Date and time: Tuesday, February 7 from 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Event Topic: SVForum Quarterly Venture Breakfast with Pillsbury Winthrop and PwC
Sponsoring Group: SVForum
Location: Pillsbury Winthrop, 2475 Hanover Street, Palo Alto
Cost: Online: SVForum Members: $25; General Public: $59; Platinum Pass:
$0; Cost is an additional $10 on-site (does not apply to Platinum Pass
members).
More Information: http://www.svforum.org
Registration: http://www.svforum.org/venture-breakfast-series
Bio2Device Group
Speaker: Seema Handu & Dr. Desiree LeBeaud, Children's Global Health Initiative
Date and Time: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, 8:30- 10:30 am
Location: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive, Sunnyvale, CA (across the street
from Sunnyvale Public Library)
Cost: Free
Date and time: Tuesday, February 7 from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Topic: Social Media Revolutionary: Egyptian Activist Wael Ghonim
Sponsoring Group: Churchill Club
Location: Computer History Museum, 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard, Mountain View
Cost: PRICE: Churchill Club Member $25 | Nonmember $50.
More Information:
http://transition.churchillclub.org/eventDetail.jsp?EVT_ID=930
Registration:
http://transition.churchillclub.org/eventDetail.jsp?EVT_ID=930
Date and time: Wednesday, February 8 from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Topic: SVForum Main Event
Sponsoring Group: SVForum
Location: Cooley Godward, LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto
Cost: SVForum/SVASE Members: $25, General Public: $59, Platinum Pass: $0
$10 more at the door (does not apply to Platinum Pass Members).
More Information: http://www.svforum.org
Registration: http://svforum.org/main-event-series
Date and time: Thursday's, Feb 9 - April 26, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Event Topic: 12-Week PHR/SPHR Certification Preparation Course
Sponsoring Group: Northern California Human Resources Association
Location: Accretive Solutions, 800 W El Camino Real, Suite 320, Mountain
View
Cost: General $1129 / NCHRA Members $979 (2012 SHRM Learning System
included with registration).
More Information: http://www.nchra.org
Registration: https://m360.nchra.org/event.aspx?eventID=38070&instance=0
MIT Club of Northern California: Energy & Clean Tech Series
Distributed Energy Generation, Future or Fantasy?
Thursday, February 9, 2012; 6:00 – 9:00pm
Silicon Valley Bank 3005 Tasman Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95054
Dian Grueneich – ex-CPUC Commissioner
Bryan Hannegan – Vice President, EPRI
Craig Lewis – Exec Director, Clean Coalition
David Rubin - Director, Pacific Gas & Electric
Moderator: Eric Wesoff, Green Tech Media
$30 - $60
http://www.mitnorcal.org
Friday, February 10, 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
FountainBlue’s When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series
Topic: How to Throw More Balls Up Higher: Juggling Work-Life Balance in Demanding Times
Location: Symantec, 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View, to be confirmed
Pre-register by February 9 at noon: $27 members, $32 partners, $42 general, $156 corporate passes for up to 10 people
Late and On-Site Registration: $42 for members, $52 for non-members
Members and Prospective Members can register at: http://fountainblue.shuttlepod.org/whenshespeaks
Facilitator Melissa McDonell, Brand Voice Marketing Consulting
Panelist Gina Diaz, Director, License Management Services (LMS) Group, Oracle
Panelist Irena Halsey, Director Women's Initiative, eBay
Panelist Jane Helfen, Director, Human Resources, Huawei
Panelist Shilpa Kolhatkar, Engineering Manager, Cisco
Panelist Cheryl Miller, Sr. Director, Product Management, Symantec
For more information and to register as a partner or non-member, visit http://www.whenshespeaks.com.
Date and time: Feb 11, 2011 - 9:00AM to 4:00PM
Event Topic: Inspire, Impact, Win!
