Aug
Don’t miss this chance to mingle with business professionals from diverse European countries! Get your ticket soon since this event may sell out!
The German American Business Association (GABA), British-American Business Council (BABC) and French American Chamber of Commerce (FACC) in cooperation with the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Danish-American Chamber of Commerce, the Business Association Italy America (BAIA), the California-Spain Chamber of Commerce, the German American Chamber of Commerce (GACC), the Irish Network Bay Area, the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce (SACC), the US-Polish Trade Council, the Hungarian American Chamber of Commerce and the American-European Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations, invite you to join us for another wonderful European Networking Event.
Come and mingle with entrepreneurs, VC’s and a range of professionals involved in cross-border business in a very relaxed and European atmosphere.
Complimentary appetizers and beverages will be served.
Location:
Werqwise
149 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Date and Time:
Wednesday, Aug 29, 2018
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost:
Members: $25
At-the-door: $50
Aug
GABA Rising Stars
August 23rd, 2018, 5:30-9pm
Due to the overwhelming success and growing popularity of the Startup Award we decided to dedicate a new signature event to honor successful and innovative German-American startups.
Our mission is to bring together the German-American startup community, top entrepreneurs, decision makers, investors and startup founders under one roof.
Without further ado, GABA California invites you to GABA Rising Stars at the Fogarty Winery in Woodside on Thursday, August 23rd, 2018, 5:30-9pm.
Tickets
Members: $99.00
Non-Members: $120.00
VIP workshop: $50
Valet parking at venue: $30
Jun
Is the Gender Investing Gap Surpassing the Gender Pay Gap?
The economy has recovered significantly since our last Financial Planning and Investment Management forum in 2012. Has your financial situation improved at the same pace? Have you taken action to empower yourself financially? Is your financial house in order for the present, and more importantly, your future?
Come and learn how the gender investing gap is more challenging than the gender pay gap, and what you can do to reduce it, or eliminate it entirely. Learn more about financial planning, locally and globally, and how your emotions play an important part in your financial stability.
Join this discussion with fellow female professionals who will get the conversation started with their stories, share your own story, and be inspired by an interesting topic and an amazing group of women.
Our goal for the GABA Women in Business group is to provide a forum for women to build relationships, get inspired, share our experiences, and be empowered.
Speakers:
Liza Hanks, Certified Specialist, Probate, Estate Planing and Trust Law
Catherine DePuy, Wealth Management International Client Advisor 1 – Northwest
Kenneth H. Horowitz, Estate Planning and Administration, Gift Planning, Real Estate Transactional Work
Moderator:
Marina Perry, Financial Advisor, Portfolio Manager, Certified Financial Planner, Branch Manager, Morgan Stanley
Location:
Morgan Stanley
411 Borel Ave Ste. 220
San Mateo, CA 94402
Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 pm Registration / Networking Reception
6:30 – 8:00 pm Program
8:00 – 9:00 pm Networking
Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.
Cost:
Early Bird until June 21: $15 Members, $30 Non-Members
Regular: $20 Members, $35 Non-Members
$50 Day of event
May
We invite you to come out to our Young Professional Networking Mixer to mingle with young professionals from different businesses and industries in a relaxed atmosphere. This event is hosted by the Young Professional Groups of GABA, FACC, BABC and other European organizations, and is supposed to provide young workers a chance to meet and talk about their careers, give tips on starting out in the Bay area and help answer each other’s questions.
Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.
We would like to thank our location sponsor:
DATE AND TIME
Thu, July 12, 2018
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
LOCATION
WilmerHale
950 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
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REFUND POLICY
Tickets:
$10
Refunds up to 7 days before event
Buy tickets here
May
Grass-roots IT – hodgepodge and security nightmare, or the trend that will finally bring good user experience to the enterprise? Let’s think this through – with some of the most seasoned observers of our industry on this not-to-be-missed panel.
Some estimates see employees spending more than half their workday on devices and apps that they themselves have chosen. Some threads that we are looking to get into:
- How should companies respond? How do they keep cohesion?
- How do you build software products for this environment?
- Will this accelerate a new age of user experience? Gartner sees immersive experiences as one of the 3 megatrends in enterprise in the next 10 years.
Hear from some of those that have shaped the last decades to look ahead, how they are charting a course for their companies
Speakers
- Justin Somaini, Chief Security Officer – SAP, Angel Investor
- Chris LaBruna, Chief Revenue Officer
- Seymour Duncker, Partner, Mindscale
Moderator
- Tim Bussiek, Technology product & marketing leader, Enterprise, Big Data and IoT, End-user Centricity
Location
| SAP, Building 1 3410 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 Map |
Agenda
6:00 – 6:30 pm Registration / Networking Reception
6:30 – 8:00 pm Program
8:00 – 9:00 pm Networking
Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.
