to healthcare.

Getting Rid of the Paper Tiger – Beyond Compliance

This virtual October 12th web-seminar is aimed at executives, policy makers, consultants, data protection practitioners and anyone involved in multidisciplinary aspects of data protection & privacy. This is an opportunity to learn how data protection brings value to the organization.

Engage in a conversation with expert Alex Cespedes, Senior Advisor with The Diplomatic Council as he provides insights into:

● Getting to the essence of data protection without the legal mumbo jumbo.

Finally the Diplomatic Council summer celebration will take place on August 26, 2021!