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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