Chamber Holiday Celebration Dinner
	On behalf of the Board of Directors and Staff, we invite you to attend our annual Holiday Celebration Dinner. The evening will have many exciting elements, music, Santa, and a special report on the newest breakthroughs in cancer research from Dr. James R. Waisman, M.D., Vice President of Breastlink Medical Group, who is one of the pre-eminent breast oncologists in the United States. Invite your family and friends to join us to celebrate as we remember our successes and challenges met for 2009.
	Venue:	The Beverly Hills Hotel
		9641 West Sunset Boulevard
		Beverly Hills, CA 90210
		Phone: (310) 276 2251

	"Lord, make me virtuous, but not yet" or Dis-accommodation Strategy
	Cocktails offered by CREDIT SUISSE will follow the presentation
	Guest Speaker:	Dr. Neal M. Soss, Managing Director and Chief Economist, Credit Suisse
	Curriculum Vitae:	Dr. Neal Soss is renowned for providing entertaining and thought-provoking commentary on a wide range of economic subjects.
	Venue:	Credit Suisse
		Eleven Madison Avenue, Entrance at 24th Street and Park Avenue, Ante Room - Level 2B
		New York, NY 10010
		Phone: (212) 325 2000

	Christmas Luncheon and Fundraiser
	This is our only fundraising event of the year, and you will be glad to hear that Robert Jones of Swiss International Air Lines is donating a roundtrip business class ticket to Switzerland, and that Urs Ryser is contributing two of his Ryser Kentfield handcrafted watches to be auctioned off. Napa Station, Vina Robles Winery, Merryvale Vineyards, Seghesio Vineyards, Cuvaison and The Hess Collection Winery are donating their fine wines for the reception and lunch.
	Venue:	The Westin St. Francis
		335 Powell Street
		San Francisco, CA 94102
		Phone: (415) 397 7000
		The hotel is right on Union Square. There is limited valet parking available, but you can also park in the Union Square underground garage for a fraction of the cost.

	Green Energy - What can we learn from Europe's experience?
	A panel discussion event
	The Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the French-American Chamber of Commerce and the German-American Business Council of Boston is happy to present ‘Green’ Energy: What can we learn from Europe's experience? A panel of international experts will discuss Clean Energy in terms of solar energy, nuclear energy, and wind power. What are the global implications of supply vs demand, job creation and loss, and the exploitation of energy demands? How will new energies be integrated, and what innovations are leading the way?
	Speakers:	Vincent Martin, Chief Technical Office, Veolia Energy NA
		Anthony Maselli, Senior VP, Altran Solutions Corp.
		Jay Spencer, Assurance Partner and America’s Cleantech Leader, Ernst & Young, LLP
		Warren Leon, Adjunct Professor, Brandeis University’s International Business Schoo
	Venue:	Ernst and Young
		Hancock Tower, 200 Clarendon St.
		Boston, MA 02116
		Phone: (617) 266 2000
	Additional Information:	Invitation Flyer Online Registration

	Annual Fall Gala Dinner Event and Swiss International Air Lines Auction
	Chairman Roger Wacker Invites You to SACC Gala Dinner Event with Many Surprises! We are very pleased to announce that our keynote speaker for the evening will be Chief Daryl F. Gates, former Los Angeles Police Chief, who will discuss the current state of the Los Angeles Police Department, the role of our new Chief, Charles Beck, and Mr. Gates legacy of SWAT, DARE and security operations, among other points of interest to all of us living and working in Southern California. This is a tremendous opportunity and we are delighted Chief Gates will be joining us. In addition, we will hear from our new Consul General, Bruno Ryff, and Swiss International Air Lines has graciously donated 2 business class tickets for our auction. (Bidder Etiquette & Auction Rules will be provided at the event.) The evening, of course, does not stop there - we have many more surprises in store for attendees throughout the evening.
	Honoring Keynote Speaker:	Chief Daryl F. Gates
		The persona of Chief Daryl Gates is a remarkable one to follow, from his legendary leadership through the Watts Riots, Chief Daryl Gates was founder of the SWAT team and Chief of the Los Angeles Police department for longer than any other Chief in the history of the Los Angeles Police department. Born on August 30, 1926 in California, he is considered one of the most influential leaders in LAPD history and was famous for his strong stance against drugs. Before becoming the chief of the LAPD in 1978 he was head of Intelligence. In retirement, Chief Gates remains active working in Hollywood, is a frequent talk show guest, a principal consultant for Sierra’s SWAT series and runs an investigation company called CHIEF and served on the board of directors of Global ePoint, a security and homeland defense company dealing primarily in digital surveillance and security technology. In 1992 he published Chief: My Life in the LAPD, an autobiography, written with the assistance of Diane K. Shah (Bantam Books).
		Bruno Ryff, Consul General of Switzerland, Consulate General of Switzerland
	Venue:	The Beverly Hills Hotel
		9641 West Sunset Boulevard
		Beverly Hills, CA 90210
		Phone: (310) 276 2251

