EVENT VIDEOS
RECENT EVENTS
April 22, 2010:
USBAC and the Trade, Aid and Security Coalition Host "Trade Preferences and
the Poor"
The event featured Ann Tutwiler, Coordinator, U.S. Food Security Initiative, USDA, Dr. Mustafizur
Rahman, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue (Bangladesh) and Kimberly Elliott, Senior
Fellow, Center for Global Development. The event was moderated by Shamarukh Mohiuddin,
Executive Director of USBAC. Speakers focused on areas where U.S. trade policies could be
reformed to provide more market access for the poorest countries, including Bangladesh.
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November 18, 2009
USBAC urges duty free quota free market access for Bangladesh at Capitol Hill
Briefing on Trade and Global Poverty
See press release here
Date: November 18, 2009
Venue: H-137, U.S. Capitol
Host: Oxfam America and Trade, Aid and Security Coalition
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October 6, 2009
USBAC's Shamarukh Mohiuddin speaks at Global Hunger Summit on hunger in
South Asia on Capitol Hill
Date: October 6, 2009
Venue: Cannon House Office Building, Room 122
Host: Friends of the World Food Program
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September 17, 2009
U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council and John Hopkins University -SAIS host
The Honorable Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. Dipu Moni
Date: September 17, 2009
Venue: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
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August 19, 2009
U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council and Bangladesh Public Affairs Front Host
Congressman Joseph Crowley for a THANK YOU reception and dinner
Date: August 19, 2009
Venue: Dhaka Club, Queens, NY
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May 4, 2009
U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council (USBAC)
ActionAid
Oxfam America
Host a briefing on
Climate Change: How Will Bangladesh Tackle the Crisis?
Date: May 4, 2009
Venue: 1301 K Street NW, Suite 500 East Tower , Washington , DC 20005
Speakers:
Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Lisa Friedman, Deputy Editor, ClimateWire and author of the New York Times series on climate
change and Bangladesh
Special guest: H.E. Humayun Kabir, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States
With Opening Remarks by Oxfam America , Action Aid and USBAC
Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Some studies warn that
about 33 million people could lose their land by midcentury. This poses a significant challenge to
this Least Developed Country of 152 million people, where about half the population lives below
the poverty line. Without programs to address the impact of climate change, Bangladesh is prone
to increasing hunger and conflict. Domestic and international assistance programs must focus on
adaptation efforts in Bangladesh . This program will bring experts from Bangladesh and the
United States together to discuss ways in which the Bangladeshi people can address this
significant challenge with the international community as a partner.
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February 25, 2009
The U.S. - BANGLADESH ADVISORY COUNCIL hosts a Congressional briefing on
The New U.S. “Smart Power”: Trade with the Muslim World
Hosted in conjunction with
Congressman Joseph Crowley,
Co-founder and Chair, Congressional Bangladesh Caucus
Featured remarks by:
Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Edward Gresser, Director, Trade and Global Markets, Progressive Policy Institute
Kim Elliott, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Shamarukh Mohiuddin, Executive Director, U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council
Date: February 25, 2009
Venue: 2200 Rayburn House Office Building
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January 28, 2009
U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council and
Johns Hopkins University, SAIS – South Asia Studies
Host a panel discussion on
The Bangladesh Elections and Beyond: Democracy, Security and Development
Date: January 28th, 2009
Venue: Nitze Building, Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave NW
Featured panelists:
Joshua T. White: 2009 election observer, PhD candidate, SAIS
Sajeeb Wazed: Advisor to Prime Minister and Awami League Chief, Sheikh Hasina
Dr. Imtiaz Habib: Board Member, U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council (USBAC)
Peter M. Manikas: Senior Associate, Regional Director for Asia, National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Special Guest: H.E. Humayun Kabir, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States
Following the recent, historic elections in Bangladesh , all eyes on South Asia now focus on the
future of its democratically elected regime led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. While the
elections, with a record seventy percent turnout, were the most free and fair in the nation’s
history, questions have been raised on future prospects of democracy, security, and development
in Bangladesh . We will be joined by leading experts as they discuss these questions and provide
their commentary on Bangladesh’s future.
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Bangladesh: A Democracy in Crisis
Date: April 2007
Panelists:
Dr.Gowher Rizvi, director of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at
Harvard University, current adviser to PM Sheikh Hasina
Dr. Junaid Ahmad, Sector Manager, South Asia, World Bank
Dr. Stanley Kochanek, Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University
Moderated by Ambassador William Milam, former U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh (1990-1993)
and Senior Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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USBAC Presentation: Role of non-resident Bangladeshis in Contributing to
Bangladesh's Development
Bangladesh in the 21st Century
Hosts: Harvard University (Ash Institute) - BDI -DDBF
Date: June 2008
Venue: Harvard University
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Status of US-Bangladesh Relations
Keynote speaker: Shamarukh Mohiuddin, USBAC
First Non-Resident Bangladeshi Conference
Host: Scholars Bangladesh
Date: December 2007
Venue: Sheraton Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Participated at a panel discussion at the 26th Annual Convention of the Bangladesh Medical
Association of North America in August 2006.
