The World Leaders Symposium Committee, with the assistance of CII, also conducts the regular Ambassadorial Briefing Series which was organized in cooperation with the Center for the Study of the Presidency. Other institutions participate from time-to-time, including The Brookings Institute, George Washington University, the Inter American Dialogue, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and The James Monroe Foundation.
Ambassador Briefings are conducted in a Roundtable Setting
Ambassadors and other diplomats from Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, the European Union, Equador, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Guatemala, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Macedonia, Mexico, Panama, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, and Taiwan have already participated.
Regular participants include members of the White House staff, the State Department, Department of Commerce and other government agencies, as well as business and education leaders.
CII Chairman Mark Grobmyer presents the Distinguished Speaker Award to Ambassador Ruperez, Spanish Ambassador to the United States.
To the left of Chairman Grobmyer is Mr. Carlos F. Poza, Deputy Director General USCS Department of Commerce, Mr. David Swenson, Senior Partner of the Baker & McKenzie Law Firm, and Dr. Raj Dwivedy, Senior Economist, U.S. Dept of Commerce.