	Raclette Dinner
	You are invited to our annual Raclette Dinner. Bring your family and friends and let's enjoy an evening of tasty Swiss food and music in a relaxed atmosphere.
	Venue:	Mezzanine at the Towers
		19800 Mac Arthur Blvd.
		Irvine, CA 92612
		Phone: (949) 724 1066

	New England Business Breakfast
	In cooperation with the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce Boston Chapter. SHARE YOUR NEWS- We welcome guests to distribute hand-outs or speak briefly about their company’s news and developments.
	Venue:	Marriott Burlington Hotel
		1 Burlington Mall Road (Rt128 & 3A)
		Burlington, MA 01803
		Phone: (781) 229 6565
		Summer Winter Restaurant, private dining room

	Business Forum - San Francisco
	- Andreas Vogel, CEO & President, Trikora USA
	Andreas Vogel will be talking about launching his consumer product and marketing companies. Join us and enjoy the sunset with a view over the Bay Bridge courtesy of City National Bank.
	Speaker:	Andreas Vogel, CEO & President, Trikora USA
	Curriculum Vitae:	Serial entrepreneur Andreas Vogel is CEO & President of Trikora USA, a company affiliated with Trikora of Switzerland, one of the largest promotional marketing firms. He also owns and runs Barmah Hats, featuring the original Australian Outback hats.
	Venue:	City National Bank
		150 California Street, 12th Floor
		San Francisco, CA 94111
		Phone: (415) 576-2700
		Enter main door, sign in with security, and ride elevator to 12th floor. RSVP required.

	Boston Cleantech Venture Day
	Joint event of European Chambers
	European-American Chambers of Commerce and business groups in New England are organizing the second annual Boston Cleantech Venture Day (BCVD) to assist European Cleantech companies in exploring and taking advantage of opportunities in the US. It is generally recognized that European Cleantech companies frequently are ahead and take a global leadership role in Cleantech. European Cleantech companies are invited to present capabilities, business plans and achievements in Europe to American venture capitalists, corporate investors and potential business partners. We are building on the success from the first such event in 2008. We offer an excellent opportunity for US companies and investors to learn and take advantage of what European Cleantech companies have to offer.

	Business Breakfast
	Switzerland – Your International Management Gateway to Europe
	We would like to make you aware and encourage your participation in a unique opportunity to learn about doing business in Switzerland. The event is organized by Switzerland Trade and Investment Promotion, the official Swiss federal agency providing free advice and assistance to companies on all aspects of setting up or expanding business activities in Switzerland, in collaboration with swissnex San Francisco, SDForum and KPMG International.
	Venue:	swissnex
		730 Montgomery Street
		San Francisco, CA 94111
		Phone: (415) 912 5901

	EACC - Fall Networking Event
	Boat Cruise
	Venue:	The Princess World Yacht - Pier 81
		West 41st Street at the Hudson River
		New York, NY 10019
		Phone: (212) 630-8100
		The boat will leave the dock at 6:30 p.m. sharp!

