The German
American
Business Association of California
(GABA-CA) wishes you a happy and
successful New Year 2008!
GABA's monthly eNewsletter features information
about German-American business in California and
Germany.
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GABA Events in January |
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GABA Bay Area Stammtisch
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008,
7:00-10:00pm
Gordon Biersch, 640 Emerson St, Palo
Alto
Social gathering of the GABA community in the
Bay Area. No RSVP needed; free to attend.
GABA-Berlin Stammtisch
Thursday, January 17th 2008,
6:30-10:00pm
Habel
Weinkultur Luisenstrasse 19, Berlin
Free to attend, for more information and
RSVP, please contact ulli-kohl@questico.de
GABA NoCal: Seminar: Introduction to
Self-Leadership - Achieving your New Year's
Resolutions
Thursday, January 31st, 8:30am -
12:00pm
K & L Gates, 630 Hansen Way, Palo
Alto
Join us for this interactive multimedia
seminar and raise awareness towards what it
takes to develop and cultivate winning
performance thoughts, attitudes and
behaviors.
For more information, please visit
GABA's
website.
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Open House at the German International School
of Silicon Valley
The German International School of Silicon
Valle cordially invites you to visit our
two campus sites during our Open Houses and
to learn about GISSV's bilingual programs:
January 12, 2008, 10am-1pm - Campus in
Mountain View
January 25, 2007, 7pm - East Bay Campus in
Berkeley
For more information please visit www.gissv.org or
call our office 650 254 0748.
German International School of Silicon
Valley, 310 Easy Street, Mountain View, CA
94043, phone (650) 254 0748, fax (650) 254 0749
e-mail
office@gissv.org.
British American Business Council : "The
Annual Economic Forecast Lunch "
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 11:45am -
2:00pm
The City Club, The Stock Exchange Tower,
155 Sansome, 11th Floor, San Francisco
This event is an ideal opportunity to hear
expert predictions for 2008 and discuss how
local and global economic patterns might
affect your business. Brian Fabbri will
discuss predictions for the world economy and
Sean Randolph, President of the Bay Area
Economic Forum will focus on the year ahead
for the Bay Area economy.
For more information and to register, please
visit
http://www.babcsf.org.
FountainBlue and SD Forum: "Policy and Its
Implications for the Clean Energy Entrepreneur"
Friday, January 25, 2008, 8:30am -
2:00pm
AMD Commons Building, 991 Steward Drive,
Sunnyvale
This annual event will bring together
policy-makers, corporate executives,
entrepreneurs and investors, presenting
differing perspectives on policy and its
implications for the clean energy
entrepreneurs.
For more information and to register, please
visit
http://www.sdforum.com.
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New/Renewing Members |
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Premium Corporate
Basic Corporate
Individual Members
- Marion Coker
- Beat Geissler
- Birgit Jaitner
- Astrid Krehan
- Michael Leonard
- Kailen Neff
Student Members
For more information on how to become a GABA
Member, contact membership@gaba-
network.org, or
to sign up online, please visit our website.
Go To Member Directory... »
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GABA News |
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Thomas Neubert was elected new Chairman of
the Board of GABA in December. Thomas is a
Co-Founder of GABA and is currently working
as VP Sales at Vidyo, a well funded start-up
company developing an HD/Telepresence video
conferencing solutions for the desktop and
room systems.
Born and raised in Germany, Thomas came to
Silicon Valley in 1991 and has been
passionate about multi-cultural environments
and every technology that brings people
together ever since.
For the last 16 years as a sales & marketing
executive, Thomas started and managed
numerous companies with disruptive
technologies, from start-up, M&A to IPO, in a
global environment. Growing domestic and
international companies between Germany and
the US has been his motivation to be deeply
involved in an organization like GABA.
Thomas holds an advanced degree in
Computer Engineering and Communications and
is a graduate of the Stanford Executive
Program at Stanford University Graduate
School of Business. In his spare time, he is
also an advisor/mentor for the MBA students
at the Monterey Institute for International
Studies.
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Member News |
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We would like to introduce our official GABA
photographer, Paul DeMers. He is a
Southern
California-based professional photographer
with more than 33 years worth of
high-resolution photography experience.
Recently, he has been shooting our Northern
and Southern California Special Events.
Beginning next month, Paul will also be
shooting and writing a new series
of monthly, photo journalistic features about
some of our GABA members and their companies.
These articles will feature one special
individual or company every month,
alternating between our Northern and Southern
California GABA Communities. If you would
like to be included in this rapidly-growing
list of interested individuals or companies,
please contact us at office@gaba-
network.org.
Patron Corporate Member Mindjet
Corp., making
software which helps people visualize and use
information and with offices in Germany and
in the US, announces the FREE Productivity
Self-Assessment Tool, to find out in just
minutes exactly how much time you could be
saving by using MindManager® Pro 7 to its
highest potential.
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Job Board |
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Premium Member YES Partners, an
International Executive Search firm, is
retained by a client for the following position:
VP of System Engineering for a
venture-backed
Start-up located in the San Francisco Bay
Area, specializing in clean energy solutions.
For more
information please
go to GABA's website.
Corporate Member HighTech Passport, Ltd,
Internationalization and Localization
Services, in San Jose, CA, has an opening for
a Localization Project Coordinator.
For more
information please
go to GABA's website.
Patron Corporate Member Mindjet Corp.,
making
software which helps people visualize and use
information and with offices in Germany and
in the US, has an immediate opening for a
Receptionist/Operations Assistant in their
San Francisco office.
For more
information please
go to GABA's website.
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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 webpage 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 webpage 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 webpage.
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 webpage 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 webpage
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 webpage 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 webpage.
Women in Business IG
Join fellow GABA women and their friends for
this series of events to discuss specific
issues that we face as international working
women in the Bay Area (in business or any
industry), and for a venue to network and
support each other in our respective business
situations. For more information and to join
the GABA_WIB listserv, please visit our webpage.
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