The California Club

6:30 p.m.

Annual Christmas Luncheon

The annual Christmas luncheon, raffle and auction will take place on December 15 at the Stanford Court. As always you can expect culinary delights from Chris Steuri's kitchen, augmented by the wines donated by Vina Robles Winery and Merryvale Vineyards, as well as valuable raffle and auction prizes, including tickets to Switzerland from Swiss and Belair and one of those unique hand-crafted wrist watches from Urs Ryser.

San Francisco
December 9

Stammtisch

Open Network Meeting

First Swiss art exhibition and competition showcasing the talents of promising Swiss artists. 17 Swiss Artists showing paintings, sculpture, video and photography. Swissartmiami will run parallel to Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the world's most prestigious art fairs.

Co-sponsored by the Florida Chapter of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce.

The Abbey Hotel - South Beach
300 21st Street (between Collinsand Washington Avenues)
Mami Beach, FL 33139, Phone: 305-531 0031

Vernissage: 6 - 8 p.m.

Swissnex conference

Information Society, Media and Democracy - Research Findings and Cross-Cultural Evidences

"The Economy and Markets in Bush's Second Term"

Guest Speaker:
Mr. Neal Soss
Chief Economist, Credit Suisse First Boston

Credit Suisse
Eleven Madison Avenue
Entrance at 24th Street and Park Avenue
Auditorium - Level 2B
5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Guest speakers:
His Excellency, Christian Blickenstorfer, Swiss Ambassador to the United States
The Honorable, Dr. Carlo Conti , Governor of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
Jorge Arrizurieta, President of the Florida FTAA
Rene Kamm, CEO of Exhibition Switzerland
Beatrice Randel, President of AMLA Consulting (ZEMI Communications)
Dr. Luis Villalba, Regional Director of Novartis Latin America

11:30 a.m. Cocktail Reception
12:30 p.m. CEO Forum

Delano Hotel (South Beach)
1685 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Business Stammtisch

Special Guest: Christian Nobs, Qualys: Network Security & the Vulnerabilities of the Future SACC

October 21

Speaker: Jesus Martin-Garcia, Director, eClosion Life Sciences Incubator, Geneva / Switzerland
Eclosion's primary target in the USA is young Swiss or "Swissophile"

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
 at Swissnex
730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
(between Washington and Jackson Street)

Swiss Business Luncheon

"Networking Between Science and Economy"

Speakers: Walter Anderau, Member of the Executive Board, Swiss Re;
Prof. Dr. Alexander Zehnder, President of the Board, Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH), at:

The Stanford Court, a Renaissance Hotel
905 California Street - San Francisco

Time:
11:30 a.m. No-Host Cocktail
12:00 Noon Luncheon

Day on the Bay
Bay Cruise and barbecue lunch with the Red & White fleet,
organized jointly with the United Swiss Societies of Northern California

Moderator: Nina Froriep, Clock Wise Productions, Inc.
Registration: 5:00 p.m. at

Swiss Re Financial Services Corp.
55 East 52nd Street, 44th floor
(between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue)
New York, NY 10055

Swiss Business Luncheon
Speaker: Paul Erdman, Economist and Novelist

Special Guests: Walter H. Diggelmann and Martin Naville
11:30 a.m. - 2.p.m. at Stanford Court Hotel, San Francisco, CA

Guest Speaker:

Martin Naville

CEO-designate, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Zurich

"Trade between Switzerland and the U.S."

CEO Luncheon, 12:00 noon at The Miami City Club

RSVP - please contact (e-mail) Elke Rolff, Global Expansion Group

from 8:00 p.m. at
Dot Fiftyone Art Space
51 NW 36th Street
Miami Design District,
Miami, FL 33137
Phone: (305) 573-9994

by Martin Naville, incoming CEO, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, and farewell to Walter H. Diggelmann, outgoing CEO and member of the Board of Directors.

At the offices of JAMES DAY, 1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Suite 800, Atlanta, GA.

San Francisco
September 9

Industrial Design Exhibition & Lecture from the Director ECAL

Excursion to Cuvaison Winery
Calistoga, Napa Valley

You are cordially invited to an entertaining and tasty outing to the
Napa Valley, featuring the wines of Cuvaison paired with the
exceptional cheeses under the expert tutelage of "Madame de Fromage".

Club Entrepreneur - Introduction and Kick-Off Meeting

5:30 p.m., swissnex, 730 Montgomery St., San Francisco

Swiss National Day

9:00 a.m. All Day Event
The Swiss Park, Whittier CA

Guest Speakers:

Carlos Carcia, CEO, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Latin America
Pete Pizarro, CEO, Telefonica Data USA, Inc.

