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Business Association of California (GABA-CA)!
GABA's monthly eNewsletter features information
about German-American business in California and
Germany.
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GABA Events in February |
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GABA East Bay Stammtisch
Thursday,
February 2nd, 7 pm
Speisekammer, 2424
Lincoln Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
Axel
Schleyer hosts the new East Bay venue for GABA's
monthly Stammtisch gatherings. We would like to
extend the invitation to all spouses and
children, so we can all get to know each other.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact
aschleyer02@yahoo.com.
Decision-making in Early Drug
Development
Wednesday, February 8th, 6
pm
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson
Graham LLP, Four Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor,
San Francisco, CA 94111
A panel
consisting of a representatives from Genentech, Chiron
and Exelixis will be discussing their criteria for
funding drug development, presenting their
process and expertise. This will provide some
lively discussion post presentation. For more
information, please visit GABA's website. To
RSVP for this event, please
contact events@gaba-
network.org.
GABA Bay Area Stammtisch
Wednesday,
February 15th, 7 pm
Teskes-Germania
Restaurant, 255 N. First Street, San Jose,
CA
No RSVP needed; free to attend. For
directions, call (650) 326-1020.
GABA-Berlin Stammtisch
Thursday,
February 16th, 7 pm
Habel Weinkultur,
Luisenstrasse 19, Berlin (www.wein-habel.de)
Free
to attend; for more information and to RSVP,
please contact ulli-kohl@questico.de.
GABA-Hamburg Stammtisch
Friday,
February 17th, 7 pm
Hamburg Business
Club, Oberstrasse 14, Hamburg (www.hhbc.de)
Free
to attend; for more information and to RSVP,
please contact holger.ritter@boeing.com.
GABA-SoCal: Starting a Restaurant Business
with Natural Whole Food
Wednesday,
February 22nd, 7-10 pm
Good Mood Food
Café, 5930 Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, Tel
714 377 2028
Restaurant owner and cook
Ursula Horaitis will speak about her experience
of starting and growing her successful
restaurant business in Orange County. Learn more
about the benefits of natural whole foods and
taste for yourself how delicious healthy food
can be!
Sexual Harrassment
Thursday,
February 23rd, 6-9 pm
SAP Labs,
Building D, 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
94304
Sexual Harassment has attracted
increasingly public attention in recent years. Shifting
demographics, globalization and an increasingly diverse
workforce have all added to the mix of conflicts of this
controversial and often confusing issue. Recent
changes in the law, including some surprising court
decisions, make managing employees and preventing
legal problems in this area more challenging than
ever. For more
information, please visit GABA's website. To
RSVP for this event, please
contact events@gaba-
network.org.
GABA East Bay Stammtisch
Thursday,
March 2nd, 7 pm
Speisekammer, 2424
Lincoln Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
Axel
Schleyer hosts the new East Bay venue for GABA's
monthly Stammtisch gatherings. We would like to
extend the invitation to all spouses and
children, so we can all get to know each other.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact
aschleyer02@yahoo.com.
Visit GABA's website for more information about our events! »
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GABA Co-Sponsored Events |
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5th Annual Nanotechnology Investing
Forum
Tuesday, January 31, 2006,
7:00am to Wednesday, February 1, 2006,
2:00pm
Lodge at Rancho Mirage, Palm
Springs, CA
This conference unites
venture capitalists, private equity investors,
corporate investors, institutional investors,
tech transfer & licensing executives, government
and corporate research scientists, and nano
company CEOs. For more information and to
register, please visit www.ibfconferences.com/ibf/vie
wdetails.asp?lstconfname=158.
7th Annual Corporate Venturing, Strategic
Partnering & IP Commercialization
Conference
Thursday, February 2, 2006,
7:00am to Friday, February 3, 2006,
2:00pm
Lodge at Rancho Mirage, Palm
Springs, CA
This conference unites
corporate investors, new business development
executives, venture capitalists, private equity
investors, institutional investors, technology
transfer experts, licensing executives,
corporate counsel, CTOs, CIOs, CEOs and CFOs of
emerging growth companies. For more information
and to register, please visit www.ibfconferences.com/ibf/vie
wdetails.asp?lstconfname=160.
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Member News |
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The German Scholars Organization (GSO)
invites companies looking for highly qualified
German researchers with international work
experience to participate in our Job & Career
Fairs 2006: March 4th in San Francisco
(Mission Bay Conference Center) and May 27 in
Chicago (Allerton Crowne Plaza). The GSO is
a unique nonprofit network of young German
scientists from all academic disciplines
pursuing their research at leading universities
and academic institutions in the USA and Canada.
