The iConference is an international showcase for emerging work in areas like health informatics, user experience design/HCI, information management, information security, collaboration, and e-government. In addition to keynotes from information science visionaries Colin B. Burke and Susan Dumais, the conference features industry panels on “Privacy in the Cloud” and “Big Data.” The event is being … Continue reading “iConference 2011”
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Mass Customization: Massachusetts’ Hidden Tech Cluster
There’s a crop of companies in the area using technology to bring consumers customized goods. This events hopes to spotlight those, with several quick-hit presentations by startups in the space, and a panel highlighting the customization field in Massachusetts. Companies featured include Gemvara, CustomMade, and FashionPlaytes. Register here.
CloudCamp Boston
This event is more on the informal, “unconference” side of things. Users, developers, and vendors in the cloud computing space are encouraged to show up and dish their thoughts in a series of open discussions throughout the afternoon and evening. Register online.
Dynamic Women Running Dynamic Startups
This panel will take a look at the female presence in tech startups in the area, and what can be done to further it. The panel includes area entrepreneurs such as Pixability’s Bettina Hein and Practically Green’s Susan Hunt Stevens. Register here.
Xconomy Forum: Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome
An incredible innovation story has been unfolding in genetic sequencing, which is giving rise to one of today’s grand challenges of computing. New DNA sequencing tools in development are said to have enough horsepower to decipher the complete 3-billion-letter signature of an individual’s DNA for under $1,000, and possibly with as little as 15 minutes … Continue reading “Xconomy Forum: Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome”
Mass Impact 2.0
Becker College is looking to make Masschusetts better known for its video gaming companies. This bash is out to spark a statewide development plan for supporting the video game and interactive digital media design and development space. RVSP to [email protected] if you’re interested in attending.
MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge: Startup Clinic with CaringWise and BodiMojo
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge is focusing on health-centered websites, with this installment of the startup clinic. The panel of Health IT entrepreneurs and investors will look at CaringWise, a web and mobile platform for housing caregiving data, and BodiMojo, a health-focused social website for teens. Register online.
Breakfast Seminar: SaaS Business Model Update — Creating and Managing Revenues
This morning panel will focus on how to make a software-as-a-service business boom. Executives and investors already in the field will talk about the business models and strategies that best worked for them. Register here.
Australia, San Diego, and the Algae Biofuels Revolutions
With the total market for algae biofuels projected to reach $1.6 billion over the next five years, Australia and San Diego are emerging as industry leaders. Both regions have significant research and development, as well as key corporations that are helping to commercialize new technologies. This event brings together key figures in algae biofuels research, … Continue reading “Australia, San Diego, and the Algae Biofuels Revolutions”
New Paradigms to Fund & Manage Drug Development
BayBio, the California Healthcare Institute and BioCentury are co-sponsoring an event called “New Paradigms to Fund & Manage Drug Development” on January 13 and 14, right after the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. For more information on how to regsiter, click here.
Laser Displays, Mobile Payments, Video Collaboration, Innovation Furniture, & More Demos Set for Wednesday’s 5X5 Forum
We’re really pleased to have a slew of disruption-minded companies from around the Xconomy network lined up for our 5X5: Five Cities, Five Big Tech Ideas conference this Wednesday afternoon in downtown Boston. But that’s just the main event—there’s a lot more going on after the speakers strut their stuff. For the first time, Xconomy … Continue reading “Laser Displays, Mobile Payments, Video Collaboration, Innovation Furniture, & More Demos Set for Wednesday’s 5X5 Forum”
The WLSA Convergence Summit
The San Diego-based Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance will hold its annual summit with CEOs from the world’s most innovative wireless health companies and global leaders in healthcare and technology. The three-day meeting is intended to present new technologies, offer outstanding networking, and accelerate business opportunities. Alliance partnership and event participation is exclusively extended to senior executives … Continue reading “The WLSA Convergence Summit”
Understanding Global Market Access and Reimbursement
Biocom has organized this overview of global access and reimbursement requirements for the United States and key overseas markets. Speakers include Bruce Quinn, a senior health policy specialist with Foley Hoag, and Michael Pollock of Reynolds Pollock & Associates. More information and online registration is here.
