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East Bay EDA’s East Bay Global Forum
East Bay EDA is excited to host the East Bay Global Forum on Thursday, September 11, an event highlighting our region’s international partnerships, collaboration, and innovation. Join us for conversations with local international leaders, business representatives, and trade officials. Honored guests will include Consul Generals from our region’s largest trading partners. This event is presented by Sutter Health.
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Caroline Winnett, Executive Director, Berkeley SkyDeck, will present the keynote presentation. Skydeck is UC Berkeley’s official startup accelerator. The Berkeley SkyDeck Fund is the investment partner for UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck Accelerator Program. The Fund invests $200K into each startup that goes through SkyDeck and can participate in later stage investment rounds with Berkeley founders. One of the most active seed investors in the Bay Area, the Fund has made over 130 investments in 3 years.
Event Emcee
Ruben Lizardo, Director, Local Government and Community Relations, UC Berkeley
Industry and Investment Panel
Moderator: Darlene Chiu Bryant, Executive Director, GlobalSF
- Dr. Seth Sanders, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Amber Kinetics
- Megan Lehtonen, Sr. Director, Business Affairs and Strategic Initiatives, AVEVA
- Heike Abeck, Sr. Director, BioPartnering and Development Program Lead, Bayer
- Sam Fahmy, President and CEO, Ripcord
International Panel
Moderator: Emily Desai, Chief Deputy Director, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)
- Consul General Rana Sarkar, Consulate General of Canada to the United States, in San Francisco
- Consul Marta Kujawa, German Consulate General San Francisco
- Kanako Watanabe, Chief Executive Director, JETRO – Japan External Trade Organization
- Consul General Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez, Consulado General de México en San Francisco