The Wireless Life Sciences Alliance’s 9th annual Convergence Summit bring together healthcare, technology, and wireless health communication leaders to address key issues facing digital health and health IT community. The two-day agenda features 40 speakers, interactive sessions, structured networking, wireless technology best practices, and industry demos. More information and online registration is here.
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Techweek Detroit
This conference for showcasing local startup ecosystems—Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, and New York are Techweek’s other locations in 2014—comes to Detroit May 19-25. It includes a two-day conference with presentations from top tech CEOs, as well as various events including a technology expo, startup LAUNCH competition, Food Truck Face Off, FashionTECH Runway Show, and nightly … Continue reading “Techweek Detroit”
Big Data and Analytics in M2M Communications
There has been a lot of talk about the potential of Big Data in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT). The technology has matured to the point where remote sensors and devices generate Internet data in real time, and millions of connected customers eagerly seek valuable health, security, and financial information. CommNexus … Continue reading “Big Data and Analytics in M2M Communications”
CyberHive SAM Fest (Startups, Art, Music)
The SAM Fest is part of San Diego Startup Week. It is an all-day pitch event (with music and art) for cybersecurity, Internet-of-things, Big Data, and analytic companies. Industry leaders as well as a stellar lineup of startup companies will be showcasing their new technology concepts. Before kicking off, the San Diego CyberHive will lift … Continue reading “CyberHive SAM Fest (Startups, Art, Music)”
MIT Enterprise Forum: Weather Forecasting
The MIT Enterprise Forum hosts this discussion of how the technology behind weather forecasting works. Some of Michigan’s top meteorologists will be on hand to show attendees their tools and tricks of the trade. Click here to register.
Announcing Xconomy University’s First Class: The Mobile Roadmap, May 6
We’re all on the move these days. And one of our biggest fears, more than losing our wallets and purses, is leaving our phones behind. But the amazing amount of innovation we’ve experienced so far when it comes to phones and mobile computing is just the tip of the iceberg. And maybe what we should … Continue reading “Announcing Xconomy University’s First Class: The Mobile Roadmap, May 6”
Greentech Media Presents: Grid Edge Live
The inaugural Grid Edge Live is the authoritative industry gathering about the undeniable transition of the electric power industry into a next-generation, holistic, distributed energy system. The conference brings together power industry leaders, grid modernization technology vendors, distributed generation and storage professionals, policy experts, and commercial energy managers. Register today to take advantage of discount … Continue reading “Greentech Media Presents: Grid Edge Live”
Rice Business Plan Competition
The 2014 Rice Business Plan Competition features 42 startup teams. This year, for the first time, a team from Kenya will compete as well as one from Taiwan. For the full schedule, click here.
Final Pitches at UH 3-Day Startup
Join University of Houston students for final pitches at the end of the annual 3-Day Startup program. To register, click here.
Corporate Innovation Summit
From the event organizers: The path to growth can lead in many directions. But growth leaders are sharpening their focus on innovation as the most promising route to long-term, sustainable growth. To supplement traditional new product and service development, larger businesses are looking to acquire innovation – through investment or more directly by buying smaller, … Continue reading “Corporate Innovation Summit”
Ultra Light Startups Future Energy Pitch Event
Future Energy Investor Feedback Forum sponsored by Shell International’s GameChanger Program in New York City is on April 9. Future Energy, is a series of pitch events that connects energy related startups with venture capital and corporate investors in the energy and clean-tech industries. Panelists include investors from Shell, GE, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield … Continue reading “Ultra Light Startups Future Energy Pitch Event”
Nantucket Conference 2014
Our theme for 2014 is BOS + NYC. Too often, we talk about Boston versus New York. At Nantucket, we’re going to focus on ways to scale more massive companies, and promote even more VC and angel activity, in these two great cities. Joining us as speakers will be the CEOs of Constant Contact, Etsy, … Continue reading “Nantucket Conference 2014”
Convergence Forum East
Information and registration here. The Convergence Forum brings together high-level healthcare players to discuss and debate the most pressing topics of interest to the industry – topics like forging strong corporate partnerships; attracting funding from private and public sources; building successful research organizations; streamlining product development and approval; understanding the coming convergence of biology, software, … Continue reading “Convergence Forum East”
MITX 2014 Mobile Summit
Information and registration here. We are well beyond anointing 2014 as yet another “Year of Mobile.” Mobile is firmly entrenched in our work and everyday lives – and it’s no longer about what handheld device we use, it is now a mindset and a way of life. The change from mobile as device to mobile … Continue reading “MITX 2014 Mobile Summit”
BioHouston Chili Cook-off
BioHouston holds its 11th annual Chili Cookoff at Bayou City Events Center. For more information, click here.
