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We Shape the Future of San Francisco in Becoming a Resilient Global City.
We Shape the Future of San Francisco in Becoming a Resilient Global City.
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In today’s episode, Darlene and Bruce talk with David Schaffer, the incoming Director of QB3 (the life science consortium of UC Berkeley, UCSF and UC Santa Cruz), on the origins of QB3, its role in generating research in some of the most challenging areas in biotech today, the challenges of making life sciences research available to companies and eventually to the public, and QB3's place at the center of the Bay Area’s biotech ecosystem.
In today’s episode, we are delighted to have the Honorable, Levan Beridze, Consul General of Georgia in San Francisco.
Listen in as the Consul General shares Georgia’s economic development and business environment, as well as Georgia’s perspective on regional economic expansion and the strengthening of the transport and transit corridors for additional energy independence and regional economic security.
Also, with regard to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Consul General also illustrates the effects of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine on regional trade, commerce and economic cooperation.
GlobalSF congratulates the people of Japan on the occasion of their National Foundation Day, which was on February 11, as well as the 62nd birthday of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan on February 23. In today’s episode, we are delighted to have the Honorable, Hiroshi Kawamura, Consul General of Japan in San Francisco.
Listen in as the Consul General shares the mission and goals of the office, as well as the industry focuses of Japan.
The pandemic drastically changed the direction the food and beverage industry was going. Supply chain crisis and inflation are some of the illustrations of how the pandemic transformed the entire industry.
In today’s episode, we are excited to have George Chen, Founder of China Live San Francisco, a culinary and cultural destination in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown. Listen in as George shared his thoughts about the global food industry changes as well as his upcoming innovative projects.
GlobalSF welcomed California’s new and first female Consul General of Malaysia in Los Angeles, Mrs. Anil Fahriza Adenan who commenced her term of service last October.
Listen-in as the Consul General reveals the goals and future plans for the Consulate General of Malaysia in Los Angeles, focusing in particular on business and trade, as well as on cultural development.
GlobalSF congratulates the people of Germany on the occasion of their National Day, known as Unity Day, which was on Sunday October 3. In today’s episode, we are delighted to have the Honorable Oliver Schramm, Consul General of Germany in San Francisco.
Listen in as the Consul General shares the mission and goals of the office, as well as the German business footprint in the United States. The Consulate would like to also share that they have a weekly podcast program at www.radiogoethe.org to tell the fascinating stories of Germans coming to San Francisco in the 19th century and the footprint in the Bay Area.
In today’s episode, Dr. N. Bruce Pickering, Senior Policy Advisor of GlobalSF is joined by Laura Jenkins, Director of Partnerships of GlobalSF, to share about the accomplishments GlobalSF has made to foster the growth of California’s economy.
Listen in as we reflect on 2021, despite the pandemic being ever-present, how GlobalSF connected the dots around the globe through the 2021 Grand Challenge, GlobalSF’s newest initiative: GlobalSF Women, as well as the upcoming innovation tours that GlobalSF is helping with a regenerative sustainable economic garden in San Francisco.
According to Fairtrade International data, an estimated 1.6 billion cups of coffee are brewed every single day, while coffee farmers are stuck in a poverty loop selling their coffees 20% below margin. In today's episode, we are delighted to have Maria Palacio, Co-founder and CEO of Progeny Coffee.
Progeny Coffee is a fair trade coffee brand which aims to provide a high-end customer experience and takes care of its farmers. Tune in and listen to the story behind Progeny Coffee and how Progeny born from the necessity to fix a broken coffee chain. Shop for the fair trade coffee and learn all about the products and the people here: https://progenycoffee.com
Interested in tasting Progeny Coffee for yourself? Maria and Progeny will be featured as a “pop-up” at the GlobalSF Women Launch event on December 16th at The Cheese School of San Francisco.
In today's episode, we are delighted to have Benjamin Knopp, Representative Director of Kurashu, one of our partners of the Food Innovation Tour to Japan which will take place in September 2022, to tell us more about Japanese sake.
Kurashu is a platform for people to easily discover and experience their perfect sake flavor profile and for small, high quality breweries located throughout Japan to connect and understand their customers better. Find your perfect sake match and learn all about the product, the people, and breweries here: www.kurashu.jp
The world of Sake may be complex and difficult to navigate. Listen in and learn more about how Kurashu helps match the customers with the right sake products so as to deliver an authentic, interesting, and of course delicious, sake experience.
Circular economy has been a crucial topic of discussion in recent years all over the globe while the Netherlands aims to achieve a fully circular economy by 2050. In today's episode, we are delighted to have the Honorable Dirk Janssen, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in San Francisco.
Listen-in as the Consul General shares the ambition of the Dutch economy to be entirely circular as well as the role of his office in building connections for the Dutch technology innovation community in Silicon Valley.