Xconomy Forum: San Diego’s Fight Against Diabesity
An estimated two-thirds of all Americans are currently overweight, and U.S. health agencies estimate that 25 million people have Type 2 diabetes—and an estimated one-third of the U.S. population could have diabetes by the year 2050. It’s becoming an epidemic of diabetes and obesity—or diabesity. San Diego’s biotech cluster happens to have core strength in … Continue reading “Xconomy Forum: San Diego’s Fight Against Diabesity”
Dendreon’s Dave Urdal on Truly Novel Cancer Drugs: Science & Technology Discovery Series
Dave Urdal, the chief scientific officer of Seattle-based Dendreon, is the featured speaker at the Technology Alliance’s Science & Technology Discovery Series breakfast meeting on December 10. The Technology Alliance asks attendees to please RSVP by Noon on Monday, Dec. 6. For more information about how to register, click here.
Get Radical, Practically—And Before Almost Everybody Else, With Special Ticket Offer for Xconomy’s 5X5 Forum
How do successful innovators define new industries and transform existing ones? How do successful companies maintain their dominance when conditions get tougher? The key, argues Fast Company co-founder William C. Taylor, is change. Of course, mastering change is no small feat. “The work of deep-seated, sustainable change remains the hardest work there is,” writes Taylor. … Continue reading “Get Radical, Practically—And Before Almost Everybody Else, With Special Ticket Offer for Xconomy’s 5X5 Forum”
Washington Technology Industry Association: Industry Achievement Awards – Gaining Momentum
Come see which companies, individuals, and students the WTIA honors as the top achievers in the state’s tech space. Registration and event information is online here.
Washington Technology Industry Association: Kickoff Event 2011
This low-key evening meet-up is out to connect those in the area tech community for the new year. Event details and registration are here.
MassTLC Mobility Summit: Ubiquitous Connectivity – The Impact of Mobile
Mobile carriers, technology developers, users, and advisors will gather for this half-day summit, hosted by the Mass. Technology Leadership Council. Check out demonstrations from 10 mobile technology startups. And come learn about how to develop mobile products to best reach consumers. Register here.
Healthcare Seminar: Using Technology to Improve Care while Right-sizing Costs, via Better Analytics
This Mass Technology Leadership Council-hosted event will focus on those who are working to analyze and apply data in the healthcare sphere as a way to keep costs down. The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative and Medventive are among the organizations that will be represented on the panel. Register here.
BioPartnering North America: Vancouver BC
BioPartnering North America, the big annual gathering for biotech dealmakers in Vancouver, BC, is being held this year Feb. 27 to March 1. For more information on how to register, click here.
Life Science Innovation Northwest 2011: Featuring Jim Greenwood, Steve Burrill
Life Science Innovation Northwest, one of the biggest events of the year for the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association, is being held on March 2-3 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. This year’s event will feature keynote presentations from Jim Greenwood, the president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and Steve Burrill, the biotech … Continue reading “Life Science Innovation Northwest 2011: Featuring Jim Greenwood, Steve Burrill”
P4 Medicine: Why Seattle is Leading the Charge
The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association is organizing an event on Jan. 19 titled “P4 Medicine: Why Seattle is Leading the Charge.” The program will focus on how cancer is the best example to date of personalized/genomic medicine. As part of this global topic, the program will illustrate how application of personalized medicine influences the … Continue reading “P4 Medicine: Why Seattle is Leading the Charge”
MIT Enterprise Forum Innovation Profile and Panel
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge often spotlights successful startups and innovative tech companies, and this month it is looking at Covidien, a healthcare company the separated from Tyco in 2007. CEO Richard Meelia will share some strategy behind his company’s growth, and an investor panel focused on the medtech field will follow. The group … Continue reading “MIT Enterprise Forum Innovation Profile and Panel”
Drinks on Tap #7 Holiday Edition
There’s a purpose to these drinks, besides holiday celebration. This is a gathering of iPhone app developers, who meet up every few months to show off what they’re working on. Register here to mingle and unveil the cool holiday app you’ve been putting together.
Entrepreneurship Panel: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model
London Business School professor John Mullins will highlight his book on entrepreneurship at this event, sponsored by the LBS Alumni Club and the British-Consulate General. He’ll pore over breakthrough business models that birthed companies like Apple and eBay, and approaches that startups trying to get off the ground today can take. Register here.
