British American Business Council Northern California

Events

Our primary activities at BABC are organized seminars and networking events, where we bring together members and prospective members in forums in which they can make new contacts, learn new topics of interest and discover new business opportunities.

These events include a combination of educational seminars, informal business networking sessions and social gatherings - usually centered on our shared British-American interests. Depending on the particular topic, locations vary around the Bay Area. These events are planned and organized by three volunteer committees, one based in San Francisco, another in Silicon Valley and the third in the East Bay. The Committees always welcome new members who would like to apply their energies and ideas towards the planning of exciting new events - please contact the BABC office for details, or talk to committee members when you attend an event.

Please look at what is planned over the next few months, and also visit our archives to view some of our past events.

Planned Events

February 2010
Thursday 4th to Thursday 11th	Mostly British Film Festival The Mostly British Film Festival returns this month with 32 movies from the UK, Ireland, South Africa and Australia. Highlights include two animated features shortlisted for Oscars and the Northern California premiere of the "Red Riding'' crime trilogy introduced by film scholar David Thomson, who has called it "better than the Godfather.'' The series also presents new work from Paul Bettany, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Peter O'Toole, Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia and Jean Simmons in her first big screen performance in 15 years. Presented by the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation and the California Film Institute, the second annual Mostly British Festival takes place February 4-11 at the Vogue Theater in San Francisco with selected screenings February 7-10 at the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael. The festival opens with "London River,'' a profoundly moving drama set against the backdrop of the 2005 terrorist attack on London. Brenda Blethyn is mesmerizing as a distraught mother who travels from her secluded farm to the big city in search of a missing daughter. The closing night film is "Looking for Eric,'' a sly comedy from director Ken Loach about a sad sack postal worker who is taken under the wing of real-life soccer great Eric Cantona. Two days will be devoted to movies from Down Under including local premieres of the political thriller "Balibo'' and "Bran Nu Dae'' based on a hit Aboriginal stage musical. Ted Danson narrates the documentary "The End of the Line'' about the damage done to ocean by industrial food production. "Rough Aunties'' -- winner of the 2009 Jury Prize for documentaries at Sundance-- chronicles an advocacy group that works with abused children in South Africa. Family matinees will be offered of the Oscar-winning animated short "Peter & the Wolf'' and the 1948 classic "The Red Shoes,'' shown in a new restored print. For Vogue information, visit www.mostlybritish.org or call 415-346-2288; for the Rafael visit www.cafilm.org or call 415-454-1222. Venue: The Vogue Theatre, 3290 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 Get Directions Time: Various Screenings		Click here for a full listing of films and screening times
Thursday 25th	Exclusive Tour of The Contemporary Jewish Museum Join us for an exclusive evening at the beautiful Contemporary Jewish Museum, a dynamic and ever-changing museum which opened in 2008, dedicated to exploring contemporary perspectives of Jewish culture, history and ideas. Our exclusive private tour will feature As It Is Written: Project 304, 805, an exhibition featuring a female scribe who will write out the entire Torah, at the Museum, over the course of a year. Venue: The Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Get Directions Time: 5pm for 5.30pm Tour \| 6.30pm Meet for food in the 'Cafe on the Square' Click here for full details of the event		Register Now!
March 2010
Thursday 4th		March Madness - Not the Basketball Variety Join us for some pub grub and social networking at our first casual mixer of 2010. This will be a great opportunity to reconnect with some familiar faces and meet some of our newer members. We’ll also share some of the BABC events we have in store for our members throughout the year. We’ve secured the private room downstairs, worked up a tasty menu of hors d’oeuvres, and we’ll throw in a drink. You don’t need to be mad to attend but, you’d be mad not to! We are giving away a 2 night stay at the Galleria Park Hotel (a "joie de vivre" hotel) in San Francisco. Just drop your business card in the bowl when you sign in. It’s a slam dunk! Click here for full details of the event! Venue: Elephant & Castle, 424 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA 94111 Get Directions Time: 6pm-8pm Cost: $21 BABC Members \| $29 Non-Members	Register Now!