San Diego Startup Week: From Mobile to Maker and Beyond
San Diego Startup Week is five days of events, panels and parties in the downtown area, showcasing San Diego’s innovation community. Participants include entrepreneurs from all sectors, from mobile to maker, as well as investors, service providers, and others. San Diego Startup Week is organized by StartUp San Diego, an all-volunteer, grassroots group of entrepreneurs, … Continue reading “San Diego Startup Week: From Mobile to Maker and Beyond”
Learn the Future of New England Innovation: Announcing Boston 2034
What will the New England innovation scene look like in 20 years? What needs to happen for the region to maintain and even enhance its position as one of the world’s great technology and life sciences clusters? What major challenges are leading entrepreneurs and investors today thinking of that will not just create sustainable businesses … Continue reading “Learn the Future of New England Innovation: Announcing Boston 2034”
San Diego Venture Summit 2014 — and More!
The San Diego Venture Summit is part of a week-long celebration of technology innovation in San Diego. Hosted by the San Diego Venture Group, the half-day summit draws more than 700 guests, including over 100 VC investors, 30 cool startup companies, and an all-star cast of keynote speakers. More information and online registration is here. … Continue reading “San Diego Venture Summit 2014 — and More!”
San Diego Venture Group Presents: Inside Corporate Ventures
Corporate venture funding is the leading growth segment of the venture capital market. Today’s corporate VCs are leading deals, setting terms, and investing at earlier stages than ever before. Get the inside story from the head of corporate ventures at Qualcomm Ventures, SalesForce.com, and Amgen. More information and online registration is available here.
Expanding San Diego’s Cluster of Digital Health Innovation
San Diego has some of the leading companies in genomics, wireless telecommunications, and biotechnology—not to mention the biomedical research underway at The Scripps Research Institute, Salk Institute, and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. This convergence of trends is turning San Diego into a regional hub for digital health technologies. But will it scale? Join CommNexus and … Continue reading “Expanding San Diego’s Cluster of Digital Health Innovation”
Kaspersky CyberSecurity Summit
This invite-only summit will focus on “The State of Enterprise IT Security” and what it means for businesses worldwide. The sessions will examine the day-to-day realities of businesses and governments struggling to protect their invaluable digital assets against a rising tide of advanced threats. The event will also provide expert perspectives on how threats to … Continue reading “Kaspersky CyberSecurity Summit”
Destructive Innovation Tuesday
The Geek Group has a new program called “Destructive Innovation Tuesday” for anyone who has an idea for a new project, product, or experiment. Every Tuesday, participants will have the opportunity to share their idea with a revolving panel of manufacturing and science experts, who will help analyze the idea, offer suggestions on producing it … Continue reading “Destructive Innovation Tuesday”
Women 2.0 City Meet-Up
Women 2.0’s Founder Friday event has been remade into the monthly Women 2.0 City Meet-Up, held every first Thursday. It remains a networking event for entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and those who work in the tech industry. This month’s speaker will be Rachel Schostak, founder of StyleShack. For registration, click here.
Detroit’s Renaissance: Intersection Between Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and Law
Wayne State University’s law school presents a panel discussion featuring investors Gabe Karp, Josh Linkner, and Gary Torgow, and moderated by WSU law professor Eric Williams. They will discuss how economic development, entrepreneurship, and the law are working together to help Detroit grow and thrive. For details, click here.
WCTA: Clean Technology Showcase
Clean technology companies from around the Northwest will put their wares on display at the inaugural Washington Clean Technology Alliance Clean Technology Showcase. Applications for companies to present are open through April 14. Likewise for research poster presentations. The day-long conference costs $190 for WCTA members and $225 for non-members. More information is available here.
