EI Palo Alto is hosting a networking mixer in Seattle on 01 July – please mark your calendar.  Networking will focus on Digital Media and Telecoms contacts. Tap House Grill. 550 106th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004

Successful US Market Entry Strategies in Today’s Economy
What every foreign company should know about doing business in Silicon Valley

June 24, 2009, 6-8pm
San José City Hall, Wing Building
First Floor, Committee Meeting Rooms 118/119
200 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Join us for a moderated panel discussion with executives from established foreign technology companies that have made Silicon Valley their gateway to the US Market. You’ll hear about their success stories and how they’ve overcome challenges faced by many foreign companies when entering the United States.

Attendees will learn strategies for understanding your competitive edge, building partnerships, managing intercultural challenges and also the latest news on immigration policies.

Moderator: Chuck Erickson, CEO, US Market Access Center
Panelists: Michiru Lackey, Project Coordinator, JETRO (Japan)
Joni Girardi, Sales Director, DataSelf Corp., (Brazil)
Matthew Hately, General Manager, California, Macadamian (Canada)
Jang H. Im, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. (Immigration Attorney)

Who should attend: Tech entrepreneurs and executives from foreign countries that have recently arrived to the Bay Area.
Trade commissioners and business development representatives from international agencies in the Bay Area.

Format: 6pm-7pm: Registration and networking
7pm-8pm: Panel discussion

Cost: $30.00 Register

Key issues addressed:

Seizing Silicon Valley. How to determine your market potential prior to entering the US, and how to identify challenges and opportunities in the current economy.

Preparation. How do you determine your value proposition in the US compared to your home country?

Learn how to develop an ideal strategy that fits with your timeline and budget. What immigration implications exist?

Soft Landing in the US. Once you are active in the US, what types of business development strategies will work for you?

Exit Strategy. What is your end goal and how do you position your business accordingly? (e.g. – licensing technology, acquisition, funding, expanding customer base.

Event sponsor: Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

This week, the CEOs of 27 Irish companies will converge at Stanford for the first module of the 2009 Leadership 4 Growth program.  Learn more here

LEADERSHIP 4 GROWTH

Now in its third year, this popular initiative empowers Irish CEOs with leadership strategies for global business success.  Designed by Enterprise Ireland and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the program is targeted for CEOs of high-growth companies spanning different stages of corporate development.

The program offers a unique opportunity to enhance the impact of leadership on company growth.  It combines Stanford’s world-class faculty, engagement with highly successful entrepreneurs, a unique coaching and mentoring approach, and practical strategy execution support to inspire ideas and provide knowledge and skills tailored to specific business needs.

Title: DDW – Irish Symposium
Location: Hilton, Chicago, Il. USA
Link out: Click here
Description: For the first time ever, a country will be represented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), the world’s largest gathering of professionals in the Gastroenterology and Immunology fields. Enterprise Ireland is hosting a symposium on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009, which will highlight on a global platform Ireland’s competence in these therapeutic areas. Ireland’s expertise in this space is built on the foundation of quality research being carried out in Ireland by leading researchers, championed by Irish world renowned Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and driven commercially by the wealth of best-in-class Irish indigenous companies whose innovative research and products are pioneering the way in this field.

The symposium will be led by Irish-based KOLs including Dr. Eamonn Quigley, Dr. Fergus Shanahan, Dr. Laurence Egan, Professor Luke O’Neill and Professor Dermot Kelleher; and will be co-chaired by Irish US-based KOLs – Dr. Joseph Murray of the Mayo Clinic and Dr. Ciaran Kelly of Harvard Medical School.
Register Here

http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/Event_Registrations/2009/GIIreland/Register.aspx

Agenda

http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/IrelandGI/Agenda.htm

Key Opinion Leaders

http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/IrelandGI/KOLs.htm

Start Time: 6:00 pm
Date: 2009-06-02
End Time: 8:30