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FountainBlue-Recommended Silicon Valley Events
for High Tech, Life Science and Clean Energy Decision-Makers

Approximately every week, we profile upcoming FountainBlue and featured partner events as well as make recommendations for other Silicon-Valley-based partner events which may be of interest to the FountainBlue community members.

 

If you would like to submit a Silicon Valley for clean energy, high tech or life science decision-makers for inclusion in our mailings, please e-mail us the complete and final event details in text format (no attachments) to info@fountainblue.biz in the format below by noon on Thursdays, at least one week before your event:


Event Topic:
Sponsoring Group:
Date and time:
Location:
Speaker (s):
Cost:
Registration:

Please also specify if there is a discount code for FountainBlue members and if we have any complementary passes for our organization and its volunteers.

We apologize, but submissions not in the format above, or submissions sent through attachments will not be included.

 

FountainBlue Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Forum

Topic: Leveraging Software for Energy Efficiency Solutions

Date & Time:     Monday, March 1 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Applied Materials, 3050 Bowers, in Santa Clara

Facilitator Dave Miller, Partner, KPMG

Panelist Kathy Fields, Co-Chair, Silicon Valley Office, Partner, Corporate and Private Equity and Technology Companies Group, Goodwin Procter LLP

Panelist Andy Gordon, VP of Sales, Federspiel Controls

Panelist John Suh, Member of the Technical Staff, General Motors Advanced Technology Silicon Valley Office

Panelist Dharmesh Thakkar, Advanced Technology Ventures

Panelist Eileen Tanghal, Investment Director, Applied Ventures

Presenting Entrepreneur Eric Alderman, Founder, President and CEO, SolarNexus

Presenting Entrepreneur Mark Friedman, President, Green Axle

Presenting Entrepreneur Zachary Gentry, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-founder, Adura Technologies

Cost: $22 members, $32 partners, $42 general

On-Site Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership plus admission

Registration:      Please pre-register by noon on 2/26 using the PayPal link at http://www.svcleanenergy.com.

Audience: Clean Energy Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs & Investors, No Service Providers Please

 

SBODN Topic:  How to Deliver Engaging Webinar Presentations, Mon, March 1st

Speaker: Roger Courville, www.TheVirtualPresenter.com 

NEW LOCATION/SPONSOR:  CITRIX, SANTA CLARA

TO ATTEND EVENT LIVE for $20 (advance)from 5:30 pm PST - Registration Link:  http://sbodnrvirtualpresenter.eventbrite.com

OR ATTEND VIRTUALLY VIA GOTOWEBINAR for $10 at 6pm PST - Registration Link:  http://sbodnwebinarvirtualppt.eventbrite.com

 

San Jose BioCenter: The Ten Mistakes That Senior Management Teams Make with Investigational New Drug Applications

All About Science Series

Tuesday, March 2, 2010: 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

SPEAKERS

• Panel Chair: Debra Gosling, Account Executive, Regulatory & Clinical Services, Liquent Inc.

• Lorna Speid, M.R.Pharm.S., Ph.D., RAC., President, Speid & Associates, Inc.

• Sarah Powell, Executive Director of Regulatory Strategies, Liquent Inc.

• Jim Hilferty, Operations Manager, Regulatory & Clinical Services, Liquent Inc.

Registration and Information: http://ww.sjbiocenter.com

 

Event Topic: Inside Qualcomm: Snapdragon

Sponsoring Group: Telecom Council of Silicon Valley

Date and time: Tuesday, March 2 from 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: Qualcomm Campus, 3165 Kifer Road, Santa Clara

Cost: Free; for Council members, wireless software engineers and wireless

product managers.

More Information:

http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/event/Qualcomm_Snapdragon

Registration: http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/event/Qualcomm_Snapdragon

 

French Bio Bay Networking Dinner with EPPIC Global and an Indian Flair

Tuesday 02 March 2010 (7-10 PM)

Location: private room setting at Suraj Indian Cuisine Restaurant, 2550 El Camino Real, Redwood City

RSVP by Friday 26 February 2010 - www.frenchbiobay.com

 

Event Topic: The New How: Business Solutions through Collaborative Strategy Sponsoring Group: Global Women's Leadership Network Date and time: Tuesday, March 2 from 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: California Mission Room, Benson Center, Santa Clara Univ., 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara

Cost: $25 on line; $35 at the door.

More Information: http://www.gwln.org

Registration: http://www.scu.edu/business/gidrsvp/

 

Event Topic: How Sentiment Analysis can Make Sense of Social Media (or Can

it?)

Sponsoring Group: Global Learning Foundation Date and time: Tuesday, March 2 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: Samovar Conference Hall, 1077 Independence Ave, Mountain View

Cost: $20 in advance; $30 at the door.

More Information:

http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaExecutives/calendar/12537877/

Registration: http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaExecutives/calendar/12537877/

 

SVPMA Meeting: How to Get that Next Product Management Job

SPEAKER: Shreyas Doshi, Product Manager, Google 

WHEN:    Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 - 6:30pm to 9pm

WHERE:   Network Meeting Center at the TechMart

         5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara

Registration and Information: http://www.svpma.orgl

 

BioE2E

Does Your Business Plan Have A Fatal Flaw?

Date: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Time: 6:30 - 9pm

Location: 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto

Online registration:   http://www.acteva.com/go/bioe2e

General admission: $25; $35 on site registration

Advance registration deadline: March 1st, 2010, 5pm

 

When: Wed, March 3rd, 2010, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Where: Computer History Museum

1401 N Shoreline Blvd.

Mountain View, CA 94043

Cost: $10

Snacks and refreshments provided

Sponsored by Royse Law Firm: http://www.rroyselaw.com/

 

Event Topic: The New How: Business Solutions through Collaborative Strategy Sponsoring Group: Global Women's Leadership Network Date and time: Tuesday, March 2 from 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: California Mission Room, Benson Center, Santa Clara Univ., 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara

Cost: $25 on line; $35 at the door.

More Information: http://www.gwln.org

Registration: http://www.scu.edu/business/gidrsvp/

 

Event Topic: How Sentiment Analysis can Make Sense of Social Media (or Can it?)

Sponsoring Group: Global Learning Foundation

Date and time: Tuesday, March 2 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: Samovar Conference Hall, 1077 Independence Ave, Mountain View

Cost: $20 in advance; $30 at the door.

