Conmergence

5th International Digital Curation Conference "Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity" Call for Papers

We invite submission of full papers, posters, workshops and demos and welcome contributions and participation from individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains that are engaged in the creation, use and management of digital data, especially those involved in the challenge of curating data for e-science and e-research.

Proposals will be considered for short (up to 6 pages) or long (up to 12 pages) papers and also for demonstrations, workshops and posters. The full text of papers will be peer-reviewed; abstracts for all posters, workshops and demos will be reviewed by the co-chairs. Final copy of accepted contributions will be made available to conference delegates, and papers will be published in our International Journal of Digital Curation. Accordingly, we recommend that you download our template and read the advice on its use.

Papers should be original and innovative, probably analytical in approach, and should present or reference significant evidence (whether experimental, observational or textual) to support their conclusions.

Subject matter could be policy, strategic, operational, experimental, infrastructural, tool-based, and so on, in nature, but the key elements are originality and evidence. Layout and structure should be appropriate for the disciplinary area. Papers should not have been published in their current or a very similar form before, other than as a pre-print in a repository.

We seek papers that respond to the main themes of the conference: multi-scale, multi-discipline, multi-skill and multi-sector, and that relate to the creation, curation, management and re-use of research data. Research data should be interpreted broadly to include the digital subjects of all types of research and scholarship (including Arts and Humanities, and all the Sciences). Papers may cover:

• Curation practice and data management at the extremes of scale (e.g. interactions between small science and big science, or extremes of object size, numbers of objects, rates of deposit and use)
• Challenging content: (e.g. addressing issues of data complexity, diversity and granularity)
• Curation and e-research, including contextual, provenance, authenticity and other metadata for curation (e.g. automated systems for acquiring such metadata)
• Research data infrastructures, including data repositories and services
• Disciplinary and inter-disciplinary curation challenges and data management approaches, standards and norms
• Promoting, enabling, demonstrating and characterizing the re-use of data
• Semantically rich documents (e.g. the “well-supported article”)
• The human infrastructure for curation (e.g. skills, careers, training and organisational support structures, careers, skills, training and curriculum)
• Curation across academia, government, commerce and industry
• Legal and policy issues; Creative Commons, special licences, the public domain and other approaches for re-use, and questions of privacy, consent, and embargo
• Sustainability and economics: understanding business and financial models; balancing costs, benefits and value of digital curation

Important Dates

• Submission of papers for peer-review: 24 July 2009
• Submission of abstracts posters/demos/workshops: 24 July 2009
• Notification of authors of papers: 18 September 2009
• Notification of authors of posters/demos/workshops: 2 October 2009
• Final papers deadline: 13 November 2009
• Final posters deadline: 13 November 2009

Summit at Stanford Co-Presented by AlwaysOn and Stanford Technology Ventures Program

July 28th-30th, 2009, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

What's New with Summit at Stanford on 6/1:

The Era of Banner Ads may be fading, but the Gold Rush to online advertising is far from over. New winners in this race emerge daily, and we're thrilled to welcome innovators to our stage at Summit at Stanford 2009 for the conversation: "Is the Internet optimizing Madison Avenue out of business—or enabling a revolution?"

Founding chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Archer advisory-group founder Rich LeFurgy will moderate. Quantcast CEO Konrad Feldman, the Rubicon Project CEO Frank Addante, Omniture CEO Josh James, and OMD's Chief Digital Officer Jon Raj will offer high-level viewpoints.

How are ad buyers of Madison Avenue transforming their patterns for the online audience? Which digital tools will enable massive returns?

This is a debate entrepreneurs and investors won't want to miss. Forget soundbytes and get ready for real ROI-driven debate.

Event Countdown: Only nine weeks to go! Click here to register and take advantage of the exclusive 33% discount we have reserved for you before it expires!

If you do not want to pay online or want to inquire about group rates, please contact John Schwartz (john@alwayson-network.com or 310.721.9451), who can also help you secure spots for you and your associates at the lowest possible price.

Summit at Stanford 2009 Program and Invited Speakers

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Opening Remarks
•  Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, AlwaysOn
•  Tina Seelig, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
•  Arden Pennell, Program Director, Summit at Stanford, AlwaysOn

Introducing the AO Global 250
•  Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, AlwaysOn
•  Packy Kelly, Partner, KPMG

Fireside Chat: How High-Tech Can Save CA

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Technology Thought Leader Keynote
•  Bill Gurley, General Partner, Benchmark Capital

OnDemand Video Has Arrived; Who Profits?

