Media Alert: London & Partners to Host 'Bridging the Tech Gap' Panel and Networking Event Thursday, December 8 in San Francisco

WHAT:

 "Staying on the Leading Edge: Business Success through Global Expansion"

 The UK's booming technology sector is worth $184 billion and is the largest technology market in Europe. London boasts the largest concentration of IT companies in the UK, serving as a base for roughly 40 percent of all IT businesses.

 The panel of tech executives will share insight on the opportunities and challenges technology companies face when taking their brands global. The panel will explore why London's East End is a central hub for emerging technology companies, as well as:

•  Best practices for globalizing your business and launching into new markets during an economic downturn

•  How American companies are leveraging London specifically for growth and expansion

•  Technology trends in the UK market including the latest on London's burgeoning Tech City

 The event will be streamed live online and archived at http://www.ustream.tv/londonpartners for those unable to attend in-person; questions will be taken via Twitter.

WHO: 

 Hosted by London & Partners, London's official agency working to deliver value to businesses interested in setting up in London. The organization is comprised of a wide range of business experts and has helped over 2,000 companies from over 40 different countries successfully expand into London.

 Panelists at this event include:

•  Narinder Singh, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Appirio

•  Kristina Gibson, Sr. Product Manager, International, Eventbrite

•  Travis Wallis, Director, Strategy, PeopleBrowsr

•  Paul Ford, Chief Strategy Officer, SoftLayer

• Jonathan Rubens, Partner, LeClairRyan (moderator)  

 The event is sponsored by:

•  PeopleBroswr ― a global social analytics leader, building social analytics solutions that deliver uniquely intelligent analysis of social media streams for brands and agencies that seek to track real-time conversations, identify people and engage them in real time.

•  Oury Clark ― a professional services group embracing traditional accounting and legal firms together with market entry advice and support.

•  SoftLayer ― an innovation leader in cloud, dedicated, and managed web hosting, and one of the largest privately owned hosting companies in the world.

WHEN: 

 Thursday, December 8, 2011

 Event registration: 6:00-6:30pm

 Panel discussion: 6:30-7:30pm

 Networking reception:  7:30-9:00pm

WHERE: 

 PeopleBrowsr Office

 474 Bryant Street

 San Francisco, CA 94107

RSVP: 

 To register for the event, please visit http://londonandpartners.eventbrite.com/