Cost
Early Bird until May 23rd: $15 Members, $30 Non-Members
Regular: $20 Members, $35 Non-Members
$50 Day of event
May
Keeping the lights on with clean energy
Imagine for a moment that we have built enough wind and solar power plants to supply 100 percent of the electricity a region like California or a country like Germany consumes in a year. The continuing rapid cost declines of wind and solar power generation assets make it possible that ambitious energy targets can be met at costs competitive with fossil fuels. However, experts agree, without energy storage it will be impossible to get beyond 80% renewable energy. The variable character of wind and solar power makes it impossible to guarantee sufficient supply of energy 24 hours a day. Energy storage goes far beyond the use in electric vehicles. It is the key to a transformation of the way we generate and consume electric energy. Besides enabling the replacement of fossil fuel power plants, storage has a wide variety of other benefits, for utilities, grid operators and private and commercial users. Our expert panel will discuss topics like:
- What is the roadmap for more storage integration? Germany vs California, what can we learn from each other?
- If the case for energy storage is so clear cut, why don’t we see more of it? What are major hurdles?
- Silicon Valley: Innovation Hub for the world. What is the impact of entrepreneurs/startups?
This panel discussion is organized in cooperation with WATTS & WINE, an event series of inspirational talks and networking all around the energy space and beyond, hosted by innogy New Ventures LLC.
Speakers
- Sila Kiliccote, Staff Scientist at SLAC / Managing Director of Grid Innovations at Stanford University
- Jorg Heinemann, Chief Commercial Office von Primus Power
- Michelle Bogen, Advanced Technology Engineer at BMW Technology Office
- Timothy Wang, Principal at The Westly Group
Moderator
- Eric Olson, Senior Vice President at BSR- San Francisco
Location
| HanaHaus 456 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Map |
Agenda
6:00 – 6:30 pm Registration / Networking Reception
6:30 – 8:00 pm Program
8:00 – 9:00 pm Networking
Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.
Cost
Early Bird until May 17: Free! for Members, $30 Non-Members
Regular: $20 Members, $35 Non-Members
$50 Day of event
Apr
GACC West on behalf of InnovationCamp BW and the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg cordially invite you to
Software Meets Hardware. Expand Your B2B Business To Europe.
Most successful U.S. B2B tech companies generate at least 50 percent of their revenue in international markets, usually led by Europe. Especially German corporations are eager to adopt new software solutions for their production and other business processes and look to Silicon Valley for new partners. This event brings together German corporations and U.S. tech companies that want to drive innovation in Industry 4.0 areas such as IoT, robotics, logistics, cyber security, process optimization, customer experience, predictive analytics etc.
Our keynote and panel speakers will share insights on opportunities and challenges when expanding outside the USA and when partnering with corporate clients in Europe. The event is sponsored by one of the strongest economic regions in Europe: Baden-Wuerttemberg known for its many engineering, manufacturing and automotive companies. Mingle with Europe’s “Hidden Champions”, while enjoying some German food and beer.
AGENDA
5:30 pm Registration & Networking
5:50 pm Welcome Remarks
6:00 pm Keynotes
Lessons Learned on Going Global
Timothy Chou
Stanford Lecturer, Chairman IoT at Alchemist Accelerator, Board Member, Investor
IoT in Baden-Wuerttemberg: Opportunities for U.S. companies
Cornelia Frank
Head of International Economic Cooperation Baden-Wuerttemberg
6:30 pm Panel Discussion on Doing Business with European Corporations
(Panelists to be announced soon)
ABOUT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Timothy Chou has lectured at Stanford University for over twenty-five years. Not only does he have academic credentials, but also he’s served as President of Oracle’s cloud business and today is a board member at both Blackbaud and Teradata. He began his career at one of the first Kleiner Perkins startups, Tandem Computers, and today is working with several Silicon Valley startups in roles from investor to executive chairman. Timothy has published a few landmark books including, The End of Software, and Precision: Principals, Practices and Solutions for the Internet of Things, which was recently named one of the top ten books for CIOs. He’s lectured at over twenty universities and delivered keynotes on all six continents.
ORGANIZERS
Apr
The German American Business Association (GABA), British-American Business Council (BABC) and French American Chamber of Commerce (FACC) in cooperation with the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Danish-American Chamber of Commerce, the Business Association Italy America (BAIA), the California-Spain Chamber of Commerce, the German American Chamber of Commerce (GACC), the Irish Network Bay Area, the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce (SACC), the US-Polish Trade Council, the Hungarian American Chamber of Commerce and the American-European Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations, invite you to join us for another wonderful European Networking Event.
Come and mingle with entrepreneurs, VC’s and a range of professionals involved in cross-border business in a very relaxed and European atmosphere.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-european-networking-mixer-tickets-42681180560
Cost:
| Members: $25, At-the-door: $50.
Complimentary appetizers and beverages will be served. |
Apr
DESCRIPTION
Apr
We love our Belgian beers, but we also know how to appreciate a good glas of Californian wine. Join us for a unique wine tasting event at the Maritime Wine Tasting Studio in North Beach. This lovely venue is only a stroll away from the TransAmerica Pyramid. Our special guests include 30 top executives from some of the most renowned mid and large sized Belgian companies visiting the Bay Area. Gain first hand experience on why California is known as a premium wine growing region, and broaden your perspective by making some new premium connections.
The event will take place on April 23rd from 6PM to 8PM.