Keynote: The Global Mobile Race–When Will the U.S. Catch Up? How Can
Investors Cash In?
•  Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm

Who's Making Money in Mobile?
With the increasing sophistication and stickiness of mobile devices, big money has been predicted for years. Which business models are working and how?
•  Bart Decrem, CEO, Tapulous
•  Simon Khalaf, CEO, Flurry
•  Matt Murphy, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Top Women in Technology: Success Stories and Hard-Nosed Advice

The Rainmakers in Cloud Computing
What opportunities are enabled by "the cloud" and will tech giants or startups leverage them best? Who's creating the most value for investors?
•  Monica Lam, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, MokaFive
•  Chip Hazard, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

Where's the Short-Term Green in Green?
Which investments avoid long-term reliance on technology and marketplace evolution to be capital-efficient now?
Moderator: Awais Khan, Director, Venture Capital Practice, KPMG
•  Jennifer Fonstad, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Bioterrorism and Defense: A View of the Future in Technology
•  Dr. George Poste, Director, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University; Fellow,
   Hoover Institution and Member, Council for Foreign Relations

SaaS Goes Open Source
Moderator: Matt Asay, VP Business Development, Alfresco & Blogger, CNET
•  Ron Yekutiel, CEO, Kaltura
•  Satish Dharmaraj, Partner, Redpoint Ventures, Founder & Former CEO, Zimbra

The New Sages of Sand Hill Road
Venture capitalists who understand social media consumption and the millenial generation talk about top opportunities going forward.
Moderator: Packy Kelly, Partner, KPMG
•  Josh Hannah, General Partner, Matrix Partners
•  Jeremy Liew, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners
•  James Slavet, Partner, Greylock Partners
•  Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners

The Reporter's Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
What will emerge from the ashes as big media transforms itself? Cross-platform, local, and social have been touted as saviors—where's the opportunity?
Moderator: Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Technology Review
•  David Smith, Founder & CEO, Mediasmith

Thursday, July 30, 2009

VC Survey results and VC Video
•  Packy Kelly, Partner, KPMG

Angel Investing Success Stories
•  Ron Conway, Founder, Angel Investors LP
•  Rob Hayes, Partner, First Round Capital

Liquidity in the Innovation Economy in 2009 and Beyond
Are IPOs set for an uptick? What will the technology investment bank look like post-meltdown?
•  Jason Hutchinson, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey

VC in DC
How can government policy help the private-company ecosystem? Can VCs and entrepreneurs tap into Obama's stimulus dollars? Should DC be playing VC?
•  Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner, DBL Investors
•  Joe Kennedy, CEO, Pandora

Is the Internet Optimizing Madison Avenue Out of Business?
As online advertising continues to ramp up, who will grab consumer eyeballs going forward, and how will the behavior of media buyers evolve?
Moderator: Rich LeFurgy, Founding Chairman, IAB & General Partner, Archer
•  Konrad Feldman, CEO, Quantcast
•  Frank Addante, CEO, the Rubicon Project
•  Josh James, Co-founder & CEO, Omniture
•  Jon Raj, Chief Digital Officer, OMD

Silicon Valley in the New Millennium
Geek chiefs of the old guard lay out the new software and computing agenda.
•  Tom Malloy, Chief Software Architect, Adobe

Is Education Finally a High-Growth Opportunity for Entrepreneurs?
How can high-tech enhance .edu? Is the innovation ecosystem ripe for edtech profits?
Moderator: Deborah Quazzo, Co-founder, NeXtGlobal Advisors
•  Mark Atkinson, CEO, Teachscape
•  Ntiedo Etuk, CEO, Tabula Digita
•  Bruce Kingma, Associate Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Syracuse University
•  James Shelton, Advisor to US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Former
   Program Director, Gates Foundation

Beyond Facebook and Twitter: The Social-Media Future
As social-media functions spread beyond dedicated platforms to a variety of digital services, how will they impact lives, businesses, and Web browsing?
•  Max Ventilla, Co-founder and CEO, Aardvark

Please feel free to suggest speakers or provide program input by contacting Arden at arden@alwayson-network.com.

