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American
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Germany.
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GABA Events in March |
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GABA-Berlin Stammtisch
Thursday, March 8th 2007,
7:00-10:00pm
Please note that the March Stammtisch is one
week earlier due to the visit of Achim
Hölzle from San
Francisco, FeldbergPacific Law Group, Startup
Counsel and Chair of GABA's Media&Entertainment
Industry Group. He will talk about Angel and
Early Seed Funding in Silicon Valley in 2007.
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 SoCal: Europe at the Le Meridian
Hotel
An informative evening with GABA and
Berlin Partner
Monday, March 12th 2007, 630pm -
9:00pm
Le Meridian Hotel - Beverly Hills, 465 S
La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles,
CA 90048
GABA, Berlin Partner, Invest in Germany, and
the Industrial Investment Council invite you
to share in the experience of companies that
have done the step to Internationalization.
Opening your branch office in Europe with
just $ 40,000? Expanding to a new location in
just 6 weeks? These are just a couple of the
topics that will be addressed by our
qualified panel of speakers. The
Event is FREE for members and non-members.
For more information, please visit
GABA's
website.
GABA NoCal: 2007-2012 Silicon Valley
Entrepreneurship
Outlook "New Spaces, New Opportunities, New
Money, Same M.O.?"
Thursday, March 15th 2007, 6:00pm -
9:30pm
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, 3175 Hanover
Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304
This event will discuss the key trends with
regards to
technology spaces/industries and business
models, as well as venture capital funding
strategies five years out. For more
information and to register, please visit GABA's
website.
GABA-Hamburg Stammtisch
Friday, March 16th 2007
7:00-10:00pm
Hamburg Business Club, Dorint Hotel, Alter
Wall 40,20457 Hamburg
(www.hhbc.de)
Free to attend; for more information and to
RSVP, please contact Holger Ritter
hamburg@gaba-network.org.
GABA Bay Area Stammtisch
Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 7:00pm -
10:00pm
Gordon Biersch, 640 Emerson St. Palo
Alto
Social gathering of the GABA community in the
Bay Area. No RSVP needed; free to
attend.
GABA NoCal: Technology Trends - How Do
They Affect Our Daily Lifes?
Monday, March 26th 2007, 6:00pm -
9:30pm
SAP Labs, Building D, 3410 Hillview
Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304
GABA's interactive panel discussion will provide
insights , share expertise and elaborate on
background information regarding innovative
solutions designed for Germany and the US.
T-Systems developped several innovations
which are already in place in Europe and GABA
is hosting this interactive evening in which
the audience is invited to discuss whether
these technologies would work in the US.
For more information, please visit
GABA's
website.
Visit GABA's website for more information about our events! »
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Co-Sponsored Events |
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FountainBlue's Clean Energy Entrepreneurs'
Forum
Monday, March 5th, 11:30am-1:30pm
Because of the highly regulated global energy
markets entrepreneurs in the space must be
aware of government activities, initiatives
and directions. This event will provide the
participants access to the wisdom of several
players in this market.
For more information please go to their website.
GABA Co-Sponsored: Germany California
Solar Day
Tuesday, March 13th, 8:30am-5:00pm
PG&E Auditorium, 77 Beale Street, San
Francisco
The 3rd solar power conference hosted and
organized by the German American Chamber of
Commerce-California Branch- will take place
March 13th in San Francisco. The conference
is expected to attract over 250 attendees in
the Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Industry
as well as additional attendees from the
public utilities, economic development
agencies, city council and government
sectors.
For more information please go to GABA website
Palastorchester Concert (2
performances)
Thursday, March 15th, 7:30-10:00pm
Temple Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San
Francisco
Friday, March 16th, 7:00-10:00pm
At the historic Altenheim, 1720 MacArthur
Blvd., Oakland
The German American Business Association of
California and Consulate General of the
Federal Republic of Germany invite you to 2
wonderful concerts with Max Raabe and the
Palastorchester from Berlin. These world
famous 13 musicians and their singer, Max
Raabe, will be playing music from the 20ies
and early 30ies from Germany and from German
composers, like the famous song "San
Francisco" from the 1936 Clark Gable movie.
They have filled large concert halls not only
in Germany, but also in New York, Atlanta and
Houson.
This is their second trip to the US and their
first time in the Bay area.
For more information please go to GABA website
Bay Area Lieder Society Presents: An
Evening of Deustche Lieder
Saturday, March 17th at 8pm
Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, Ca
Partake in an intimate and sparkling evening
of song featuring the
best-loved lieder of Brahms, Schumann and
Schubert.
"In the Company of Friends" is performed as
an historical re-creation of an
Austrian music parlor in the 1880's. Four
friends share games, dances,
gifts and of course, music in this
fully-costumed performance.
To purchase tickets and for more info please
contact us at www.bayarealiedersociety.org
or call 510-535-0800 for reservations.
GABA Co-Sponsored: GAIS Fundraiser
Auction
Saturday March 24h, 6:30-11:30pm
The German-American International School can
only thrive with community support. Tuition alone
does not cover all of our operating expenses.
The remainder must come from generous
businesses and individuals
- people like you - who help support the
school with tax-deductible donations and
contributions to the GAIS annual
auction - the largest fundraiser.
That's why GAIS hopes you'll participate in
supporting our school by either Donating
item(s) or service(s) that could be auctioned
off, or Making a contribution to underwrite
some of our expenses.
