Unlike other forms of artificial intelligence, San Diego-based ai-one’s biologically inspired technology learns without human intervention, requires less than a day of training to use, and works with existing standards and programming languages. The challenge for ai one lies in creating awareness of this latest advance in artificial intelligence. Networking and registration at the door … Continue reading “MIT Enterprise Forum: Artificial intelligence and ai one”
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Science and Medical Literacy and Underserved Populations
In the fifth of nine presentations inspired by the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Tate Hurvitz of Grossmont College talks about the difficult personal and institutional challenges of introducing ways of teaching science literacy, with strategies for decoding challenging information and assessing the credibility and validity of scientific sources. More information and online … Continue reading “Science and Medical Literacy and Underserved Populations”
CalBio2012 in San Francisco
CalBio2012 is a statewide conference produced by Biocom, San Diego’s nonprofit life sciences industry group, and BayBio, it’s counterpart in San Francisco. The 2011 conference had almost 1,000 registered participants from 14 countries, 23 states, and 163 life sciences companies. This year more than 1,500 are expected, with heavy attendance from San Diego’s life sciences … Continue reading “CalBio2012 in San Francisco”
Startup Leadership: What do VCs Look For?
What makes a great CEO of a venture-backed company? The San Diego Venture Group has organized a session on exploring the question. Networking and registration at the door begins at 7 a.m. More information and online registration is here.
Founder Showcase
The 9th Founder Showcase takes place at Microsoft Silicon Valley on January 19. Floodgate Fund managing partner Mike Maples will be on hand for a keynote interview. Information and registration here.
AppNation Enterprise Summit
From the event website: Are you ready for the next revolution? The “Consumerization of IT” is hitting the enterprise as more and more CIOs are responding to calls from an empowered workforce seeking lighter, thinner, more easily accessible business software that can be downloaded and deployed on any device, anywhere, anytime. Just in time, the … Continue reading “AppNation Enterprise Summit”
Water Solutions from Australia and Singapore
Ecotopics, a clean technology networking group, has organized an evening focused on the increasing demands and diminishing supplies of water. California has a long history of water conflicts, and it is not getting easier. Two countries, Singapore and Australia, have implemented some policies and projects that have enabled them to evolve out of their own … Continue reading “Water Solutions from Australia and Singapore”
Venture Outlook for 2012
The San Diego Venture Group is hosting Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association, who will join an expert panel of venture capital fortune tellers for a preview of what to look for in 2012. Registration at the door begins at 7 am, or register online here.
MIT Enterprise Forum Innovation Series Event: The Future of the Personal Genome
This event will explore how cheaper genome sequencing is driving a surge in personalized medicine opportunities and startups. The all-star panel will include George Church of The Personal Genome Project, as well as entrepreneurs from GNS Healthcare, PatientsLikeMe, and Foundation Medicine. Event details and registration are here.
Startup Clinic with Vuuch and SchoolCNXT
This event offers startups a dress rehearsal opportunity for pitching to investors. SchoolCNXT, a provider of online and mobile parent directories, and Vuuch, a problem-solving software maker, will test their skills. More details are here.
Winter 2012 Start Smart
This MIT Enterprise Forum course aims to teach early-stage tech entrepreneurs the fundamentals of kicking off a company. Over the span of nine Mondays, attendees will learn about getting started, building a team, raising capital, positioning a product, pitching to investors, and more. Sign up here.
MIT Enterprise Forum Innovation Series Event: Intelligent Green Buildings
Jim Hunt, Boston’s chief of environmental and energy services, will moderate this panel on building energy efficiency. They’ll chat on the designs, financing models, tools, and software applications that are supporting intelligent green buildings. Register here.
What’s Next – E-Commerce Summit: Building Customer Love in the Digital Age
This conference will take a look at how online stores can spruce up their business with analytics, user feedback, social ratings, personalization, mobile commerce, and more. Keynote speakers and panelists come from area companies such as Staples, Wayfair, Gemvara, and Newbury Comics. Register here.
