New York City is home to an estimated 7,000 high-tech companies, which provide more than 100,000 jobs in the high-tech industry itself and more than 150,000 technology jobs in non-technology industries, such as health care, retail, and finance. Silicon Alley, centered in Manhattan, is a metonym for the sphere embracing the city’s high-tech industry, comprising different fields such as the Internet, telecommunications, new media, digital media, software development, financial technology (fintech) and other sectors being supported by the city’s ecosystem and venture capital investments.

In 2015, Silicon Alley generated over 7.3 billion USD in venture capital investment. Due to its diverse culture and endless opportunities, young creative technologists as well as world-class academic institutions are attracted to the city, providing new ideas and talent for the industry and making the city the leading Internet hub and telecommunications center in North America.

In the past few years, a growing number of startups were founded in the Big Apple.  This growth is fueled by factors such as the rise of several prominent startups (Foursquare, Kickstarter etc.), the arrival of venture-backed accelerator programs to help young startups get off the ground and moves by New York City’s government to encourage tech innovation.

The German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. in collaboration with Dentons Venture Technology and CeBIT, is pleased to invite you to this event to review current digitization trends in the Tech Startup scene, and to learn about opportunities to gain international business exposure at Europe’s premier Digital Innovation Festival CeBIT.
 
 
1:30pm    Registration & Refreshments

1:45pm    Welcome and Introduction
               Dietmar Rieg
               President & CEO
               GACC New York

1:50pm    “The New York Tech Startup Scene”
               Victor Boyajian
               Global Chair, Venture Technology
               Dentons

2:10pm    “Business Opportunities for Tech Startups”
               Reinhold Umminger
               Director of Key Account Management for CEBIT
               Deutsche Messe AG

2:40pm    Networking & Refreshments

3:30pm    End of Event
 

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