More Information:

http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaExecutives/calendar/12537877/

Registration: http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaExecutives/calendar/12537877/

 

Bio2Device Group

Tuesday Morning, March 2, 2010

Topic: Life Sciences Product Development - Weaving People, Processes, and Procedures Together for Success,

Speaker: Larry Wray, Principal, Wray Consulting

http://www.biodevicegroup.org

 

Event Topic: SDForum Semantic Web SIG: Intelligence from the Cloud Sponsoring Group: SDForum Date and time: Wednesday, March 3 from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: Cubberley Community Center, Room H-1, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto

Cost: Free to SDForum members; $15.00 for non-members.

More Information:

http://www.sdforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventID=13630&pageId=471

 

Event Topic: Demystifying Executive Compensation Sponsoring Group: Northern California Human Resources Association Date and time: Thursday, March 4 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Tiny Prints, 415 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View

Cost: General: $165 / NCHRA Members: $130.

More Information: http://www.nchra.org

Registration:

http://www.nchra.org/source/meetings/cMeetingFunctionDetail.cfm?PRODUCT_MAJOR=wk100203&ion=events

 

Triple Ring Technologies: MedTech Frontiers: Minimally Invasive Image-Guided Therapy: Cardiovascular Applications.

March 4, 2010, 6-8:30 p.m.

Location: Triple Ring Technologies, 39655 Eureka Dr., Newark

Registration and Information: http://www.medtechfrontiers.com

 

FountainBlue’s Funding Road Trip: Your Value Proposition

Date and Time: Friday, March 5, 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location: Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP, 3175 Hanover Street in Palo Alto

Audience: Early-Stage, Funding-Bound Clean Energy, High Tech and Life Science Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs

Cost for 2 Entrepreneurs: $83 for FountainBlue members, $93 for Partners, $103 General

On-Site Registration is $103 for members, and $123 for non-members

Registration:      We will plant a tree for everyone who pre-registers by noon on 3/3 using the PayPal link at http://www.fountainblue.biz/fundingroadtrip.html. Late and on-site registration is $100 if e-mail is time stamped after that, regardless of membership status.

 

Event Topic: Using Google Analytics to Improve Your Online Marketing & Business

Sponsoring Group: E-Nor, Inc.

Date and time: Friday, March 5 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great American Parkway, Santa Clara

Cost: $700-995 discount available.

More Information:

http://www.e-nor.com/blog/index.php/web-analytics/google-analytics-training-in-santa-clara-ca-march-5-2010/

Registration:

http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west/2010/west-2010-google-analytics-seminar

 

FountainBlue’s Annual Panel: From Free-mium to Premium

Conducted in partnership with CCICE

Date & Time: Monday, March 8 from 5:30 until 8:00 p.m.

Location: Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP, 3175 Hanover Street in Palo Alto

Audience: Early-Stage, Funding-Bound Clean Energy, High Tech and Life Science Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs

Facilitator Sergio Monslave, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners

Panelist Will Cheung, Founder, DuffelUp

Panelist Daniel Cheng, Graystripe

Panelist Steve Hoffman, Chief Thinker, ThinkHuge

Panelist Donna Novitsky, CEO, BigTent

Cost: $21 members, $32 partners, $42 general, by 3/5

Registration:      We will plant a tree for everyone who pre-registers by noon on 3/5 using the PayPal link at http://www.sventrepreneurs.com.

Late and On-Site Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $123 Ongoing membership plus admission

 

SDForum Presents: Clean Tech Breakfast Series “Green Buildings – Design and Control Analysis”

Tuesday, March 9th, 2009, 8:00-10:00AM

Location: Nixon Peabody, One Embarcadero Center, 18th Floor, San Francisco

Michael R. D'Amour, Lumenergi

Matt Denesuk, IBM

Gary Dillabough, Westly Group

Scott Hublou, EcoFactor

Moderated by: Greg O’Hara, Nixon Peabody, LLP

Price: Members: $20, Non-Members: $30, Platinum Pass: $0

FountainBlue DISCOUNT CODE: CLEAN05

Registration Link: www.sdforum.org/cleantech

 

Event Topic: SDForum's Clean Tech Breakfast: 'Green Buildings'

Sponsoring Group: SDForum

Date and time: Tuesday, March 9 from 8:00 am - 10:00 am

Location: Nixon Peabody, 1 Embarcadero, San Francisco

Cost: $20 SDForum Members; $30 Non Members; $0 Platinum Pass Holders.

More Information: http://www.sdforum.org/cleantech

Registration: http://www.sdforum.org/cleantech

 

FountainBlue: When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series

Topic: Agility - The Key to Building a Successful Career

Date & Time:     Friday, March 12 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

Location: Hitachi Data Systems, 750 Central Expressway, Building 700, Santa Clara

Pre-register:      $21 members, $32 partners, $42 general, $156 corporate passes for up to 10 people

Late and On-Site Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership plus admission

Facilitator Linda Popky, L2M Associates

Panelist Amanda Dutra, Senior Vice President of Career Management, Practice Leader for the Global Transition Center of Excellence in the Pacific Region NA, Right Management

Panelist Linda Holroyd, CEO, FountainBlue

Panelist Lisa Jing, Program Manager, Cisco

Panelist Shari H. Moore, GPHR, SPHR, Vice President, Human Resources-Global and Americas Sales and Services, Hitachi Data Systems

Panelist Phyllis Stewart Pires, Director Community Experience and Learning and Talent Management lead, SAP Labs North America

Registration: Please pre-register by noon on 3/11 using the PayPal link at http://www.whenshespeaks.com.

Audience: Women and men who support having women in senior technology positions.

 

Event Topic: Product Management Training for the New Economy

Sponsoring Group: ZIGZAG Marketing, Inc.

Date and time: Thur-Fri, March 11-12, 8:30am - 4:30pm

Location: Regus Office Center  - San Jose, 2033 Gateway Place, 5th Floor, San Jose

Cost: $1495 per person.

More Information:

http://www.zigzagmarketing.com/product-management-training-for-product-managers-and-marketers/product-management-university/

Registration:

http://www.zigzagmarketing.com/Training-Certification/Course-Calendar-PMU.html

 

FountainBlue's Life Science Entrepreneurs' Forum

Topic:   International Challenges and Opportunities for Life Science Companies

Date & Time: Monday, March 15 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Morrison Foerster, 755 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto

Pre-register:      $21 members, $32 partners, $42 general

Late and On-Site Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership and admission

Facilitator from Morrison Foerster to be confirmed

Panelist Taylor Kilfoil, President and CEO, InClin, Inc.