Sponsoring Group: OPEN
Location: Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
Speaker (s):
• Julie Hanna, Chair of the Board, Kiva
• Leslie Marshall, Radio Talk Show Host & FOX News Contributor
• Lorraine Harriton, Special Rep. for Commercial & Business Affairs US Dept of State
• Seema Aziz, CEO Seafam / Founder CARE Foundation
• Barbara Holzapfel, SVP & MD, SAP Labs North America
• Shahnaz Taplin Chinoy, Co-founder Muslim Women's Fund
• Erna Grasz, Founder & CEO, Asante Foundation Africa
• Jennifer M. Walske, Director of Social Entrepreneurship, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
• Marilyn Nagel, CEO at Watermark and former Chief Diversity Officer at Cisco
• Shaherose Charania, CEO and Co-Founder at Women2.0
Cost: Early bird $35, Student $10, Regular $45
http://www.opensiliconvalley.org/wlf2012/
Export Opportunities in Brazil for California Green Companies
February 13, 2012 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
San Jose City Hall Wing Building - Rooms 118-120 Santa Clara and Fourth Streets
Carlos de Senna Figueiredo, Economist, National Confederation of Industry for
Brazil (CNI), Lead expert in the Brazilian energy sector
The Honorable Chuck Reed, Mayor of the City of San Jose
Matthew Mahood, San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce
The Honorable Eduardo Prisco Ramos, Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco
Our panels of experts will help you learn how to take advantage of the opportunities in the Brazilian market and export your green technology to Brazil!
http://www.baybrazil.org
Bio2Device Group, Topic: “Challenges and Tips for Expanding Your Business into China”
Speaker: Matt Levy, President, 55 Star Ventures
Date and Time: Tuesday Evening, Feb. 14, 2012, 6:00-9:00 pm
Location: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati-- 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto , CA 94306
Register at www.bio2devicegroup.org week prior to meeting
Cost:
$6 - Students/In-transition - Members only
$11 - Early-bird Registration - Members only
$20 - Late Registration and Non-Members
$25 - Walk-ins
Date and time: Tuesday, February 14 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Event Topic: Entrepreneur Forum: 4G Apps
Sponsoring Group: Telecom Council of Silicon Valley
Location: Vodafone Labs, 275 Shoreline Dr., Suite 400, Redwood City
Cost: Free for members & $50 for non-members.
More Information: http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/event/ef_4gApps
Registration: http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/event/ef_4gApps
Date and time: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 8am to 10am
Event Topic: Health Tech Breakfast: Investor Landscape - Outlook for 2012
Sponsoring Group: SVForum
Location: Genentech 31-1A, 1531 Grand View, South San Francisco
Cost: SVForum Members: $25, General Public: $59, Platinum Pass: $0.
More Information: http://www.svforum.org
Registration: http://www.svforum.org/healthseries
EMBS Topic: “Emerging Body Area Network standard, IEEE 802.15.6”
Speaker: Arthur Astrin, PhD, ASTRIN RADIO
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 pm
Location: Room M-114, Stanford University Medical School
BioScience Forum Topic: "Commercializing Discoveries in Cancer Metabolism: Building Early Stage Biotech
Companies in Today's Financing Environment"
Speaker: Susan Molineaux, Ph.D., President and CEO, Calithera Biosciences
Date and Time: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: The Holiday Inn, 275 S. Airport Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080
Register at http://www.cvent.com/events/bioscience-forum-susan-molineaux-president-andceo-
calithera-biosciences/registration-0be032ef09c74709bf1e8c95297f9a83.aspx?i=48463ca4-
22e0-4a3a-b1aa-a515b64a829a
Or go to http://biosf.org/ and find registration button at bottom of page
Event Registration ($3 service fee will apply)
UC Berkeley Extension Course: “Life Science Product Marketing: It’s All in the Plan”
Date and Time: Feb. 16, 23, March 1, 8, 15 and 29, 2012; 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: New Belmont Center, UC Berkeley Extension, Room 3B, 1301 Shoreway Road, Suite 400, Belmont
Instructor: Audrey S. Erbes, Ph.D.;
Guest Instructors:
Naina Shehzeen Ahmad, Senior Consultant, Simon Kucher