For more information, please visit the
web-invitation.
GABA Co-Sponsored: Thunderbird Global
Private Equity Investing Conference
From: Thursday, March 29th To: Friday,
March 29th 2007
Thunderbird Campus, Glendale, AZ
This event is one of the premier private
equity conferences in the world designed to
be truly global-focused on the opportunities,
methods, risks and rewards of globalization.
The audience will include 300 attendees
representing institutional investors, general
partners, family offices, corporate
investors, fund of funds managers, industry
advisors, investment and commercial bankers,
academics, students and global emerging
growth companies.
For more information please go to the website or contact
Conference Headquarters at: 480-893-7547 or
TPEC@kc-a.com.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER FAIR 2007
Saturday April 28th and Sunday 29th,
2007
Hotel Nikko in downtown San Francisco
Find exciting international opportunities and
meet
with leading multinational companies at the
International Career Fair on April 28-29, 2007
in San Francisco.
The objective of the International Career
Fair (ICF 2007) is to bring together highly
qualified professionals with leading
multinational companies looking to hire
talents interested in an international career
in engineering, research, or business.
Because of the highly regulated global energy
markets entrepreneurs in the space must be
aware of government activities, initiatives
and directions. This event will provide the
participants access to the wisdom of several
players in this market.
Mark your calendar and register now at www.internationalcareerfair.com
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GABA News |
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GABA is looking for a part-time
volunteer to help with event preparation
and organization, membership and daily business.
We are looking for a committed, reliable
volunteer who can help on a regular basis for at
least 4-6 months. Needs to be customer-oriented,
able to work independently and pay attention to
detail. Tasks will include preparation,
marketing and follow-up of events, being present
at the events to help with registration and
execution, talking to members and prospects,
preparation of the monthly newsletter, and
helping with general business items such as
correspondence, phone calls etc.
Approximately 10-15 hours/week, based in
Mountain View. Native German speaker
preferred.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone to
benefit from GABA's extensive network in the Bay
Area, meet interesting people and attend
high-level events. Please send your application
to info@gaba-network.org.
Due to the high number of attendees and
limited space at recent events, GABA has
established a Registration and Refund
Policy
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Member News |
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San Carlos, CA - Peritus Precision
Translations, Inc.
is proud to announce that the company has
achieved the ISO 9001:2000 Re-Certification
and the Women's Business Enterprise
Certification
as of January 2007. The certification
confirms the commitment of Peritus Precision
Translations, Inc. to America's leading
women-owned and run firms.
For more information, please visit www.peritustranslations.com.
LeverX Inc., a full-service systems
integrator
specializing in mySAP&supTM; Product Lifecycle
Management implementation, announced
that it has become an SAP Services Partner.
This new relationship between SAP and LeverX
will allow LeverX to more directly deliver
industry leading integration services to a
broad base of customers of SAP® applications
interested in driving innovation, improving
new product development and introduction
(NPDI) processes, accelerating profitable
products to market, and better managing their
global design and partnering networks.
K&L Gates: As a result of the January
1, 2007 merger of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Nicholson Graham and Preston Gates & Ellis,
the combined San Francisco office of K&L
Gates is now serving clients from a new
location at 55 Second Street, Suite 1700, San
Francisco, CA 94105, 415.882.8200. Our office
features one of the region's premier
intellectual property practices, along with
particularly strong securities regulation,
cross-border Asia, real estate, litigation,
and mortgage banking and consumer credit
practices. For more information, please
contact Dirk Michels at dirk.michels@klgates.com
650-798-6700.
Belcantoliving.com opens online home decor
business in California. The company is
comprised of interior designers and
enthusiasts who have joined forces to search
for the most special home accessories for
their clients. They have created a completely
new online shopping experience featuring the
work of emerging artists as well as
established designers.
For further information please visit www.belcantoliving.com.
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Job Board |
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YES PARTNERS
Our client manufacturers vacuum components
and material handling systems.
They are currently looking for a
sales-oriented President to lead them into
further success,
implement strategy and milestones, improve
the internal organisation and install modern
sales tools.
Specify and sell vacuum-based automation and
material handling solutions to leading OEM,
dealers, and direct.
The ideal candidate will have a strong
technical background and will be expected to
acquire industry-specific
knowledge to develop and implement the sales
and marketing strategy.
For more
information, please visit GABA's career section
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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:
Clean Tech IG
California and Germany
stand out as well established clean tech leaders
and attractive target markets. The Industry
Group's aim is to enable the exchange of ideas &
contacts, provide a platform for the discussion
of relevant industry trends and foster
transatlantic business and relationships between
German and US corporations in order to add value
to all participating partners. Visit our website for more
information.
Entrepreneurs & Venture Capital
IG
This group is dedicated to the
facilitation of technology, business and
social innovation via entrepreneurial
ventures and the appropriate incubation and
capital funding catalysts. We aim to educate
and bring together members of the business,
finance, legal, academia, technology lab,
not-for-profit and government realms on both
sides of the Atlantic as regards new
venturing opportunities, issues, trends and
developments. Visit our website for more
information.
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.
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.
Media & Entertainment IG
Activities
and events supporting the Californian and German
media and entertainment industries.To find our
more, please visit our website
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.
Visit GABA's industry groups... »
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