Panelist Evgeny Zaytsev, General Partner, Helix Ventures

Corporate Panelist to be confirmed

Panelist from US Government to be confirmed

Presenting Entrepreneurs to be confirmed

Registration:      Please pre-register by noon on 3/12 using the PayPal link at http://www.svlifescience.com.

Audience:          Life Science entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, no service providers please

 

SIM Monthly Program: Large dependency on IT to realize your acquisition or integration goals?

Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Venue: Keynote Plaza Auditorium, 777 Mariners Island Blvd San Mateo

Free

RSVP: Jan.Maarten.van.Dongen@simnet.org

 

BayBio NEST | 7th Annual Life Sciences Investor and Entrepreneur Roundtables

March 17, 2010

Information and Registration: http://www.baybio.org/institute/wt/page/7th_Annual_Life_Sciences_Investor___Entrepreneur_Roundtables

 

RAL & Associates "Transitions" Event, for Senior Executives in Transition

How to Land Your Dream Job in Less Than Five Months: Lessons Learned from Executive Job Seekers

Date: March 18, 2010, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Location: Bay Cafe Clubhouse, 1875 Embarcadero, Palo Alto

Cost: $40 for FountainBlue Members

Registration: http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=824724

 

How to Become a VC Magnet

Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 3:00pm-6:30pm

Orrick, 1000 Marsh Road, Building 1100, Menlo Park

  Hank Plain, Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures - a 40 years old venture capital fund with nearly $3B under management, including $400M in current fund.

  Wendye Robbins, MD, President & CEO, Limerick BioPharma - which completed a Series C financing, securing $15M in new funds.

  David R. Parkinson, MD, President & CEO, Nodality - a venture capital-funded biotechnology company which recently secured Series C financing.

  Scott Iyama, Corporate Senior Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - our Lead Facilitator, and a member of the Emerging Companies Group, which advises emerging companies and VC firms.

Cost: $50 for FountainBlue members

Registration and Information: sjbiocenter.com

 

Event Topic: Mobile Forum: App Stores and Discovery

Sponsoring Group: Telecom Council of Silicon Valley

Date and time: Thursday, March 18 from 8:30 am - 2:00 pm

Location: Intel, 2200 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara

Cost: This meeting is free for Telecom Council members, and $200 for non-members.

More Information: http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/event/MF_AppStoresDiscovery

 

Event Topic: THE SOCIAL MEDIA IN B2B HIGH TECH CONFERENCE

Sponsoring Group: ITSMA

Date and time: March 25, 2010 9:00 am - 6:30 pm

Location:

Speaker (s): DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose, CA

Cost: Early bird $495 Register by 1/31/10

Registration: http://www.socialtech2010.com/

Fountain Blue Special Discount Code: $90 off early bird price: FBLUE90

 

CINA: Entrepreneur Thought Leader Mentor Program: Winning an Audience with a Venture Investor

Date / Time: March 25 2010 - 06:30pm to 09:00pm

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP. 801 California Street Mountain View

Fee: Free for lifetime members, $5.00 for regular paid members and $25.00 for non-members ( Including membership )

Send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject CINA 3/25 name ="

 

Event Topic: SDForum's 'Crafting A Fundable Roadmap in 2010'

Sponsoring Group: SDForum

Date and time: Friday, March 26 from 8:15 am - 6:00 pm

Location: DLA Piper, 2000 University Ave., East Palo Alto

Cost: $85 SDForum Members; $110 Non-Members.

More Information: http://www.sdforum.org/craftingroadmap

 

Global Monte Jade Summit: Bridging Two Decades of Technology Innovation Across the Pacific — Celebrating the Past, Creating the Future

Saturday, March 27, 2010, 1:30-10:00pm

Santa Clara Convention Center

5001 Great America parkway, Santa Clara

Information and Registration: http://www.cbasf.org

 

San Jose State: Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference 2010

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Location: Engineering Auditorium at SJSU. 

Registration and Information: http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/bmes/2010Conference.html

 

Triple Ring Technologies: TBD

April 1, 2010, 6-8:30 p.m.

Location: Triple Ring Technologies, 39655 Eureka Dr., Newark

Registration and Information: http://www.medtechfrontiers.com

 

FountainBlue’s Funding Road Trip: Perfecting Your Pitch to Investors

Date and Time: Friday, April 2, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP, 3175 Hanover Street in Palo Alto

Audience: Early-Stage, Funding-Bound Clean Energy, High Tech and Life Science, No Service Providers, Please

Cost for 2 Entrepreneurs: $83 for FountainBlue members, $93 for Partners, $103 General

Late and On-Site Registration is $103 for members and $124 for non-members

Registration:      Please pre-register by noon on 3/31 using the PayPal link at http://www.fountainblue.biz/fundingroadtrip.html.

 

FountainBlue Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Forum

Topic: Getting Plugged In With the Utilities

Date & Time:     Monday, April 5 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: EPRI, 3420 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto

Cost: $22 members, $32 partners, $42 general

On-Site Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership plus admission

Audience: Clean Energy Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs & Investors, No Service Providers Please

Sponsor Facilitator to be confirmed

Sponsor Panelist to be confirmed

Panelist from EPRI to be confirmed

Panelist VC to be confirmed

Panelist from PG&E to be confirmed

Panelist Intrapreneur to be confirmed

Policy Panelist to be confirmed

Presenting Entrepreneur to be confirmed

Presenting Entrepreneur to be confirmed

Registration:      Please pre-register by noon on 4/2 using the PayPal link at http://www.svcleanenergy.com.

 

SVPMA Meeting:

SPEAKER: Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consulting

WHEN:    Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 6:30pm to 9pm

WHERE:   Network Meeting Center at the TechMart

         5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara

Registration and Information: http://www.svpma.org

 

BayBio2010 | Life Science Innovation: Drivers and Barriers

April 7, 2010:

Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport: 1333 Bayshore Highway Burlingame

Information and Registration: http://www.baybio.org/wt/page/BayBio2010

 

FountainBlue: When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series

Topic: Building and Reinforcing Your Executive Brand

Date & Time:     Friday, April 9 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

Location: Applied Materials, 3050 Bowers, Santa Clara

Pre-register:      $21 members, $32 partners, $42 general, $156 corporate passes for up to 10 people

Late and On-Site Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership plus admission

Facilitator Lisa Orrell, The Orrell Group

Panelist from Applied Materials to be confirmed

Corporate Panelist to be confirmed

Corporate Panelist to be confirmed

Registration:      Please pre-register by noon on 4/8 using the PayPal link at http://www.whenshespeaks.com.

