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This event brings together parties on all sides of the sliver of cleantech that’s out to convert waste to energy, including utilities, government personnel, project developers, investors, and lenders. Register here.

Stephen Mayfield, Director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology professor of biology at UC San Diego, provides an overview on algae biotechnologies. Over the last ten years, Mayfield’s lab has been the first to show high levels of recombinant protein expression in algae, setting the stage for the use of algae as a … Continue reading “Using Biotechnology to Transform Algae Into Fuel, Food, and Medicine”

Tony Haymet, Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD provides an overview of the by the largest environmental disaster our nation has ever experienced. Scripps Oceanography researchers have been studying the Gulf of Mexico for many years, and along with their partners around the country have rapidly redeployed people and equipment to assist … Continue reading “Connect Frontiers in Science and Technology: The First 90 Days of the Gulf Oil Disaster”

Bill Davidson is senior vice president of global marketing and investor relations for Qualcomm. Davidson provides leadership for Qualcomm’s marketing and public relations efforts worldwide and is the primary liaison with the investment community and Qualcomm shareholders. Davidson previously served as vice president of carrier relations for Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS). He worked closely with … Continue reading “CommNexus Industry Leader Series: Qualcomm’s Bill Davidson”

The CommNexus military special interest group has organized a panel discussion about successful military technology transfer. Speakers from three San Diego military contractors will discuss how and why they expanded beyond Pentagon contacts to build successful businesses. The panel includes representatives from ViaSat, Peregrine Semiconductors, and Lumedyne Technology. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., or register … Continue reading “Using Military Tech Transfer to Get Out of the Gate”

CommNexus has organized a panel of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) experts to discuss new markets and opportunities in wireless communication technologies required to connect electric, gas and water meters to the Utilities’ networks. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., or register online here.

California State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, represents the 75th Assembly District. Fletcher was elected in 2008 and serves as vice chair of both the Assembly Health Committee and the Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology. He is the first combat veteran of the Global War on Terror to serve in the California State Legislature. Fletcher … Continue reading “Biocom Breakfast Roundtable with California Assembly Rep. Nathan Fletcher”

The 3rd annual San Diego Regional Security Conference is focused on IT and cybersecurity, robotics, secure communications, and sensors of all kinds. Keynote presentations and panel sessions will cover a range of topics that include: Information Assurance; Identity Management; Data Integrity; Intrusion Detection & Prevention; Security Testing and Audit Technologies; Ensuring and Fusing Secure Data … Continue reading “3rd annual San Diego Regional Security Conference”

The San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange (SDEE) has organized a forum to discuss how how life sciences entrepreneurs can get seed funding. The evening will include a roundtable and discussion with Court Turner from Avalon Ventures, Raj Krishnan, the founder of Biological Dynamics, and Malcolm Bohm the founder of Trialytics. ATS president and chief technology officer … Continue reading “SDEE Entrepreneurs Roundtable – How to Get Seed Funding”

The day-and-a-half conference will explore the research, business, and investment aspects of the biotech community. Panels and networking breaks will allow attendees to better understand California’s role in the industrial biotech space. Register online.

San Diego’s MIT Enterprise Forum hosts its signature wine social and networking event for San Diego’s technology and biotechnology community. Attended by more than 600 founders and executives of growth companies, business development personnel, investors, and service providers, this industry networking social offers an opportunity to connect in a relaxed and inspiring setting.

Having the capability to demonstrate your products’ value is only part of the solution to the challenge of getting customers to believe in your value story. A key to success in the implementation of a pricing and reimbursement strategy is to be able to present evidence of value in the context of a compelling story … Continue reading “Creating and Communicating Value Messages”

Bill Walton, who gained superstar status at UCLA under John Wooden and “the Pyramid of Success,” has acquired some notions of his own about a winning mindset. After undergoing surgery for excruciating back pain, Walton is now an active leader in the San Diego business community, serving as executive chairman of Connect’s San Diego Sport … Continue reading “Bill Walton on the Winning Mindset”

Congressman Bob Filner, D-Chula Vista, has been an active member of San Diego’s political scene for more than three decades and was first elected to Congress in 1992. He has been an outspoken advocate for health screening programs and research related to diseases, specifically directed to the African-American, Latino and Asian communities. Biocom has organized … Continue reading “Biocom Legislative Roundtable and Lunch with U.S. Rep. Bob Filner”

How does the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act change the way San Diego’s mobile health and life sciences companies conduct business? CommNexus has organized a panel discussion that includes West Wireless Health Institute CEO Don Casey, Sharp Hospitals CEO Mike Murphy, and CareFusion CEO Dave Schlotterbeck. What are the opportunities, threats and … Continue reading “Wireless Health Expo and Presentation on Healthcare Reform”

Norway’s Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy company, has organized a two-day conference in San Diego that covers use of the osmotic effect in desalination and power production. The summit is part of the American Membrane Technology Association’s annual meeting. Recent university and industry research efforts aim to improve membrane properties and make it possible to … Continue reading “Osmosis Membrane Summit”

Join Connect at a luncheon and award ceremony for the 23rd Annual Most Innovative Product Awards in eight categories: Action Sports Technologies; Aerospace and Security Technologies; Cleantech; Communications and IT; Life Sciences, diagnostic and research tools; Life Sciences, medical products; Software. More information and online registration is here.

The San Diego Venture Group’s eighth annual venture summit features former Sen. Tom Daschle, who will give a keynote address followed by a one-on-one chat with Carlsbad, CA-based Life Technologies CEO Greg Lucier. They are expected to discuss issues in healthcare, life sciences, cleantech, and international business growth. More information and online registration is here.

The Security Network and the San Diego chapter of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have organized two panel discussions on maritime robotics. Speakers from San Diego’s SeaBotix and invited speakers from UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography will address underwater uses for unmanned robotic vehicles. Speakers from Harbor Wing Technologies, Liquid Robotics, Lorimar, … Continue reading “Maritime Robotics: Unmanned Underwater and Surface Craft”

Developing technologies to store energy so the power grid can meet demand represents a major challenge in electricity distribution and a necessity for utilities facing a state mandate to get a third of their energy from renewable sources by 2020. CleanTALK San Diego, in partnership with PROVEN Inc., CleanVenture, and the Charged2020 conference, is hosting … Continue reading “Energy Storage on the Grid: Industry Overview, Technologies, and Challenges”