	Chamber Dinner - Honoring Anne Frank
	A Fresh New Look into the Diary of Anne Frank
	Join us on Rev. Neiman's remarkable journey into the recurring themes of the Frank family’s story – compassion, faith, bravery – themes that transcend the boundaries between religion and politics.
	Speaker:	Rev. John Neiman, Associate Pastor, St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Community, Camarillo CA
	Curriculum Vitae:	There has always been great interest in stories from WWII and none more compelling than the writings of the Diary of Anne Frank. As a fifth-grade student, the Rev. John Neiman couldn’t fully grasp the significance of Anne Frank and her diary. It took a life long journey for Rev. Neiman to form a bond with the text and change his life course. As a history major at Hardin-Simnons University in 1974, Neiman wrote a letter to Anne’s father, Otto Frank and struck up correspondence that turned into a friendship. Rev. Neiman went to visit Frank at his home in Birsfelden, Switzerland in 1976, 1979 and again in 1980, just before Frank died. On the last trip Rev. Neiman met and befriended Miep Gies, Frank’s secretary, who helped hide the family and who found Anne’s diary. Rev. Neiman keeps his vast collection of Holocaust and Frank family memorabilia carefully preserved, including an authentic 1942 yellow star Neiman obtained from the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation in Amsterdam in 1980. For three decades, Neiman has visited schools across the country to present his collection and to speak about the life of Anne Frank, her writings and his ongoing tribute to the Frank family, as a way of honoring them for risking their lives to save others and tell the story.
	Venue:	The Beverly Hills Hotel
		9641 West Sunset Boulevard
		Beverly Hills, CA 90210
		Phone: (310) 276 2251

	The Greater Zurich Area Inc. Presents: Practical Business and Tax Aspects of International Corporate (Re-) Structuring
	Credits: 4 CPE
	Speaker:	Sonja Wollkopf Walt, Chief Operating OfficerGreater Zurich Area
		Christoph Besmer, Executive Director USAGreater Zurich Area
		Tom Phalen, Vice President, TaxVeriFone
		Carol Rutlen,Rutlen Associates LLC
		Bob Giusti, Partner, International TaxErnst & Young LLP
		Pat Powers, PartnerBaker & McKenzie LLP
		Joel Slavonia, International Tax PartnerPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
		Gordon Beckstead, International Tax PartnerDeloitte Tax LLP
		Sang Kim, Partner, International Tax PartnerDLA Piper LLP
		Kent R. Wisner, PartnerKPMG
	Venue:	Four Seasons Hotel
		2050 University Avenue
		East Palo Alto, CA 94303
		Phone: (650) 566-1200
		Ballroom B

	Business Forum - San Francisco
	Venue:	The Fairmont Hotel Fountain Room
		950 Mason Street, at California Street
		San Francisco, CA 94108
		Phone: (415) 772-5000
		Ballroom B

	Heritage Walk - Organized by the Austrian Chamber with the SACC
	Exploring the History contributed by German Speaking Communities in NYC followed by a Cabaret Evening
	Starring Cabaret Sensation Olivia Stevens David Pearl, Piano Songs and Stories from the 20s, 30s and 40s
	Venue:	The Liederkranz
		6 E 87th St
		New York, NY 10128-0505
		Phone: (212) 534-0880

	Alpine Extravaganza
	The Swiss-American Chamber, Southeast Chapter in cooperation with the French-American and German American Chambers will host an evening of food, wine and culture of the Alpine region.

	Business Forum - San Francisco
	SACC Business Forum Stammtisch with SF Swiss List
	Venue:	Pete's Tavern
		128 King Street
		San Francisco, CA 94107
		Phone: (415) 817-5040

	Chamber Dinner
	"State of the Newspaper Industry: Print vs. Your PC"
	Remember the days when you walked into the office and all the different newspapers were lined up along the entry credenza? The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Financial Times and, perhaps, even your local neighborhood paper? If you are fortunate, perhaps your business still is a subscriber and you have the ability to peruse the daily news in print. But for many of us we get our news the second we sign online to check our email or just to surf the web. What is the current state of the newspaper industry? Columnist James C. Rainey of the Los Angeles Times will take us on a fascinating journey through the evolution of journalism and the future of how we receive our daily news. Mr. Rainey has been a professional journalist for 27 years, most of them at the Los Angeles Times, where he has covered government, politics, media, the environment and a host of other issues. He has won national awards for his writing about emotionally disturbed children and about land claims by Native Americans. He received another prize for a series on the abuse of prisoners at California Youth Authority prisons around the state. He has traveled with political candidates, has written features and conducted investigations during the 2004 and 2008 presidential races and also spent a month in Iraq in 2006 following the media and U.S. military efforts. We know you will enjoy Mr. Rainey’s perspective of this every changing industry!
	Featuring:	James C. Rainey, Times Media Columnist, Los Angeles Times
	Venue:	The Beverly Hills Hotel
		9641 West Sunset Boulevard
		Beverly Hills, CA 90210
		Phone: (310) 276 2251

