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The
High Tech
Committee is composed by high-level people who work in the
High Tech industry in the Bay Area.
The High tech committee organizes one conference per
quarter to discuss important topics of this industry. It also
promotes other organizations' events fitted to our Membership and
Calendar.
On the calendars of events, you will find all the high tech
activities organized and supported by the French American Chamber of
Commerce of San Francisco.
In 2003, we had a chance
to have conferences about " Next Generation Internet IP V6 ",
"
Wireless Gaming change of venue ", " Mergers & Acquisitions -
Strategic Opportunity or Necessity for Technology Firms? ", " Is
software dead? " and " Is wireless international?"
Events in 2005, 2006 and 2007
In the last few years,, we also had very successful conferences:
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January, High-Tech Event
The Digital Home: are we there yet? (And who will control the
access to the consumer?) at 6pm in Palo Alto
April,
"Internet
Security: Will we get our money back? Technical investment or
business cost?" in the
Peninsula
September,
Wine,
Cheese and Cool Demos at
France Telecom R&D South San Francisco
demonstrations from the
leading-edge Silicon Valley companies:
November,
High Tech Conference , Palo Alto
and "Voice over IP, why now?" with top
panelists from Vonage, 8x8, NetCentrex, Dialpad and
Avaya
and "Broadband
wireless: today and tomorrow"
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March,
High Tech Conference
Trends in the IT Venture Capital Market
May,
High Tech Conference
Who pays for software: new and old software business models at Bingham
McCutchen, Palo Alto
September, Wine,
Cheese and Cool Demos
Demonstrations from the leading-edge Silicon
Valley companies
November,
High Tech Conference
Tuesday, June 5th
High Tech Conference, "Mélange à deux: What makes a VC/startup
relationship click"
Menlo Park
Thursday, October 18th
"Global Health, Biotech Innovation and
International Education" at
The Institute of International Education, San Francisco
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To receive any information or for
sponsoring, please do not hesitate to
contact us.
2007 HIGH-TECH COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND REPRESENTED COMPANIES
Committee Chair
Frederic Stemmelin - IDB Consulting
Philippe Ombredanne - NexB Members
Alain Azan -
Soffinova
Marc Dangeard -
Dangeard
Group
Herminio de Faria - Bouygues Telecom US
Nathalie Delrue-McGuire -
Delrue Mcguire and Associate
Paula Elmore -
Nosal Partners
Pascal Etzol -
CMK-Consulting
Christian Gallais -
France Telecom R & D LLC
Richard Gomes -
Mission Economique
Carole Granade - FACCSF
Francois Granade - NexB
Aymeril Hoang - French Trade Mission
Robert Krebs -
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
Francois Laugier - RMKB
Bruno Manh -
Datamedia Usa
Georges Nahon -
France Telecom R & D LLC
Vincent Paquet -
Grand Central Communications
Dominique Piotet - Bnp Paribas
Olivier Poissonnier -
Corporate Finance
Consultant
Jean Poncet - Pertimm
Alain Regnier - Nuxo
Jack Shandle -
e-ContentWorks
Herve Utheza - Herve Utheza Consulting
Vincent Paquet - Grand Central Communication
Gabriel Sidhom - France Telecom R&D
Marc Verstaen - Hyperion
Jean Claude Viollier -
Cap Gemini - Cupertino Office
Eva Voisin - Law offices of Voisin and Associates
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