Building Resilient Economies
Sep 10 2025
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Sep 10, 2025 at 9:00am
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Ballroom
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Conference on Building Resilient Economies Through Market-Driven Investment
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is organizing a flagship international conference, bringing together more than 30 global partners alongside U.S. policymakers, business leaders, diplomats, and civil society representatives. This diverse gathering offers journalists and stakeholders a rare opportunity to engage directly with front-line practitioners driving democratic and market-based reforms in strategically contested regions.
Featured speakers include:
- Greg Lebedev, Chairman, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
- Rick Johnston, Managing Director, Global Government Affairs, Citi Bank
- Marta Lucía Ramírez, Former Vice President and Foreign Minister, Colombia
- Peter Roskam, Chairman, National Endowment for Democracy
- Neil Bradley, Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- John Dickerman, Vice President of United States Affairs, Business Council of Canada
- Teruko Wada, Executive Director, Keidanren USA
- Delyan Dobrev, Member of Parliament, Republic of Bulgaria
The event will address the growing challenge of authoritarian economic influence, particularly the use of opaque, politically motivated investment, or “corrosive capital,” to undermine democratic institutions and distort markets.
Through keynote speeches and expert-led panel discussions, the program will explore key themes such as:
- Corrosive Capital vs. Constructive Capital
- Embedding democratic values in trade and development
- Building trust and transparency in emerging markets
- Practical tools to identify and counter opaque finance
The conference will also debut new resources, including the Practitioners’ Guide on Corrosive and Constructive Capital and the latest updates from the BRI Monitor, which provides data-driven insights into global investment flows.
About CIPE
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) works to strengthen democracy around the globe through private enterprise and market-oriented reform. CIPE is one of the core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy and an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. To learn more, visit cipe.org, Facebook, X, or LinkedIn.