Woods International is a leader in foreign relations with a particular focus on emerging markets.  Tom Woods speaks regularly to business gatherings, international forums, and the media.  He is also a frequent guest lecturer at universities and policy organizations. 

As a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Tom is a strong proponent of collaboration that brings results to complex emerging market and development challenges.

Feel free to contact Woods International about any of the events listed or to invite us to participate in your upcoming event!

March 31, 2020 - Global Steering Committee for Quality Assurance of Health Products -  The World Bank - Washington, DC, Tom Woods to Chair

February 17-20, 2020 - GS1 Global Forum - Brussels, Belgium, Tom Woods leads plenary discussion of Traceability for African pharmaceuticals

October 8, 2019 - Global Steering Committee for Quality Assurance of Health Products - Geneva, Switzerland, Tom Woods to Chair

October 7, 2019 - Fight the Fakes campaign welcomes Tom Woods and the Global Steering Committee - Geneva, Switzerland

September 17-19, 2019 - GS1 Africa Regional Conference - Lagos, Nigeria - Tom Woods delivers keynote -  Global Steering Committee/World Bank

September 5, 2019  - The Future of Work - Wilton Park USA Foundation together with the US Council for International Business (USCIB) - Evermay Estate, Washington, DC - Chaired by Tom Woods

April 2, 2019 - Global Steering Committee for Quality Assurance of Health Products, hosted by World Bank - Washington, DC - Chaired by Tom Woods

November 7-8, 2018 - Wilton Park Conference on Global Nutrition - in Partnership with GAIN and the US Council for International Business - Rome, Italy - Chaired by Tom Woods

October 4, 2018 - WHO Member State Mechanism Steering Committee invites GSC Chairman Tom Woods to Share Ongoing Donor Agency Priorities for Fight Against Falsified Medicines - Geneva, Switzerland

September 25, 2018 - Global Steering Committee for Quality Assuance of Health Products, hosted by the World Bank - Washington, DC - Chaired by Tom Woods

September 18, 2018 - Tom Woods joins Nigerian Religious Leaders in Major Peace Declaration in Advance of National Elections

May 8-10, 2018 - Tom Woods to participate in the Ethiopia GS1 Track and Trace Africa Regional Conference.  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

March 14, 2018 - Global Steering Committee for Quality Assuance of Health Products, hosted by the World Bank - Washington, DC - Chaired by Tom Woods

January 17-18, 2018 - Wilton Park Advisory Board Meeting and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Consultations.

December 6, 2017 - Global Steering Committee for Quality Assurance of Health Products, hosted by the World Bank, Washington, DC - Chaired by Tom Woods

October 18, 2017 - Vision Africa 20th Year Celebration with Laura Bush and President Obasanjo, Dallas, Texas

October 15-16, 2017 - GS1 Pharmaceutical Track and Trace Conference, Chicago, Illinois.  Tom Woods to deliver remarks

October 2-3, 2017 - No more missed opportunities: advancing public-private partnerships to achieve the global nutrition goals.  Wilton Park USA - Harvard Club of New York.  Tom Woods to Chair.

September 26, 2017 - Global Steering Committee for Quality Assurance quarterly meeting, World Bank - Washington, DC.  Tom Woods to Chair.

September 26, 2017 - Private Sector Advisory Council to the GSC. World Bank - Washington, DC.  Tom Woods to Chair.

June 22, 2017 - Wilton Park Advisory Council Meeting, Wiston House, UK.  Tom Woods to participate.

June 19-20, 2017 - Wilton Park , Wiston House, UK  - Time to End Tuberculosis conference. Tom Woods to participate.

May 4, 2017 - Global Steering Committee on Quality Assurance quarterly meeting, World Bank - Washington, DC.  Tom Woods to Chair

February 13-15, 2017 - Wilton Park Event - "Assurance for Safe Medical Products: Protecting Public Health through Unified Global Action."  Abuja, Nigeria, Co-chaired by Tom Woods

 

 Tom Woods, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, UK High Commissioner Arkwright, Chief Exec. Richard Burge

Abuja, Nigeria - February 2017

December 9, 2016 - World Bank Law, Justice and Development Week Session on Medicine Quality Assurance and Supply Chain Integrity, Tom Woods Chair

December 2, 2016 - World Bank hosted Private Sector Advisory Council for the Global Steering Committee on Quality Assurance of Health Products , Tom Woods Chair

December 1, 2016 - World Bank hosted Global Steering Committee on Quality Assurance of Health Products quarterly meeting, Tom Woods Chair

September 27, 2016 - Global Steering Committee on Quality Assurance of Health Products quarterly meeting, Geneva, Switzerland.  Tom Woods Chair

September 27, 2016 - Private Sector Advisory Council of the Global Steering Committee on Quality Assurance of Health Products quarterly meeting, Geneva, Switzerland.  Tom Woods Chair

June 29, 2016 - Global Steering Committee on Quality Assurance of Health Products quarterly meeting.  Geneva, Switzerland.

