Events

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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Enjoy meeting great European friends.

Tesla: Insights into the most innovative electric car manufacturer

Exclusive Factory Tour and exchange with VP Sascha Zahnd

Date
Monday, January 14, 2019

Time
2.30pm Arrival and registration
3.00pm – 4.00pm Factory Tour
4.00pm – 5.00pm Meeting with Sascha Zahnd, Vice-President Global Supply Chain

Where
Tesla Factory
45500 Fremont Blvd
Fremont, CA 94538

Registration
Register early: Seats are limited and reserved for members only.
Required attendees info: First and last name, Company and function, E-Mail and phone number
Send an email to manuela.borden@saccsf.com

Tesla
Tesla, Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto which makes electric cars. It was started in 2003 by Martin Eberhard, Dylan Stott, and Elon Musk (who also co-founded PayPal and SpaceX and is the CEO of SpaceX). Today, Elon Musk is the Chief Executive Officer. It started selling its first car, the Roadster in 2008 which was replaced by the Model S.

Sascha Zahnd
The Swiss Sacha Zahnd has been VP Global Supply Chain at Tesla Motors since 2016. Previously, he spent six years as VP Supply & Procurement at the Swatch Group and 10 years in various roles and countries at IKEA (including China, USA, Mexico). He lives with his family in Palo Alto.