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Thank you for your interest in the German American
Business Association of California (GABA-CA)!
GABA's monthly eNewsletter features information about
German-American business in California and Germany,
information about our membership network, and
business opportunities.
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GABA Events in May |
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GABA-Southern California presents:
Empowerment Through Successful Presentation
Skills in an American-German Business Setting
Wednesday, May 18th, 6-9 pm
4th Floor, 545 south Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA
90071
This important GABA event, at the prestigious Jonathan
Club in Los Angeles, gives you a chance to network
among your peers and to gain great insight into global
presentations from our guest speaker, Stefan Matthies.
Plenty of time for networking will be provided before
and after the speaker, along with a complimentary
offering of Spanish Tapas hors d'ouvres and an open,
no-host bar. Business casual, no jeans/tennis shoes.
To RSVP (by May 16th) or for more info, please contact
socal@gaba-ca.org or call
(949) 266-5829.
GABA-Berlin Stammtisch
Thursday, May 19th, 7 pm
Weinkultur Habel, Luisenstrasse 19, Berlin-Mitte
Monthly Stammtisch gathering. To find out more,
please contact ulli.kohl@questico.de.
GABA-Hamburg Stammtisch
Friday, May 20th, 7 pm
Hamburg Business Club, Oberstrasse 14c, Hamburg
(www.hhbc.de)
Monthly meeting to discuss current topics of interest to
the German-American community. For more information,
please contact holger.ritter@boeing.com.
GABA-CA's Telecommunications Industry Group
presents:
Mobile Enterprise - Has the Real Value Shown Up
Yet?
Tuesday, May 24th, 6-9 pm
SAP Labs, Building D, 3410 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto, CA
94304
GABA-CA invites you to this panel discussion which will
address a number of issues and challenges arising
>from "mobilizing" enterprise organizations. Please join us
for this exciting event. It will not only be an excellent
source to gain a deeper understanding of the true
value and challenges when it comes to mobile
enterprises. It is also a great platform to rub elbows
with industry leaders and potential business partners
and suppliers. RSVP to events@gaba-ca.org.
Visit GABA's website for more information about our events! »
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GABA Co-Sponsored Events |
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German Mixer
Wednesday, May 4th, 7-10 pm
The Cannery, 3010 Lafayette Road, Newport Beach,
CA
German Mixer is a private and professional networking
event for the German-speaking community in Orange
County. No-host bar, free admission, no RSVP needed.
For more info, please contact Claudia@GermanMixer.com.
European Luncheon with Paul Mercier: The
International Role of the Euro
Thursday, May 12th, 12 pm
The Carnelian Room, 555 California Street, 51st Floor,
San Francisco, CA 94104
The French-American Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco, GABA-CA and The British American Business
Council cordially invite you to join us for a European
Luncheon discussion centering on the international role
of the Euro. Our featured key speaker is Paul Mercier,
Deputy Director General of Market Operations at the
European Central Bank Chairman of the Working Group
on Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy Instruments and
Procedures. Limited seating; RSVP to events@gaba-ca.org.
IIC Office Opening with Keynote Speakers from AMD
and eBay
Monday, May 16th, 6- 9 pm
German Consulate General, 1960 Jackson Street @
Gough, San Francisco
GABA-CA, the Industrial Investment Council (IIC) and
the German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
(California Branch) invite you to meet top executives
>from AMD and eBay who will share their success stories
in the eastern part of Germany. Don't miss this
opportunity to share invaluable knowledge, learn key
strategies for international expansion, and network with
top executives. Eastern German specialties will be
served! For further information and to RSVP by May
11th (providing your full name, title, and name of your
organization), please contact Steffen Weber at
weber@iic.de or (415) 756-
2223.
