The FACCSF Committees are composed by high-level people who meet regularly.
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 this calendar of events, you will find all the high tech activities organized and supported by the French American Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco.

                                      2006 HIGH TECH CALENDAR

-Wednesday, September 28th, Wine, Cheese and Cool Demos at 6 pm at France Telecom R&D South San Francisco

- Wednesday, November 16th, High Tech Conference  at 6 pm, Palo Alto

To receive any information or for sponsoring, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Previous events ...
In the last few years,, we had very successful conferences:

-Wednesday, January 26 2005,  High-Tech Event 
The Digital Home: are we there yet? (And who will control the access to the consumer?) at 6pm in Palo Alto

-Wednesday, April 13th, 2005  "Internet Security: Will we get our money back? Technical investment or business cost?"  at 6pm in the Peninsula

- "Trends in the IT Venture Capital Market" with partners from Sofinnova, SBV and Partech International
- "Voice over IP, why now?" with top panelists from Vonage, 8x8, NetCentrex, Dialpad and  Avaya
- "Broadband wireless: today and tomorrow"

In 2003, we also 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?"

             2005 HIGH-TECH COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND REPRESENTED COMPANIES

Committee Chair
Georges Nahon, France Telecom R&D, Chairman 
Gabriel Sidhom - France Telecom R&D

Members
Lionel Bitoun - A9 - Amazon
Michel Combot - French Trade Mission
Nathalie Delrue - Worldbank
Herminio de Faria - Bouygues Telecom US
Francois Granade - NexB
Francois Laugier -  RMKB
Franky Le Mezo - Invest in France
Philippe Ombredanne - NexB
Vincent Paquet - DialPad - Yahoo
Alain Fernando Santana - NetCentrex
Frederic Stemmelin - IDB Consulting
Herve Utheza - Herve Utheza Consulting
Marc Verstaen - Beatware
Eva Voisin - Law offices of Voisin and Associates
Carole Granade - FACCSF
Aurelie Vincent - FACCSF