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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Transatlantic Trends in European and Texas Startup Ecosystems
DESCRIPTION:The EACC Texas and Startup Genome present: \nTransatlantic Trends in European and Texas Startup Ecosystems \nJoin us for this webinar on October 19th @ 10am (CDT)\nREGISTER HERE\n\nAbout Startup Genome\nStartup Genome is the world-leading policy advisory and research organization for public and private organizations committed to accelerating the success of their startup ecosystem.\nStartup Genome has advised more than 125 clients across six continents in 45+ countries to date. Our impact is rooted in over a decade of independent research with data on three million companies across 280 cities. Working side-by-side with 300 partner organizations\, our frameworks and methodologies have become instrumental in building foundations for startups and startup ecosystems to grow.\nGlobal Startup Ecosystem Report 2022 by Startup Genome (link)\nSpeakers\n \n  \nDavid Overton – Partner\, Opus Faveo Innovation Development Austin\, TX\nDavid Overton has extensive experience in strategic planning\, competitor analysis and customer research for a wide range of organizations. After completing his studies\, David joined McKinsey & Company as a management consultant\, where he focused on strategy\, growth and profit improvement projects. He then worked in executive roles for several leading retailers\, including May Department Stores\, Sears\, and JCPenney\, most recently as Vice President for Customer and Strategic Insights. \nDavid has served on several boards\, and he currently serves on the board of Mercy Ships\, a leading international NGO focused on health and human development. David holds a degree in Accounting from Texas Tech University and a Masters of Management degree from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. \n\n\nSimon Mak – Director\, Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship\, Southern Methodist University\, Dallas\, TX\nDr. Simon Mak (@profsmak) is Executive Director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Professor of Practice in the Department of Strategy\, Entrepreneurship\, and Business Economics at the SMU Cox School of Business. He directs the Caruth Institute staff and its many community service programs\, such as the Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Awards\, the Southwest Venture Forum\, the Starting A Business certificate course\, and the Startup Camp for Teens. In addition\, Dr. Mak leads the academic entrepreneurship programs at Cox by overseeing the BBA Specialization in Entrepreneurship and the MBA/graduate program in entrepreneurship\, managing a team of over a dozen adjunct professors in teaching over 20 entrepreneurship courses. Dr. Mak also works with the Lyle School of Engineering on the MS in Engineering Entrepreneurship degree program. \nDr. Mak is one of the leaders at SMU in researching blockchain and created an MBA class called Blockchain Entrepreneurship where he taught about CryptoKitties as one of the first NFT (Non-Fungible Token) startup business models.  He has traveled to London\, Berlin\, Malta\, Kuala Lumpur\, Singapore\, Israel\, Beijing\, and Shanghai researching blockchain startups. He has formed a company Genesis Blockchain Academy\, LLC that is supported by the SMU Incubator. \nDr. Mak also researches esports entrepreneurship and just completed a project with a graduate assistant researching startup business models in esports. He is the faculty advisor for the SMU Esports Club and co-director of the newly created SMU Esports Business Management Certificate. He has traveled to London\, Stockholm and Israel researching esports startups. His newest research interest is in space entrepreneurship. \nDr. Mak specializes in ideation (having created an BBA course called Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities)\, emerging business models and strategies\, corporate entrepreneurship (having created an MBA course called Corporate Entrepreneurship:Intrapreneuring)\, and global entrepreneurship (having created an MBA course called Global Explorations in Entrepreneurship and brought his students to Berlin\, Zurich\, Israel\, and Kuala Lumpur to study their local entrepreneurship ecosystems). Dr. Mak also teaches strategic thinking in the SMU Cox Executive Education program called Transformational Leadership.   \nPrior to joining SMU\, Dr. Mak worked as an engineer for Fortune 50 companies Raytheon and Digital Equipment Corporation\, and then was an early employee of venture-backed software startup Mercury Interactive in Silicon Valley as a field applications engineer and then was the Texas Regional Sales Manager after the company’s IPO. He was involved in his own healthcare dot.com startup and presented to top-tier venture capital firms in Silicon Valley\, and then was the vice president of sales and marketing for a startup Asian business magazine\, and most recently he was vice president of marketing and business development for a small\, Dallas-based private-equity backed Linux software company and led the sales expansion into the Japanese market and the eventual company sale to a large Japanese systems integration company. \nDr. Mak earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT\, an MBA in Finance from the SMU Cox School of Business\, and a Ph.D. in Applied Science (Systems Engineering focus) from the SMU Lyle School of Engineering\, where his PhD dissertation was entitled: Improving Investment Performance of Venture Financing Utilizing Bayesian Fundamentals. Dr. Mak is also the recipient of the SMU Cox Teaching Innovation award\, SMU Distinguished Community Service Award\, the SMU Rotunda Outstanding Professor Award\, and the Global Educator of the Year by the Dallas Global Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Mak is also the faculty advisor to the SMU Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club\, the MBA Entrepreneurship Club\, the SMU Intervarsity Fellowship\, is on the SMU Incubator Advisory Committee\, and also helps judge the annual Big Ideas undergraduate business plan competition. \nIn January 2021\, Dr. Mak helped launch the USASBE (United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Tech Entrepreneurship and serves as the inaugural chair. \nIn January 2021\, Dr. Mak was appointed to the Dallas Mayor’s Task on Innovation and Entrepreneurship where he chairs the Big Fat Hairy Audacious Idea Committee. \n\n\nEbetuel (Beto) Pallares – Partner\, Joseph Advisory\, Betopallares.vc\, El Paso\, TX\nEbetuel (Beto) Pallares was born in Cd. Juarez\, Chihuahua\, Mexico and raised in El Paso\, TX.  He began his career as a management consultant focused primarily on the telecom industry. He’s also been a start-up entrepreneur\, a telecom executive\, and restaurateur\, a nonprofit director\, a venture capitalist\, and a professor. Beto’s investment expertise is in seed and early stage venture investments\, as well as venture fund creation. He currently advises a family office on fund commitments and direct investments into private operating companies\, and is the general partner/fund manager of two funds. Beto enjoys being involved in entrepreneurial transformation\, particularly in the Borderplex region where he incorporates best-in-class mentorship\, tech tools and resources for start-up founders and aspiring investors. He teaches entrepreneurship and strategic management at New Mexico State University where he holds the Bill and Sharron Sheriff Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship.  Beto is a Kauffman Fellow and a Presidio Fellow and over the years has served on the board of over two dozen private companies.  He also serves on the board of Exagen\, Inc. (NASDAQ: XGN).  Beto holds a Ph.D. in International Business Strategy from the University of Texas at El Paso\, in addition to an MBA. He received a B.A. in economics from Brandeis University.  Beto frequently lectures internationally on topics ranging from tech ecosystem development and start-up mentorship.\n\n\nJuliana Garaizar – Head of Houston Incubator\, VP of Innovation for Greentown Labs\, Houston\, TX\nJuliana is the Head of Houston Incubator and VP of Innovation for Greentown Labs. A Board Member of the Angel Capital Association\, Juliana is a Lead Investor of the Portfolia Rising America Fund that invests in BIPOC and LGTBQ founders\, as well as the Portfolia Consumer and Rising Tide Funds. She is also an Advisory Board Member of the Houston Diversity Fund\, the Investors of Color network\, the Latinx Startup Alliance and Impulse4women. A Kauffman Fellow experienced in Bridging the Gender Gap in investing\, she is part of the City of Houston’s Women Commission. Juliana was the Texas Medical