Tennessee SCORE (TNSCORE) Tennessee's Top Ten Education Facts

<ed.note>Because Tennessee still practices the model of education which requires that quality teachers stand in the same classroom as their students statistics like the following are relevant. (Twitter hashtag #tnscore) Strange, the business world is all a flutter with social networks (Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace), distributed collaboration (Google Docs and Sites, Microsoft Live Suite, Telepresence, White House Virtual Town Hall Meetings, Zoho) and innovation but for some reason it apparently isn't applicable to educational models, even given Curriki.org, DSpace, Flat World Knowledge, Free Homeschool Resources, Google Scholar, Moodle, OpenCourseWare (Consortium), Twitter, Wikibooks, etc. Poorly Performing Educator spelling bee time: Dis-in-ter-me-di-ate.

Also,"In today’s world, some 774 million adults lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults is still not literate and two-thirds of them are women; 72.1 million children are out of school and many more attend irregularly or drop out". This condition requires investment in technologies such as http://literacybridge.org/talkingbook.html</ed.note>

1. 77% of Tennessee 8th graders are not proficient in math and 75% are not proficient in reading.

2. Tennessee ranks 41st in student achievement – ranking behind six of our neighboring states.

3. An average student with a top 20% teacher for three consecutive years will be in the top 35% of their class after three years while an average student with a bottom 20% teacher for three consecutive years will be in the bottom 40% of their class after three years.

4. 15 of Tennessee’s 30 teacher colleges produce a disproportionate share of the state’s lowest-performing teachers.

5. In 2008, 134 Tennessee schools failed to meet No Child Left Behind minimum performance standards.

6. Nearly 28,000 students dropped out of Tennessee high schools in 2008.

7. Approximately 1.2 million Tennesseans over the age of 18 do not have a high school diploma or GED.

8. 21% of Tennesseans over the age of 18 cannot read well enough to fill out an application, read a food label, or read a simple story to a child.

9. 67% of Tennesseans who receive a HOPE lottery scholarship fail to keep it for four years.

10. Of every 100 Tennessee ninth graders, only 72 will graduate high school and only 17 will graduate college within six years of leaving high school.

SOURCES

1) Percent of eighth grader students ranking proficient on the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

2) Average of 4th grade reading and 8th grade math scaled scores on the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

3) Vanderbilt University analysis of the Tennessee State Board of Education’s 2008 Teacher College Report Card.

4) Cumulative percent of teachers in all subjects in the bottom quintile based on the Tennessee State Board of Education’s 2008 Teacher College Report Card.

5) Tennessee Department of Education’s 2008 State Report Card.

6) Education Week’s Diplomas Count 2008.

7) Jeremy Hiedt’s “What Tennessee Gains By Dropping the Dropout Rate” in the Nashville Business Journal on May 20, 2005.

8) National Institute for Literacy’s Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System.

9) Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s “2008 Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program Annual Report.”

10) Johns Hopkins University’s 2009 “Raising Graduation Rates” report by Robert Balfanz and Thomas West and Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s 2008 “Tennessee Higher Education Profiles and Trends” report.

Tim O'Reilly on Open Publishing

Tim O'Reilly makes the argument for Open Publishing @ TOC 2009 from Open Publishing Lab @ RIT on Vimeo.

8th Annual Fiber to the Home Conference Call for Papers - September 27-October 1, 2009, Houston, TX

Lake Oswego, OR - February 9, 2009. The Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Council has issued a Call for Papers for its 8th annual conference to be held from September 27-October 1, 2009 in Houston, TX.  The 2009 FTTH Conference & Expo is the only gathering of its kind dedicated to the advancement and deployment of FTTH technologies and benefits. This year's theme, Building the Business of FTTH, will bring leaders, visionaries and decision makers to the Hilton Americas-Houston and the George R Brown Convention Center to share success stories and lessons learned about the business elements needed to generate revenue with FTTH.

With considerable investments in fiber to the home deployment, the pressure is on for operators to add subscribers and to generate revenue from the subscribers they serve. The stakes are high and so are the expectations. The 2009 program will offer attendees an overview of best business practices for advancing of high speed broadband over fiber optic networks.

The FTTH Council is seeking papers in the following target areas:

Conference Tracks

1.    Building FTTH Revenues: Explain how to build the top line as an FTTH service provider. Describe your marketing and service packages and how they attracted subscribers.  Provide an overview of the video content and internet packages that were considered and selected, and how to increase market share away from the competition. Experience-based service provider submissions are requested.

2.    Success Stories: Share your experiences as a provider of FTTH services to help others build successful FTTH based businesses. Explain the benefits realized from linking your customers and community to FTTH, to better quality of life and prosperity.  Experience-based service provider submissions will be given first consideration.