Audience: Women and men who support having women in senior technology positions.

 

FountainBlue's Life Science Entrepreneurs' Forum

Topic:   Physician's Panel: Partnering with Entrepreneurs to Better Address Patient Needs

Date & Time:     Monday, April 19 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Intuitive Surgical 1266 Kifer Road, Building 101 in Sunnyvale

Pre-register:      $21 members, $32 partners, $42 general

Late and On-Site: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership and admission

Audience:          Life Science entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, no service providers please

Facilitator from Stanford University to be confirmed

Panelist  Urological Surgeon

Panelist from Kaiser to be confirmed

Panelist from El Camino Hospital to be confirmed

Panelist from Intuitive Surgical to be confirmed

Panelist Anesthesiologist to be confirmed

Panelist OBGYN to be confirmed

Panelist from policy to be confirmed

Presenting Entrepreneurs to be confirmed

Registration:      Please pre-register by noon on 4/16 using the PayPal link at http://www.svlifescience.com.

 

Grand Opening of the San Jose Innovation Center and Entrepreneur Center

May 3, 4 p.m.

100 E Santa Clara Street, Downtown San Jose, Third and Santa Clara streets

Special Guests: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren,

Mayor Chuck Reed,

Councilmember Sam Liccardo,

SJSU Jon Whitmore

RSVP: redevelopmentworks@sanjoseca.gov

 

SVPMA Meeting:

SPEAKER: Barbara Nelson

WHEN:    Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 6:30pm to 9pm

WHERE:   Network Meeting Center at the TechMart

         5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara

Registration and Information: http://www.svpma.org

 

FountainBlue’s Funding Road Trip: Your Meeting with Investors

Date and Time: Friday, May 7, 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location: Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP, 3175 Hanover Street in Palo Alto

Audience: Early-Stage, Funding-Bound Clean Energy, High Tech and Life Science, No Service Providers, Please

Cost for 2 Entrepreneurs: $83 for FountainBlue members, $93 for Partners, $103 General

Late and On-Site Registration is $103 for members and $124 for non-members

Registration: Please pre-register by noon on 5/5 using the PayPal link at http://www.fountainblue.biz/fundingroadtrip.html.

 


Event Topic: 3G/4G Mobile Broadband Ecosystem in Pacific Rim

Sponsoring Group: SVC Wireless, IEEE

Date and time: 1:30 - 5:30 pm, Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Location:

Daly Science Room 206

Santa Clara University

500 El Camino Real

Santa Clara, CA 95053

Speaker (s):

Dawei Zhang, Director of Wireless Research of CMCC Research

Chris Boyer, VP of AT&T

Rongqin Yan, VP Product Development of ZTE USA

Dr. Steve Gray, CTO, Corp VP of Huawei USA

Dr. William Lee, Chairman of Treyspan

Sadayuki Abeta, Vice Chair, 3GPP RAN1

Cost: $10 

Registration: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=zrtf

FountainBlue Discount Code: MBE0509_GUEST

 

Community Forum on Healthcare Reform

Topic:”Healthcare Reform – How Will You Vote

Date and Time: Saturday, May 30,  10AM 

Location: Stanford  University  Medical  Center  (Palo  Alto,  CA) 

Room  M106,  Always  Building  (SW  corner  of  Campus  Drive  West  and  Roth  Way,  adjacent  to  Lane  Library)  Speakers:

•        Helen  Halpin,  Professor  of  health  policy,  director  of  the  Center  for  Health  and  Public  Policy  Studies

•        Ken  Jacobs,  Labor  Relations,  Chair  of  the  Labor  Center  at  UC  Berkeley,  and  an  expert  on  health  care  and  labor  relations 

•        Alain  Enthoven,  Marriner  S.  Eccles  Professor  of  Public  and  Private  Management,  emeritus,  at  Stanford  University,  known  as  the  "father  of  managed  competition" 

•        Marty  Lynch,  C.E.O.  of  LifeLong  Medical  Care,  a  Berkeley  based  community  health  center  organization 

Free  parking  in  garage  at  NE  corner  of  Campus  Drive  West  and  Roth  Way 

For more  information  and  to  RSVP:  www.svanetwork.org

 

FountainBlue's Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum

Topic:           Next Generation Solar Solutions

Date & Time: Monday, June 1 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location:       SRI, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park

•        Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Partner, KPMG

•        Panelist Matthew Garratt, Senior Associate, Battery Ventures

•        Panelist Bob MacDonald, CEO, Skyline Solar

•        Panelist Lorenza Moro, Senior Researcher, Materials Science Laboratory, SRI International

•        Panelist Ryan Murr, Partner, Business Law Department, Goodwin Procter LLC

•        Panelist PR Yu, CEO, Optony

Cost:            $20 members, $25 partners, $30 general

$40 for annual membership and event admission

On-site registration is $40.

Audience:      Clean Energy Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs & Investors,

No Service Providers Please

Registration:  http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162511 by Friday, May 29 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $40 and does not include membership.

 

Compassionate Leadership — Dr. William Lesher, Board Chair, The Parliament of World Religions, Rucha Chitnis, Director of Programs, The One World Children's Fund, and James Doty, M.D., Project Compassion at Stanford.

Sponsoring Organization: SBODN

WHEN: Monday, June 1, 2009, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose

Cost: $10 fee on-site, no rsvp needed

 

Bio2Device Group: Gabriela Zelaya,International Trade Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 8:30 – 10:30 am

Location: Sunnyvale City Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive, Sunnyvale, CA (across the street from Sunnyvale Public Library)

Cost: Free

Parking on street and in NOVA and library parking lots across the street

See details at www.Bio2DeviceGroup.org

 

Event Topic: Personal Branding in a Down Economy

Sponsoring Group: SDForum and White & Lee

Date and time: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009, 7:30AM-10:00AM

Location: White & Lee LLP, 541 Jefferson Avenue #100, Redwood City

Speaker (s): Karen Kang

Cost: $25/members, $35/non-members, $0/Platinum Pass

Registration: www.sdforum.org

 

Event Topic: CIO talk: Leadership through downturn economies

Sponsoring Group: Global Learning Foundation

Date and time: Tuesday, June 2 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: Samovar Conference Hall, 1077 Independence Ave, Mountain View

Cost: $8.

