Events

Open Doors at eBay // Get-together with its Swiss executives

eBay Inc. is a global commerce leader which includes Marketplace, StubHub and Classifieds. eBay Marketplace’s online platform ebay.com, its localized counterparts and the eBay mobile apps are among the world’s largest and most vibrant marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection.

eBay connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. The technologies and services that power its platforms are designed to enable sellers worldwide to organize and offer their inventory for sale, and buyers to find and purchase it, virtually anytime and anywhere.

The company founded in San Jose in 1995 is a multibillion-dollar business with 179 million buyers in 190 countries. Since 1998 eBay’s International headquarters are based in Berne, Switzerland.

eBay employs approximately 14,000 people globally. A few of them are Swiss nationals working in leadership positions at its headquarter in Silicon Valley. The Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce has the unique opportunity to meet them and to get exclusive insights.

When: Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 5.00pm – 8.00pm

5.00pm : Arrive and registration (bring your ID!)

followed by: Insights into the work of eBay’s Swiss executives (incl. Q&A)

followed by: Networking with drinks and light snacks (sponsored by eBay)

Where: eBay Inc., 2025 Hamilton Ave, San Jose, CA 95125

Hosts: Karin Schwab, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel / Nicolas Brandenberger, Senior Director Global Brand Strategy & Management / Evelyne Studer, Global Senior Privacy Counsel

Good to know: No fees / Open to non-members of SACC / More info: www.ebay.com

RSVP by April 7, 2019: To register for the event, please send an E-Mail to manuela.borden@saccsf.com

Please join the Swiss-American Chamber in cooperation with WHARTON Club of Northern California for

Fire Chat/Book Event – Twisting Fate: My Journey with BRCA – from Breast Cancer Doctor to Patient and Back. 

Intending to share the hope and incredible advances in research with the broader community, Dr. Pamela Munster describes her journey of developing the disease in which she is an expert in her new book, Twisting Fate.  As a carrier of one of the most feared cancer mutations, she provides a glimpse into the medical and emotional turmoil of breast and other cancers related to the BRCA mutation. She takes the reader through the different stages of cancer, bringing to life the voices of patients, family members and friends living with this disease. With a unique view through both a professional and personal lens, she shows that knowing about a genetic mutation can change the lives of the entire family and spare future generations.  More about Dr. Munster below. 

 

Please join Dr. Munster and Devi Ramanan in this fireside chat/discussion about Dr. Munster’s inspiring book. 

 

Dr. Munster is Professor in Residence at the University of California, San Francisco, where she is also the Director of Early Phase Clinical Trials Program at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Program Leader of Experimental Therapeutics.  Dr. Munster is Co-Director of the Center for BRCA Research, a BRCA-focused clinical and research program at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF. 

 

Dr. Munster is the principle investigator of a research lab focused on developing novel targeted therapy for the treatment of treatment-resistant cancer and their integration into current treatment strategies. The lab involves basic research studies on epigenetic modification of DNA repair and therapy resistance. Her laboratory is involved in several projects testing HDAC inhibitors reverse hormone therapy resistance in breast cancer and to re-engage the immune defense. Over the recent years, her team has been developing new devices to selectively deliver anticancer agents to those at risk for cancer with the goal to prevent cancers in high-risk individuals.

 

She is the lead investigators on several clinical trials involving early drug development for cancer, serves on NIH/NCI study sections and leads international cancer awareness campaigns on breast cancer and cervical cancer.  Dr. Munster has published in numerous scientific journals and has given lectures on early drug development, breast cancer, clinical trials, and translational research and is a strong advocate for patients with cancer germline mutations.

 

 

Devi Ramanan is a Product Leader with 20+ years of global experience leading Product Teams in the Technology (Accenture, Ayasdi), Healthcare (Genentech, Pac Bio, InVitae) and Financial Services (UBS) verticals, at large companies and start-ups alike. Currently, Devi is VP of Global Collaborations at Ayasdi, an AI and data-science Stanford spin-off. She is a technical, hands-on problem solver who ensures & empowers her teams to succeed. Also, Devi continues to be a strategic advisor to start-ups in the Technology & Healthcare verticals. She actively blogs at https://medium.com/@devi_ramanan and https://www.ayasdi.com/blog/author/devi/

Register Online: http://saccsf.com/event/75/fireside-chat-with-dr-pamela-munster-launch-of-book/
Date:  Wednesday February 13, 2019Time:  6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: DocuSign, 221 Main Street, Floor 15, San Francisco, CA 94104
Cost: $ 20 members, $ 30 non-members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please register at : https://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/event/swissnex-demo-day-2/

 

Join us at Pier 17 for demos from the swissnex San Francisco Startup Camp. Expect an evening filled with demos, pitches, networking, and a chance to gain insights into Switzerland’s strong startup ecosystem at the heart of Europe.

Program

6:30pm		Registration & networking
7:00pm		Welcome
7:15pm		Pitch battles
8:15pm		Networking
9:30pm		Doors close

Startups

Largo | http://largofilms.ch |
Largo is developing new models for the movie industry with Sofy.tv and its cutting-edge technologies enabling data driven moviemaking.

AdvAlsor | https://www.advaisor.io/ |
AdvAlsor is introducing the self-aware-organisation corporate awareness tool through AI.

GetLocal | https://getlocal.ch/|
GetLocal is building an online tourism portal which brings all parts of traveling in to one centralized platform to minimize the traveler’s time organizing.

LORIOT | https://loriot.io|
LORIOT services and software enable you to operate large scale Internet of Things (IoT) networks based on the LoRaWAN technology.

IDUN Technologies | https://iduntechnologies.ch |
IDUN Technologies offers unobtrusive, accurate skin electrodes for wearables.

RB2 | https://rb2.io |
RB2 enables autonomous control of robots through multiple environments with neural networks based on camera inputs.

 

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