3.    New Technology: Educate prospective and practicing network builders on new technologies that enable profitable FTTH services. Target topics include MDU technologies, in-home connectivity, video and IP video, green benefits, and new electronic and optical systems. Special consideration will be given to system-level papers that help decision-makers improve the business case for FTTH.

4.    Advanced Network Design, Construction and Management: Explain innovations in efficient network design, construction, installation and testing. Describe new options for efficient management of the network and subscribers. Target topics include network design cost modeling, construction techniques and equipment, testing and tools for managing subscribers.

5.    Finance and Regulatory:  Elucidate the new funding and financing options available, and teach how to access capital.   Explain how to navigate through the application process to reach government loans and grants. Clarify the latest regulatory changes and implications to FTTH service providers.

Abstract Guidelines

Abstracts should be a maximum of 500 words, without pictures, and must be commercial free. The abstract should describe the primary conclusion or results of the paper including pertinent details of the work indicating the significant findings. Learner outcomes must be included. Papers must contain significant new material not presented or published previously.  Papers may range from introductory to advanced, but bear in mind that your audience may be just getting started in this field. As such, "FTTH 101" papers will also be considered within each category.*

NEW for our 2009 Program...we will be offering a few repeated track sessions in Spanish.  As a perspective speaker, you may wish to indicate that you wish to repeat your presentation in Spanish during the online submission process.

For complete information on deadlines and submission guidelines, please visit www.ftthconference.com...Become a Speaker. 

*FTTH 101 Papers do not need to meet the new or unpublished requirement.

About the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council

The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council is a non-profit association consisting of companies and organizations that deliver video, Internet and/or voice services over high-bandwidth, next-generation, direct fiber optic connections - as well as those involved in planning and building FTTH networks.  The Council works to create a cohesive group to share knowledge and build industry consensus on key issues surrounding fiber to the home. Communities and organizations interested in exploring FTTH options may find information on the FTTH Council web site at www.ftthcouncil.org.

About Legend Conference Planning

Legend Conference Planning is the official project management and event planning firm for the 2009 FTTH Conference & Expo and the FTTH Council Secretariat. For further information, email at info@legendconferences.com.

Contact:
Speaker Liaison, Jennifer Cakir
Legend Conference Planning
Tel: 613-226-9988 x4
Email: speakerliaison@legendconferences.com

 

3rd Annual Demonstrating Open-Source Health Care Solutions, February 20th

Los Angeles Westin LAX (Don’t forget to also check out the SCALE Open Source conference taking place the 21st and 22nd)

Time	Presentation	Speaker(s)
9:00-9:30 AM	Event Check-in & Registration Open
9:30-10:30 AM	Industry Leaders Take on Open Source Healthcare Panel Discussion	Akaza Research (OpenClinica), ClearHealth (ClearHealth & WebVista) , Medsphere (OpenVista), WebReach (Mirth)
10:30-11:30 AM	The Health of the Source A completed roundup of 2008 Open Source Healthcare projects and people.	Fred Trotter
11:30-12:30	The promise and limitation of health information technology in national health reform. Health information technology is often considered the critical component needed to fix the American health care system. While it’s role in supporting clinical decision making, efficient service delivery and the provision of safe, high-quality care are important, more fundamental shifts are required to transform the US health care system.	Jonah Frohlich, Senior Program Officer, California Health Care Foundation
12:30-1:30 PM	Lunch Break
1:30-2:30 PM	Open Source Odyssey for Sharing Medical Records concepts and lessons learned. An Overview of the 50 site Montgomery County Maryland/Primary Care Coalition CHLCare (ClearHealth) system providing practice management, electronic medical records and health information exchange.	Guy Fisher, WESP Consulting LLC
2:30-3:30 PM	A Practical Application of Open Source Strategies in a Not-So-Conventional Health Care Company A presentation on the the four critical components for consideration in the framing of an Open Source strategy and what must be considered in the creation of an Open Source strategy in a traditionally closed source health care company.	Timothy Elwell & Alesha Adamson of Misys
3:30-4:30 PM	It’s all about the Community Evidencing the important roles domain experts have in an open source healthcare and life science project.	Neil Cowles of Tolven Health
4:30-5:30 PM	Security and Health Care Security common sense and securing VistA and other health care systems.	Jon Tai of MedSphere and K.S. Bhaskar of Fidelity Information Services

The 'Role of Telcos in Open Innovation' Symposium

The online symposium is a FREE and informal 24 hour global event scheduled to run from 20:00 GMT Monday 23rd Feb to 20:00 GMT Tuesday 24th Feb 2009. (Check the World Clock for GMT times in your location)

Participants can join the symposium at different times from around the world, for as long as they wish, throughout the 24 hour period.