Homelessness, one of the top priorities for the city and state government to address, has been a crisis for the State of California for years. Interim supportive housing is an effective and cost efficient homeless housing solution that helps reduce homeless encampments and restores dignity.
In this episode, GlobalSF welcomes Elizabeth Funk, Founder & Executive Chairman Of The Board of DignityMoves as well as Executive Director, Sharon Lai. Listen as we learn about the first impact investment fund focused on transitional homelessnesss solutions, their scalable interim homeless housing solutions, and how you can get involved.
Supply chains have been severely disrupted all around the world. Global challenges such as the pandemic, the US-China trade war, and terrorism have tested the ingenuity, resiliency and flexibility of supply chain leaders, as they have sought to maintain essential operations.
In this episode, Dr. N. Bruce Pickering, Senior Policy Advisor of GlobalSF and Mr. Hans Galland, CEO & Founder of Haulistix as well as Co-chair of the GlobalSF board discuss how to maintain an open flow of logistics under the acute disruption of supply chains. Listen in to learn more about the roles of the governments and the multi-generational trucking companies in maintaining resiliency of the value chain.
Hong Kong has been renowned for being one of the world's most prosperous economies and a hub for international trade and investment. Hong Kong is also an art & cultural center that nurtures outstanding talents and possesses world-class art facilities.
In today’s episode, we are excited to have Ms. Jacko Tsang, Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco, which is dedicated to promoting economic and trade connections between Hong Kong and the 19 states of the Western United States. Listen & learn more about the goals of the office as well as the upcoming webinar in October and November held by the office.
The Food & Beverage Industry was one of the sectors that were most disrupted by the pandemic. Cities in lockdown facilitate the food delivery service industry while restaurants suffer from suspending dine-in services.
In today’s episode, we are excited to have Mr. Hanson Li, Founder of Salt Partners Group, which is a development and investment company focused on the food and beverage industry. Listen in to learn more about Hanson’s first-hand experience of the major changes in foodservice trends.
GlobalSF congratulates the people of Mexico on the occasion of their National Day, which was on Thursday September 16. In today’s episode, we are excited to have the Honorable Remedios Gomez Arnau, Consul General of Mexico in San Francisco.
The Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco was the first Mexican consulate office opened in the West Coast of the United States. Listen in as the Consul General shares with us more on the mission of the consulate office as well as economic achievements of Mexico and the exciting news of an upcoming economic delegation to San Francisco.
GlobalSF congratulates the people of Brazil on the occasion of their National Day, which was on Tuesday, September 7. In today’s episode, we are excited to have the Honorable Ambassador Mr. Adalnio Senna Ganem, Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco.
One of the similarities between the economy of Brazil and California is that both put emphasis on the agriculture industry. Listen in as the Consul General shares with us more on Brazil regarding the aircraft and agricultural development as well as the environmental efforts in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Insights from Coyote Ventures: Investing in Women’s Health and Wellness - A $1T+ market in 2027
Women’s health and wellness are being considered now more than ever. The female technology (femtech) industry is an emerging global market and Femtech companies are sharply on the rise thanks to the awareness of addressing the needs of women.
In today’s episode, we are excited to have Ms. Jessica Karr and Dr. Brittany Barreto, who are the founders and General Partners of Coyote Ventures. Coyote Ventures is a $10M seed-stage venture fund in the United States investing in companies innovating in women’s health and wellness that targets to improve women's lives. Listen in to learn more about the femtech industry as well as our partners at Coyote Ventures.
GlobalSF congratulates the people of Uruguay on the occasion of their National Day, which was on Wednesday August 25. In today’s episode, we are excited to have the Honorable Mr. Ignacio Gonzalez, Consul General of Uruguay in San Francisco.
The Uruguayan Consulate in San Francisco was established in 2019. The office intends to act as a bridge not only between Uruguay and the United States but also technology & software innovation spaces as well. Listen in as the Consul General introduces Uruguay in a broad dimension and reveals his goals for one of San Francisco’s newest consulates.
San Diego may be well known for its beaches and wonderful weather, but some may not know that it is also a hub for biotech, pharmaceutical research and innovation.
In today’s episode, we have Dr. Mary Walshok, Associate Vice Chancellor of Public Programs at the University of California San Diego, who also concurrently serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Sociology. Dr. Walshok joins Dr. N. Bruce Pickering, Senior Policy Advisor of GlobalSF to share with us their thoughts on San Diego. Dr. Walshok also explains how California has become a future-focus state.
In the previous weeks, the Chinese government made several announcements that it would have firmer control over its Finance, Energy and Tech industries. The crackdown of technology giants, for instance Tencent and DiDi has been a controversial topic all around the world.
In today’s episode, we have Dr. N. Bruce Pickering, Senior Policy Advisor of GlobalSF to share his view on China’s economy. Darlene and Bruce also discussed China’s challenges with its "free market economy". We continue to watch how everything will play out.
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