Personalized Medicine World Conference
Stanford Hospitals & Clinics co-hosts a two-day conference on the future of personalized medicine. Sample of the topics to be discussed: How good are today’s cancer therapies and how much should we pay for them? What can EMRs tell us about drug responses and interactions? Do clinical trial results reflect real-world efficacy? How do we … Continue reading “Personalized Medicine World Conference”
A New Age in Patent Liquidity: New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs
When Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12 billion, citing the value of its smartphone patents, it was clear that a new age of intellectual property is well underway. This evening panel discussion, sponsored by MIT Enterprise Forum, will address the benefits, challenges, and opportunities of patent transactions. Speakers include Kevin Barhydt, head of acquisitions for … Continue reading “A New Age in Patent Liquidity: New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs”
MITX Fireside Chat with Joi Ito, the Director of the MIT Media Lab
MITX co-founder Larry Weber will moderate this conversation with Joi Ito. They’ll chat about what the MIT Media Lab is working on as far as mobile, social, and design innovations go. Check out the full event details here.
Silicon Alley Startup Battlefield Series 12
New York Entrepreneurs Business Network presents an evening of rapid-fire pitches, startup presentations, and product demos. The evening includes pizza and networking. Register here.
The Adventure Never Stops: Serial Entrepreneurship
Join Alex Mashinsky, founder of early-stage VC fund Governing Dynamics, for an evening discussion of what it takes to be a serial entrepreneur. What did you learn from your successes? What about your mistakes? Is it a good idea to be putting your money at risk? Learn the answers to those questions and more. Register … Continue reading “The Adventure Never Stops: Serial Entrepreneurship”
Annual Collaboration of Entrepreneurs
Join community innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders for a day of networking and workshops. GLEQ and SmartZone award winners will be announced during the evening program. For registration and more information, click here.
Entrepreneur Innovation Series: How to Start a Sales Call
The Southfield Chamber of Commerce’s Entrepreneur Innovation Series continues with Kirk Armstrong of Gary Weinberg & Associates helping participants rethink how they approach the first five minutes of a sales call. To register, click here.
Working the Trade Show Effectively
This lunch and learn session will help train staff in how to work a trade show booth properly. Topics of discussion include planning and goal setting; effective communication tactics; qualifying and gathering leads; personal behavior, habits and grooming; and successful lead follow-up. For details, click here.
Innovation Showcase: Tech Alliance Event
The Technology Alliance is hosting an Innovation Showcase on Jan. 10, offering entrepreneurs a chance to describe their plans. For more information on how to register, contact Amy Bell at [email protected] or (206) 389-7261.
MTLC Software Development Summit: Rapid Development & Deployment
This MTLC event is about sharing—software entrepreneurs sharing the stories of what helped their products and companies take off. Panelists represent companies like VMware, Acquia, Kayak, Akamai, TripAdvisor, and more. Register here.
OneMed Forum SF 2012
From the event website: “The 5th Annual OneMedForum San Francisco 2012 January 9 -12th has grown in size and stature to become one of the most important gatherings shaping the future of health and medicine globally. It provides an efficient means to meet the management of the firms shaping the future of the rapidly changing … Continue reading “OneMed Forum SF 2012”
All About Science—The Road to Biologic IND
The San Jose Biocenter sponsors an afternoon talk on submitting an investigational new drug application to the FDA. From the event description: “Whether your goal is to develop your pipeline through commercial launch, or partner as early as possible, submitting an IND is a critical early milestone. Even with big pharma and VC firms competing … Continue reading “All About Science—The Road to Biologic IND”
San Jose Biocenter Trends in Financing Investor Panel & Holiday Celebration
The San Jose Biocenter sponsors its 7th annual investor panel and holiday party. From the event description: “Steady capital is a must for all companies. The first step in funding is knowing where to look. Join experts from the investment world at our annual “Trends in Financing Investor Panel & Holiday Celebration” to understand the … Continue reading “San Jose Biocenter Trends in Financing Investor Panel & Holiday Celebration”
