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GABA will be featured in the
German World Magazine!
German World magazine! German World
magazine is the only bilingual
German-English magazine in the US and
has been distributed nationwide. It
provides an excellent resource guide for
anything German in the US. And best of
all, starting with the Spring edition
2011 you will find news about GABA and
some of our signature events in the
quarterly issued print magazine. Check
out your local bookstores, newsstands or
get one at the Goethe Institute,
embassies and consulates!
Sincerely,
Caroline Raynaud, Executive Director
Join GABA today!
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GABA Events
Vivek Wadhwa at
Stanford: Startups around the World
April 5, 2011, 06:30 pm - 09:30 pm
Bishop Auditorium, Graduate School
of Business, 518 Memorial Way,
Stanford
GABA together with The
Stanford GSB Europe Club, TEC (The
Entrepreneurs' Club), SiliconFrench
and BayBrazil is proud to announce a
fireside chat with famous visionary
and entrepreneurial guru, Vivek
Wadhwa.
Bay Area Stammtisch
East Bay
April 6, 2011, 06:30 pm - 09:00 pm
Speisekammer, 2424 Lincoln Avenue,
Alameda
Join us for GABA's
monthly casual get-together in the
East Bay. Please register, so we can
reserve a table for the right number
of people; free to attend. For
directions, call (510) 522-1300.
Cloud Computing:
What is Next?
April 12, 2011, 05:30 pm - 09:00 pm
SAP Labs, Building 1, 3410 Hillview
Avenue, Palo Alto
During this panel
discussion co-organized jointly by
GABA and Churchill Club, major
industry leaders from SAP, Google,
Citrix and Rackspace will discuss
cloud computing and virtualization.
GABA Stammtisch San
Francisco
April 13, 2011, 07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Triptych bar/restaurant/art gallery,
1155 Folsom Street, San Francisco
Please join us on
every second Wednesday of the month
for our San Francisco GABA
Stammtisch. Street parking is
available. The Civic Center BART
Station is 3 blocks away.
Green Building and
Energy Efficiency: From Innovation
to Policy
April 14, 2011, 06:30 pm - 09:30 pm
Los Angeles Convention Center, Room
409, 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los
Angeles
Please join us for the
first event of the new GABA SoCal
Clean Tech /Sustainability Industry
Group and discuss with our panelists
about innovation and technology,
regulatory and Compliance. Case
studies will be presented.
Innovation
Discussion with European Commission
April 17, 2011, 06:00 pm - 09:00 pm
German Consulate General, 1960
Jackson Street (at Gough), San
Fransisco
GABA and the German
Consulate present this unique
opportunity to meet members of the
European Parliament to discuss
innovation in Silicon Valley.
Bay Area Stammtisch
San Jose
April 20, 2011, 07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Teskes-Germania Restaurant, 255 N.
First Street at Devin, San Jose
Join us for GABA's
monthly casual get-together. No RSVP
needed; free to attend.
GABA Stammtisch Los
Angeles
April 20, 2011, 07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Bodega Wine Bar, 814 Broadway (@
Lincoln), Santa Monica
Join GABA as we visit
beautiful Santa Monica as part of
our monthly Stammtisch tour of Los
Angeles. Invite friends, family or
colleagues and enjoy the modern and
comfortable environs of the Bodega
Wine Bar!
Visit
GABA's online event
calendar for
more information and to register!
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Co-Sponsored
Events
SVASE Event:
Founders vs. Investors - Are we all
on the same page
April 7, 2011, 06:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Cooley LLP, 3175 Hanover Street,
Palo Alto
Our lively panel will
take an informative & irreverent
look at what's happening in the
dance between founders &
investors, exploring topics such as
what does each side really want from
the other, who's really running the
company, how does the dynamic change
when new investors come on board and
more.
Berkeley-Stanford
Cleantech Conference
April 9, 2011, 10:00 am - 08:00 pm
PG&E Auditorium, San Francisco
The 7th
Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech
Conference, a student-led
conference, will explore how China
and the U.S. will collectively (and
competitively) create green jobs
from the perspectives of policy,
business, and technology. We are
excited to welcome the U.S.
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu as
our keynote speaker. Use the code
BSCC7CABA for a 20% GABA member
discount. Tickets also include
access to the BSC Launchpad Showcase
and Business Plan Competition on
Friday April 8th at Stanford.
