Author: Editors

LOGIN Conference 2013

From the event description: “LOGIN is the conference for developers and professionals, executives, venture capitalists, designers in the mobile game & development (iphone/ipad/android), MMOgames and development, online and social game development, E-sports, Xbox Live and PlayStation Network development, and digital distribution. This annual conference brings together a mix of industry leaders to discuss, collaborate, and … Continue reading “LOGIN Conference 2013”

TwilioCon

From the event site: “Twiliocon is 3 days of inspiration and technical sessions with Twilio engineers and the brightest minds in web and mobile technology on the future of communication services. Sessions will cover business challenges to technical thought leadership to live coding, so prepare to walk away with new tools in your tool belt. Get … Continue reading “TwilioCon”

In-Car Apps

The Autotech Council presents a half-day forum on the convergence of mobile and automotive technology. From the event description: “Consumer demand for applications is both a threat and an opportunity for car makers. By providing a better in-car app experience, OEMs can satisfy much of that consumer demand, while providing excellent car-specific applications, which take … Continue reading “In-Car Apps”

BayBio Pantheon 2013 Ceremony—Presenting DiNA Awards

“Each year BayBio recognizes achievement and honors excellence in the life sciences industry in Northern California, as it brings together Northern California’s life sciences industry leaders. The Pantheon Awards Ceremony is a celebration of the contributions and achievements of the Bay Area, a moment to pause and reflect on the industry’s legacy over three decades.” … Continue reading “BayBio Pantheon 2013 Ceremony—Presenting DiNA Awards”

Learning Lunch: Health Care Reform and Your Business

The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce hosts a BYO lunch educational event on healthcare reform. From the event description: “Understanding the impact of Healthcare Reform on your business in 2013. Candace Morton and Jen Kokko, business performance advisors with Insperity will give an overview of healthcare reform, its impact on business owners, critical considerations and decisions for 2013, … Continue reading “Learning Lunch: Health Care Reform and Your Business”

SF New Tech

Once or twice a month, SF New Tech founder, producer, and host Myles Weissleder offers “a platform for young startups and established companies alike, to show off what they’ve been working on in front of a room full of people who actually care.” Coming August 21: presentations by Steve Wishman, Senior Presentation Designer, Prezi; Jennifer Neeley, Digital Strategist, … Continue reading “SF New Tech”

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Regional Innovation Conference

From the event notice: “This conference brings together small businesses, angel investors, venture capitalists, strategic partners, and business leaders from the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. It will feature presentations by top NHLBI SBIR- funded companies with innovative technologies on the brink of commercialization, an expert panel of investors, and opportunities for partnering and networking. Information … Continue reading “National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Regional Innovation Conference”

Xconomy Xchange: Boston’s Life Science Disruptors

Every life sciences startup aims to shake up and challenge the status quo. But what Boston companies are taking the most radical approaches and seem poised to become the biggest disruptors? What are their goals, what is their approach to building a great biotech company, and how are the founders working with their leading venture … Continue reading “Xconomy Xchange: Boston’s Life Science Disruptors”

Jacob Lew on the State of the U.S. Economy

At this Commonwealth Club event, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew will discuss the state of the U.S. economy and the Obama administration’s focus on accelerating growth, increasing job creation and strengthening the middle class. Previously, Lew served as White House chief of staff to President Obama and director of the Office of Management and … Continue reading “Jacob Lew on the State of the U.S. Economy”

Women in Bio: Beyond Financing—From Incorporation to Exit

WIB-San Francisco Bay Area’s Meet the Experts: Beyond Financing – From Incorporation to Exit Sep 18, 2013 06:00pm – 9:00 pm Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall, UCSF From the event site: “Please join us for WIB-San Francisco Bay Area’s “Beyond Financing: From Incorporation to Exit” — our second “Meet the Experts” event in our Entrepreneur Series. … Continue reading “Women in Bio: Beyond Financing—From Incorporation to Exit”

Redefining Early Stage Investments (Life Science Nation)

Redefining Early Stage Investments is a quarterly, ongoing conference series that will be establishing a global circuit for early stage life sciences companies to source investors, create relationships, and eventually, get funding. These events will give early stage life science companies the chance to start, resume or close conversations with relevant investors, creating a global … Continue reading “Redefining Early Stage Investments (Life Science Nation)”

Mobile Monday Detroit

The topic of this month’s tech meetup will be augmented reality. Speakers include Steve Peterson from DAQRI, Ali Al-Aasm from Red Piston, and attorney Brian Wassom. To register, click here.

Health Innovation Summit

Rock Health’s Health Innovation Summit brings together diverse minds from healthcare, technology, and beyond to wrestle with healthcare’s most challenging problems. This one-of-a-kind, high-energy event features prominent thought-leaders and entrepreneurs in raw and insightful conversations you won’t hear anywhere else. 2013 SPEAKERS Sean Ahrens, Founder & CEO of Healthy Labs Steve Blank, Seriel-entrepreneur and Academician … Continue reading “Health Innovation Summit”

FutureM 2013

MITX’s FutureM brings together marketing and technology innovators to contemplate and celebrate the future of marketing. This event helps attendees explore the newest technologies and insights that are changing the way marketers think, create, engage, and measure. Info and registration here.