Meet with Abbott
The San Jose Biocenter sponsors a morning presentation and Q&A session with representatives from pharmaceutical giant Abbott. From the event description: “In this session, senior members from Abbott’s team will talk to potential partners or licensees to first explain what they are looking for in collaborations, particularly, to enable preclinical drug discovery (emerging targets/biology, technologies … Continue reading “Meet with Abbott”
Building a Financial Foundation—A Blueprint for Taking the Right First Steps
The San Jose Biocenter hosts a morning seminar on financing for life science startups. From the event description: “With increased pressure to deliver value efficiently and effectively, startups need all the help they can get. Accurate, comprehensive operational management from the start is a crucial first step to the success of any business. Join us … Continue reading “Building a Financial Foundation—A Blueprint for Taking the Right First Steps”
Pitchcrawl SF
Dishcrawl brings you Pitchcrawl SF, an opportunity to network with an intimate group of 30 investors and 90 startup founders. “Elevator pitch your startup to investors in the format of an intimate and casual crawl through 3 startup hubs…We at Dishcrawl believe that the strongest relationships are built over food, we will be feeding you … Continue reading “Pitchcrawl SF”
The Big Data Effect
The Churchill Club hosts a dinner discussion on the future of “Big Data.” From the event site: “Gartner predicts that data will grow by 800% in five years, with 80% of it unstructured. The World Economic Forum recently declared big data as an asset class. We’re only getting started to discover the implications of making … Continue reading “The Big Data Effect”
Xconomy Forum: New York’s Venture Emergence
With jobs growth anemic and full economic recovery still over the horizon, the stakes for creating innovative new companies are arguably higher than ever. Yet amidst the uncertainty come areas of frenzied growth-and it seems that almost overnight, behind a wave of super-valued startups from Foursquare to Gilt, New York has risen to rival Silicon … Continue reading “Xconomy Forum: New York’s Venture Emergence”
Xconomy Xchange: The 100-Year Company—An Evening with Evernote, Morgenthaler, and Sequoia
Evernote isn’t like most of the Internet startups you know in the age of Facebook, Instagram, and Spotify. Yes, its technology helps you collect photos, audio files, Web clips, and other digital media and store them in the cloud, but it’s not about sharing this stuff with your friends. Yes, its entire business is based … Continue reading “Xconomy Xchange: The 100-Year Company—An Evening with Evernote, Morgenthaler, and Sequoia”
VIP Forum With Bristol-Myers Squibb: WBBA Event
The WBBA will be holding one of its Venture Investment and Strategic Partnering (VIP) Forums with Bristol-Myers Squibb on Jan. 12 in Seattle. For more information, click here.
Energy for the Next 20 Years
How can we possibly meet our growing energy demands without destroying the environment? Experts on wind, nuclear, hydropower, and other energy sources debate the most promising paths forward at this evening event. Speakers include Stewart Brand of the Long Now Foundation, Joe Fargione of the Nature Conservancy, and Jesse Jenkins of Breakthrough Institute. Register here.
MCG Quarterly Green Business Networking Event
The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Foundation presents this breakfast panel and networking event. Speakers include Timothy Lezgus of Con Edison Company of New York, Jesse Ash of Greener Media, and David Levine of the American Sustainable Business Council. Register here.
enterpriseSeattle’s 40th Annual Economic Forecast Conference
enterpriseSeattle will host its 40th annual Economic Forecast Conference on January 12. Dick Conway of the Puget Sound Economic Forecaster, Ken Goldstein of the Conference Board, and Michael Dueker, the head of North American investments for Russell Investments, will be the featured speakers. For more information, click here.
Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown
Ultra Light Startups presents and evening of pitches and networking. Featured companies include Taap.it, Resoomay, and Brainscape. Panelists include Greg Cangialosi, CEO at Nucleus Ventures, Owen Davis, managing director at NYC Seed, Nihal Mehta, general partner at ENIAC Ventures, and Marc Michel, managing partner at Metamophic Ventures. Register here.