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Industry
Groups |
| Impressions
From The Real Estate 2011 Event
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Real Estate 2011 - Where Are We in the
Cycle and What Does the Future Hold? -
was the topic of GABA SoCal's
informative and well attended event in
March together with UCLA Anderson
Alumni. An excellent panel of experts
and an engaged audience proofed the
topic's popularity. Photographer
Matthew Hien Wu captured the
atmosphere with his excellent photos.
For some impressions please click here.
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GABA Women in Business Group
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International
women entrepreneurs were engaged in
an interactive discussion in another
well-received event of the WIB group
around the topic "Eat, Pray,
Love: the Formula for Women-Owned
Business success".
In
response to a frequent member
request we are excited to announce
that the "GABA Women in Business"
now has a group on LinkedIn! Please
join if
you haven't already and make this
group a lively platform for business
women in the Bay Area.
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GABA's
Industry Groups (IG's) provide
resources and networking opportunities
specific to each industry:
Automotive IG
Clean Tech IG
Communications
& Mobile IG
Entrepreneurs
& Venture Capital IG
Human
Resources IG
Life Sciences
IG
Media &
Entertainment IG
Semiconductor
- IT IG
Software IG
Women in
Business IG
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Member News
Royse
Law Firm on the Law of the European
Union
Roger Royse of Royse Law
Firm, a corporate and tax law
firm with offices in northern and
southern California, recently
concluded a week long course of study
in Strasburg (Austria) on the law of
the European Union and teaching
methods for foreign students. The
program was sponsored through the Center for
International Legal Studies.
Celebrate
Earth Month in April
The Orchard
Hotels and The Real SF
Tour celebrate April as Earth
Month by combining "green" energies to
create the two-night "Get Real"
package. Includes eco-accommodations,
daily breakfast and an authentic tour
of SF by foot and public transit. Cost
for two is $399 with 20% savings on
tour tickets. Valid April 1 through
Dec 30, 2011. For reservations or
information, please click here or call
toll-free 888-717-2881. Upon booking,
guests will receive a promotional code
to reserve tour tickets which are
presented at check-in.
Hessen
Participates in BayBio2011
Hessen
will participate in BayBio2011
Annual Conference, April 20-21
in Burlingame, CA, hosted by BayBio,
northern California's only bioscience
association. It is expected to attract
over 1,000 life science professionals
from around the globe. Hessen will
highlight its life science clusters:
225+ biotech and 900 medical tech
companies, 100+ scientific institutes,
and 32 tech/incubator centers, all
located near Europe's s premiere
banking center and Frankfurt Airport.
GAIS
Parent Talks in April
GAIS Parent Talks in
collaboration with Parents Place:
Achieving Balance and Defining Success
for Children in Grades K - 8, Thursday
April 7, 7-9PM presented by Susan
Stone Belton, BSE.
This workshop will help you define
"success" within your family, and also
teach you what are developmentally
appropriate expectations from parents
and schools.
German American International School,
275 Elliott Drive, Menlo Park, CA
94025. RSVP: www.gais.org.
New
3-Day Program at GISSV
GISSV -
German International School of Silicon
Valley in Mountain View is happy to
announce a 3-Day program for children
ages 2 to 6, starting in Fall
2011. GISSV looks forward to
accommodate your child in this age
mixed group. For further information
and to enroll please contact Stefanie
McKellar at smckellar@gissv.org.
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Job
Board |
Chief
Marketing Officer (CMO)
Boyden Global executive search has
recently been retained to find a Chief
Marketing Officer (CMO) for the US
division of a company headquartered in
Germany. The role will be located in
the Philadelphia area. This position
will report directly to the CEO in
Germany and have high visibility.
Responsibilities will include the
entire print, TV and on-line marketing
strategies for the US and Canadian
markets and management of a team of
approximately seven to nine people. If
interested please contact Noelle
Linzy, Principal, Boyden global
executive search: nlinzy@boyden.com
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Culture Selection
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Max Raabe & Palast
Orchester
April 9, 2011, 08:00 pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
A conservatory trained baritone besotted with
the Weimar era vocal style exemplified by the
Comedian Harmonists, Raabe interprets vintage
hits while also writing original songs and
reinventing contemporary pop tunes in a retro
style, such as "Oops!... I Did It Again" from
Britney Spears and "Sex Bomb" by Tom Jones.
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