	Club Entrepreneur - "VoiceBase Inc."
	Walter Bachtiger, founder of VoiceBase, will pitch his start up to a group of panelists. Below is a small summary of what VoiceBase is all about. VoiceBase.com allows everyone to store their recorded voice communications online for future retrieval (through key word search), sharing with friends and partners as well as making those communications available to others. 95% of the world’s information is contained in voice communications which until now are neither systematically stored, nor searchable or shareable. Large corporations have been using voice storage and retrieval for years (“this call is recorded…”). VoiceBase empowers people and businesses; it saves money and time and makes them more effective. The impact on documentation & knowledge sharing, archiving and research and many other fields can be extreme.
	Venue:	swissnex
		730 Montgomery Street
		San Francisco, CA 94111
		Phone: (415) 912 5901

	What Competitive Intelligence Can Help Predict And What Counter Intelligence Can Protect In Today's Global Financial Business Climate!
	Guest Speakers:	Marc Limacher, President, I.S.I.S.
		President of I.S.I.S. (Integrated Strategic Information Services, Inc.) with offices in the US and Switzerland. Major companies benefit from I.S.I.S.’ systematic CI monitoring services and early warning systems to anticipate threats, opportunities (and implications) before the competition does, and protect their intellectual assets via I.S.I.S.’ counter-intelligence programs. Marc is a frequent speaker and leading spokesperson for what actionable “Competitive Intelligence” via human contacts can do for you.
		Cynthia Hetherington, President, Hetherington Group
		President of Hetherington Group, conducting online and database research investigations for companies, law enforcement and security forces. Her anti-fraud insights, cyber counter-terrorism program and other corporate investigative techniques may provide valuable insights for your protection.
	Venue:	Princeton Club of New York
		15 West 43rd Street (between 5th & 6th Avenue)
		New York, NY 10036
		Phone: (212) 596-1200

	Dinner with James C. Kelley
	"Global Climate Change: Separating the Science from the Fiction"
	Dinner with James C. Kelly, world renowned oceanographer, research scientist and professor. Dr. Kelly will speak on “Global Climate Change:Separating the Science from the Fiction.”
	Guest Speaker:	Dr. James C. Kelley
	Curriculum Vitae:	Dr. James C. Kelley is an oceanographer with 45 years of research experience on the oceans of the world. He is primarily interested in the coastal regions of the oceans and coastal upwelling, a phenomenon which is responsible for one-half of the world’s fish catch. Because El Niño interrupts coastal upwelling and changes the world weather, he has studied that phenomenon extensively. Jim is also interested in the multiple uses of the coastal oceans, for example for fishing, petroleum production and shipping. He is a frequent speaker on global climate change and water issues. Jim was Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at San Francisco State University from 1975-2001. He was for nine years President of the California Academy of Sciences, was Chairman of the Board of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Chairman of the East Pacific Oceanic Conference and a member of the U.S. Department of Interior’s Advisory Board on the Outer Continental Shelf which advises the Secretary on offshore drilling. He has served as Chief Scientist and Expedition Leader on many cruises around the world.
	Venue:	The Argonaut Hotel
		495 Jefferson Street @ Hyde
		San Francisco, CA 94111
		Phone: (415) 563-0800
	Additional Information:	Invitation Flyer Online Registration

	Annual Members Dinner
	Celebrating the First Year of the Boston Chapter
	Please join us on September 16, 2009 to celebrate the successful first year of the Boston Chapter. Your support, participation, and input have greatly contributed to the creation of our flourishing organization.
	Keynote Speaker:	Marcel Biedermann, Head of Sales and Marketing, Intercontinental, Swiss International Air Lines Ltd
	Venue:	Harvard Faculty Club
		The Conservatory Room 20 Quincy Street
		Cambridge, MA 02138
		Phone: (617) 495 5758
	Pictures:	To view the pictures please click here!