More Information:

http://www.meetup.com/CIO-IT-Executives/calendar/10313127/

 

TOPIC:   Making Your Websites and Applications Social

SPEAKER: Josh Elman, Senior Platform Manager, Facebook

WHEN:    Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 - 6:30pm to 9pm

WHERE:   Network Meeting Center at the TechMart

         5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054

FOOD:    Yes!  Appetizers; so come early and mingle. 

COST:    Members - Free. Non-Members - $25 for pre-registered.  $35 at the door (Cash/Checks only at the door)

Register at http://www.svpma.org

 

SVII "First Wednesday" Innovation Society Meeting

June 3, 2009, 6:00 - 9:30 pm

A Silicon Valley Innovation Journey: from Semiconductors to Sustainability

Kevin Surace, Serious Materials

Location Bay Café, 1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto

Cost: $30 

Drinks are available on a no-host basis.

Please be sure to RSVP at friends@svii.org.

 

Event Topic: Twitter - How to Leverage the New Must-Have Tool for Marketing

Sponsoring Group: Market4Demand's Marketing Educational Series for Entrepreneurs

Date and time: Wednesday, June 3 from 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Network Meeting Center at the Techmart, 5201 Great America

Parkway, Santa Clara

Cost: $60.

More Information: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=183364

Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=183364

 

Event Topic:  "Strategies for the Green Economy: Joel Makower Speaks at the Harvard

Club of San Francisco"

Sponsoring Group: Harvard Club of San Francisco / Alston & Bird, LLP

Date and time:

Thursday June 4, 2009, 6:30-8:30 pm

Location: The University Club, 800 Powell St. San Francisco

Speaker (s): Joel Makower

Cost:

Public $25 / Members: $15 

Price includes dinner.

Register here:

http://harvardclubsf.org/events/index.asp#643

 

National Instruments Free Seminar, All Day, June 4, 2009

Topic: Medical Device Development From Concept to Approval

Date and Time: June 4, 2009 8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location: Location: Crowne Plaza Foster City, 1221 Chess Drive, Foster City, CA 94404

To register, e-mail register@ni.com or call (888) 444-3539

 

Event Topic: Personalized Medicine 2.0. BIOINFORMATICS: Mining the Data

Sponsoring Group: San Francisco State University, Department of Biology

Date and time: Thursday, June 4 2009, 9AM to 7PM

Location: Seven Hills Conference Center, San Francisco State University

Speaker (s): Keynote Speaker: G. Steven Burrill (CEO Burrill & Co.), Symposium Moderator: Carolyn Johnson (Anchor ABC 7 News), 15 speakers from academia and industry

Cost: $249

Registration: http://personalizedmedicine.sfsu.edu

 

San Jose Biocenter Grant Writing Seminar

June 4, 2009, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: San Jose BioCenter

Dr. Forrest Blocker

Shauna Farr-Jones, Ph.D.

http://www.sjbiocenter.com/events.html

 

Sponsoring Group: Clasma Events, ZigBee Alliance, OASIS, HomePlug Powerline Alliance, OPC Foundation, GridWise

Date and time: June 8 to 11

Location: Santa Clara Convention Center

Speaker (s): Ed Lu, Google; Bob Metcalfe, Polaris Venture Partners; Juval Lowy, iDesign; Microsoft, GE, PG&E, Sempra Energy, Intel, Cisco, DOE, NIST, Lockheed Martin, Southern California Edison, Grid Point

Cost: $1200 full pass, $500 single day pass, 10% Discount for FountainBlue members, code: FB09

Registration: http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=706139

 

FountainBlue, TEN and CCICE Series and Topic: High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum

Topic: Entrepreneur Success Stories 

Date and time: Monday, June 8 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Location: TEN, 2953 Bunker Hill Lane, Ste 400, Santa Clara

Speakers:

•        Facilitator Sara Rauchwerger, CCICE and BG Strategy

•        Panelist Matthew Denesuk, Partner, IBM Venture Capital Group

•        Panelist Victoria Livschitz, CEO, Grid Dynamics Consulting Services

•        Panelist Mythili Sankaran, CEO, Koollage 

•        Panelist Lynda Ting, Director, Emerging Business Team, Microsoft

Cost: $20 Members, $25 Partners, $30 General, $40 membership plus admission, $40 on-site.

More Information: http://www.SVEntrepreneurs.com

Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162330 by 6/5 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $40 and does not include membership.

Audience:      Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, no service providers please

 

Event Topic: SDForum Marketing Event-Who Needs Leads

Sponsoring Group: SDForum

Date and time: Monday, June 8 from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP, 2000 University Avenue, East

Palo Alto

Cost: Free to members/$15.00 for non-members.

More Information: http://www.sdforum.org/MarketingSIG

Registration: http://www.sdforum.org/MarketingSIG

 

Harvard Business School and MIT Alumni Associations are jointly sponsoring

A Series on Transitioning Business and Industry to Clean Technology

Part 2: Starting a Clean Tech Business, June 8, 2009

Time: 6-8:30 pm,

Location: Fenwick and West, 801 California St, First Floor,

Mountain View (650-988-8500)

Cost: $25 for members, $45 for non-members

Registration: http://www.hbsanc.org/article.html?aid=515

 

Bay Bio Medical Device Breakfast, Tuesday Morning, June 9, 2009

Topic: Enterprise Risk Management through IP Protection

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 8:00 – 10:00 am

Location: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Palo Alto, CA

Panel Moderator: Thomas Meyers, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Panel Speakers:

Earl "Eb" Bright, General Counsel and Vice President, Intellectual Property, Exploramed Development, LLC

Kimberly Cauthorn, Director - North America, SAMIAN Underwriting

Steven Gerbsman, Principal, Gerbsman Partners

Tony Wondka, Vice President of Technology, Breathe Technologies, Inc.

Early Bird Registration through June 7, 2009:

$10.00 BayBio and MDMA Members, Bio2Device and Bio-X Affiliates

$20.00 Non-Members

On-Site Registration, June 9, 2009:

$20.00 BayBio and MDMA Members

$40.00 Non-Members

On-line reservations http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=182585

Registration and information: http://www.baybio.org, e-mail events@baybio.org, phone: 650-871-7101.