Richard Clark, Sr. Director, Biopharma Strategy at Medtronic
Deb Donovan, Director of Marketing at Avantis Medical Systems
Charles Versaggi, President, Versaggi Biocommunications
Steven Wong, Senior Consultant, Plan A
Fee: $695
See more details and register at http://extension.berkeley.edu/catalog/course135.html
CACO Topic: The IND Development of Monoclonal Antibodies (MAbs)
Speakers: Ben Marafino Jr. and Kathy Meyer
Date and Time: Thursday, Feb. 16, 12:45-17:30
Location: SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Online registration and further details: http://www.caco-pbs.org
Bio2Device Group Topic: “Survive and Thrive: A Medical Imaging Device Start-Up Story”
Speaker: Kendall Waters, Silicon Valley Medical Instruments (SVMI)
Date and Time: 2/21, 8:30-10:30 am
Location: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive, Sunnyvale, CA (across the street
from Sunnyvale Public Library)
Cost: Free
CACO Workshop Topic: Metabolic activation and potential drug toxicity: the knowns and unknowns, the
sense and non-sense
Speaker: Professor Alan Buckpitt, University of California, Davis
Date and Time: 2/24, 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Location: SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Event fee: Below cost of course materials for unemployed; For others, details available upon
online login.
Online registration and further details not posted as yet. See details at http://www.cacopbs.
org/aspx/sfchemists.aspx
Bio2Device Group, Topic: “Developing Innovative Biotherapeutics driven by Unmet Medical Needs”
Speaker: Xiaodong Yang, M.D., President, CEO and Member of Board, Apexigen
Date and Time: Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, 8:30- 10:30 am
Location: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive, Sunnyvale, CA (across the street from
Sunnyvale Public Library)
Cost: Free
QB3 Quadrant Speaker Series, Topic: “The Future of Diagnostics—Detecting, Preventing, and Predicting Disease”
Speaker: Eric Whitters, Global Head of Research and Development,Novartis Diagnostics
Date and Time: Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, noon-1:00 pm (Lunch will be served)
Location: Genentech Hall N-114, UCSF Mission Bay, San Francisco
Golden Gate Polymer Forum Topic: "Fast-Scan Differential Scanning Calorimetry - Practical Applications in Research & Quality Labs in Polymer Industry"
Speaker: Jun Wang, Application Scientist, Thermal/Elemental Analysis
PerkinElmer
Date and Time: Feb. 28, 6:00 pm
6:00 PM social hour
7:00 PM dinner
8:00 PM presentation
Location: Michael's at Shoreline Park, 2960 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View
CALBIO2012 Driven by Patients, Joint BayBio & BIOCOM Conference
Event: Annual Conference for BayBio and BIOCOM held jointly
Speakers: See agenda at http://www.baybio.org/baybio-sites/calbio2012/program/
Date and Times: All Day Thursday and Friday, March 6-7, 2012
Location: San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 55 Fourth Street · San Francisco
Cost: BayBio|BIOCOM Member Rate $750 until Jan. 27th; $1,350 until event $1,550 at
event
Non-Member Rate $1,150 until Jan. 27th; $1,750 until event; $1,950 at event
See other categories with rates and registration page at http://www.baybio.org/baybiosites/
calbio2012/registration/
Friday, March 9, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
FountainBlue’s When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series
Agility - The Key to Building a Successful Career
EMC, 2831 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara
Cost: $27 members, $32 partners, $42 general, $156 for up to 10 people
Member Rate before 2/9 is $22
Registration after March 8: $42 for members, $52 for non-members
Member Registrations: http://fountainblue.shuttlepod.org/whenshespeaks
Facilitator Caroline Margozzi
Panelist Karyn Corbett, Senior Director, Cisco Services
Panelist Kim Fox, Chief of Staff to the President, Sr. Director Operations, Information Intelligence Group, EMC
Panelist Brigitte Ricou-Bellan, Senior Director and GM, International, eBay
Panelist Mona Sabet, Corporate VP, Business Development, Cadence
Panelist Christine Westland, Director of Account Management, International OEMs, Japan Channel, Brocade
For more information and partner and non-member registration, visit http://www.whenshespeaks.com.