March 30, 2016 - Global Steering Committee on Quality Assurance of Health Products quarterly meeting.  Geneva, Switzerland.

March 14, 2016 - Nigerian Interfaith Action Association Board Meeting.  Abuja, Nigeria.  Tom Woods to attend.

February 25, 2016 - World Bank meeting on "Practical Actions to Fight Falsified and Substandard Medicines among Development Agencies."

December 2, 2015 - Global Steering Committee on Quality Assurance of Medicines quarterly meeting.  Geneva, Switzerland.  Tom Woods to Chair.

September 2015 - Global Steering Committee quarterly meeting. Geneva Switzerland.

June 24-25, 2015 - Global Steering Committee, Global Fund, and KPMG host workshop on access to safe medicine in developing countries.  London, UK.  Tom Woods to Chair.

June 22, 2015 - Global Steering Committee on Quality Assurance of Medicines, Geneva, Switzerland

November 19-20, 2014 - Interpol Conference, 10 Years Combating Pharmaceutical Crime, Dublin, Ireland.

September 17, 2014 - Saving Lives through Innovative Solutions: Global Fund, PMI, and OGAC, Moderated by Tom Woods. Capitol Hill

May 6, 2014 - Nigeria Faith Health Summit for Children - Woods International with support from the UN Special Envoy convenes donors and faith community for MDG focus on saving child lives.  Abuja, Nigeria

April 2-4, 2014 - The Global Forum on Access to Safe Medicines.  Woods Internaitonal Co-Directing, Tom Woods to Chair.  London, England.

March 2014, Woods International joins Georgetown University for partnership actitivies in Senegal.

June 26-28, 2013 - Tom Woods serves as Visiting Program Director for UK-based Wilton Park conference on Pharmaceutical Anti-counterfeiting.  Sussex, England.

May, 2013 - Woods International travels to China to meet top drug regulatory officials

February 4-5, 2013 - Woods International takes part in the US Pharmacopeia Spectral Library Consortium in Rockville, MD.

November 27-29, 2012 - 7th Global Forum on Pharmaceutical Anti-counterfeiting, Washington, DC.  Woods International joins forces with Reconnaissance International to host high impact event.

October, 2012, World Bank hosted conference on pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting.  Tom Woods speaks on the role of technology in fighting falsified drugs.

February 28, 2012 - Tom Woods addresses the Army Chaplain Corp at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina concerning Africa and religious conflict.

February 7, 2012 - Woods International hosts State Department delegation from the Lower Mekong countries to address counterfeit pharmaceutical issues.

August 29, 2011 - Tom Woods addresses the Confederation of Indian Industry Life Science Conclave 2011 concerning "Protecting Lives and Brand India from Spurious Pharmaceuticals", New Delhi, India.

August 24, 2011 - Tom Woods speaks to the Army Chaplain Corps at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina concerning Africa and religious conflict.

June 14, 2011 - Tom Woods speaks at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA on US Strategic Interests in Africa.

May 5, 2011 - Tom Woods will deliver keynote speech at the 6th Global Forum on PharmaceuticalAnti-counterfeiting, London.

May 4, 2011 - Tom Woods set to co-chair special regulatory agency session in London with Dr. Paul Orhii of NAFDAC.

March, 2011 - Woods International travels to Oslo, Norway to meet Minister of Development to discuss importance of interfaith development efforts in Africa.

October, 2010 - Woods International team visits Israel to work with technology partners.

September 17, 2010 - Tom Woods speaks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan Flagler School of Business on "Winning in Africa: a Strategy for Success"

August 2010 - Tom Woods hosts Dan Rather of Dan Rather Reports for an upcoming story in Nigeria.

July 2010 - Tom Woods addresses African Health Ministries delegates at the African Union Mission in Washington, DC. 

July 2010, Nigerian Interfaith Action Association Board Meeting in Abuja - Board Member Tom Woods to Participate. 

June 10, 2010 - Tom Woods addresses role of development in international public diplomacy at Wilton Park, UK.

May 12, 2010 - Tom Woods addresses the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations on the future of US-Africa collaboration.

May 21, 2010 - Board member Tom Woods participates in the Nigerian Interfaith Action Association Board Meeting.  Abuja, Nigeria.

March 14, 2018 - Global Steering Committee for Quality Assuance of Health Products, hosted by the World Bank - Washington, DC - Chaired by Tom Woods