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                        SUMMARY:Hybrid GBA Business Meeting - Business Challenge Final Pitch
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<p style="margin: 0cm;">Dear Members and Friends,</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">We cordially invite you to our GBA Business Meeting - December edition</p>

<ul style="list-style-type: square;">
 	<li><strong>Date</strong>: Thursday, 02 December | 5:45 PM - 9:00 PM</li>
 	<li><strong>Venue</strong>: InterContinental Saigon – Ballroom 1, 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor | Corner Hai Ba Trung St. &amp; Le Duan Blvd, D.1, HCMC</li>
 	<li><strong>Catering</strong>: Traditional Christmas Dinner</li>
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After a long pause, the GBA Business Meeting comes back with a special agenda: <strong>Final Pitch of The GBA Business Challenge – 2nd Season</strong>. The Top 6 teams will be honored to present their business ideas at this year-end GBA event.

Physical and virtual participants will vote for the winning team which will receive a monetary award and additional support to turn their business idea into a proper start-up.

Besides the exciting pitch of the 6 teams, a panel discussion on interesting topic "<strong>Insights of Vietnam's Startup Ecosystem</strong>" moderated by our Board Member, Ms. Havana Tong with the participation of two guest speakers:
<ul>
 	<li><strong> Louise Linh Pham, Founder &amp; CEO </strong>of <strong>LOGIVAN Vietnam Technology</strong> | <strong>Forbes 30 under 30 Asia (2020)</strong></li>
 	<li><strong> Eddie Thai, Co-Founder &amp; Partner </strong>of <strong>500 Startups Vietnam, Ascend Vietnam Ventures</strong></li>
</ul>
<strong>The meeting will be a physical event, but also dialling in online will be possible.</strong>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">- Physical Participation: Pre-registration and fully vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19 with a Covid-19 vaccination certificate (“Green Pass”) are required.</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">Seated dinner arranged to promote social distancing. Temperature and “green pass” screening, health declaration required upon arrival. Face masks required by participants on arrival.</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">- Virtual Participation:  Available via MS Teams with free of charge access for the GBA Members.</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">The Meeting Chair:</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">-<strong> Mr. Alexander Goetz, GBA Chairman</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">-<strong> Ms. Havana Tong, GBA Board Member | GBA Business Challenge Committee</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">-<strong> Mr. Lukas Schoeneck, GBA Board Member | GBA Business Challenge Committee</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">are looking forward to welcoming many of you to join us at the final pitch, evaluate the presented business ideas and vote for the winner of this year's GBA Business Challenge.</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><strong>REGISTRATION</strong>: Click <a href="https://rtpm.spectos.com/gbameeting2dec21"><strong><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">here &gt;&gt;&gt;</span></strong> </a></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">GBA Members: VND 650,000 VND - Christmas rate | Non-members: VND 1,500,000</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><strong>Deadline for registration: Tuesday, 30 November.</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;">For any inquiries, please contact our GBA Office, Ms. Mai Anh: <a href="mailto:maianh@gba-vietnam.org">maianh@gba-vietnam.org</a></p>


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