	Early Fall Excursion: John Bucher's Farm and Vineyard
	Venue:	John Bucher's Farm and Vineyard
		5285 Westside Road
		Healdsburg, CA 95448

	"New England Business Breakfast" in Lexington MA
	Venue:	The Residence of the Consulate of Switzerland
		26 Fairbanks Road
		Lexington, MA 02421
		Phone: (781) 538-6647

	Business Forum - San Francisco
	- Vina Robles Wine Tasting
	We invite you to join us this Thursday, September 10th to taste and enjoy a fleet of wines from Chamber member and renowned vintner Vina Robles at the prestigious City National Bank in San Francisco. Derek Rodgers will guide us through the ’08 Chardonnay, the ’08 Sauvignon Blanc, the ’06 Cabernet Sauvignon, the ’07 Red4, and the ’06 Petite Sirah. We will enjoy the sunset with a view over the Bay Bridge courtesy of Joe Sedillo, Senior VP, and David Ryan, VP at City National Bank and members of the Chamber.
	Speaker:	Derek Rogers, Vina Rosa Winery
	Venue:	City National Bank
		100 Montgomery Street
		San Francisco, CA 94104
		Phone: (415) 576 2400

	British, Swedish, Swiss Themed Mixer
	All are welcome to attend. The British American Business Council, Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce, and Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce are bringing together the best of their communities for a special mixer. Don’t miss this opportunity to socialize with our network. Drinks, refreshments and snacks are included!
	Venue:	America California Bank
		Mezzanine, 417 Montgomery St.
		San Francisco, CA 94104
		Phone: (415) 986-5678
		(between California & Sacramento Streets)

	Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard
	"Switzerland - United States: Economic Perspectives in Times of Upheaval"
	Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard will be accompanied by a rather large delegation of dignitaries among them the Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States, the President of Economiesuisse, the CEO of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce and the CEO of OSEC Business Network Switzerland as well as several high ranking representatives of major Swiss companies.
	Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker:	Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard,  Vice President of the Swiss Confederation and Head of the Department of Economic Affairs
	Curriculum Vitae:	As Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (FDEA), Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard is one of the seven members of the Federal Council, the executive authority of the Swiss Government. In 2009, Federal Councillor Leuthard is also the Vice-President of the Federal Council. The FDEA is the competence centre of the Swiss Government for all core issues related to economic affairs and trade policies. In her capacity as its head, Mrs. Leuthard is responsible for the Doha Round negotiations of the World Trade Organization. While Switzerland places a priority on multilateralism in its foreign economic policy, it defends its special interests through bilateral free trade agreements. At a domestic level, the FDEA's goal is to create the regulatory framework and economic policy conditions that enable Swiss and foreign companies located in Switzerland to prosper. Mrs. Leuthard is also responsible for matters relating to employment, professional education and training, technology and innovation. A main objective is to establish a favourable environment for creating jobs by establishing flexible labour market conditions. Another policy priority is to ease access to the labour market for young people, women and older workers. The Federal Office for Agriculture and the Federal Veterinary Office are also part of the FDEA. Through "Agricultural Policy 2011," Mrs. Leuthard is seeking to make Swiss agriculture more competitive by gradually opening it to free market requirements while respecting sustainable development. Prior to assuming her current position as Head of the FDEA on 1 August 2006, Mrs. Leuthard had been a member of the National Council for seven years and President of the Christian Democratic People's Party from 2004. During her time in the National Council, she was a member of the committees for legal affairs, political institutions, judicial affairs and economic affairs and taxation. Mrs. Leuthard was born in 1963 and is a lawyer by training. She is married to Dr. Roland Hausin, a research chemist.
	Venue:	The Westin St. Francis
		335 Powell Street
		San Francisco, CA 94102
		Phone: (415) 397 7000
		The hotel is right on Union Square. There is limited valet parking available, but you can also park in the Union Square underground garage for a fraction of the cost.

	Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard
	Swiss – US Relations: Challenges and Perspectives
	Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker:	Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard,  Vice President of the Swiss Confederation and Head of the Department of Economic Affairs
	Curriculum Vitae:	As Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (FDEA), Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard is one of the seven members of the Federal Council, the executive authority of the Swiss Government. In 2009, Federal Councillor Leuthard is also the Vice-President of the Federal Council. The FDEA is the competence centre of the Swiss Government for all core issues related to economic affairs and trade policies. In her capacity as its head, Mrs. Leuthard is responsible for the Doha Round negotiations of the World Trade Organization. While Switzerland places a priority on multilateralism in its foreign economic policy, it defends its special interests through bilateral free trade agreements. At a domestic level, the FDEA's goal is to create the regulatory framework and economic policy conditions that enable Swiss and foreign companies located in Switzerland to prosper. Mrs. Leuthard is also responsible for matters relating to employment, professional education and training, technology and innovation. A main objective is to establish a favourable environment for creating jobs by establishing flexible labour market conditions. Another policy priority is to ease access to the labour market for young people, women and older workers. The Federal Office for Agriculture and the Federal Veterinary Office are also part of the FDEA. Through "Agricultural Policy 2011," Mrs. Leuthard is seeking to make Swiss agriculture more competitive by gradually opening it to free market requirements while respecting sustainable development. Prior to assuming her current position as Head of the FDEA on 1 August 2006, Mrs. Leuthard had been a member of the National Council for seven years and President of the Christian Democratic People's Party from 2004. During her time in the National Council, she was a member of the committees for legal affairs, political institutions, judicial affairs and economic affairs and taxation. Mrs. Leuthard was born in 1963 and is a lawyer by training. She is married to Dr. Roland Hausin, a research chemist.
	Venue:	Union League Club
		38 E 37th Street
		New York, NY 10016
		Phone: (212) 545 0130

	Business Forum - South Bay
	- Clean Tech Series: New Era of Opportunity in a Resource-Constrained World
	Speaker:	Mathis Wackernagel, Executive Director, Global Footprint Network
	Curriculum Vitae:	Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Global Footprint Network. He co-created the Ecological Footprint and has worked on sustainability issues for organizations in Europe, Latin America, North America, Asia and Australia. He has lectured for community groups, governments and their agencies, NGOs, and academic audiences at more than 100 universities around the world. Mathis previously served as the director of the Sustainability Program at Redefining Progress in Oakland, California, and directed the Centre for Sustainability Studies in Mexico. He is also an adjunct faculty at SAGE at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mathis has authored or contributed to numerous reports, articles and books on sustainability that focus on the question of embracing limits and developing metrics for sustainability, including Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth; Sharing Nature’s Interest; and WWF International’s Living Planet Report. After earning a degree in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, he completed his Ph.D. in community and regional planning at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. There, as his doctoral dissertation, he created the Ecological Footprint concept. Mathis’ awards include an honorary doctorate from the University of Berne in 2007, a 2007 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, a 2006 WWF Award for Conservation Merit and the 2005 Herman Daly Award of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics.
	Venue:	Silicon Valley Bank
		3005 Tasman Drive
		Santa Clara, CA 95054
		Phone: (408) 654 7400

	"New England Business Breakfast"
	Casual networking breakfast open to members and non-members.
	Venue:	Marriott Burlington Hotel
		1 Burlington Mall Road (Rt128 & 3A)
		Burlington, MA 01803
		Phone: (781) 229 6565
		Summer Winter Restaurant, private dining room
	Pictures:	To view the pictures please click here!