RECENT EVENTS
April 22, 2010:
USBAC and the Trade, Aid and Security Coalition Host "Trade Preferences and
the Poor"
The event featured Ann Tutwiler, Coordinator, U.S. Food Security Initiative, USDA, Dr. Mustafizur
Rahman, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue (Bangladesh) and Kimberly Elliott, Senior
Fellow, Center for Global Development. The event was moderated by Shamarukh Mohiuddin,
Executive Director of USBAC. Speakers focused on areas where U.S. trade policies could be
reformed to provide more market access for the poorest countries, including Bangladesh.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
November 18, 2009
USBAC urges duty free quota free market access for Bangladesh at Capitol Hill
Briefing on Trade and Global Poverty
See press release here
Date: November 18, 2009
Venue: H-137, U.S. Capitol
Host: Oxfam America and Trade, Aid and Security Coalition
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 6, 2009
USBAC's Shamarukh Mohiuddin speaks at Global Hunger Summit on hunger in
South Asia on Capitol Hill
Date: October 6, 2009
Venue: Cannon House Office Building, Room 122
Host: Friends of the World Food Program
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 17, 2009
U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council and John Hopkins University -SAIS host
The Honorable Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. Dipu Moni
Date: September 17, 2009
Venue: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
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August 19, 2009
U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council and Bangladesh Public Affairs Front Host
Congressman Joseph Crowley for a THANK YOU reception and dinner
Date: August 19, 2009
Venue: Dhaka Club, Queens, NY
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May 4, 2009
U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council (USBAC)
ActionAid
Oxfam America
Host a briefing on
Climate Change: How Will Bangladesh Tackle the Crisis?
Date: May 4, 2009
Venue: 1301 K Street NW, Suite 500 East Tower , Washington , DC 20005
Speakers:
Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Lisa Friedman, Deputy Editor, ClimateWire and author of the New York Times series on climate
change and Bangladesh
Special guest: H.E. Humayun Kabir, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States
With Opening Remarks by Oxfam America , Action Aid and USBAC
Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Some studies warn that
about 33 million people could lose their land by midcentury. This poses a significant challenge to
this Least Developed Country of 152 million people, where about half the population lives below
the poverty line. Without programs to address the impact of climate change, Bangladesh is prone
to increasing hunger and conflict. Domestic and international assistance programs must focus on
adaptation efforts in Bangladesh . This program will bring experts from Bangladesh and the
United States together to discuss ways in which the Bangladeshi people can address this
significant challenge with the international community as a partner.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
February 25, 2009
The U.S. - BANGLADESH ADVISORY COUNCIL hosts a Congressional briefing on
The New U.S. “Smart Power”: Trade with the Muslim World
Hosted in conjunction with
Congressman Joseph Crowley,
Co-founder and Chair, Congressional Bangladesh Caucus
Featured remarks by:
Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Edward Gresser, Director, Trade and Global Markets, Progressive Policy Institute
Kim Elliott, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Shamarukh Mohiuddin, Executive Director, U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council
Date: February 25, 2009
Venue: 2200 Rayburn House Office Building
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January 28, 2009
U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council and
Johns Hopkins University, SAIS – South Asia Studies
Host a panel discussion on
The Bangladesh Elections and Beyond: Democracy, Security and Development
Date: January 28th, 2009
Venue: Nitze Building, Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave NW
Featured panelists:
Joshua T. White: 2009 election observer, PhD candidate, SAIS
Sajeeb Wazed: Advisor to Prime Minister and Awami League Chief, Sheikh Hasina
Dr. Imtiaz Habib: Board Member, U.S. Bangladesh Advisory Council (USBAC)
Peter M. Manikas: Senior Associate, Regional Director for Asia, National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Special Guest: H.E. Humayun Kabir, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States
Following the recent, historic elections in Bangladesh , all eyes on South Asia now focus on the
future of its democratically elected regime led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. While the
elections, with a record seventy percent turnout, were the most free and fair in the nation’s
history, questions have been raised on future prospects of democracy, security, and development
in Bangladesh . We will be joined by leading experts as they discuss these questions and provide
their commentary on Bangladesh’s future.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bangladesh: A Democracy in Crisis
Date: April 2007
Panelists:
Dr.Gowher Rizvi, director of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at
Harvard University, current adviser to PM Sheikh Hasina
Dr. Junaid Ahmad, Sector Manager, South Asia, World Bank
Dr. Stanley Kochanek, Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University
Moderated by Ambassador William Milam, former U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh (1990-1993)
and Senior Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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USBAC Presentation: Role of non-resident Bangladeshis in Contributing to
Bangladesh's Development
Bangladesh in the 21st Century
Hosts: Harvard University (Ash Institute) - BDI -DDBF
Date: June 2008
Venue: Harvard University
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Status of US-Bangladesh Relations
Keynote speaker: Shamarukh Mohiuddin, USBAC
First Non-Resident Bangladeshi Conference
Host: Scholars Bangladesh
Date: December 2007
Venue: Sheraton Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Participated at a panel discussion at the 26th Annual Convention of the Bangladesh Medical
Association of North America in August 2006.
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