 

TOPIC: NSC Elite Project and Clean Energy Industry in Taiwan

SPEAKER:

 Gilbert Hwang, Ph.D. and other Elite Project Alumni

DATE: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

LOCATION:

 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (www.ssd.com) Law Firm

600 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Cost:

 Free for NATEA members

$5 for non-members

 Host

 NATEA Energy & Environment SIG (Special Interest Group)

 

RSVP by June 8 for Better Refreshment Preparation

 e-mail to HwangJ@ASME.org or “Frank Hsieh” <frankh2003@yahoo.com>, “Huang Lee” <huanglee@stanford.edu> : with name and phone number; But the Seminar is Open to General Public

 

Bio2Device Group Topic: “MS Health Technology Assessment”

Speaker: John Hornberger, MD,

Date and Time: Tuesday Evening, June 9, 2009, 6:00 – 9:00 pm

Location: TIPS, 1000 Elwell Court, Palo Alto, CA

See details for registration at www.Bio2DeviceGroup.org

 

AWIS and Elsevier Foundation, Topic: “Improving Work-Life Satisfaction for Women in Science”

Sponsored by AWIS and the Elsevier Foundation

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 9th, 6-8:30 PM

Location: Santa Clara University, Bannan Hall 237

Members are FREE. Non-members pay $25 to offset the cost of food.

Register at http://www.acteva.com/go/pa-awis

 

Executives Network Silicon Valley, Monthly Meeting

Date: June 10, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Location: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara

Information and Registration: http://www.executivesnetwork.com

 

Event Topic: Use MS Project Effectively - Learning From An Expert

Date and time:  Wed, June 10th from 7am to 9am 

Location:  IHOP, 5403 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA 95051

Speaker:  Sutanu Ghosh, Ultimate in Success Faculty

Cost:  $5 PM PM SIG Yahoo Group members; $10 non-members

 

BioE2E, Topic: “Alternative Financing for Alternative Energy”

Location: UCSF Mission Bay. Byers Auditorium

Date and Time: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 2pm-5pm followed by a reception

Co-Sponsored by QB3 (www.qb3.org)

 

Medical Device Dinner and Interview

Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009; 6:00-9:00 pm

Location: Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club, 2900 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California, (650) 854-6429

The registration fee is $125

http://www.wsgr.com/news/medicaldevice

 

Medical Device Conference

Date and Time: Thursday, June 11, 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Agenda

7:00-8:00 a.m.  Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Conference

5:00-6:00 p.m. Venture Wine Tasting Reception

Location: The Fairmont San Jose, 170 South Market Street, San Jose, California

(408) 998-1900

The registration fee is $250 INFORMATION & REGISTRATION:

http://www.wsgr.com/news/medicaldevice

 

Greentech Media's Green Building Summit

When: June 11, 2009, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Where: SRI Headquarters, Menlo Park

Cost: $395

Information and Registration: http://www.greentechmedia.com

 

Idem Translations and ACRx, Topic: “Emerging Markets: Clinical Trials in India”

Speaker: Louise C. Johnson, Senior Regulatory Affairs Consultant, Biologics Consulting Group

Date and Time: June 11, 2009, 6:00 - 9:00pm 

Location: Genentech, Building 42, 475 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco

 

Making Yourself a Target

Thursday, June 11, 2009 | 3pm-6:30pm | Menlo Park, CA

Confirmed Speakers:

Mark Edwards, Principal, Deloitte Recap LLC

Peter Condon, Senior Manager, Business Development, Genentech

Sarah Hall, CEO, Tacere Therapeutics

Lee Bendekgey, former CFO and General Counsel, Nuvelo

Lead Facilitator: Scott Iyama, Associate, Corporate, Orrick

Register:  http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=177014

 

FountainBlue's When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series

Topic:           Working with Millennials

Date & Time: Friday, June 12 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Location:       Cisco Building 3, 2nd floor, New Frontier Conference room.

225 East Tasman Drive, San Jose

•        Facilitator Lisa Orrell, The Generation Relations Expert, The Orrell Group, author of Millennials Incorporated

•        Panelist Urvi Bhandari, AT&T

•        Panelist Megan Campi, Customer Service Relationship Manager, Cisco

•        Panelist Kristen Dearing, Sun Microsystems

•        Panelist Claudia Galvan, Lead, International Program Management Group, Microsoft

•        Panelist Shalini Govil-Pai, Lead PM, Google

Cost:            $20 members, $25 partners, $30 general

$40 for membership and admission

Corporate packages for up to 10 people are $100.

On-site registration is $40.

Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162317 by 6/11 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $40 and does not include membership.

 

OPEN Silicon Valley premiere event: Winning Tomorrow

Conference Tracks: Cleantech, Tech & Media, Global Affairs

Saturday, June 13th

Computer History Museum in Mountain View

http://www.opensiliconvalley.org

 

FountainBlue's Life Science Entrepreneurs' Forum

Topic:           Life Science Leadership: From Strategy to Execution

Date & Time: Monday, June 15 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location:       Cooley Godward Kronish, LLC, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto

•        Facilitator Dick Haiduck

•        Panelist Rich Ferrari, Partner, De Novo Ventures

•        Panelist Stevan Jovanovich, CEO, Microchip Biotech

•        Panelist Yvonne Linney, VP, Strategy, Marketing and Business Development, Life Sciences Solutions Unit, Agilent

•        Panelist Glen Sato, Partner Cooley Godward Kronish, LLC

•        Panelist Charles Versaggi, CEO, OsteoCorp

Cost:            $20 members, $25 partners, $30 general

$40 for membership and event admission

Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162526 by June 12 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $40 – does not include membership.

Audience:      Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, no service providers please

 

Environmental Business Cluster: The Road to $30M and Beyond: A Cleantech Story

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm | San Jose, CA

Silicon Valley Capital Club | 50 W. San Fernando Suite 1700

Speakers:

Bob Cart, Founder and CEO, GreenVolts

Paul Douglas, Supervisor, Renewable Procurement and Resource Planning, California Public Utilities Commission

Harold (Hal) O. LaFlash, Director, Emerging Clean Technology Policy, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)

Lead Facilitator: Susan Roberts, Vice President, Commercial Banking Group, Citibank

 

BioE2E Event -- Alternative Financing for Regenerative Medicine Companies

Location: SRI International, Menlo Park

Dates: June 16 (afternoon only) and June 17

The first day is a poster-and-networking session.  You are invited to present a poster. The second day we have invited speakers from military medical research, biomedical foundations, corporate venture capital and federal programs like NIH and NCI.