Celebrating Venture Capital Investment in Women-
led Companies
Wednesday, May 25th, 6-8 pm
The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500
Castro Street, Mountain View, CA
GABA-CA, The Women's Technology Cluster, SDForum,
Springboard Enterprises and VC Taskforce Women's VC
SIG are proud to present this awards
ceremony to recognize the women who are leading
venture-funded companies and the venture capital
firms that are funding them. The Awards are based on
a recent Growthink report
entitled "Venture Funding for Women Entrepreneurs: A
Gender-Based Analysis of VC Investments."
To register, or for more
info, please visit www.wtc-sf.org/cvc.htm.
GABA's event calendar... »
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New/Renewing Members |
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Patron Corporate Members
LEG Thueringen mbH (www.leg.thueringen.de)
steht Ihnen als Flächenentwickler und
Wirtschaftsförder-gesellschaft im Freistaat Thüringen
gern zur Seite. Sie vereinen folgende Leistungen "unter
einem Dach": Flächenmanagement,
Immobilienwirtschaft, Stadt- und Projektentwicklung,
Investorenakquisition und Thüringenmarketing.
The Berlin Business Development Corporation
(www.wfbi.de) is the
central
point of contact in Berlin for companies interested in
expanding to Germany's largest city and offers free
services for investors: The provision of information on
business in and around Berlin;
Information on financial aid and funding;
Support for conceptual business issues;
Aid in finding for appropriate business premises and
office space;
Contact to authorities, banks, chambers, associations
and networks;
Support in recruiting and training staff;
Support in founding technology-oriented companies.
Premium Corporate Member
Degussa (www.degussa.com) is a
multinational
corporation consistently aligned to highly profitable
specialty chemistry. With sales of 11.8 billion Euro and
a workforce of some 48.000, it is the world market
leader in specialty chemicals. Degussa's core strength
lies in highly-effective system solutions that are
tailored to the requirements of its customers in over
100 countries throughout the world. Degussa's
activities are led by the vision "Everybody benefits from
a Degussa product - every day and everywhere".
Extended Corporate Member
Hotel Palomar - www.hotelpalomar.com
Individual Members
Mr. Christof Wittig
Mr. Markus Mayer
For information on how to become a GABA
Member, or
to sign up online, please visit: www.gaba-
ca.org/members.html or contact membership@gaba-ca.org
Go To Member Directory... »
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Member News |
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Patron Corporate Member Lufthansa invites
you to
enroll in Miles & More, the frequent flyer
program of
Lufthansa by Dec 31, 2005. You'll earn miles with
Lufthansa, all Star Alliance carriers, plus many other
airline, hotel, car rental partners as well as with the
Miles & More VISA credit card. Once you have earned
3,000 miles by Dec 31, 2005, we'll reward you with
2,000 bonus miles. To be eligible for the bonus, you will
need to call 1-800-581-6400 and mention priority code
PSFO1. Visit www.lufthansa-usa.com for
complete
details about Miles & More.
Patron Corporate Member Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Nicholson Graham LLP's mutual fund practice was
ranked first among firms that counsel mutual
fund
clients by The American Lawyer's "Corporate
Scorecard." Published annually, the Corporate
Scorecard tracks transactional practices of leading law
firms and ranks them based on a variety of criteria,
including the net assets under management of a law
firm's fund clients. K&LNG, whose fund clients have in
excess of $1.2 Trillion under management, has been
consistently listed among various Corporate Scorecard
categories since The American Lawyer first established
these rankings in 1987. K&LNG served the mutual fund
industry for decades and is proud of the extraordinary
confidence that industry members repose in our
investment management lawyers in Washington, New
York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and London.
For additional information, please contact Dirk Michels
at dmichels@klng.com.
