Category: San Francisco

The Cleantech Open sponsors a day-long conference on the contributions alternative energy entrepreneurship can make to economic recovery. From the conference website: “Amidst the recovery from the recent recession, seeds of a brighter future are being developed by entrepreneurs with ‘game changing’ clean technologies.  This innovation is not unprecedented, but what is different this time?  … Continue reading “Cleantech Entrepreneurship: Can It Get the Nation Back to Work?”

ExL Pharma brings its digital pharma event to the West Coast. From the event website: “Digital Pharma has become the leading experimental forum for the industry to explore how technology, innovation and social media are changing the way we interact with patients and physicians. We assemble the most leading pharma marketers and create a setting … Continue reading “Digital Pharma West”

The UC Berkeley Extension in downtown San Francisco hosts a two-day course for venture-funded startup entrepreneurs in the life sciences sector. From the course writeup: “Study contemporary start-up topics covering the history, culture, and evolution of biotech businesses and business models. You are introduced to the basics of starting a biotechnology or life science company … Continue reading “Venture Funding and Due Diligence: Financing a Biotechnology Company”

With sponsorship from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the four-day annual meeting of the ISSCR comes to San Francisco this June. From the event website: “The ISSCR Annual Meeting has become the preeminent international stem cell meeting of the foremost stem cell professionals from public, private, academic and government settings. It provides a forum to … Continue reading “International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting”

On June 17 the weekly “Night Life” social event at the California Academy of Sciences will feature the “Physics Circus” with ringmaster Zeke Kossover. From the event listing: “Can you really break the bottom out of beer bottle just with your hand? Are personal hovercrafts the wave of the future? Can you light a bulb … Continue reading “Night Life: The Physics Circus”

SD Forum presents a “Clean and Green Evening Series” event on how technology can help address the global shortage of fresh water. From the event listing: “The global water crisis continues to be a top priority for consumers, corporations, entrepreneurs, investors and the government. Our panelists will provide an update on what they feel to … Continue reading “The Water Crisis: An Update on Global Challenges and the Role of Technology”

The SD Forum’s Mobile SIG, with sponsorship from Pillsbury Winthrop and PricewaterhouseCoopers, presents its quarterly venture breakfast, with a focus this quarter on the prospects for consumer Internet plays for venture investors. To quote from the event listing: “Are there still big consumer plays or is the field already saturated? Who will be the winners … Continue reading “Consumer Internet Venture Breakfast”

The SD Forum hosts a Clean Tech Breakfast on “Next Generation Batteries: Challenges and Opportunities in Energy Storage.” Confirmed speakers include Dania Ghantous, Qnovo Corporation; Ashok Lahiri, Enovix; and Mark Platshon, VantagePoint. Jeffrey Selman of Nixon Peabody will moderate. Information here.

Rob Myers, founder of the Agile Institute, speaks on the topic “Up Close and Personal – Real World Stories about Agile Software Development Methodologies” in this session hosted by the SD Forum’s Engineering Leadership SIG. Information here.

The Business Intelligence SIG of SD Forum hosts a talk by Michael Driscoll, principal at Dataspora, on the opportunities and challenges created by “big data”—the massive flow of information generated by consumers clicking on Web links, swiping their credit cards, and checking in at various locations on their mobile devices. Information here.

SD Forum’s marketing SIG hosts a talk by Dylan Thomas, digital director at Rassak Experience, on the most appropriate and effective ways to use community initiatives to build your brand and drive business results. “This presentation will provide an overview of community initiatives types, present success stories, and provide tools to assess the role of … Continue reading “Using Community Initiatives to Build Your Brand”

The Silicon Valley extension of UC Santa Cruz hosts a talk by famed investor and technology Guy Kawasaki, who will focus on the “new rules of the game” in technology entrepreneurship. Attendance is free, but registration is required. Information here.

Adaptive Path hosts a four-day workshop series for user experience professionals who want to “take their practice to the next level,” in the words of the event listing. “We examine the key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. Each workshop is led by Adaptive … Continue reading “UX Intensive 2010”

GigaOm is expanding its annual cloud computing conference to a two-day format. Speakers will include VMware’s Paul Maritz, Akamai’s Paul Sagan, Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, Facebook’s Jay Parikh, and Amazon’s Werner Vogels. Information here, registration here.

The pariSoma Innovation Loft sponsors a talk by Larry Albukerk of EB Exchange Funds on practical, behind-the-scenes information that entrepreneurs need before they sign a term sheet with venture investors. Cost: $75. Info here, registration here.