Speakers from leading regenerative medicine companies Oncomed and California Stem Cells, Inc. kick off our panel sessions on the second day.

Confirmed speakers are Dr. Michael Clarke, Oncomed; Dr. Chris Airriess, California Stem Cells, Inc; Jeff Karan, Proteus Venture Partners; Dr. Jon Mogford, DARPA; Dr. Eva Lai, USAMRMC; Paul Pickering, Invitrogen; tbn, Fast Forward; Dayton Coles, JDRF; and Sophia Colamarino, Autism Speaks.

Register online: www.acteva.com/go/bioe2e

 

Event Topic: Creating Social Media Success for Consultants

Sponsoring Group: Women in Consulting

Date and time: Tuesday, June 16 from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Michael's at Shoreline Park, 2960 North Shoreline Blvd.,

Mountain View

Cost: By 6/1/09: Members $79; Partners/Affil $99; Nonmembers $119.

More Information:

http://www.kintera.org/autogen/home/default.asp?ievent=313847

Registration:

http://www.kintera.org/autogen/home/default.asp?ievent=313847

 

Event Topic: SDForum Semantic Web Event - Entering Intelligent Web under Cover

Sponsoring Group: SDForum

Date and time: Tuesday, June 16 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: Fairmont Hotel, 170 S Market Street, San Jose

Cost: Free to SDForum members/$15.00 for non-members.

More Information: http://www.sdforum.org/SemanticSIG

 

Womenomics, sponsored by FWE&E

Date and Time: June 16 6:00 - 9:00 PM

Location: Oracle, 350 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores

Speakers: Claire Shipman (Senior National Correspondent, Good Morning America) Katty Kay (Anchor, BBC World News) the authors of Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success

Cost: $75.00, includes book, FountainBlue discount code women2009

Information and Registration: http://www.fweande.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Calendar.eventDetail&eventID=164

 

Event Topic: Financial Workshop for Startup CEOs

Sponsoring Group: Venture Momentum, Inc.

Date and time: Tuesday, June 16 from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Location: SDForum, 111 West Saint John, Suite 200, San Jose

Cost: $75 to $120 - please see event webpage for details.

More Information: http://www.venturemomentum.com/financial_workshop.html

Registration: http://www.venturemomentum.com/financial_workshop.html

 

BioE2E Topic: “Alternative Financing for Regenerative Medicine Companies”

Date: June 16 & 17

Location: SRI International, Menlo Park.

For more information go to www.bioe2e.org

Register online for any of our events at  www.acteva.com/go/bioe2e

 

Event Topic: WIC Seminar | Creating Social Media Success for Consultants

Sponsoring Group: Women In Consulting (WIC)

Date and time: Tuesday, June 16, 8:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Location: Michael's at Shoreline

2960 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94025

Speaker (s):

Moderated by: Avery Horzewski

Panelists: Shel Holtz, Irene Koehler, and Sarah Smith

Cost:

. WIC members: $79 early bird registration, $89 after June 1 . WIC affiliate list subscribers/WIC partners: $99 early bird registration,

$109 after June 1

. Nonmembers: $109 early bird registration, $119 after June 1

Registration:

http://www.kintera.org/autogen/home/default.asp?ievent=313847

FountainBlue Discount Code:

Use the partner registration option of $99 early bird registration/$109 after June 1

 

Recap’s Allicense Meeting, Topic:” Bridging the Gap from Biomedical Research to Commercialization”, 13th Annual Biotechnology Business Development and Licensing Conference

Date and Time: Wednesday and Thursday, June 17-18, 2009

Location: The Fairmont San Francisco, 950 Mason Street, San FranciscoCost: Allicense 2009 Registration - US $1850.00

Registration: http://www.recap.com/allicense

 

FountainBlue's Transitions Event Produced in Partnership with RAL & Associates and FWE&E

Topic: Developing a Leadership Pipeline  

Date and Time: Thursday, June 18, 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM

Location: Bay Café Clubhouse, 1875 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto

Facilitator Kathy Ullrich, Ullrich & Associates

Cost: $30 Members, $35 Partners, $40 General, $50 membership plus admission, $50 on-site.

More Information: http://www.SVExecs.com

Register at:    http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162483 by 6/17 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $50 – does not include membership.

 

"When She Speaks” – Women in Leadership Series, produced by RAL & Associates in partnership with FountainBlue

From Baby Boomers to Millennials: The Role of Diversity in Employee Engagement

Date and Time: Thursday, June 18th, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Location: Charles Schwab, 215 Fremont Street, San Francisco

Moderator Kristi Royse, Principal, KLR Consulting

Panelist Joyce Ibardolassa, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, PG&E

Panelist Robin Tucker, Global Lead Management Consulting

Pre-register for individual rates of $20-$30 by noon, June 17th, at www.regonline.com/whenshespeaks0609

 

US Market Access: Successful US Market Entry Strategies in Today’s Economy

What every foreign company should know about doing business in Silicon Valley

Date and Time: June 24, 2009, 6-8pm

Location: San José City Hall, Wing Building map

First Floor, Committee Meeting Rooms 118/119

200 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA 95113

Moderator: Chuck Erickson, CEO, US Market Access Center

Panelists: Michiru Lackey, Project Coordinator, JETRO (Japan)

Joni Girardi, Sales Director, DataSelf Corp., (Brazil)

Matthew Hately, General Manager, California, Macadamian (Canada)

Jang H. Im, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. (Immigration Attorney)

Cost: $30

Registration: http://www.usmarketaccess.com/

 

June 25-26, BIOSCIENCE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING VALUE

UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley presents a two-day intensive course that brings the breadth of the Bay Area’s biobusiness development expertise to our Cupertino classroom. Whether financing start-up activities, trying to keep pace with the current burn rate, or moving a product into the marketplace, bioscience companies, both large and small, have a critical need for business development at every stage of their evolution. Learn the key roles that business development and licensing play in the commercialization of a new product and the development of a successful bioscience company. Cupertino, CA.

For more information, see www.ucsc-extension.edu/biosciences.

