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Upcoming Silicon Valley Face-to-Face Events

FountainBlue-Recommended Silicon Valley Events

for High Tech, Life Science and Clean Energy Decision-Makers
in Silicon Valley

To support our members and partners, every month, we profile upcoming FountainBlue and featured partner events submitted by members and partners which may be of interest to entrepreneurial FountainBlue community members. If you are representing a sister organization within Silicon Valley (no SF events), producing in-person (no webinars or virtual events) events of interest to our entrepreneurial clean energy, high tech or life science members, you may submit your event by completing the adjacent form or e-mailing us a COMPLETE and FINAL copy of the event details, in text format (no attachments) to events@fountainblue.biz in the format below, at least one week before the month of your event:

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Below is a list of this week's event recommendations, which is sent weekly to our membership, as well as our YahooGroups.

YahooGroup for Executives: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/SVExecs
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Bio2Device Group, Topic: “Treating Pancreatic Cancer with a Bacterial Vector: A Counter-Intuitive Approach ”

Speaker: Stephen Isaacs, CEO & President, Aduro Biotech

Date and Time: Tuesday, May 1, 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

Park in Street and in NOVA and library parking lots across the street.

 

Legendary Steve Blank Presents his New Book, The Start-up Owner's Manual!

When: May 3, 2012, Thursday

Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Where: WilmerHale, 950 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA

Details and Registration : http://tec20120503.eventbrite.com/

 

HBA, Women of the Year Broadcast, Topic: South San Francisco For a Satellite Broadcast of the WOTY Awards

Celebrating Women’s Impact Through Leadership

Date and Time: Thursday,Thursday, May 3, 2012, 8:00 – 11:00 am

Location: Genentech-Building 82, 15th Floor | 651 Gateway Boulevard | South San

Francisco, CA

Cost and registration: HBA Members: $50 Nonmembers: $65 Genentech employees: $20.

To register go to www.hbanet.org, click on the Events tab & select the HBA San Francisco

May 3 event

 

Medtech Frontiers Topic: “Bio/Nano Meter Design and Programmable Matter”

Date and Time: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 6:00pm

Location: Triple Ring Technology, 39055 Eureka Drive, Newark. CA

Cost: None

RSVP: Required

Register at http://www.tripleringtech.com/OC_medtech_frontiers.html

 

Date and time: Thursday, May 3 from 7:30 am - 9:30 am

Event Topic: Coaching and Developing First-Time Managers

Sponsoring Group: Northern California Human Resources Association

Location: California Teachers Association, 1705 Murchison Drive, Burlingame

Cost: General: $35 / NCHRA Members: $0.

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

Registration: https://m360.nchra.org/event.aspx?eventID=36985&instance=0

 

Date and time: Thursday, May 3 from 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Topic: Xconomy Forum: The Future of Robotics in Silicon Valley and Beyond Sponsoring Group: Xconomy

Location: SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park

Cost: Regular Registration: $145, discounts for early registration, startups, and students may be available - please check Eventbrite for details.

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

Registration: http://xconomyforum50.eventbrite.com/

 

Topic:          Life Science Informatics: Lab to Enterprise

Date:            Thursday, May 3, 2012

Time:           6:00 – 8:45 PM PDT

Location:     SFSU Campus, Science Bldg (SCI) Room 210, 1600 Holloway Ave. (off 19th Ave.) San Francisco

Fees:           No charge

Register at:  http://sfsuccls-labtoenterprise.eventbrite.com

 

Date and time: May 3 - 5; 8am - 5pm each day

Event Topic: 3-Day PHR/SPHR Review Course - SHRM Learning System included

Sponsoring Group: Northern California Human Resources Association

Location: Intevac, Inc., 3560 Bassett Street, Santa Clara

Cost: General $995 / NCHRA Members $845.

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

Registration: https://m360.nchra.org/event.aspx?eventID=38082&instance=0

 

2012 CASPA/SEMI High-Tech Job Fair

Date&Time:             Saturday, May 5, 2012, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Venue:                   Marriott Hotel Santa Clara, 2700 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054

Description:            Free Admission.

2012 CASPA/SEMI job fair will be held in May in both Silicon Valley, CA and Phoenix AZ with expectation of 1,000 of high tech talents and ~30 companies.