Bio2Device Group, Tuesday Evening, March 13, 2012
Topic: “Challenges and Tips for Expanding Your Business into China”
Speaker: Matt Levy, Sr. Director, International Market Development, Akonni Biosystems
Date and Time: Tuesday Evening, March 13, 2012, 6:00-9:00 pm
Location: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati-- 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto , CA 94306
Register at www.bio2devicegroup.org week prior to meeting
Cost:
$6 - Students/In-transition - Members only
$11 - Early-bird Registration - Members only
$20 - Late Registration and Non-Members
$25 - Walk-ins
Bio2Device Group, Topic: Tentative Reimbursement topic
Speaker: Ellen Licking, Senior Editor and Analyst, Value & Innovation LLC, a subsidiary of Real Endpoints
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 20, 2011, 8:30-10:30 am
Location: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive, Sunnyvale, CA (across the street from
Sunnyvale Public Library)
Cost: Free
CACO Workshop Topic: Large molecule bioanalytical: immunoassays and LCMS methods
Speakers: Surinder Kaur (Genentech), Binod DeSilva (BMS), Keyang Xu (Genentech),
Montserrat Carasco
Date and Time: Monday, March 26; 12:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Cost: Free
Register at http://www.caco-pbs.org/aspx/login01.aspx
Friday, April 13, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
FountainBlue’s When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series
Building and Reinforcing Your Executive Brand
LifeScan, to be confirmed
Cost: $27 members, $32 partners, $42 general, $156 for up to 10 people
Member Rate before 3/13 is $22
Registration after April 12: $42 for members, $52 for non-members
Member Registrations: http://fountainblue.shuttlepod.org/whenshespeaks
Facilitator Cynthia Holladay, Founder, Principal and CEO, Upright Marketing
Panelist Monica Bajaj, Senior Engineering Manager, Cisco
Panelist Susan Hailey, Director, Executive Talent Acquisition, eBay
Panelist from LifeScan to be confirmed
For more information and partner and non-member registration, visit http://www.whenshespeaks.com.
UC Berkeley Extension Course, Thursday and Friday, April 19-20, 2012
Topic: "Life Science Business and Marketing: Their Integral Role"
Instructor: Audrey S. Erbes, Ph.D.; Guest Speakers: Don Holsten, Pharm. D., Bev Hudson, M.B.A.,
Julie Tompkins, M.B.A.
Date and Time: Thursday and Friday, April 19-20, 2012; 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Location: New Belmont Center, UC Berkeley Extension, Room 3B, 1301 Shoreway Road, Suite 400,
Belmont, CA 94002
Fee: $795; X442.4 (1 semester unit in Business Administration
Register at http://extension.berkeley.edu/catalog/course190.html
CACO Workshop Topic: “Getting the Most from Your CRO Collaboration: in vitro/in vivo studies and
analytical/bioanalytical assays”
Speakers: Steven Smith (Consultant), Kenjie Amemiya (Genentech), Dave Toman (Elan)
Date and Time: Tuesday Afternoon, April 24, 2012; 12:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Cost: Free
Register at http://www.caco-pbs.org/aspx/login01.aspx
CACO Topic: Clinical Development of Peptide Therapeutics
Speaker: Chris Rhodes (ex-Amylin)
Date and Time: Friday, May 11, 2012; 11:30 am-1:30 pm
Location: SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza
Cost: Free
Register at http://www.caco-pbs.org/aspx/login01.aspx
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