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.
GABA members and their guests had a great time
supporting the German National team for the
Soccer World Cup, GABA hosted 3 events for the
opening game, quarterfinals and semifinals
together with the State of Bavaria and Fidus
Brokers, Inc. Please visit GABA's website for
pictures.
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GABA Events in July |
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GABA-Munich: European Semiconductor
Startups
Wednesday, July 12 2006, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Rosenheimer Str. 145 C - 1. OG, 81671
München
For more information, please visit GABA's website.
GABA-CA: Current Trends in Service Oriented
Architectures (SOA)
Thursday July 18th, 6-9 pm
SAP Labs, Building D, 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo
Alto, CA 94304
Get up to speed on this rapidly evolving
technology by
attending this SOA event sponsored by Rogue Wave
Software, featuring a panel discussion by
industry experts from Intel, SAP etc.
For more information, please visit GABA's website, please
contact events@gaba-network.org
to RSVP.
GABA-Berlin Stammtisch
Thursday, July 20th, 7-10pm
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, July 21st, 7-10pm
Hamburg Business Club, Oberstr. 14, Hamburg (www.hhbc.de)
Free to attend; for more information and to
RSVP, please contact Holger Ritter hamburg@gaba-network.org.
GABA-Bavaria Bay Area Stammtisch
Wednesday, July 18th, 7-10pm
Alpine Inn, 3915 Alpine Rd, Menlo Park, CA,
(650) 854-4004
Please note the different location! We will try
this location this summer, it is a very casual,
"urige" atmosphere and we will be sitting
outside in the Biergarten, bring your whole
family. The GABA Bay Area
Stammtisch will be held in cooperation with the
State of Bavaria West Coast Office from now on.
No RSVP needed; free to attend.
Save the Date!
Wine Tasting and Tour at Paul Hobbs Winery
Members-Only Event!
Saturday, August 12th, 2006, 2:00pm -
4:30pm
Join GABA for a sunny and tasty adventure in
beautiful Russian River Valley. The afternoon
will begin with a guided tour through the winery
and wine cellar, where you will learn how this
special wine is made. Famous winemaker and GABA
Member Paul Hobbs is hosting GABA for a special
summer event at his winery. To learn more about
his winery and wines please go to www.paulhobbswinery.com.
For more information, please visit GABA's website, please
contact events@gaba-network.org
to RSVP.
Visit GABA's website for more information about our events! »
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SVASE Main Event: Internet Advertising
Models: What's Working, What's Not, What's
Coming?
Thursday July 6th, 6-8:30 pm
Pricing: Members $20; Affiliate $29 General
Public - $49
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR Campus),
950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, 94304
Come & hear about trends & opinions from
Jonathan Abrams, Founder & CEO, Socializr,
Friendster, Philip Kaplan, Founder & CEO of
Adbrite, F*ckedCompany & more, Sharon Wienbar,
Managing Director, BA Venture Partners, Gokul
Rajaram, Product Management Director, Google
AdSense, Ujjal Kohli, CEO, Rhythm New Media.
For more information, please visit SVASE's website.
Patron Corporate Member MaCS,
Marketing-Communications-Services is hosting the
following webinar:
How to Persuade European Editors to Write
About Your Company
Date: July 19, 2006
Time: 9.00 am to 10.00 pm PDT
Registration at: http://www.macs-us.com/news/webinar/pr/index.html
When it comes to PR outside the United States,
how you communicate your message to analysts and
editors, who in turn will communicate it to the
market at large, is critical. If you don't fully
understand how PR in their respective countries
work, they aren't likely to write about your
company, or even worse, their message may not be
what you intend to communicate to your
audiences. To surmount that challenge, you have
to communicate the message using the right
cultural approach, the appropriate language, all
the while adhering to local communication standards.
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Member News |
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Miaplaza is hosting the worlds largest fan photo
album for the 2006 soccer world cup. More than
2000 photos have been uploaded already,
including pictures from the GABA soccer
breakfasts to celebrate the games against Costa
Rica and Argentina. Check out the photo album at
www.fanalbum.de!
When it comes to translations, "You cannot beat
the power of the human brain for many years to
come," says Dagmar Dolatschko, the president and
founder of
Peritus Precision Translations, Inc. in a
recent interview by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Dolatschko's team arranged for a linguist to
play an Iraqi speaker at the demonstration of an
SRI-developed device that can recognize words
and understand simple foreign phrases. While the
new technology will certainly come in handy
during simple exchanges in places like urban
hospitals and military settings where no
interpreters are available, it remains to be
seen when a computer will be able to catch the
different meanings of the English word "trunk".
To read the entire article, published in the San
Francisco Chronicle on Monday, May 29, 2006,
please click here.
Go West Internships, Inc. has recently changed
its name to USA Career Start. Please check out
our new website at http://www.usacareerstart.com.
Located in northern California, USA Career
Start places international students and
graduates from top universities in short and
long term internships in the United States. The
majority of our interns come from Germany and
Mexico and are placed in successful and growing
US companies in California and the west coast.
If you have any questions about our programs or
would like to host an intern please contact us
at rebecca@usacareerstart.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.
Visit GABA's industry groups... »
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