 

San Jose Biocenter: California Green Chemistry Initiative

June 29, 2009

9:00 am – 11:00 am

Orrick – Menlo Park, CA

Kathleen Patterson, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Kathryn Edwards, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

http://www.sjbiocenter.com/events.html

 

FountainBlue's Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum

Topic:           Clean Green Transportation Machines

Date & Time: Monday, July 6 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location:       Silicon Valley Bank’s Kellogg Auditorium, 3005 Tasman, Santa Clara

•        Facilitator Lafe Vittitoe, Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank

•        Panelist Neil Maguire, VP of Business Development, Imara

•        Panelist Fraser Smith, ElectraDrive, Clean Tech Open Winner

•        Panelist John Suh, General Motors

•        Panelist John Zajac, CEO, Zajac Motors

•        Panelist Elise Zoli, Partner and Clean Tech Chair, Goodwin Procter LLP

Cost:            $20 members, $25 partners, $30 general

$40 for membership and event admission

Audience:      Clean Energy Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs & Investors,

No Service Providers Please

Registration:  http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162512 by Friday, July 3 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $40 – does not include membership.

 

Executives Network Silicon Valley, Monthly Meeting

Date: July 8, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Location: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara

Information and Registration: http://www.executivesnetwork.com

 

FountainBlue's When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series

Topic:           Women's Leadership Styles: What's Right for You?

Date & Time: Friday, July 10 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Location:       EMC Corporation, 2831 Mission College Boulevard in Santa Clara

•        Facilitator TBD

•        Panelist from EMC to be confirmed

•        Panelist Nancy Long, Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, Hitachi Data Systems

•        Other Panelists to be confirmed

Cost:            $20 members, $25 partners, $30 general

$40 for membership and admission

Corporate packages for up to 10 people are $100.

Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162318 by 7/9 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $40 – does not include membership.

 

San Jose Biocenter: Meet With… Takeda Research Investment, Inc.

July 14, 2009

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

San Jose BioCenter

http://www.sjbiocenter.com/events.html

 

FountainBlue's Transitions Event, Produced in Partnership with RAL & Associates and FWE&E

Topic:           Diversity and Innovation as a Competitive Advantage

Date & Time: Thursday, July 16, from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM

Location:       TEN, 2953 Bunker Hill Lane, Ste 400, Santa Clara

Facilitator: Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consulting

Cost:            $30 members, $35 partners, $40 general

$50 for membership and admission

Register at:    http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162484 by 7/15 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $50 – does not include membership.

Audience:      Senior executives who have served at the director and C-levels, and generally transitioning into a similar level position

 

Event Topic: Free Entrepreneur Pitch Event for alternative energy, and energy efficiency, and other green technologies

Sponsoring Group: City of Fremont

Date and time: July 16, 9:00-10:30 am

Location: Fremont City Hall, 3300 Capitol Ave, Fremont, CA 94538

Speaker (s): VC Panel

Claremont Creek Ventures

Rockport Capital

Internet Securities

Cost: Free

More Information: info@businessvaluealliance.net

Registration: Christine Friday, City of Union City 510 675 5396, Cfriday@ci.union-city.ca.us

 

FountainBlue's Transitions Event, Produced in Partnership with RAL & Associates and FWE&E

Topic:           Get Back in the Game!

Date & Time: Thursday, August 20, from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM

Location:       TEN, 2953 Bunker Hill Lane, Ste 400, Santa Clara

Facilitator: Roberta LaPorte, RAL Associates

Cost:            $30 members, $35 partners, $40 general

$50 for membership and admission

Register at:    http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162485 by 8/19 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $50 – does not include membership.

Audience:      Senior executives who have served at the director and C-levels, and generally transitioning into a similar level position

 

Tribal Leadership – Susan Olofson, Kaiser Permanente, and Don Kroft, Genentech

Sponsoring Organization: SBODN

WHEN: Monday, August 2, 2009, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose

Cost: $10 fee on-site, no rsvp needed

 

Executives Network Silicon Valley, Monthly Meeting

Date: August 12, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Location: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara

Information and Registration: http://www.executivesnetwork.com

 

Event Topic: ConnectivityWeek 2009

 

The Thin Book of Trust:  An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work — Charles Feltman, Insight Consulting

Sponsoring Organization: SBODN

WHEN: Monday, September 14, 2009, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose

Cost: $10 fee on-site, no rsvp needed

 

Executives Network Silicon Valley, Monthly Meeting

Date: September 9, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Location: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara

Information and Registration: http://www.executivesnetwork.com

 

FountainBlue Virtual Worlds Annual Event

Topic: Virtual Worlds: Where We Were, Where We're Going, What Does It Mean to YOU?

Date and time: Friday, September 25, 2009, from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Location: TBD

Speakers and Judges: TBD

Corporate Presenters: TBD

  Send Inquiries to: info@svvirtualworlds.com

Entrepreneur Presenters:

Submit Your Plan:     http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=180447 by noon on 8/14, no exceptions please.

Submission Cost:      $20-$30 registration fee

Exec Sum Format:    http://fountainblue.biz/images/Executive_Summary_Submission_Form.pdf

Event is Free for approved presenting entrepreneurs and sponsors.

Event Cost: $40 members, $45 partners, $50 general or $60 for annual membership & admission by 9/24 at noon

Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=178683 by September 24 at noon, no exceptions please. Late and on-site registration is $60 and does not include membership.

More Information: http://www.SVVirtualWorlds.com

E-mail Questions to info@svvirtualworlds.com

Audience:      Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, no service providers please

 

How Management Drives Employee Engagement; New Findings, New Strategies — Raymond Burch, Chairman, Louis Allen Worldwide

Sponsoring Organization: SBODN

WHEN: Monday, October 5, 2009, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose

Cost: $10 fee on-site, no rsvp needed

 

Executives Network Silicon Valley, Monthly Meeting

Date: October 14, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Location: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara

Information and Registration: http://www.executivesnetwork.com

 

TBD

Sponsoring Organization: SBODN

WHEN: Monday, November 2, 2009, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: TBD

Cost: $10 fee on-site, no rsvp needed

 

Executives Network Silicon Valley, Monthly Meeting

Date: November 11, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Location: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara

Information and Registration: http://www.executivesnetwork.com

 

The Art of Living — Mark Ball, Google

Sponsoring Organization: SBODN

WHEN: Monday, December 7, 2009, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose

Cost: $10 fee on-site, no rsvp needed

 

Executives Network Silicon Valley, Monthly Meeting

Date: December 9, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Location: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara

Information and Registration: http://www.executivesnetwork.com

 

 


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