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San Diego’s Biocom industry group is hosting this overview about the discovery, development, and regulatory processes for bringing a new drug to market. Participants will learn about the business and scientific decisions involved in moving a product forward from basic research into preclinical and clinical trials, as well as a detailed consideration of the regulatory … Continue reading “Biocom Presents: A One-Day Drug Development Briefing”

BIOCOM hosts the 7th annual DeviceFest & Expo, a day-long medical device and diagnostic conference held this year in Carlsbad. The conference focuses on the latest developments in healthcare reimbursement, regulatory issues, deal structuring, commercialization, and connected health. More than 25 companies will showcase their innovative devices and diagnostic tools at the Expo. More information … Continue reading “Biocom Medical Diagnostics and Device Festival and Expo”

Game-changing ideas at the horizon of technology, the sciences, and health are the focus of the third annual “The Atlantic Meets the Pacific,” a national forum held at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Presented by The Atlantic magazine and UC San Diego, the three-day conference explores the people and places working at the … Continue reading “The Atlantic Meets the Pacific and Global Innovators in Technology and Healthcare”

The Clearity Foundation has invited Smart Patients founder and CEO Roni Zeiger to discuss how empowered patients are changing the healthcare landscape. Social networking platforms are expanding the opportunity for patients to gather and share information about their illnesses. Empowered patients are not only changing the course of their own treatment, but fundamentally shifting the … Continue reading “Using Social Networking to Empower Patients”

San Diego Tech Founders has arranged for a handful of San Diego Web and app startups to demo their product, with each presentation followed by audience Q&A. Beer will be consumed afterward. More information and online registration is here.    

More than 700 business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, capital providers, and professional services providers are expected to attend Connect with Connect, the premier networking event of the summer. Showcase Zones will host exhibits by over 40 of Connect portfolio companies specializing in digital life, action sports, life sciences, cyber and robotics, and cleantech and energy. … Continue reading “Connect with Connect Summer Networking Event”

More than 30 design and innovation businesses will be exhibiting in the Connect San Diego Design & Innovation Showcase that precedes the annual Connect with Connect summer networking event. The showcase is intended to put a spotlight on Connect’s hottest portfolio companies in digital life, sports, active lifestyles, IT, robotics, cleantech, and energy. Tickets are … Continue reading “The San Diego Design & Innovation Showcase”

Launching a tech startup in San Diego is getting a little less formidable with the seventh startup weekend. Local entrepreneurs, developers, engineers, designers, and other startup enthusiasts will have the opportunity to share ideas and test their dreams. Startup Weekend is a global non-profit organization that supports the development of entrepreneurship by educating aspiring entrepreneurs … Continue reading “San Diego Startup Weekend No. 7”

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act was enacted last year with the hope of making it easier for startups to raise capital by easing the red tape for certain initial public offerings (IPOs). While some provisions of the JOBS Act have yet to be implemented, the legislation has proved quite effective in relieving some … Continue reading “Raising Capital and Going Public Under the JOBS Act”

A premier networking event matures with age, and the wine social organized annually by the San Diego chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum is now in its 10th year.  The MIT Enterprise Forum says its wine social is the premier networking event for San Diego’s technology and life sciences community, and now draws more than … Continue reading “10th Annual San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum Wine Social”

Rather than focusing on traditional reactive measures, cybersecurity experts are starting to deploy proactive, “offensive” approaches to protecting computer systems, networks, and individuals from attacks. This has stirred up much discussion and controversy from all sides. The San Diego chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum brings together a leading group of cybersecurity experts to discuss … Continue reading “The New Cybersecurity Defense: A Proactive, Adversarial Approach”

Following a well-attended presentation in May about In-Q-Tel, the private technology acquisition company that serves the U.S. intelligence community, Mintz Levin partner Jonathan Cain will discuss how such investments are structured. Over two-thirds of the companies entering into an In-Q-Tel investment have never sold or licensed technology to the federal government, and for many it … Continue reading “Making an Intelligent Deal with In-Q-Tel”

Student finalists of the annual UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge will compete for $150,000 in combined cash and prizes. Teams in general technology innovation will present a 10-minute pitch, followed by five-minute Q&A. Finalists are GrollTex, Jacobs School of Engineering; OneLab, Biological Sciences; Lumawake, Rady School of Management; SaleShare, Rady School of Management. Winners will be selected … Continue reading “UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge: General Technology Innovation”

Student finalists of the UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge will compete for $150,000 in combined cash and prizes. Four finalist teams will present a 10-minute pitch, followed by five-minute Q&A. The finalists in biotechnology and medical technologies are: Electrozyme; Jacobs School of Engineering; Wolf Biosciences, Jacobs School of Engineering ChemoTactics, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; … Continue reading “UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge: Life Sciences”

The security firm AIA Global has organized a two-day cyber-security symposium, featuring presentations and panels for system administrators, IT security experts, and other professionals. The agenda includes threat intelligence on a shoestring budget, cyberwar and active defense, and advanced technologies for detecting insider threats. Guests include John Caruthers, head of the San Diego FBI cyber … Continue reading “Suits and Spooks Conference and Cyber Threat Assessment”

BioCom hosts this all-day “biobriefing,” which provides a concise overview of the key concepts of modern biology and an introduction to the technology and terminology used in the biotech and medical device industries. Classes are specifically geared toward the non-science professional who needs to better understand industry terminology, science, techniques and issues. More information and … Continue reading “Biotech Briefing for the Non-Scientist”

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego will host its first annual research review as part of a broader strategy to foster increased collaborations with industry partners that could benefit from the center’s extensive research capabilities. The 2013 Industry Partner Program Research Review will be held at the supercomputer center on the … Continue reading “San Diego Supercomputer Center: Industry Partner Research Review”

In the weeks since President Obama unveiled his plan to map the brain through a billion-dollar iniative over the next decade, Connect has helped organize a panel discussion that includes two scientists—UCSD’s Ralph Greenspan and Terrence Sejnowski of the Salk Institute—who have been involved in formulating the initiative. Joining the discussion about the Brain Research … Continue reading “Mapping the Active Brain: The Next ‘Human Genome Project’”

Connect has organized a presentation by UC San Diego Associate Professor of Surgery Quyen T. Nguyen on Molecular Imaging for Diagnosis and Surgery. She discusses her research on “color-coded surgery,” designing a fluorescent probe to assist in early cancer diagnosis, accurate identification of surgical margins and accurate identification of nerve structures. In collaboration with UCSD’s … Continue reading “Connect Frontiers of Science & Technology: Glow in the Dark Surgery”