The Wireless Revolution: The Next Generation of Embedded Technology
UC San Diego professor Larry Larson, chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, discusses advances in embedded wireless devices. As the technology evolves and costs come down, machines that were never originally created for this technology now have the functionality of being mobile workstations. Security devices, vehicle tracking, diagnostics and patient health monitors are … Continue reading “The Wireless Revolution: The Next Generation of Embedded Technology”
BVS La Jolla Biotech Day
Biotech Vendor Services hosts its 8th annual La Jolla Biotech Day, an event that brings together top scientists, exhibitors, and top-notch speakers from local life science companies. Tim Harkins, R&D Director of next generation sequencing for Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies, will talk on the personal sequencing of Life CEO Greg Lucier to identify medically relevant … Continue reading “BVS La Jolla Biotech Day”
Spinning San Diego’s CareFusion Out of Ohio’s Cardinal Health
The San Diego Chapter of the Association of Corporate Growth is hosting CareFusion Executive Vice President Joan Stafslien and vice presidents Virginia Sanzone and Nathaniel Sisitsky for a presentation about the spinout of CareFusion from Cardinal Health. Their talk is intended to address business issues encountered in structuring the divestiture, standing up a new public … Continue reading “Spinning San Diego’s CareFusion Out of Ohio’s Cardinal Health”
SPAWAR: The Navy’s Information Dominance Command
The military special interest group at CommNexus has invited Rear Admiral Patrick H. Bradey, commander of the San Diego-based Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, to discuss SPAWAR and the doctrine of information dominance in modern naval strategy. Brady is responsible for providing superior decision systems to achieve information dominance for the U.S. Navy and … Continue reading “SPAWAR: The Navy’s Information Dominance Command”
Android Building Blocks
Since Android’s public release in 2008, it has emerged as one of the most popular mobile operating systems being used by mobile device manufacturer’s worldwide. CommNexus has organized this event with Deepak Kundra, principal staff software engineer for Motorola Mobility, to cover the architecture of the Android OS, explaining the different functional blocks, release history … Continue reading “Android Building Blocks”
Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition
The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, with more than $1 million in cash for Michigan entrepreneurs, targets mid-to-late-stage business start-ups with potential to generate an immediate impact on Michigan’s economy, as well as student concepts with longer-term business viability. With more than $1 million in cash winnings, plus in-kind awards of services, staffing and software, organizers … Continue reading “Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition”
Convergence Forum West: The Life Sciences Leaders Forum
During the second edition of this newly expanded one day program, an invitation-only group of entrepreneurs, executives and investors will be talking about innovation in diagnostics…opportunities in China…next-generation sequencing and computation technology…and the interface between drug and device makers and the consumer. Speakers include James Heywood, Co-Founder, PatientsLikeMe; John Mendlein PhD, Executive Chairman, Fate Therapeutics; … Continue reading “Convergence Forum West: The Life Sciences Leaders Forum”
The Science of Social Media
Babson College faculty member P.J. Guinan, professor of technology, operations, and information management, will present some of her groundbreaking research on how social media is used in larger corporations such as Cisco and EMC, among others. For background, see Guinan’s article “The Secrets of Marketing in a Web 2.0 World,” The Wall Street Journal, December … Continue reading “The Science of Social Media”
Drupal Business Summit
From the event website: “The social business revolution is happening. In today’s increasingly interactive marketplace, Drupal enables companies to embrace communities and to harness the power of the social web to deliver real business value. At Acquia, we have seen some highly innovative, creative and business impactful implementations of Drupal that have enabled companies to … Continue reading “Drupal Business Summit”
If the Venture Model is Broken, Who’s Funding All these Startups?
A Dealmaker Media Strategy Series event. From the event description: “Early stage investing is booming and we are finally seeing the kind of exits that show signs of a potential IPO market in our future. What is the new business of investing – startups are getting funded at rapid speeds, if venture is broken, who’s … Continue reading “If the Venture Model is Broken, Who’s Funding All these Startups?”