WCTA: Clean Tech Solutions in the Maritime Industry
The Washington Clean Technology Alliance turns its attention to the state’s $30 billion maritime industry and approaches to improve efficiency, reduce pollution, and use alternative fuels at a breakfast meeting. Speakers include Paul Meyer of the Port of Seattle; Atul Deshmane of Whole Energy; Washington State Ferries Capt. George Capacci; Ray Smalling of the U.S. … Continue reading “WCTA: Clean Tech Solutions in the Maritime Industry”
Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
AutomotiveUI, a leading international conference on technologies enabling connected vehicles, comes to Seattle this fall. The chair of the event is Linda Ng Boyle, a University of Washington associate professor who heads the Human Factors and Statistical Modeling Lab.
Technology Alliance State of Technology Luncheon
The Technology Alliance‘s annual gathering of Washington state technology leaders features a keynote from tech adviser Geoffrey Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm. Tickets are $85 in advance or $100 at the door. More information and registration is available here.
Bizdom Detroit Community Office Hours
Get expert feedback on your early-stage tech startup idea during Bizdom’s monthly office hours, open to anyone in the community. For details, click here.
Bootstrappers Breakfast
All founders of early-stage tech startups are invited to attend this monthly event. Compare notes, share ideas, commiserate, and network with a group of fellow entrepreneurs. To register, click here.
TechTown Open Office Hours
Do you have a hot, tech-enabled startup idea? Would you like an expert opinion on what to do next? The TechTown accelerator hosts open office hours on April 9 and April 17 in its Detroit office to answer entrepreneurs’ questions. Registration required. Click here for more information.
Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament Finals
From the event organizer: “Ten teams of University of Wisconsin student entrepreneurs will compete April 5 in Madison to represent the state in May at the International Business Model Competition, where $100,000 in awards will be distributed to top teams. UW-Extension and partners are presenting this inaugural Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament contest. The top finisher … Continue reading “Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament Finals”
Office Optional
Office Optional is a new conference exploring tools and techniques for successful distributed teams. Talk themes include: collaborating with remote team members; building trust at a distance; hiring, onboarding and training remote employees; managing across time zones, lots of time zones; systems for communicating more and emailing less; convincing colleagues to experiment with new tools; … Continue reading “Office Optional”
Milwaukee Hardware Hackathon
From the event organizer: “A 54-hour competition in which teams of entrepreneurs, hardware engineers, software engineers, and designers come together to make awesome happen!” The event will be held at the Global Water Center. Resources available to help make prototypes will include 3D printers, soldering irons, and wire cutters. For more info and to buy … Continue reading “Milwaukee Hardware Hackathon”
Starting Up in Milwaukee: YP Week
From the event organizer: “Every day during YPWeek, ditch out of your cubicle and fill your mind and your belly with us! On Milwaukee Day, we’re headed over to 96square, the new home of Startup Milwaukee, to hear a panel discussion of young entrepreneurs, investors, and community leaders and learn how to get involved with … Continue reading “Starting Up in Milwaukee: YP Week”
Madison’s Spring Tech Kickoff and Capital Entrepreneurs Open Social
From the event organizer: “Techies, Entrepreneurs, Startup folks, and everyone else in our amazing town and its amazing universities and schools driving the amazing energy springing up in and around tech in Madison—You and your colleagues are invited to this event! A lot has happened since last year’s inaugural spring event, and even more is … Continue reading “Madison’s Spring Tech Kickoff and Capital Entrepreneurs Open Social”
When Sharing is Outlawed
Silicon Valley Peers, a South Bay Area group that organizes events about the sharing economy, says: “As shareable startups grow, they frequently bump into regulatory hurdles. Join us to learn how savvy startups have overcome such barriers and brought the sharing economy into mainstream acceptance.” Information and registration here.