The symposium will include:
- Online discussion forums
- Live presentations in a virtual world
- Interviews
- Podcasts
- A glossary of sites of interest and links to relevant webinars and case studies

SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVES

    * To better understand the evolution of Open Innovation as it relates to telcos (see Wikipedia definition for Open Innovation)
    * To gain insights into how to successfully engage in Open Innovation and the pitfalls and roadblocks to look out for
    * To identify potential collaboration partners to engage in future dialogues and/or develop partnerships for potential open innovation
    * To look at successful case studies of Open Innovation

BENEFITS OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE OPEN INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM

INSIGHTS:

    * Understand how Open Innovation is being approached by other organisations
    * Gain practical ideas you can apply to your organisation
    * Learn how to optimise performance in your own organisation
    * Identify your position in the wider ecosystem

NETWORK:

    * Identify people with similar issues to engage in further communication
    * Develop alliances with potential partners
    * Expand your network and foster existing ties
    * Form collaborative groups around areas of interest

CONNECT:

    * To case studies, discussions, presentations and talks, websites of interest, other global forums, conferences, and research in the area of Open Innovation.

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS

Gerd Leonhard - Switzerland
Media Futurist and Author
CEO at MediaFuturist.com
Deborah Lawler-Dormer - New Zealand
Executive Director at Moving Image Centre Toi Rerehiko and Director of Co-Lab
Brian Landers - US
Sr. Manager, Design at Sprint Nextel Corp.
Philip Sugai - Japan
Dean, Professor of Marketing & Director of the Mobile Consumer Lab, International University of Japan materials on 'Enabling and Open Development'
Jörg Heuer - Germany
Leader Enabling Technologies & Exploration, Innovation Development, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories
Alan Quayle - US
Owner, Alan Quayle Business & Service Development
Dr Mary Ellen Gordon - New Zealand
Managing Director, Market Truths Limited
Michael Davies – US / UK
Chairman, Founding Partner, Endeavour Partners
Senior Lecturer, MIT USA and Sloan School of Management, UK

And many more to come ...

REGISTER NOW!

If you would like to be a featured contributor or have questions, please contact John Eyles the Symposium Organiser. john@futuretelco.net

The first African Virtual Conference on Bioinformatics (Afbix '09), Online at Bioinformatics.Org, February 19-20, 2009

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Graduate students and researchers in computational biology, molecular biology and medicine.  The conference theme is "Tropical Bioinformatics."  While most of the presenters are either in Africa or studying African species, attendance is open to everyone.

MOTIVATION:
In addition to research on tropical diseases, pathogenesis and their vectors, the field of bioinformatics has become an important part of life science studies in Africa.  But, with the great geographical expanse of the continent, it is often impractical or uneconomical for African researchers to come together for conferences.  That is, in person.  The Bioinformatics Organization (Bioinformatics.Org) has therefore collaborated with the African Society of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (ASBCB) and Regional Student Groups (RSGs) in Africa to develop a bioinformatics conference that utilizes local institutions in Africa as "virtual hubs."

Participating African RSGs and the hub institutions:

- RSG East Africa (ILRI)
- RSG East Africa (ICIPE)
- RSG South Africa (SANBI)
- RSG Morocco (SMBI)
- RSG West Africa (Covenant University, Ota)

Other hub institutions:

- Notre Dame University, Indiana, USA

VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE:
Individual registrations cost only $10-30, depending on location.  Please see the conference description page (URL below).

PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE:
For more information about attending this conference via one of the aforementioned hubs, please contact afbixx@gmail.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please visit the conference description page: http://wiki.bioinformatics.org/Afbix09

Looking for new opportunities in the Nashville MSA

... or remote if you know of a firm mature enough to support results-only work environments.

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Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford in February, 2009

Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford is generously supported by Deloitte

Check in periodically for updates. We welcome your requests and suggestions for events (belen@stanford.edu).