Clean Energy Principles and the Solar Value Chain
Even with a market capitalization of $4.5 billion (and growing), many modern solar projects fail because of a lack of industry know-how and bad choices. Why does this happen? Over the last 20 years, the solar industry has gone from simple to complex. It is now composed of innovative technologies, multifaceted strategies, elaborate financing models, … Continue reading “Clean Energy Principles and the Solar Value Chain”
NYeC Digital Health Conference
The New York eHealth Collaborative presents two days of educational sessions, technology showcases, and networking for private companies, health plans, hospital administrators and other stakeholders in health IT. The event will feature keynote speakers Todd Park, CTO, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and T.R. Reid, journalist and author from The Washington Post. Register … Continue reading “NYeC Digital Health Conference”
Innovative Financing Models for Early Stage Companies
In one of history’s most difficult financial environments, early-stage companies must look at new ways to secure funding. Connect has invited two speakers for this event. Jeff Stein, president and CEO of Trius Therapeutics, will provide a special case study that examines the series of financing mechanisms used to build Trius from its inception 2007 … Continue reading “Innovative Financing Models for Early Stage Companies”
What the Public Should Know About Clinical Trials
Georgia Robins Sadler, Associate Director for Community Outreach at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center and Clinical Professor in the UCSD Department of Surgery, will discuss how community awareness of clinical trials plays a role in advancing medical discoveries. Sadler will talk cover what every person needs to know about research methods, participation in research studies, … Continue reading “What the Public Should Know About Clinical Trials”
San Diego Biotechnology Network’s Third Anniversary Party
The San Diego Biotechnology Network (SDBN), which held its first networking event for local biotech professionals in November, 2008, is holding its third anniversary party and networking event at the Green Flash tasting room in Mira Mesa. Beer is biochemistry, and two of the craft brewery’s founders worked at Invitrogen back in the day. Some … Continue reading “San Diego Biotechnology Network’s Third Anniversary Party”
Business Briefing: Big Changes Coming to the U.S. Patent System
Fish & Richardson principals Todd Garcia, Teresa Lavoie, and Gwilym Attwell will explore the implications of the America Invents Act (AIA) on patent validity challenges and patent portfolio management strategies. The AIA is a U.S. law that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Obama on Sept. 16. The law represents … Continue reading “Business Briefing: Big Changes Coming to the U.S. Patent System”
CALBIO2012
From the event site: “Successful life sciences companies integrate patient needs into all aspects of their company strategy. From their business plan and funding, to their research and development, to clinical trials and reimbursement models, the patient-driven approach accelerates the advancement of innovative treatments. CALBIO2012 is a statewide conference produced by BayBio and BIOCOM that … Continue reading “CALBIO2012”
CEED Microloan Orientation
In today’s economic climate, many companies face a shortage of capital. Come to this meeting to learn more about microlending, an alternative funding strategy. Click here for details and registration.
BioArbor: Pitching to Venture Capitalists
A group of investors and Accuri Cryometers officials will re-enact the pitch presentation they gave in 2007 . The audience will have the opportunity to interrupt the pitch at any time to ask questions. To register, click here.
Breakfast Seminar: Sustainability: Don’t Market to Key Audiences- Motivate Them!
Speakers from Philips Electronics, Practically Green, Partners Healthcare, and Raytheon will make up the panel at this event. They’ll talk about how companies can use sustainability to improve their standing with customers and employees. Register here.
Ann Arbor Data Center Open House
Online Tech hosts an open house to celebrate the opening of its new data center. Industry and compliance experts from Dell, Comcast, and VMWare will be on hand to answer questions. To register, click here.
What Startup Employees Should Know About Their Equity
SecondMarket is organizing an evening of cocktails and conversation on employee shareholder rights. From the organizers: “Are you a startup employee or shareholder interested in learning more about your rights, liquidity options and the value of your equity or stock options? Please join SecondMarket for an evening of Cocktails & Conversations: What Startup Employees Should … Continue reading “What Startup Employees Should Know About Their Equity”
SF AppShow
From the organizers: The “hAPPy Holidays” edition of the SF AppShow will be held November 17th at The Mission Bay Conference Center, UCSF (1675 Owens Street) 6-9 PM. Hosted by Gina Smith, BYTE; the lineup includes demos and discussions from hot new available apps and unreleased apps that save time, money and sanity during the holidays. This … Continue reading “SF AppShow”