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Event 2004 – European Summit
     
Expanded Europe – New Market Opportunities and Challenges
 
  • October 26, 2004 in San Diego
     
  • October 28, 2004 in Menlo Park

    Expanding successfully into Europe -how to do it, straight from the experts

    Join us in these live case studies where experts from Europe in the fields of taxation, law, staffing, and business development, discuss how Biogenetics, Inc. and Cell Battery, Inc. are developing the right strategies to successfully expand into Europe. This interactive panel discussion uses these fictitious case studies to pinpoint critical success factors and practical steps that your company needs to consider as it plans its European expansion.
    Please read the case studies before the event:
     
  • San Diego event: Biogenetics, Inc.
     
  • Menlo Park event: Cell Battery, Inc


    Expanding successfully into Europe – the lessons learned from the companies who have done it
    Our second panel includes high-caliber executives from US companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Graphisoft, NanoSciences, Inc., PolyCore Software, Inc., Solvo Biotechnology, Open Systems AG and ZMD Inc. who will share their experiences on how their companies made inroads into Europe and became market leaders. They will discuss successful strategies and tactics they would use again, as well as things they would approach differently.

    Sponsored by
    Gold sponsor:   CzechInvest; ITD Hungary; Location:Switzerland+; UK Trade and Investment
    Silver sponsor:   Belgium's Office for Foreign Investors; Flanders Foreign Investment Office-USA West; LEG Thüringen; PROEXCA – Sociedad Canaria de Fomento Economico, S.A.; Saxony Economic Development Corporation
    Bronze sponsor:   Biosaxony, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, Economic & Commercial Division; Euro VAT Refund; Flanders Foreign Investment Office-USA West; German American Chamber of Commerce; Pillsbury Winthrop; PROEXCA – Sociedad Canaria de Fomento Economico, S.A.; Samuels, Green, Steel and Adams, LLP; YES Partners
    Media sponsor:   Bay Area World Trade Center; British American Business Council San Diego; Churchill Club; French American Chamber of Commerce; German American Business Association; Silicon Valley Biz Ink; San Diego Regional Technology Alliance; San Diego World Trade Center; SEMI; Silicon Valley U.S. Export Assistance Center

    For further information please send an e-mail to btw-team@bridgingthewest.org