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This annual event, organized by our friends at the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center, is one of the best biotech/life sciences gatherings of the year—and Xconomy is pleased to once again help support it. It’s a touch challenge and you couldn’t ask for a more to-the-point theme: “The Survival of the Fittest Life Sciences Companies: How … Continue reading “Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day”

For the third year running, Sirtris CEO Christoph Westphal is organizing this event for biotech CEOs. This year’s conference, featuring top area executives and internationally recognized economic and healthcare policy experts, zeroes in on the “future of healthcare in the context of the current economic and political environment.” More details and registration information can be … Continue reading “Boston Biotech CEO Conference”

Ultra Light Startups is a meetup, new to Boston, that is dedicated to helping technology entrepreneurs “launch startups quicker, cheaper, and more successfully.” The first meeting is a panel discussion focused on crowdsourcing business models and how crowdsourcing will drive the future of business. Our friend Alex Lindahl from College Mogul, in partnership with BU … Continue reading “Ultra Light Startups Boston: Crowdsourcing”

Webheads, free pizza+beer and a bit of testing. Attendees will mix socializing with hands-on time testing and giving feedback to the participating startups. Josh Porter, owner of Bokardo Design and author of Designing for the Social Web, will be conducting a Lightning Usability/Comprehension test with the presenters, followed by a presentation of test results and … Continue reading “Boston TestCase I @ betahouse”

Crossroads, now in its 16th year, has become the largest venture fair in the eastern United States. Taking place over two days in New Haven, this year’s event will feature select northeastern later stage Tech, IT, and Life Science companies. The fast-paced event is geared to the high-tech, high-growth entrepreneur and investor. Prior companies have … Continue reading “Crossroads 2009”

Register for this MITX event and you’ll create a data record. By the end of this session, you may have a better idea about who owns it. Or not, but the debate should be interesting. Details and registration information on the event web site.

Investment in employee blogs, Twitter, YouTube, customer communities and other social media keeps growing, but what is it worth? As the use of social media grows, practitioners are getting down to the practical issues of deciding what to measure and how to quantify results. The morning keynote, breakout sessions, and workshop at this half-day event … Continue reading “Social Media Summit: What’s the ROI of Social Media?”

UMass Amherst and Co-op Power team up to present this year’s Sustainable Energy Summit with the theme “This is the Year! Now is the Hour!” This two-day event includes exhibitors, keynote speakers, childrens’ programming, and professional training for “green jobs.” Schedule and regitration information can be found at the Co-op Power web site.

The Rappaport Institute at the Kennedy School of Government hosts a discussion around House Bill 1794, which would outlaw non-compete clauses in employment agreements in Massachusetts. From the event description: “Massachusetts, like many states, allows firms in knowledge-intensive fields to limit their employees’ ability to take jobs with other firms. These ‘non-compete’ restrictions help firms … Continue reading “Using Non-Compete Laws to Spur Economic Development in Massachusetts”

From organizer Bobbie Carlton: “Mass Innovation Nights are a series of events designed to harness the power of social media to showcase Massachusetts-based innovation. Every month we throw a live launch party (registration starts at 6:00 pm and the new products are on display 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm) at the Charles River Museum of … Continue reading “Mass Innovation Nights”

A conference at MIT focusing on the challenges of preserving words and images in cyberspace. From the conference organizers: “In just a few years, we will be able to transmit the entire printed contents of the Library of Congress in five seconds. The implications of this are profound, and will be the subject of the … Continue reading “Media in Transition: Stone and Papyrus, Storage and Transmission”

In place of its usual monthly happy hour, the Renewable Energy Business Network-Boston will hold its next social gathering at the Wilmington, MA-based Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, which is dedicated to the development of non-toxic, environmentally benign and sustainable technological solutions for society. “The good folks at the Institute have kindly offered to … Continue reading “Renewable Energy Business Network Green Chemistry Tour”

From the event website: “IGC East is for developers of console, Flash and casual games who want a leg up on the competition and for the publishers who want to see the hottest games in development by the rising stars of the industry…The IGC Game Demo Night is the place to show your game off … Continue reading “Independent Game Conference East”

The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is an annual one-day conference, held on the MIT campus, where CIOs and other senior business executives from around the world gather to explore how leading-edge academic research and innovative technologies can help address the practical challenges faced in today’s changing economy. Panel discussions will feature groups of CEOs, academic … Continue reading “MIT Sloan CIO Symposium”

