BABC members from more than 20 major business centers on both sides of the
Atlantic gathered in Washington, DC, for the BABC's Annual Transatlantic
Business Conference, Strengthening Transatlantic Links, from April
29-May 1, 2009.
Sir Nigel and Lady
Sheinwald with Mike and Sue Ferguson a the British Embassy Residence
Reception
Roger Cranville, BABC-
Pittsburgh in the receiving line to meet Sir Nigel.
The Pacific North West
chapter delegates with Sir Nigel and Lady Sheinwald.
Bob Gladwell and Barry New
from BABA, Washington, with Urszula Wojciechowska and Paul Stanislas
from BABC, Boston.
Wendy Mendenhall, Andrew
Kittell, and Ven Kocaj at the Embassy Residence Reception.
Opening breakfast speaker,
James Quigley, Global CEO, Deloitte, addresses BABC audience.
Opening breakfast
discussion with The Hon. Ed Pease, Moderator; Sir Nigel Shienwald and
Richard LeBaron, Chargé d’Affaires, US Embassy, London.
David Birch,
BABC-Birmingham speaks with Sir Nigel.
Transatlantic Political
Outlook panel: Moderator: Rhian Chilcott, Steve Clemmons, New America
Foundation; Nile Gardiner, Heritage Foundation; and Justin Webb, BBC
North America Editor.
Jesse Bonfeld, BABC-Orange
County and Nile Gardiner.
Justin Webb with Lisa
Taylor and David Kay both with BABC-Chicago.
Janet Marcinek,
BABC-Cleveland and Pat Fustich, BABC-Pittsburgh.
Cassie Muir, BABC Midlands
and Chris Brenkus, BABC-Chicago.
Low Emission Options
Panel: Moderator: Mark Herlach, Sutherland; Dr Aris Candris, President &
CEO, Westinghouse; Rob Gramlich, Senior Vice President, American Wind
energy Association; Rhone Resch, President & CEO, Solar Energy
Industries Association; and Steven Winberg, Vice President, Consol
Energy.
Sir Neville Trotter, BABC-
North East England; and Rear Adr. Jay Cohen, Recent Undersecretary, US
Department of Homeland Security.
Marion Blakey, President &
CEO, Aerospace Industries Association and Rear Admiral Rees Ward,
Director General, Defense Manufacturers Association.
Eamonn Cooney, Congressman
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), US House of Representatives, Committee on
Homeland Security, and Clive Wright.
Debbie Nash, Barbara
French, Anita and Chris Nicholson at the Gala Dinner.
BABC San Francisco
delegates at the Gala Dinner: Jim Mayock, Zoe Matthews, Kathleen Kimura
and Stuart Bagshaw.
Gala Dinner speaker, Sir
Michael Rake, Chairman, BT plc.
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