BayBrazil & partner organization GABA presented: Big Data – Challenges and Opportunities Date: Dec 12, 6pm-9pm Location: Wilmer Hale, 950 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94034 At the beginning of this year, International Data Corporation (IDC) released a worldwide Big Data technology and services forecast showing the market is expected to grow from $3.2 billion in 2010…
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BayBrazil Holiday Party Date: Thu, Dec 6, 6pm-9:30pm Location: LinkedIn, 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, 94085 Cost: Members: free; Non-members: $40; Late birds & at the door: $50 BayBrazil membership is only $100 per year. Become a BayBrazil member today! Join us on Dec 6 to celebrate a thriving community with new connections, new businesses…
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MEF Americas 2012: Mobile Content & Commerce Date: Dec 4th and 5th Location: Fontainebleau Mimi Beach Register using promotional code MEFTHG2012 to receive the limited-time discount offer at $599 BayBrazil is delighted to be partnering with MEF on the 3rd annual MEF Americas 2012: Mobile Content & Commerce – the essential cross-border event for thought…
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This week we had a conversation with Luis Dib, a Brazilian engineer who’s been living in the Silicon Valley for 15 years. Luis is a Sr. Embedded System Software Engineer at NVIDIA. BayBrazil: What is your role at Nvidia? Luis: Currently working as lead engineer for system software (meaning everything that is not graphics or multimedia…
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Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest online market with over 75 million daily internet users who are increasingly accessing it through mobile. Don’t miss the San Jose Mercury News story on the mobile payment industry in Brazil, where several members of our BayBrazil community were mentioned: Eduardo Lins Henrique, Co-Founder of Movile & member of BayBrazil…
DetailsBayBrazil & partner organizations GABA, IEFF, JHTC, SiliconFrench, SiliconVikings & TEC present: Disruptive Innovation in Education Date: Nov 1st , 6pm-9pm Location: JCC at 3921 Fabian Way, Palo CA Education as we know it, has been around for centuries. Little has changed from the model we have all experienced: teachers and professors stand in front…
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The Global Mobile Internet Conference, Asia’s most influential mobile Internet conference, is coming to Silicon Valley. GMIC SV will be making mobile connections globally through keynote speeches, panels, and fireside chats on the Executive Main Stage. Date: Oct 19-20 Location: San Jose McEnery Convention Center, 150 West San Carlos St. , San Jose, CA 95110 Professionals in the BayBrazil network can…
DetailsBayBrazil & partner organizations GABA & SiliconFrench present: Social Media in the Corporate World Date: Oct 9, 2012, 6pm-9pm Location: SAP Palo Alto, 3410 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto, CA Details & Pre-registration Nowadays companies cannot ignore the immense marketing potential of social media. From small businesses to large corporations, everyone seems to be on Facebook, Twitter, run a blog…
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Date: Oct 1st 2012, 5:30pm-8:30pm Location: Kellogg Auditorium, Silicon Valley Bank, 3005 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 Rio Grande do Sul is one of the strongest Brazilian economies and is at the center of market of US$ 2.1 trillion. Its ICT sector, technology parks, highly skilled workforce, significant field of research and development, top…
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During the month of September 2012 we focused our events entirely on Brazil, featuring the country’s entrepreneurial spirit, a pitch session by 19 Brazilian startups to Silicon Valley investors, a Brazilian evening for the attendees of TechCrunch Disrupt and a special reception with a group of Brazilian women executives representing various industry sectors. On Sep…
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Global Women’s Journey, featuring Brazilian leaders When: Sep 13, 6:00pm-9:00pm Location: Adobe Systems corporate headquarters at 345 Park Avenue, San Jose On Sep 13, we presented the fourth edition of our series Global Women’s Journey. This time we hosted a group of 19 prominent leaders from Brazil representing privately-owned companies as well as multinational corporations.…
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The Brazilian Pavilion at TC Disrupt this year was the largest among international groups. Over 90 Brazilian entrepreneurs represented 40 startups focused mostly on e-commerce, social and mobile technologies. To celebrate Brazil’s entrepreneurial spirit, BayBrazil organized a special event for over 150 people. Big thanks to Initial Capital, our partner in this event, and to…
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