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Launch of the Netherlands-American Business Council (NABC) & Celebrating 400 years of NL-USA Trade Relations
The Netherland-America Foundation (NAF) invites you to this invitation-only reception with live entertainment, video-projections, and business showcase
When: October 9, 2014, from 5:30-8:00pm
Where: Longview Gallery, 1234 9th Street NW, Washington DC*
Special guests and speakers include:
Lilianne Ploumen, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Kenneth E. Hyatt, Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade; U.S. Department of Commerce
Rudolf Bekink, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States
Jan Joosten, Netherland-America Foundation
Naboth van de Broek, Netherlands-American Business Council
The Netherlands-American Business Council (NABC) is a new platform that unites and represents the Netherlands-American Chambers of Commerce and Business associations throughout the United States. The NABC is a new network representing these existing organizations and operates in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the Netherland-America Foundation (NAF). We will celebrate the launch of the NABC on October 9, exactly 400 years after the first trade free trade agreement between the Netherlands and what is now the United States was signed and trade and economic ties between the two nations began.
The event will include live entertainment, video-projection and business showcase."
Other participants were Unilever, Heiniken, DSM, NAF, Philips, Shell, TENCATE, and KLM
The event was held in the Long View Gallery located 2 blocks from Mount Vernon Square/ the Convention Center in Washington DC.
Rob de Koter and I were among the 150 invited guests. The speakers were expressive and in good spirits, which made for interesting listening. It was said that Holland is the 4th largest investor in the United States.
We met many interesting guests, the music was exciting jazz and the graphics were very innovative. We enjoyed this evening sharing languages and thoughts of Holland and USA.
The gallery itself is a spacious art gallery in the center of DC. http://www.longviewgallerydc.com