Center Venture Fund Director and the Managing Director of the Houston Angel Network. She was the Manager of the in the French Riviera’s Sophia Business Angels network and Antipolis Innovation Campus and Project Manager of several International Projects funded by the European Commission. Previously\, Juliana worked for 5 years in Singapore: first as an International Trade Consultant for the Trade Commission of Spain in a broad range of industry sectors and then as a Project Manager for the Asia Technology Office of Citigroup\, leading projects at the international level. Juliana obtained an MBA at the London Business School and Haas School of Business in Berkeley\, specializing in Entrepreneurship.\n\n  \nStephen Kuester – Head of Ecosystem Strategy\, Startup Genome\, London\nStephan works with clients in government and private industry consortia all around the world\, advising on the creation and the acceleration of tech and innovation clusters. Prior to his role at Startup Genome\, Stephan headed up the International Consulting practice at UK ecosystem agency Tech Nation (aka Tech City UK) in London and served as Managing Director of digital Switzerland. \nPrevious to his work in the digital ecosystems space\, Stephan worked as an executive director for professional services firms Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. Stephan holds an MSc in Economics and studied at the University of Bonn\, Germany and the London School of Economics (LSE). \n  \nLearn more about Texas Startup Ecosystems\nTexas Startup Manifesto 2.0 by Josh Baer (link)\nDallas Innovates – Dallas makes list of top ranked ecosystems for second straight year (link)\nLearn more about European Startup Ecosystems\nStartup Genome – Europe’s Booming Startup Ecosystems (link)\n 
URL:https://www.eacctx.com/2event/webinar-transatlantic-trends-in-european-and-texas-startup-ecosystems/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:events,upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="EACC Texas":MAILTO:info@eacctx.com
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SUMMARY:AeroTech Talk at CAE
DESCRIPTION:Talk\, Tour\, and Engage at CAE on Thursday\, September 1st from 5:30-7:30pm\n  \nTAKE A RIDE WITH US!\nCAE will make several of its 39 flight simulators available to guests to experience!\nREGISTER HERE\n\nAt CAE\, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company\, we digitalize the physical world\, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else\, we empower pilots\, airlines\, defense and security forces\, and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe\, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13\,000 employees in more than 200 sites and training locations in over 35 countries. CAE represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators\, surgical manikins\, and personalized training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We’re investing our time and resources into building the next generation of cutting-edge\, digitally immersive training and critical operations solutions. Today and tomorrow\, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.
URL:https://www.eacctx.com/2event/aerotech-talk-at-cae/
LOCATION:CAE (DFW Airport)\, 2929 W. Airfield Drive\, Dallas\, 75261\, United States
CATEGORIES:upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="European American Chamber of Commerce Texas":MAILTO:info@eacctx.com
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SUMMARY:Dallas Stammtisch with GACC - The Ginger Man
DESCRIPTION:Come and join GACC South and EACC Texas at the next Stammtisch in Dallas to mingle with fellow members and friends of the German American and European American business community! Light appetizers and a free drink along with your registration will be provided. We hope to see you there! \nThe Ginger Man features over 100 beers on draught and in bottle – including German ones! This space has a spacious beer garden style patio and friendly atmosphere. \n \nRegister here
URL:https://www.eacctx.com/2event/dallas-stammtisch-the-ginger-man/
LOCATION:The Ginger Man\, 5250 N O'Connor Blvd Suite 146\, Irving\, TX\, 75039\, United States
CATEGORIES:upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="EACC Texas":MAILTO:info@eacctx.com
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SUMMARY:Celebrate La Fête Nationale de France 2022 Dinner at Lavendou in Dallas!
