Below is a central event calendar, where you are able to find key business and social events within you area. This will help you network professionally and socially making your move to America enjoyable and no doubt fruitful. Networking with like minded individuals will help set you on the path to success.
Squire Patton Boggs and NCC Group in partnership with the Irish American Bar Association, the German American Chamber of Commerce and the BABC Northern California invite you to attend a training on Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
GDPR – Are You Ready?: Mapping the Road to GDPR and ePrivacy Compliance to Avoid Significant Financial Penalties
The EU’s new data protection regulation – known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – imposes a broad range of additional compliance obligations on organizations anywhere in the world that that collect or process EU residents’ personal data. This means any organization that employees EU residents, offers goods or services or monitors the behavior of individuals located in the EU or processes the personal data of EU residents on behalf of other businesses must comply with the GDPR. Organizations that fail to comply could face penalties of up to €20 million or 4% of annual worldwide turnover.
Are you new to the Bay area? If so, you are sure to have many questions. We want to help you get them answered and point you to the many resources we all know about; please join our casual mixer and get valuable information about the area and its many businesses.
For existing residents, this a great opportunity for welcoming new arrivals to the Bay Area and introducing them to your business!
The BABC Young Professionals are proud to present the Great-American British Pub Quiz!
So get your thinking caps on and start swatting up on your US/UK knowledge to compete for your national honor – we’ll have rounds of questions catering to all interests!
We’re looking for teams of four willing to take up the challenge – but individuals and smaller groups are also very welcome (we’ll make up a team for you!).
Led by quiz masters Jason Kumpf and Stuart Bagshaw, there will be a set number of rounds of questions with prizes for top winning teams.
Categories include:
- Beer
- Celebrities
- Who said what?
- Business
- Film
- Music
This is a very popular event so we don’t delay is purchasing your ticket!
What does it take to build a unicorn (startup valued at one billion dollars or more)? What do Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest and other unicorn companies have in common? And how can you leverage these insights to grow your startup to a billion dollar valuation (or more!)?
The objective of this session is to show how foreign born entrepreneurs and start-up business owners can stay in the United States, start and work for their company-without being deported! It will also explain the basics of how US business? can hire and retain foreign born talent.
Knowledge of US visa laws is critical to the success, continuance and growth of most Silicon Valley business? and obtaining the correct visa is often the first hurdle faced by foreign founders. So, we will explore the visa options available for foreign entrepreneurs. Then, as business grows, we find that there is no escape from hiring foreign born talent, especially in high tech. So, we will deal with the challenge to find the right work visa for the right employee. And start-ups love the idea of paying less for the best! For which, we will also discuss the do?s and don?ts of hiring foreign students and interns.
And we must remind ourselves that even though we may be in blue territory, we need to understand the challenges that the Trump administration poses to an economy that relies on highly trained workers to compete in a global environment.
This session will tell you all that you need to know about US Immigration laws as they impact US business. We will explore the old and the new and will also try to venture into the uncertain!
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