2013 Innovation unConference

MassTLC’s annual unConference brings together entrepreneurs, investors, tech executives, marketers, media, students, and more. Watch this space for information and registration details.

MassTLC Technology Leadership Awards

The 2013 Mass Technology Leadership Awards program spotlights the companies, people, and technologies that exemplify the best and the brightest in the Massachusetts technology community. Info and registration here. Categories include CEO of the Year, Private/Public Company of the Year, Startup to Watch, and Innovative Technologies of the Year (companies in big data, cloud, gaming, … Continue reading “MassTLC Technology Leadership Awards”

2013 Entrepreneur Games

Join TUGG, MassChallenge, New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA), PlastiQ, and T3 Advisors for an evening of friendly competition benefiting BUILD Boston. Information and registration here. Relay races, Human Orb Bowling, Long Jump, 5K, Minute to Win It, Free Throw Challenge, Polo Pony Races, and more… BUILD addresses the fact that 1.3 MILLION students drop … Continue reading “2013 Entrepreneur Games”

Future Energy (Boston)

Future Energy is a series of startup pitch events that connects entrepreneurs, researchers, and private investors in the energy and cleantech industries to develop and commercialize radical solutions to the world’s energy challenges. Information and registration here. Hosted by Ultra Light Startups. Investor panelists: —Eric Bielke, Senior Investor at Siemens Venture Capital —Rob Day, Partner … Continue reading “Future Energy (Boston)”

Denver Startup Week 2013

The “Celebration Of Everything Entrepreneurial In Denver” returns. The inaugural event last year featured more than 70 events, 3,500 attendees, and 500 companies, which put the Denver startup community on the map in a major way. The event was officially the “Largest New Startup Event in the United States in 2012.” Organizers are in the … Continue reading “Denver Startup Week 2013”

Startup Phenomenon Women

Startup Phenomenon’s debut event is a Spotlight on Entrepreneurial Women and their integral part of entrepreneurial ecosystems. In the words of the organizers, the conference will ask: what sorts of entrepreneurial communities will be best positioned to attract talented female entrepreneurs? What does inclusion look like from women’s perspectives? What, to paraphrase Sheryl Sandberg, can … Continue reading “Startup Phenomenon Women”

Startup Phenomenon 2013 Conference

The inaugural Startup Phenomenon Conference will focus on what it takes to create and connect communities where startups thrive. The event will draw on the experiences of startup leaders from across the world, from Silicon Valley to Reykjavik and Nairobi. Entrepreneurs, executives, venture capitalists, and thought leaders like Brad Feld, Anil Dash, Jim Collins, and John … Continue reading “Startup Phenomenon 2013 Conference”

Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference

Join leading industry investors and strategic partners for presentations by the region’s most innovative life science companies at this event hosted by the Colorado BioScience Association. Presenting companies will span a range of sectors within this industry including, biologics, medical devices, drug delivery and diagnostics. The event kicks off with an opening night reception on Sept. … Continue reading “Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference”

TechStars Tech Demos @ Galvanize

Join Galvanize for an end-of-the-month tech extravaganza featuring the TechStars Boulder 2013 class! The focus of this evening will be on the products and technology that these companies have built. The event includes elevator pitches and tech demos. Drinks will be provided.

Denver Startup Week 2013 Startup Crawl

The startup crawl returns. One of the biggest events that’s part of Denver Startup Week, the startup crawl lets startups around Denver throw open their doors to host entrepreneurs, coders, and everyone else in their headquarters. Check here for more details as the date grows near.

San Diego Venture Group: Insights on Series A Deals

Steve Cox, the founder and CEO of San Diego-based Take Lessons is presiding over this panel discussion on negotiating the “Series A crunch” in venture funding. Come hear from the investors who wrote the checks and from the entrepreneurs who got the money. Note the location for this breakfast event. More information and online registration … Continue reading “San Diego Venture Group: Insights on Series A Deals”

Uplinq 2013: Qualcomm Mobile App Developers Conference

The Uplinq conference brings the wireless ecosystem together for unique content from third-party presenters, plus a multitude of networking and business development opportunities. This annual gathering of mobile app developers, manufacturers, operators, and technology innovators provides important technical insights and vital business networking for mobile software developers and others. Coders are invited to the second … Continue reading “Uplinq 2013: Qualcomm Mobile App Developers Conference”

The WBT Innovation Marketplace

The WBT Innovation Marketplace has emerged as the nation’s premier showcase of vetted and mentored companies and technologies from top universities, labs, research institutions, and the private sector. The WBT (World’s Best Technologies) Innovation Marketplace is a collaborative effort by investors, licensees, and tech commercialization professionals. The two-day event is deal-focused and diverse, showcasing companies … Continue reading “The WBT Innovation Marketplace”

2013 Global Connect Summit

This year’s global summit focuses on how to do a better job of accelerating technology transfer and the commercialization of government-funded research to enhance regional economic growth and competitiveness. Summit session highlights include compelling case studies on how to attract industry to scientific research being done at institutes; smart collaborative platforms that align research institutes … Continue reading “2013 Global Connect Summit”

