GERMAN AMERICAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

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Gain Insight.
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GERMAN AMERICAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Meet Your Business Partners

GABA accelerates your business connections and helps you build lasting professional relationships. Benefit from 20+ years of experience in strengthening transatlantic business, making deep local connections, organizing impactful events and providing access to thought leaders.

Leverage Our Expertise

Powerful Networking

Targeted opportunities to develop and deepen a relevant and effective professional network

Impactful Events

Access to a wide range of relevant events on current topics supported by experts and thought leaders

Vibrant Community

Engaged business leaders collaborate and share expertise with German-American community

Be Part of a Large Professional Network

Events per year

Attendees per year

Paying members

Partner organizations

You Are

a member of a corporation, small business, service organization, start-up, VC, or a non-profit organization with a business interest or roots in Germany or California,

convinced that a strong network, collaboration and the opportunity to connect with thought leaders will benefit your career and your business.

Our Mission

GABA is an alliance of corporations, organizations and professionals with the purpose of strengthening transatlantic business.

We have built on German-Californian networking and knowledge sharing since 2001, and we operate at the forefront of international business, trends and technology.

Connect with Us

Select your local German-American business community for local events and networking opportunities

Focus Areas of GABA Programs

New Technologies and Innovation

Data and Security
Quantum Computing
Cloud/Saas
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Machine Learning (ML)
…

Media and Entertainment

Film Industry
Digital/Social Media
Gaming and Music
Virtual Reality (VR)
Augmented Reality (AR)
…

Leadership, Human Capital, Future of Work

Top Talent Attraction
Workplace California
Leadership and Career Development
Living a Double-Life
…

Life Sciences and Digital Health

Telemedicine
Biotech
Lab Food
Pandemic Research
…

Infrastructure and Mobility

Transportation and Logistics
Autonomous Driving
Smart Cities
Renewable Energy and Storage
…

“As the Bay Area based Innovation Hub for Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, we are always excited to connect with teams and companies that share our drive for innovation in the fields like Cultured Meat, Bioelectronics, and Neuromorphic systems. GABA allows us to discuss with like-minded companies in an organic way.”

Arie van Gent, Merck KGaA

“In 2020, GABA organized a nationwide hydrogen technology and business presentation, the first webinar of its kind. Engineers from Berlin, Germany, and managers from the East and West coasts gave us a glimpse into the future of energy. Now in 2023, it’s becoming a reality in California with leaders from Germany and the US. As a consequence of this well-attended hydrogen event, we now have two hydrogen energy storage projects in operation in California.”

Clark Crawford, GKN Hydrogen

“GABA has helped me in my personal life and in my role at SAP to develop meaningful connections in the ecosystem. The diversity of their network spans from early talents to thought leaders in the Silicon Valley who represent corporates, academia and the venture community. On many occasions the team was able to relate our business goals with those of other members and identify collaboration opportunities.”

Daniel Zimmer, Sr. Director, SAP Bay Area Labs Management

“GABA succeeds very well in strengthening the German-American community and friendship. Through their hosting of excellent events, members can share top-notch industry specific knowledge and experience across the Atlantic and connect as professionals and personally. I am thankful to GABA for wonderful memories of events, business opportunities, and even friendships that I could experience and access through the incredible network which they cultivate.”

Alexander Roth, Partner at Taylor Wessing US

“Newly arrived in Silicon Valley, we participated at a GABA-Newcomers event. Driven by the enthusiasm of the GABA team, we participated in many other events from GABA and its partners, which are offered in every industrial sector. These great networking opportunities largely contributed to our exponential growth in the number of contacts in the USA and in Europe. GABA has been great for developing both friendships and our business.”

Michael Schmid, Partner, ProiPatent

“Thanks to GABA I found employment at a global corporation. I attended the annual GABA economic and financial outlook event and met a senior executive, who shortly after hired me as the West Coast Regional Manager. I have since attended many GABA events and am always impressed by the quality of the events and seniority of the attendees.”

Alexander Schulz, Advisory Board Member at UC Irvine

“GABA has been instrumental in supporting NRW.Invest mission to market Germany’s No. 1 investment location, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). We are thrilled to work with them on upcoming projects”

Kai Buehler, NRW.Invest

“GABA had a big influence on how my life developed in Silicon Valley. The day I arrived at SFO I went to the GABA Young Professionals meeting. I connected with many people but one connection was special… my wife found her job with eBay through this connection. – Since then, I have attended many more GABA events, and all of them were interesting and useful for my business and me personally.”

Florian Schöbinger, Kärcher New Ventures