After the frenetic activity of the last few days, we will slow down a bit for a couple of weeks. We were able to attract several people and to deliver very high quality events with top notch speakers in prestigious locations. BAIA is establishing itself as the reference point for the Italian and non-Italian business community and for everybody interested in exploring business opportunities with and from Italy including all businesses related to the Italian traditions and culture.
For all our members and friends attending those events, it has been an incredible occasion to meet other business people and to expand everybody's network. I’ve seen members and guests having a discussion about VC while tasting Valpolicella wine, or explaining the strategy behind a new startup and sipping delicious Italian coffee, or exchanging business cards with the speakers and enjoying Italian beer.
If you didn’t have a chance to join us for the last events, we are not going to let you down: we will have two more in the next few days. For the upcoming events BAIA will be involved as co-organizer or sponsor.
- The first event is tonight November 4th at the Marin Center Exhibit Hall in San Rafael for one night with the Italian Film Festival organized by Lido Catarutti. Today program features “Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?” directed by Pupi Avati.
- The next and very different event is the 7th annual conference organized by NOVA, the Italian MBA Association, in collaboration with URANIA, the Italian Association for Life Science. The conference will be November 11 & 12 at the Stanford Graduate School of Business under the title “Roads to Innovation: International Perspectives on the Generation of Ideas, Technologies, and new Businesses”.
One small request: if you have any feedback regarding the past activities or any suggestion for the future you can contact one of the BAIA board members or simply post a comment here, on this blog.
Franco Folini