DESCRIPTION:CELEBRATE LA FETE NATIONALE DE FRANCE AT LAVENDOU BISTRO IN DALLAS! \nStorm Lavendou Bistro Provençal with the Alliance Française and the EACC Texas\nto celebrate the National Day of France!\n\n\nEnjoy a delicious French dinner\, great wine\, and the celebratory atmosphere of friends as we gather to sing La Maseillaise for the 32th year…or more\n Who’s counting?!\n\nThursday\, July 14\, 2022 \nRegistration & Reception 6:30 PM | Dinner 7:30 PM \nLimited Seating Available | Reservations Required \nEACCTX members: $90 per person \nNon-members: $110 per person  \nIncludes dinner\, wine & gratuity \n\nLavendou Bistro Provençal \n19009 Preston Road\, Suite 200 (at Lloyd Road) | Dallas\, TX 75252 \nREGISTER HERE\n\n \n  \n \n\n\n\nLe Menu \nLa Soupe Froide aux Concombres \nChilled Cucumber Soup \n******* \nLa Salade Frisée au Roquefort et Lardons \nFrisée Salad with Roquefort Cheese\, Bacon & Pecans \n******* \nJarret d’Agneau Petits Lègumes et Couscous \nBraised Lamb Shank with Vegetables and Couscous \n\nFish/Poisson option will be available \n\n******* \nNapoléon aux Fruits de Saison \nMixed Berries served in a Pastry Shell with Raspberry Coulis and Chantilly \n******** \nThursday\, July 14\, 2022 \nRed\, White and Sparkling wines\, tax and tip included. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.eacctx.com/2event/bastille-day-dinner-at-lavendou-in-dallas-2/
LOCATION:Lavendou Bistro Provençal\, 19009 Preston Road\, Suite 200\, Dallas\, TX\, 75252\, United States
CATEGORIES:events,upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="EACC Texas":MAILTO:info@eacctx.com
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SUMMARY:Webinar | Claims in the EU and the U.S. for Loss of Profit Grounded on the Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Join our discussion\, our panelists will examine the European and US jurisprudence as regards insurance coverage of the loss of profits claims grounded on the confinement and other restrictions across the pandemic. Jurisprudence pro and against the insurers\, lecturer’s debate\, key points on the discussion will be carefully analyzed and used to forecast what can be expected in Europe by comparison to the US. \nAGENDA:\nI. Introduction/setting the stage:\n● Loss of Profit in P&C insurance before the pandemic\n● Key issues from the “old” times \nII. First reactions/first claims after the Great Lockdown\n● How the governments/administrations have dealt with these claims at the beginning?\n● How the public insurers (if any) reacted?\n● First legal actions and the market reactions\n● Market developments in the early stage \nIII. How Loss of Profit is commonly regulated in insurance contracts\n(Country-by-country cases – Spain\, Ireland\, U.S.)\n● The difference between retail and great risks\, multi-risks and loss of profit autonomous covers\n● What the loss of profit really covers in the vast majority of cases\n● Unfair limitations on the coverage vs. legal delimitations of the coverage\n● The “I cover what I cover” and the “you cover what you don’t exclude” dangerous debate \nIV. The Insurance brokers’ perspective \nSPEAKERS:\n● Joaquín Ruiz-Echauri\, Partner\, PÉREZ-LLORCA\n● Sean McCormick\, Partner\, THOMPSON HINE\n● Catherine Derrig\, Partner\, MCCANN FITZGERALD\n● John Lavelle\, Director\, BPL GLOBAL \nTIME:\n10:00 – 11:00 AM EDT | 16:00h – 17:00h CET \nREGISTRATION FEE:\nEACCNY and EACC Texas Members: Free\nNon-Members: Free \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.eacctx.com/2event/webinar-claims-in-the-eu-and-the-u-s-for-loss-of-profit-grounded-on-the-pandemic/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Cybersecurity in Poland...tales from the Front Line
DESCRIPTION:COMPLEMENTARY EVENT – MUST RSVP HERE\nJoin the EACC Texas and Frisco Economic Development Corporation on June 20th for a special event featuring the Polish cybersecurity industry and guest speakers: \nRafal Sordyl\, Economic & Technology Officer Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington\, \nD.C. and Representatives of Polish Cybersecurity Companies: \nBillon\, CyCommSec\, Cypher.dog\, and SafeKiddo \nThese companies have been fighting the cybersecurity war in Europe.  Come and meet them to hear their stories and build business relationships. \nDate: Monday\, June 20th  \nLocation: Hall Park\, 3201 Dallas Parkway\, Frisco\, TX (NOT PLANO) 75034 — in the Ascension Room \nTime: 5:30pm – 7:30pm \n  \n 
URL:https://www.eacctx.com/2event/cybersecurity-in-poland-tales-from-the-front-line/
LOCATION:Hall Park\, Frisco TX\, 3201 Dallas Parkway\, Frisco\, TX\, 75034\, United States
CATEGORIES:events,upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="European American Chamber of Commerce Texas":MAILTO:info@eacctx.com
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