SFBeta Open Source Startup Summit Presented by Bain Capital Ventures
From the event site: Open is the new better — not just for technology, but for business. We’ve partnered with Salil Deshpande, Managing Director at Bain Capital Ventures, for an event that will change the way you think about open source. Featuring a new, expanded format, the #sfbeta Open Source Startup Summit features an afternoon … Continue reading “SFBeta Open Source Startup Summit Presented by Bain Capital Ventures”
Xconomy’s Xponential Cities Series: Boston 2034
What will it take to create the innovation city of the future? Join us at Boston 2034, a unique conference designed to look out 20 years and beyond to explore the future of the local high-tech economy—and what today’s stakeholders can do to not only preserve, but enhance the region’s role as a hub for … Continue reading “Xconomy’s Xponential Cities Series: Boston 2034”
Voting Information Project Hackathon
The Voting Information Project (VIP) invites you to join us for a two-day hackathon and help us discover new was to connect voters with the essential information they need to cast their ballot during primary and general elections. All developers, designers, creators and innovators are welcome! You’ll have a chance to work with the Google … Continue reading “Voting Information Project Hackathon”
FWD.us: The Future of Talent
Since its founding, America has grown stronger by attracting the best and brightest from around the world. The current skilled-labor shortage — particularly for workers in science, technology, engineering and math occupations — puts the United States at a disadvantage. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a shortfall of more than 200,000 advanced degree STEM … Continue reading “FWD.us: The Future of Talent”
Photographer to Present Lecture in Bioethics at Medical College of Wisconsin
From the event organizer: “Rick Guidotti, an award-winning former fashion photographer who now focuses his work on genetics, mental health, and human rights, will present the Henry Howe Chan Memorial Lecture in Bioethics at the Medical College of Wisconsin on Thursday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m. Guidotti spent years shooting high fashion editorial spreads for … Continue reading “Photographer to Present Lecture in Bioethics at Medical College of Wisconsin”
IP & Licensing Basics: A One-Day Review
From the event organizer: “This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives. Each course, taught by both legal and business experts working as a team, is divided into five topics … Continue reading “IP & Licensing Basics: A One-Day Review”
AnalyticsWeek: Big Data Unconference
Information and registration here. AnalyticsWeek is a weeklong Big Data & Analytics unconference to be held between March 24 and March 28, 2014, in the heart of Boston. As we keep getting more and more tools in big data landscape, it is imperative that the process of performing big data analytics needs a better focus. … Continue reading “AnalyticsWeek: Big Data Unconference”
Female Tech Founder’s Reception and Panel Discussion
San Diego members of Women In Technology International (WITI) are hosting four female CEOs at a “Fabulous Funded Female Tech Founders Reception” with help from the CommNexus EvoNexus incubator. A portion of the proceeds from the mixer and panel discussion will be donated to Better Education for Women in Science and Engineering (BEWiSE), a San … Continue reading “Female Tech Founder’s Reception and Panel Discussion”
Research Expo at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
More than 200 Jacobs School graduate students will be available to discuss their research during this afternoon poster session, which includes 10-minute technical presentations delivered in a fast-paced fashion by six faculty members. A networking reception also provides recruiters a chance to meet potential hires. More information and online registration is here.
Mobile Madness Is This Wednesday: 8 Startup Tix Left to Give Away
Our annual spring mobile event, Mobile Madness 2014, takes place this Wednesday afternoon. We’re coming down to the closing stretch when it comes to buying tickets—and if you are at a startup company, it’s the last chance to snag a free ticket. That’s because last week MIT Sloan Executive Education and The Martin Trust Center … Continue reading “Mobile Madness Is This Wednesday: 8 Startup Tix Left to Give Away”
Startup Weekend Madison
Madison will hold its third annual Startup Weekend. This 54-hour event allows attendees to pitch a startup idea, form teams to create that business, and test the waters. The weekend ends with presentations to local entrepreneurial leaders. For more information and to register, click here.
Napa Summit 2014: The Xconomy Retreat on Technology, Jobs, and Growth
After a boom year, the stock market opened 2014 in full retreat, even as mini-bubbles in tech and biotech produce hard-to-imagine valuations for companies with no earnings. Cyber security concerns are pervasive, yet we gladly open our personal lives for the sake of convenience in everything from shopping to travel to keeping up with friends. … Continue reading “Napa Summit 2014: The Xconomy Retreat on Technology, Jobs, and Growth”
MIT Sloan Buys 20 Tickets for Startups to Attend Mobile Madness—Claim Yours Now
With just under a week to go until Xconomy’s annual Mobile Madness conference, MIT Sloan Executive Education and The Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship have stepped up in a big way—purchasing 20 tickets for those at startups wishing to attend the event. Anyone wishing to claim one of the tickets should write right away … Continue reading “MIT Sloan Buys 20 Tickets for Startups to Attend Mobile Madness—Claim Yours Now”