Premium Corporate Member FeldbergPacific Law
Group
(which recently changed its name from FeldbergPacific
Start-Up Counsel) hosted an Open House event on April
21, 2005 on International VC Investments - Do
They
Work?. Arjun Gupta, General Partner of Telesoft
Partners a $600 million venture fund with a focus on IT
and telecommunications, and Charles Hsu, Ph.D. a
partner of A.M.Pappas & Associates a $150 million
venture fund with a focus on life sciences (formerly 14
years with Walden International), spoke about their
experiences on investing in companies outside the U.S.
and the opportunities and challenges such cross-border
investments present. Both were quite open to the idea
of investing internationally and view such international
perspective as a competitive advantage for them. The
event was attended by many internationally active
entrepreneurs and professionals in the venture capital
and tech community. FeldbergPacific Law Group is a
boutique law firm dedicated to serving the U.S. -
German business community including start- ups in
corporate, VC and technology transfer transactions.
For more information on the event please contact
Achim Hoelzle at ahoelzle(at)feldbergpacific.com or at
(415) 398-5555.
Premium Corporate Member T. H. Bender &
Partners completed an article suggesting different
approaches executives can use to catch the attention
of executive recruiters. In addition, the article
describes the process of being headhunted.
Extended Corporate Member Hotel Palomar
opened in 1999 as an artful, fashionable and
sophisticated sanctuary in the center of San Francisco,
just one block from Moscone Center and steps from
Union Square, the financial district, SOMA and the
Cable Cars. Hotel Palomar offers conference facilities
and an award-winning four-star restaurant. GABA
members will receive special conditions, please
contact peter.koehler@hotelpalomar.com
for details.
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Member Job Board |
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Premium Corporate Member T. H. Bender &
Partners is
looking for two sales executives with experience
selling
capital equipment into the electronics and
semiconductor equipment industries. One position is
located in the Bay Area, another one in the Northeast.
Candidates need to have experience selling high-priced
non-destructive test equipment. Resumes and referrals
should be directed to resumes@thbender.com
with GABA in the subject line.
Extended Corporate Member Wellington Partners
Verture Capital GmbH is searching for a VP
Marketing and for a CTO for a potential
portfolio company, which
is headquartered in Munich and develops a linux-based
server platform appliance for SME's. Permission to
live/work in Germany, and fluency in English,
are a must. For more details and to apply, please
contact Sabine Scherer at recruiting@wellington.de.
Basic Corporate Member Google, Inc. is
currently looking for an International Product
Manager, based in Mountain View, CA. The
successful candidate has a degree in Computer
Science, and will be reponsible for initiating new
products and/or product enhancement projects to meet
existing or anticipated market needs. For immediate
consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML
version of your resume to jobs@google.com.
Important: The subject field of your email must
include "International Product Manager - Mountain
View".
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GABA Industry Groups |
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GABA's industry groups (IG's) provide resources
and
networking opportunities specific to each industry:
Life Sciences IG
Dedicated to enabling and fostering alliance
networks between German and US life science
companies, such as the 2003 launch of BioSwap, a
non-profit partnering facilitator established to
successfully enable companies to advance
innovative Biotech solutions to market. Visit www.gaba-
ca.org/bioswap.html
for more information.
Semiconductor - IT IG
Germany and the US are two of the leading
manufacturers and consumers of semiconductors,
with exciting opportunities for business
development and exchange of knowledge, to build
on existing relationships and shape new ones.
Visit www.gaba-
ca.org/semiconductor.html
for more information.
Telecommunications IG
Dedicated to facilitating business, trade, and
exchange between Californian and German
companies in the areas of fixed and mobile
communication and digital media, educating
members of the business community on both sides
of the Atlantic in telecom and
communication-related topics, and deepening the
understanding among them about the state and
development of the markets in Europe and the
U.S. More information coming soon to www.gaba-
ca.org/telecom.html.
Media & Entertainment IG
Activities and
events supporting the Californian and German media
and entertainment industries.
Human Resources IG
The group's objective
is to enable companies and individuals alike to stay
abreast of current employment trends, compensation
issues, corporate governance, legal developments,
immigration/visa trends and "best practices". For more
detailed information, please go to www.gaba-
ca.org/industry_groups.html.
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