Tuesday 9th - San Francisco Wednesday 10th - Silicon Valley		Work Visa Strategies in an Environment of Recession & Increased Government Scrutiny The first deadline for new hire H-1B visa petitions is April 1st for start dates of October 1st, 2010. Attend the BABC Competitive Edge seminar on Tuesday 9th March in downtown San Francisco and on Wednesday 10th March in Silicon Valley in order to learn more about the H-1B visa and its alternatives. This timely seminar will also cover the impact of the recession on work visas and green cards, layoffs, mergers & acquisitions, and more. Click here for full details of the seminar in San Francisco Click here for full details of the seminar in Silicon Valley Location in SF - Tusday 9th March: America California Bank Mezzanine 417 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 (light refreshments served) Get Directions Location in SV- Wednesday 10th March: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP 600 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (light refreshments served) Get Directions Presented by James Mayock Elliot & Mayock LLP And Gregory Wald Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP Discussion topics: Impact of high unemployment, increased scrutiny & intensified enforcement New barriers for start-ups, small companies and foreign entrepreneurs H-1B April 1st work visa filings - strategies and alternatives Layoff, mergers & acquisitions: employer obligations; employee options Green card strategies that avoid proving a shortage of American workers [PERM] Employer compliance: I-9 and e-Verify; Government audits and site visits Time: 5.30pm to 6pm Registration \| 6pm to 7.30pm Seminar, Q&A and Networking Cost: Complimentary for BABC Members \| $25 Non-Members & Guests	REGISTER NOW for San Francisco REGISTER NOW for Silicon Valley
Thursday 25th		Curious about the world’s most talked about company? Well, there is one Swede who knows more than the rest of us… Swedish American Chamber of Commerce is proud to present: *"Perspectives on the internet (r)evolution"* An exclusive luncheon with Rikard Steiber Rikard Steiber is Global Ads Marketing Director at Google. This includes product marketing and product launch responsibility for all Google advertising products. His speech will focus on interesting trends on the Internet today and how you can use the power of the Internet to generate more business. He will also discuss different perspectives on what could be our generation’s most prominent company – Google. Venue: Urban Tavern, 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 Get Directions Time: Noon Cost: BABC Members receive SACC Member price to attend at a bargain rate of $35 \| Non-Members & Guests $40	REGISTER NOW
Tuesday 30th		Young Turks SAVE THE DATE - more details to follow shortly!	SAVE THE DATE - more details to follow shortly
May 2010
Wednesday 5th	European Networking Evening Venue: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304 Get Directions Time: 6pm to 8pm SAVE THE DATE - more details to follow shortly!		SAVE THE DATE - more details to follow shortly
Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th	BABC Transatlantic Conference 2010 - London, UK *'Strategies for Success - 2010-2020'* “How will the leading business sectors contend with the challenges of the next decade?” Willis Group, The Willis Building 51 Lime Street London EC3M 7DQ The conference will take place in a politically important year in both the United Kingdom and the United States, with a general election in prospect in Britain in the first half of the year, and mid-term elections due in the United States in November. We shall be living with the continuing consequences of the credit crisis, which will, undoubtedly, continue beyond next year and well into the new decade. Our principal focus is to look ahead into this new decade and assess how the leading business sectors in both the UK and US will evolve, adapt, and contend with the challenges ahead. These challenges will be assessed and analysed in a series of presentations and panels led by key global business leaders and sector specialists who will consider the following sectors: Healthcare and life sciences; Media, Telecoms and the creative industries; Aviation, Defence and National Security; Energy and the Environment; Financial Services and Insurance. In separate sessions they shall also be considering how Law, Taxation, HR and Employment will likely change in the new decade. For further information and how your company can take advantage of the BABC 2010 Marketing programme, and connect and network with over 250 representatives from both sides of the Atlantic contact Paul Brown, Director – Events & Marketing on +44 (0)20 7290 9888 or email pbrown@babinc.org		Full details of the conference Register to attend now!

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