Our members are interested in both academic and
alternative careers in the academic and
commercial sectors. The GSO is a direct
connection at the fulcrum of the university -
R&D nexus to up-and-coming innovators who are
looking to take their next step. Contact: Dr.
Ute Schulz, 510-848 2245, info@gsonet.org, www.gsonet.org
Premium Corporate member Cooley Godward
LLP served as legal advisor to Micromet AG,
one of the leading privately held European
biopharmaceutical companies focused on the
development of antibody-based drugs, based in
Munich, in its merger with CancerVax
Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on
the research, development and commercialization
of novel biological products for the treatment
of cancer, based in Carsbad, CA. To view the
press release, click here: http://www.cooley.com/news/pr
essreleases.aspx?ID=39376820.
As a co-sponsor, MaCS, Inc. - Marketing
Communication Services invites you to the
BMA International Marketing Roundtable on
February 15, 2006 at 7.30 am to 9.00 am in Palo
Alto (Scott's Seafood Restaurant and Grill, 855
El Camino Real). Who has not heard about blogs,
and about the great opportunities that this new
vehicle brings to marketing communication? But
how can this technology be helpful to your
company's success? "What you need to know
about successful corporate blogging - a success
story by Mindjet". You'll learn how to
motivate your team to write in the blog, the
legal aspects of having a blog, blogging
policies, and many tips and tricks on how to
make your corporate blog a success. For more
information please go to: http://www.norcalbma.org/
and RSVP to sk@macs-us.com latest
on February 13.
The 2006 Wainhouse Research European
Forum (April 19-20-21 in Berlin) will focus
on next-generation technologies for meetings as
well as current trends in enterprise
collaboration deployments. This exciting 3-day
conference/exhibition, already dubbed the
premiere event for the European
conferencing/collaboration industry, will help
business and IT leaders develop and implement a
collaboration strategy while exploring the
potential risks and rewards of different
meeting, presentation, and training technologies
and strategies. New this year is the
participation of the EU-funded AMI project that
includes presentations and demonstrations of
technologies being researched for
next-generation meetings. Full details
available on www.wainhouse.com/berlin.
The German International School of Silicon
Valley, (310 Easy Street, Mountain View,
tel. 650.254.0748, www.gissv.org) is
holding an Open House on Saturday
February 25th. From 10.00am to 1.00pm the GISSV
Kindergarten (5/3 day German Immersion Program
for children age 2-6 including Vorschule) and
the school (grades 1-12) are open for interested
parents and students. Teachers, parents and
students are ready to show the school and inform
you about the bilingual German-English program
for our German, American and international
students. The GISSV is accredited by the German
Government and a pilot school for the German
International Abitur.
Premium Member Hotel Palomar announces
brand new Sony flat screen televisions and
DVD/CD players in all guest rooms! Special rates
starting at $199.00 in February 2006 based on
availability. Visit their new website @ hotelpalomar-sf.com
for more information.
GABA Member Benefit: Join the Productivity nano-
Conference on March 2nd in Menlo Park at the Special
Member Fee
Productivity nano-Conference is designed for today's
busy professionals and executives, to provide them
with critical insights and valuable techniques for
mastering handheld devices, better managing the time
spent on e-mail, and effectively manipulating and
presenting data and documents, in order to make a
quantum leap in productivity and performance. This is a
must-attend event for every professional and executive
in today's information age, who wants to get more
done in less time.
The Theme is "You Can Choose": Yes, even in the midst
of this unprecedented information and technology
overload, you can still "choose" and be in control often
enough, instead of feeling out-of-control most of the
time.
The nano-conference, will take place in "nano" time (5
hours), at a "nano" registration fee (starting at the
special member fee of $45 for early
registration-up to February 20th, and then the special
member fee of $65 after February 20th), and you will
be eligible to participate in the iPod nano raffle.
For details and registration, please refer to: www.people-
onthego.com/productivity-nano-
conference.html.
For questions, please e-mail training@people-
onthego.com
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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. IG Life Sciences
features an
event series "Learn and Delight" in California Bay
Area to facilitate the networking in the life
science
community.
A panel discussion with industry experts highlights
significant life sciences topics and is
accompanied by a
Gourmet tasting. Visit our website 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 our website 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 our website.
Media & Entertainment IG
Activities and
events supporting the Californian and German media
and entertainment industries.To find our more,
please
visit our website
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 our website.
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