CalIT2: 10th Anniversary Open House and Digital Showcase
The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT2) will host its 10th anniversary Research Open House, and dozens of faculty, staff, and students will be giving TED-style talks in three locations. Visitors can tour the Nano3 cleanroom wing of Atkinson Hall, visit tech demonstrations in more than a dozen laboratories, research centers, and many … Continue reading “CalIT2: 10th Anniversary Open House and Digital Showcase”
Printed Electronics USA 2010
From the conference website: “Printed Electronics is one of the fastest growing technologies in the world. It is of vital interest to industries as diverse as chemicals, consumer goods, healthcare, military, electronics, advertising and publishing. It is allowing electronics to be used in places it has never been before, and offers new exciting form factors. … Continue reading “Printed Electronics USA 2010”
New England Venture Summit
This day-long event is out to bring together investors, startup executives, tech transfer personnel, researchers, and service providers. The day features presentations from life sciences, cleantech, and IT companies, as well as venture capital panel discussions. Register for the event here.
The New England Smart Grid Conference 2010: New England’s Smart Grid Tech Investments and Demonstration Projects
This conference will highlight New England’s players in the smart grid, including utilities, grid operators, renewable energy providers, and academics researching in the space. Panels will cover those working in the field, investments in the smart grid, and data and privacy concerns surrounding the technology. Registration is here.
BioArbor: Taking Your Company to the Next Level
This MichBio- and Spark-sponsored event aims to educate entrepreneurs on how to accelerate their startups. NRG Energy director Walt Young and George Dunbar, chairman of Accuri Cytometers and Arboretum Ventures partner, will share their insights on getting companies roaring. Register here.
Ann Arbor OpenCoffee
This free morning networking event aims to connect the different entrepreneurs and investors in the area. They’ll likely come from companies in the cleantech, IT, and life sciences spaces. Sign up here to let them know you’re dropping by, too.
Michigan Energy Forum – New Years Resolution: Models for Generating New Energy Businesses
Get a glimpse of the cleantech arena in the state, at the Michigan Energy Forum’s year in review gathering. The panels will take a look at new technologies, public policy shifts, sources of private funding, and cleantech entrepreneurs’ potential next steps. Register here.
Ann Arbor Spark Entrepreneur Education 2.0: Management Team
This event comes as part of Spark’s series of programs targeted at entrepreneurs growing innovation-focused companies. This particular installment will focus on tips for putting together a management team. Register online for this one.
Connect 2010 Most Innovative New Product Awards
The Most Innovative New Product Awards, organized by Connect, are to San Diego’s technology industry what the Oscars are to the movie business. The annual event attracts over 800 San Diego business leaders, researchers and capital providers. Out of more than 100 companies that begin the rigorous judging process, only 25 become finalists, and just … Continue reading “Connect 2010 Most Innovative New Product Awards”
Angel Education Series: “Early Exits”
This installment of the Angel Education Series takes a look at the liquidity event of exits. One session will cover valuation of an early-stage company, and in the second session, angel investor Basil Peters will talk about what goes into early exits. Sign up online.
2010 French American Innovation Day: Alzheimer’s Disease: The Pursuit of Personalized Medicine
This day of seminars will take a look at new research in the Alzheimer’s field, what’s challenging therapeutic breakthroughs, and how the U.S. and France can collaborate to tackle treatments for the disease. Panels will cover new gene discoveries and diagnostics methods, and perspectives from the research and drug development side. Register here.
Are You Ready for a Pre-Turkey Day Pizza Bash Tomorrow? C’mon Down to Xconomy HQ
Just a reminder for all you entrepreneurs, hackers, gene-splicers, and devotees of innovation, tomorrow is Xconomy’s second annual pre-Thanksgiving pizza party. We got some great special guests in Reed Sturtevant and Katie Rae of Project 11, an innovative early-stage venture startup; some great attendees already RSVP’d, and some great pizza courtesy of our friends and … Continue reading “Are You Ready for a Pre-Turkey Day Pizza Bash Tomorrow? C’mon Down to Xconomy HQ”
Managing a Crisis in the Age of Social Media
The way people find out about breaking news has changed significantly in the past few years. From real-time Twitter updates to eyewitness news to iReports, how media outlets source and broadcast stories has changed as well. First-hand accounts from everyday people involved in an incident are not just relayed through the media, they are posted … Continue reading “Managing a Crisis in the Age of Social Media”
Biocom’s 1st Annual Global Life Science Partnering Conference
BIOCOM’s Global Life Science Partnering Conference is an exclusive global partnering and networking forum that brings together senior executives and business development professionals from leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The conference includes case study presentations, individual company presentations, one-on-one meetings, and numerous networking opportunities. More information and registration is available online here.