	"Capitalizing on Emerging-Market Opportunities" -
	Half day Symposium presented by Northeastern University's Center for Emerging Markets.
	If your company is looking for ways to leverage emerging economies including Brazil, China, India, Russia and Mexico, you'll want to attend this symposium. Learn from senior executives at EMC, Hasbro, Liberty Mutual, Pfizer and other companies about how they're capturing new customers, sourcing low-cost products and services, and tapping into the innovation potential of emerging markets -- and becoming stronger global competitors in the process. And, network with other professionals interested in these issues. This session is offered free to the business community, but space is limited.
	Venue:	Northeastern Campus
		360 Huntington Avenue
		Boston, MA 02115-5005

	Recession and Recovery In the United States and Switzerland
	Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker:	Senator Phil Gramm, Vice Chairman, UBS Investment Bank
	Curriculum Vitae:	Senator Gramm joined UBS Investment Bank as Vice Chairman in December of 2002 after serving 24 years in Congress, including the last 18 years as a Senator from Texas. In his role at UBS, he focused on providing strategic advice to major corporate and institutional clients all around the world, as well as advice to government institutions and central banks. He spends considerable amounts of time in Asia every year, focusing on China, Korea and Japan and in key emerging markets like Mexico and Turkey. Senator Phil Gramm holds a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in economics, the subject he taught at Texas A&M University for 12 years. He has published numerous articles and books on subjects ranging from monetary theory and policy to private property to the economics of mineral extraction.
	Venue:	UBS AG
		299 Park Avenue, 40th Floor
		New York, NY 10171

	"Have a drink on me – A Water Resources Primer for the Intelligent Consumer" - Featuring: Professor Richard Haskell, Mr. Dave Larky
	Speakers:	Professor Richard Haskell, Harvey Mudd College
		Dave Larky, Harvey Mudd College
	Venue:	SLS Hotel
		465 S. La Cienega Blvd.
		Los Angeles, CA 90048
		Phone: (310) 246 2084

	"The Swiss Meet The French" - Joint meeting of the SACC Boston Chapter and French-American Chamber of Commerce New England Chapter
	*** This is a members-only event ***
	Venue:	swissnex Boston, Consulate of Switzerland
		420 Broadway
		Cambridge, MA 02138
		Phone: (617) 876 3076
	Pictures:	To view the pictures please click here!

	EACC Event
	"When Networking Becomes Essential"
	Venue:	Brasserie 8 1/2
		9 W 57th Street
		New York, NY 10019
		Phone: (212) 829 08 12

	World BioCongress
	The Swiss-American Chamber, Southeast Chapter extends an invitation to all members and to the Swiss attendees of the World BioCongress for an evening of food, fun and friendliness.
	Venue:	“Johnny Rockets” restaurant
		280 Luckie Street
		Atlanta, GA 30313
		Phone: (404) 688-4114
		(across the street from the Georgia Aquarium)

	Business Forum - San Francisco
	- New Opportunities in Clean Tech
	Speaker:	Andres Wydler, Clean Tech Entrepreneur
	Curriculum Vitae:	Entrepreneur and executive in the high growth Clean Tech sector with a passion for building and financing technology companies. Track record of leading organizations from inception to profitability, through organic growth and M&A in the US, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Successfully raised numerous rounds of Private Equity as an executive with BPL Global (www.bplglobal.net) and co-founder of the Constellation Investment Group (www.constellation.ch). Experience in start-ups and intrapreneurial ventures (Macromedia, SGI).
	Venue:	swissnex
		730 Montgomery Street
		San Francisco, CA 94111
		Phone: (415) 912 5901

	Annual General Meeting and Dinner
	Guest Speaker:	The Honorable Urs Ziswiler, Ambassador, Embassy of Switzerland
	Venue:	"Violette" restaurant
		2948 Clairmont Rd NE
		Atlanta, GA 30329
		Phone: (404) 633-3363

	From Open Innovation to Innovation Partnerships - A New Paradigm in a Troubled Economy
	Attention: 2 days event (½ day conference (April 30) and ½ day workshop (May 1))
	Venue:	swissnex Boston, Consulate of Switzerland
		420 Broadway
		Cambridge, MA 02138
		Phone: (617) 876 3076

	San Francisco Sinfonietta and Maestro Urs Leonhardt Steiner
	- Fundraiser Gala
	Venue:	The Family Club
		544 Powell Street (at Bush Street)
		San Francisco, CA 94602

Luncheon @ Union League Club