Join Mobile Monday Boston for a special event sponsored by Wilmer Hale and Apperian with featured speaker Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. A diverse set of mobile companies, including Apperian, eInk, Geocade, Locale, Mobile Ed, Olin College, TripChill, Viximo, and mobiScaler, will deliver rapid-fire, 5 minute presentations on their business models, apps, and products. The event … Continue reading “Mobile Monday Boston with Governor Patrick”

From the event sponsor: “The Capital Network (TCN), an organization for entrepreneurs seeking funding, presents When is Venture Capital Right for your Early Stage Company? You’re an entrepreneur with a great idea and you need money to keep going. Is venture capital the right source? What are the benefits and trade-offs of working with a … Continue reading “When is Venture Capital Right for your Early Stage Company?”

The biennial Boston Cyberarts Festival is the first and largest collaboration of artists working in new technologies in all media in North America, encompassing visual arts, dance, music, electronic literature, web art, and public art. Events take place at locations in and around Boston, including theatres, museums, galleries, artists’ studios, educational institutions, and other public … Continue reading “Boston Cyberarts Festival”

The Cambridge Science Festival, presented by the MIT Museum, showcases Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science, technology, engineering, and math. A multifaceted, multicultural event held every spring, the festival makes science accessible, interactive and fun. Events range from a seminar on building augmented-reality GPS games to a “Listening Party” hosted by Jad Abumrad … Continue reading “Cambridge Science Festival”

Attention golfers: here’s your chance to hit the links and raise money for science education at the same time. The Infoscitex Foundation awards college scholarships to financially disadvantaged high school students possessing a high degree of interest and excellence in mathematics, science or technology. More information here, registration here.

Robotics Trends mounts its 6th annual RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition April 15-16, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. The company calls it “the ‘must attend’ event for those interested in the business and technical issues related to the development of the personal, service and mobile robotics industry…the only industry event dedicated to the issue of applying emerging … Continue reading “RoboBusiness Conference and Expo”

This morning event is being organized by MITX. Members free, non-members $25. From the event description: “Steve Jobs said: “There has never been anything like the App Store.”  The iPhone provides an amazingly rich platform, and the App Store creates the most open and accessible mobile application space ever.  The technology for iPhone Apps is … Continue reading “iPhone Apps and the AppStore—How to Succeed on this Revolutionary Platform”

Now in its sixth year, Convergence is a unique opportunity for life sciences executives to meet with investors, understand how policy and industry dynamics are changing, get closer to prospective partners, and learn about new opportunities. Speakers this year hail from the worlds of hospitals and payors, academia and big pharma, venture capital and start-ups … Continue reading “Convergence: The Life Sciences Leaders Forum”

Over the last nine years, the Nantucket Conference has become an annual spring ritual where top technology investors and executives share new ideas, find investors and partners and debate key technology trends and financial dynamics. The tenth year program is proving no exception with speakers including Scott Durschlag, COO, Skype; Paul Ricci, CEO, Nuance; Rodney … Continue reading “Nantucket Conference”

An informal meetup for Boston-area iPhone developers. Have a beer, demo your projects and meet other locals doing the same. Information and (free) registration here.

It’s Oscar night for the New England communications industry. Honorees include Google’s Rich Miner, as Industry Player of the Year, and Dean Kamen, Workforce Development Award. Other awards will be given for CEO of the Year, Company of the Year, Mobile Product of the Year, and more. A complete list of nominees and registration details … Continue reading “MassNetComms Annual Awards Ceremony”

What is Patient Centered Care?  Who is driving it, and why? What technologies will help or hinder it? And who will pay for it? The national debate on healthcare reform is gaining momentum, and patient centered care—organized around the patient as a “whole person” rather than putting institutional bureaucracies at the center of the healthcare … Continue reading “Healthcare Summit: Technology Driving the Patient-Centered Revolution”

Building a Smart Grid may be better than being off the grid—Smart Grid technologies are expected to result in significant reduction in electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.  According to Lux research, the Smart Grid market is expected to reach $65 billion in 2013. This interactive program brings together leading experts to look at the … Continue reading “Building the Smart Grid: Barriers and Opportunities”

Tech Tuesdays are moving to Microsoft’s brand-new R&D space at One Memorial Drive (the venue for Xconomy’s Mobile Innovation Forum). Come by to hang with fellow geeks and enjoy ad hoc the show-and-tell—LCD projector and WiFi are available. This event is free. Tech Tuesday registration.