"South Florida's Role in the Latin American Region"

Breakfast Seminar
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida

"How to Leverage Your Assets to Achieve Financial Independence"

Special Guest:
Hans Overturf, Personal Financial Planning

Dinner Event

Guest speaker:
Mr. Dieter Meier, Film & Music Producer, Artist, Organic Farmer

6:30 p.m.
The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills

"Investing in Uncertain Times"

Guest speaker:
Kathryn Hall, President and Chief Investment Officer, Offit Hall Capital Management LLC, San Francisco

11:30 a.m.
Stanford Court Hotel, San Francisco

"Iraq the morning after: Prospects for Peace beyond June 30."

Guest speaker:
Mr. Bill Emmott, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist

In conjunction with The British-American Chamber of Commerce

11:30 a.m. Registration; 12:00 p.m. Luncheon
Bankers Club, 52nd Floor
Bank of America Building, 555 California Street, San Francisco

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Delano Hotel, 1685 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Roundtable Discussion

"Offshore Outsourcing - Impact on Industries and Society"

Discussion Leader and Moderator:
Dr. Bijoy K. Sahoo, W.R. Holland Associate Professor of International Business and Finance, McCall Graduate School of Business - Queens University.

6:30 p.m., Patou French Bistro, 2400 Park Road, Charlotte

Chelsea Piers - Pier 61 at 23rd Street
Registration at 5:45 p.m.
Boat departs promptly at 6:30 p.m., returns at 8:45 p.m.

Special Guest:
Stefanie Lustenberger, Swiss-California Foundation

ABiCC World Business Week 2004

Seminar and panel discussion
"Business Ventures in Switzerland"

hosted by Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce - Florida

8:00 a.m. at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables (Brickell Room)
Admission to the breakfast seminar is free of charge.

Official inauguration - 6:00 p.m.

Venue:
The Ritz Carlton in Coconut Grove. Entrance is free of charge.

Panelists:
Caspar Spescha, Facts & Consulting Inc.
Daniel A. Wuersch, Wuersch & Gering LLP
Richard Danoff, Tschudin Inc.

Moderator: Nina Froriep, Clock Wise Productions, Inc.

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Location: Swiss Re, 55 East 52nd Street,
(between Lexington and Park Avenue), 44th Floor, New York, NY

Dinner Event

Presentation by:
Northrop Grumman, Ms. Aileen Gendron and Mr. Coory Moore,
The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills. 6:30 p.m.

Special Guest:
Walter Baechtiger, CEO, Point-X Branch Strategy Solutions

Champagne Reception
a unique and exclusive one-week trip to Switzerland for
June 13-20, 2004, organized collectively by many of the largest and most successful Swiss companies.

Casa Tua Hotel (South Beach)
1700 James Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Dinner Event

Guest Speaker:
Raymond J. Baer, Chairman, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd.,
The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills. 6:30 p.m

Wine and cheese reception with various players from the men's and women's professional tour, followed by the night session which will include the Women's Singles Quarterfinals and Men's 4th Round Singles matches.

Stammtisch South Beach - Business Networking Event

Pasha, 900 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Followed by hors d'oeuvres, wine tasting and a light dinner.

Tommy Bahama Restaurant, 101 N. Clematis Street, West Palm Beach.

Followed by EXPOSURE Fotofestival 2004 Artwalk on Clematis Street.

Business Stammtisch

Guest speaker:
Christian Simm, Initiator and Executive Director
swissnex, San Francisco, CA

Guest Speakers:
Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. Esq., Managing Partner, and
John Carter, Jr. Esq., Member, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy

Credit Suisse First Boston
One Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, Entrance 23rd Street and Park Avenue

Business Stammtisch

Guest speaker:
Mr. Toby Hecht, CEO and Founder,
The Aji Network, Santa Clara, CA

"Alternative Investing - the Quest for Absolute Returns"

Panelists:

Richard Chilton, Chilton Investment Company Inc.

Walter Keller, Partners Group (USA) Inc.

T.K. Duggan, Durham Asset Management L.L.C.
 

Location and Event Sponsor:

UBS, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor

A Celebration of Ferraris, Private Aircrafts, Yachts and other Rarities of Live

Business Stammtisch

Andreas Flury will speak on Swiss Precision in IT Education: "How Switzerland's Educational System delivers profoundly trained IT professionals".