Hollywood Makeover: Leveraging Web-Enabled Devices

Hollywood faces the perfect storm of disruptive technologies of digital, Internet, broadband, smart telephony, social media, Big Data analytics, cloud storage and web-enabled consumer electronics devices which have upended the supply chain of the industry. Today consumers want their entertainment at anytime, anywhere, and on any device. The fixed, limited menu for content consumption is … Continue reading “Hollywood Makeover: Leveraging Web-Enabled Devices”

Nokia, Microsoft, and Qualcomm: Building a Winning Ecosystem

The mobile industry has completely changed the way people communicate, and Nokia has contributed its fair share of innovation to this evolution. Nokia believes technology can help make us more human, so it is focused on connecting people with great mobile products that sense the world. This first ever CommNexus-Nokia Headliner will focus on Nokia’s … Continue reading “Nokia, Microsoft, and Qualcomm: Building a Winning Ecosystem”

The Harbor Area Creators Collective

The Harbor Creators Collective is a series of events meant to engage, inspire, and stimulate creative entrepreneurs in small-town northern Michigan. The weekend will offer a range of activities, including yoga in the park, a pitch competition, campfire chats, creators fair, pig roast, and tours of Harbor Springs. For details, click here.

OpenCo Festival

OpenCo is an unconventional “inside-out” business conference that has been held all over the world and now comes to Detroit. On the day of the conference, local startups will open their doors to networkers, investors, marketers, job seekers, and curious neighbors to give them direct access, where they will learn firsthand how these startups are … Continue reading “OpenCo Festival”

Coolhouse Labs Demo Day

Join Coolhouse Labs as it launches its first cohort, and spend the day with investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors on the shores of Lake Michigan. For more information, click here.

API Craft Conference

What does it mean to build an API and create new mediums of communications for the programmable world? Those questions and more will be addressed at this “unconference” meant for technology professionals interested in the API movement. Organizers feel that there are many options out there in terms of API implementation, but little guidance in … Continue reading “API Craft Conference”

ePharma Summit West

From the program director: “After hours of research with pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device executives based on the West Coast, we’re confident ePharma West truly captures the energy of the West Coast as well as addresss your specific challenges through engaging success stories. This year’s event includes more best practices and lessons learned than ever … Continue reading “ePharma Summit West”

Friday Night Hack: Coding Together Across the Globe

Google and the Schusterman Foundation sponsor an overnight hackathon for good. From the event page: Coding Together Across the Globe Hacking to Create Community Change in Israel and the Bay Area on July 19-20, 2013 On July 19-20, “Hasadna” (the Public Knowledge Workshop of Israel) and the Schusterman Philanthropic Network will launch “Friday Night Hack.” This new initiative will … Continue reading “Friday Night Hack: Coding Together Across the Globe”

WTIA Golf Open

The Washington Technology Industry Association holds its annual 18-hole golf tournament Monday, July 22, at Glendale Country Club, in Bellevue, WA. To request an invitation to the event, contact Kelly Mayeda at [email protected]. The registration deadline is July 19. More information is available here. (Note: Xconomy is a media partner for the event.)

Colorado Innovation Network 2nd Annual Innovation Summit

Heavy hitters from some of Colorado’s biggest tech companies are scheduled to speak at this two-day summit, which is run by the Colorado Innovation Network, a partnership between the state and private industry. Khan Academy founder Salman Kahn, Liberty Media president and CEO Greg Maffei, and Gov. John Hickenlooper are scheduled to speak. Also, the winner … Continue reading “Colorado Innovation Network 2nd Annual Innovation Summit”

BioBoulder Networking Event

A chance for life sciences types to get out of the lab and hang out on the rooftop deck of one of downtown Boulder’s nicest restaurants. This is an opportunity to mix and mingle with colleagues and professionals from across the industry including; biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, health care, research institutions and those businesses that … Continue reading “BioBoulder Networking Event”

Colorado Technology Association APEX Conference

Colorado’s largest conference for in-state technology companies is back with a new name. The Colorado Technology Association’s event, formerly DEMOGala, aims to give a “state of the state” view of the tech industry. This year’s keynote speaker will be Jack Dangermond, president and founder of Esri, the developer of ArcGIS software platform. Dangermond, a landscape architect … Continue reading “Colorado Technology Association APEX Conference”

Colorado Technology Association APEX Awards Dinner

Colorado’s top tech companies are celebrated at this annual event hosted by the Colorado Technology Association. Arjun Gupta of TeleSoft Partners is the featured speaker for the dinner. Gupta is “chief believer” at his Silicon Valley venture capital firm. He came to the U.S. in 1980, hase started multiple businesses, and recently became part owner … Continue reading “Colorado Technology Association APEX Awards Dinner”

Galvanize Pitches and Pitchers with Brad Feld

Informal gathering of entrepreneurs at Galvanize. Every Tuesday at 5 p.m. two Galvanize Companies present their business. Each company has 5 minutes to pitch and then a ten minute Q&A session opened up to the crowd. This week’s event is a “special edition” featuring Brad Feld and TechStars companies.