Link:            http://www.svcwireless.org/svcw/events-list/alliances-events/562-2012-caspasemi-high-tech-job-fair

Host:            CASPA

 

Bio2Device Group, Topic: Global Health: Solutions for Local Problems Around the Globe

Speaker: Eva Harris, professor in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, Chair of the

Center for Global Public Health and founder and president of the Sustainable Sciences

Institute

Date and Time: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:00 pm

Location: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto CA

Cost: Cost:

$6 - Students/In-transition - Members only

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$11 - Early-bird Registration - Members only

$20 - Late Registration and Non-Members

$25 - Walk-ins

Register at www.bio2devicegroup.org

 

NCC AWIS

Topic: Annual Awards and Recognition Banquet

Tuesday, May 8th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Location: Holiday Inn , 275 S Airport Blvd, South San Francisco, CA

Cost: $35

Registration Register at http://awis-pa.eventbrite.com/

 

Title – Innovation Showcase at CTIA WIRELESS 2012

Location – http://www.mccno.com/

Event link – http://telecomcouncil.com/CTIA2012.php

Date - May 8-10, 2012

Cost - Free for CTIA Passholders

 

Marketing, an Influential Factor in your Business Success

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)  

3350 Scott Blvd

Santa Clara, CA 95051

 

Date and time: Wednesday, May 9 from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Event Topic: SVForum Main Event - Getting Your Startup Up & Running in 2012

Sponsoring Group: SVForum

Location: Cooley LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto

Cost: SVForum members: $25; General Public: $59; On-site registration/Door

Price: Additional $10.

More Information: http://www.svforum.org/main-event

Registration: http://www.svforum.org/main-event

 

BioDesign Event: From the Innovator’s Workbench

The Fischells will be interviewed by journalist, David Cassak, in our third "From the Innovator's Workbench" event of 2012.

Speakers: Robert, David and Tim Fischell, Father and Son Medtech Innovators

Date and Time: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Location: Arrillaga Alumni Center’s McCaw Hall, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305-

6105

Cost: General Admission: $45/$60 at event

Stanford Alumni: $35/$40 at event

Register at

http://www.certain.com/system/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x12458699e75

 

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

 

CACO Seminar Luncheon

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

 

2012 US-Taiwan Biomedical Engineering Forum

Sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Organized by CBA, CIE, TECO, NATEA, CASPA, TAITA

Time:            Saturday, May 12, 2012, 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Location:       Silicon Valley Conference Room

                        TECHMART

                        5201 Great America Parkway

                        Santa Clara, California, USA 95054                                  

Fee:                FREE Admission with pre-registration

On-line registration:             http://cieshortcourse.eventbee.com/event?eid=874898204

 

Turkey: Women’s Leadership at a Crossroads

Hosted by: EMC’s West Coast Women’s Leadership Forum

Date: Monday, May 14, 2012

Time: 7:00-8:30PM

Location: EMC, 2421 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA (Room: All Stars Conference Room)

RSVP:  http://turkeywomenleaders.eventbrite.com/

 

CACO Workshop Topic: “Non-clinical Development of Monoclonal Antibody-Based Drugs: From Discovery to

First-In-Human Studies”

Speakers: K. Meyer, PhD, DABT (XOMA); M. Tomic, Ph.D. (XOMA); N. Dubois-Stringfellow,

Ph.D (Sangamo BioSciences)

Date and Time: Monday, May 14, 2012, 12:30 – 5:30 pm

Location: SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza

Register at http://www.caco-pbs.org/aspx/login01.aspx

 

Palo Alto AWIS May Chapter Meeting 

Topic: “Discover Your Superpowers”

Speaker: Kristine Carey, Professional Certified Coach

Date and Time: Wednesday, May 14, 2012 7-9 PM

Location: Xerox PARC Auditorium, 3333 Coyote Hill Rd. Palo Alto, CA

Cost: $5 Students/Members; $10 Others

RSVP: http://bit.ly/zUvBYf

Flyer: http://pa-awis.org/flyers/AWIS_Flyer_May2012.pdf

 

Date and time: May 15th from 3pm-6:30pm, May 16th from 8am-6:30pm Event Topic: MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop Sponsoring Group: MAKE magazine

Location: PARC, A Xerox Company, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto

Cost: Full Workshop Registration $785, includes two Maker Faire Tickets.

More Information: http://www.makezine.com/go/hiw

Registration: http://make-hardware-innovation-workshop.eventbrite.com/

 

NoSQL & Big Data - Scaling the Enterprise into the New Age

Where: CEMEX Auditorium at Knight Management Center

When: Tuesday, May 15, 2012

6::00- 8:30pm

Robert Scoble, Startup Liaison Officer at Rackspace Hosting

James Phillips, Director, Co-Founder & Sr. VP, Products at Couchbase

Max Schireson, President at 10gen, the company that develops and supports MongoDB

Doug Cutting, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Apache Software Foundation, Founder of Hadoop

http://www.vlab.org

 

Bio2Device Group, 

Topic: “Brain Sensing Medical Device to Determine Ischemic Stroke”

Speaker: Paul Lovoi, President, CEO, Founder, Jan Medical

Date and Time: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 8:30-10:30 am

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

from Sunnyvale Public Library)

 

Date and time: Wednesday, May 16 from 8:00 am - 3:30 pm

Event Topic: SVForum Health Tech Conference - New Technologies & Business Models Sponsoring Group: SVForum

Location: Sobrato Center for Non-Profits, 350 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City

Cost: Early Bird Discount through Apr. 27: $130 General Public, $110 Members, $60 Platinum Pass; $65 Students Online Price through May 15: $150 General Public, $130 Members, $80 Platinum Pass; $75 Students.

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

Registration: http://www.svforum.org/healthtechconf

 

Date and time: Thursday, May 17 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Event Topic: PRG Lunch Seminars: Managing Design Risk Sponsoring Group: Product Realization Group

Location: National University, 3031 Tisch Way, 100 Plaza East, San Jose

Cost: $15.

More Information:

http://www.productrealizationgroup.com/index.php?/events/managing_design_risk/

Registration:

http://www.productrealizationgroup.com/index.php?/events/managing_design_risk/

 

San Jose Biocenter, Thursday Midday, May 17, 2912

Topic: “China: Integrated IND-Enabling Support with a Sole Source Provider”

Speakers: Tina Huang, Ph.D. - Senior VP, IND-Enabling Services, Pharmaron; Connie Sun,

Ph.D. - Senior VP, Oncology Chemistry, Pharmaron; Allison Perkins, M.S. - Executive

Director, Business Development (Preclinical Services), Pharmaron

Date and Time: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Location: San Jose BioCenter, 5941 Optical Ct., San Jose, CA 95138

Cost & Registration

• Regular Price: $35

• Partners' Network: $25

• BioCenter Members: Free

Register at http://integratedind.eventbrite.com/

 

2012 NACSA Annual Conference Innovation: the Vital Role Plays in Economic Growth

Date: Saturday Afternoon, May 19, 2012

Venue: Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA 95113

Address: 170 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113 (Google Map)

Admission: Free. Seating is limited, please RSVP online here  

http://www.nacsa.com

 

Bio2Device Group, Topic: What "Cancer Pathways" Mean for the Biopharma Industry

Speaker: Ellen Licking, Senior Editor and Analyst, Value & Innovation LLC, a subsidiary of Real Endpoints

Date and Time: Tuesday, May 22, 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

Park in Street and in NOVA and library parking lots across the street.

 

Date and time: Wednesday, May 23 from 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Event Topic: Big Data Sponsoring Group: Telecom Council of Silicon Valley

Location: Tata Consultancy Services, Suite 522, 5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara

Cost: Free for members & $200 for non-members.

More Information: http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/BigData2012

Registration: http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/BigData2012

 

Telecom Council:  Big Data

May 23, 2012 – 8:30 am to 2:30 pm

Tata Consultancy Services, 5201 Great America Parkway, Suite 522, Santa Clara

Free to Members; $200 for Non-Members

To register visit http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/BigData2012

 

Western Automotive Journalists

Paul Ingrassia, on his book, Engines of Change

Thursday, May 24, 2012

http://www.waj.org

 

Bio2Device Group, 

Topic: “An Interventional Device to prevent Heart Failure”

Speaker: Ryan Krone, Senior Mechanical Engineer & Karen Havenstrite, Chief Scientific

Officer, both at COR Innovations

Date and Time: Tuesday, May 29, 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

Park in Street and in NOVA and library parking lots across the street.

 

CACO Workshop, 

Topic: Bioanalytical method validation and regulated bioanalysis for small molecules

Speakers: Mark Rose (Amgen), Naidong Weng (J&J) and Qin Ji (BMS)

Date and Time: Monday, June 4, 8:45 am – 5:00 pm

Location: SF Bay Area: Foster City Crowne Plaza

Register at http://www.caco-pbs.org/aspx/login01.aspx 

 

Bio2Device Group, 

Topic: System Design Tools for Medical Devices and Life Science Instrumentation

Speaker: Giacomo Vacca, Ph. D., Founder and President, Kinetic River Corporation

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Date and Time: Tuesday, June 5, 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

Park in Street and in NOVA and library parking lots across the street.

 

Pearls Night Out: An evening of fun - one filled with champagne and pearls for girls.

DATE: June 7, 2012

ON-SITE CHECK-IN: 5:30-6:00 PM, EVENT 6:00-7:30 PM

LOCATION: EMC BRS Campus, 2421 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara

Register today!  http://pearlsnightout.eventbrite.com 

 

UC Berkeley Extension Course, 

Course: Life Science Business Development

Dates and Time: Thursday and Friday, June 21-22, 2012; 8:30 am – 5:00 pm for classroom

intensive and balance of term for working on term project

Location: Downtown University of California, Berkeley Extension, 425 Market St., 8th Floor,

San Francisco, CA 94105

Cost: Summer term—fee: $895.

Register at http://extension.berkeley.edu/catalog/course2005.html

Details are also available at http://www.audreysnetwork.com/courses/course-3 

 

GGPF Course,

Title: “Basics of Polymer Structure & Characterization”

Sponsored by the Golden Gate Polymer Forum (www.GGPF.org)

Speakers: Professors Shaw Ling Hsu, Alan J. Lesser, and E. Bryan Coughlin of U. Mass., Amherst

Dates: June 25-27, 2012

Location: Michaels at Shoreline, 2960 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, California

Cost: $785

See full details and register at

REGISTER on the web page www.ggpf.org



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