2/18	Wednesday Entrepreneurship Week Kickoff 4:30-6:00 PM, Kresge Auditorium A special presentation of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series: "Entrepreneurial Leadership" Featured Speaker: John Hennessy Join us for a thought-provoking, inspirational talk about entrepreneurial leadership by Stanford President, John Hennessy. His insights come from leading Stanford University, as well as his prior experiences as a successful entrepreneur and his current role as a board member for several high-technology ventures, including Google, Cisco Systems, and Atheros Communications. As part of the festivities, we will launch Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford and give out audience prizes. Hosts: Stanford Entrepreneurship Network (SEN), Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), and Business Association of Entrepreneurial Students (BASES)
2/19	Thursday Careers in Product Creation and Manufacturing for New Graduates 6:00-8:00 PM, Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Building, School of Earth Sciences Itching to invent new products and be an innovator after graduation? Enjoy a light dinner while learning about career opportunities with established manufacturing companies looking for entrepreneurial talent. Stanford alumni and other representatives from blue-chip companies will talk about how manufacturing companies can offer all of the excitement of a start-up without all of the risk. Representatives from the Career Development Center will also be on hand to share resources and offer career planning advice. This will be a highly interactive session, with plenty of opportunity to ask questions of the panelists. (This session is open to Stanford students only. Space is limited. First come, first served) Host: Product Realization Network (PRN)
2/20	Friday Pitchfest: Venture Capital Speed Dating 1:30-5:00 PM, Wallenberg Learning Theater, Building 160 Stanford students: Pitch your business ideas to Silicon Valley venture capitalists (VCs). Apply in advance for 3-4 opportunities to give three-minute pitches to VC pairs and receive three minutes of feedback. This portion of the event is restricted to pre-registered students and VCs. At 4:00, the event opens to the public for a networking mixer. Come join us to meet entrepreneurial students and VCs. Host: Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES)
2/21	Saturday Pitching and Presenting Workshop: How to Make Your Story Compelling 10:00-12:00 PM, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design ("d.school"), Building 524 Learn how to tell your story in a way that will hold your audience captive, whether you're pitching ideas, products, your company, or yourself. Feel free to arrive with a pitch in mind that you'd like to work on. You'll find out how to structure your message, make it irresistible, and WOW them with visuals. Apply these principles and tips to pitches of any length and to any audience, whether it be investors, customers, partners, employees, employers, the media or others. This fast-paced, hands-on workshop will be led by marketing expert, Theresa Lina Stevens, and design guru, Forrest Glick, both of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. A complimentary light brunch will be served. Space is limited to the first 30 people. Arrive early. Host: Stanford Technology Ventures Program "Bring Your Product to Life" Workshop 1:00-3:00 PM, Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Building, School of Earth Sciences Ideas to prototype to market - Entrepreneurs are those that can successfully navigate this path. Bringing Products to Life is about taking the necessary steps so that products can scale in the market, sustainably. Led by Marc Theeuwes, Consulting Associate Professor, Stanford's Mechanical Engineering Design Division, this is an interactive workshop with a world class panel that brings practical insights from over 100 years of collective experience with leading products and services. Entrepreneurs, bring your product ideas to this workshop and learn from the experts. Host: Product Realization Network (PRN)
2/22	Sunday Starting & Growing a Social Enterprise: Panel and Showcase 3:00-5:00 PM, Wallenberg Hall Learning Theater, Building 160 Join us for a lively panel discussion with local social entrepreneurs at an event sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation. The panel - which includes Jane Leu, founder and executive director of Upwardly Global, Chuck Slaughter, founder and president of LivingGoods; and Morgan Simon, cofounder and executive director of the Responsible Endowments Coalition - will talk from 3-4 pm about key success factors for starting and growing a social enterprise. Regina Starr Ridley, publishing director of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, will moderate. Afterwards, mingle with entrepreneurs at a fair showcasing their intriguing early-stage social ventures, sponsored by the Stanford Media X Program. Hosts: Center for Social Innovation, Graduate School of Business, and Stanford Media X Program
2/23	Monday "Solving the Global Leadership and Talent Equation" Eric Benhamou, David Chao, Kyung Yoon, Michael Zhao. Panel and Reception 4:00-6:00 PM Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall Come hear four successful entrepreneurial leaders share insights about the crucial element of talent for start-ups in a global environment: how to build a team, recruit the best people, and manage across borders. Draw on their wealth of experiences: they have founded, funded and led many firms, pioneered technologies and business practices, led start-ups and Fortune 500 firms, and recruited and mentored scores of company leaders. The discussion will be followed by Q&A and a networking reception over appetizers. Host: Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE)
2/24	Tuesday "Startup 101" Job Fair Noon-4:00 PM, Tresidder Union Explore job opportunities with startups and larger companies looking for entrepreneurial talent. Employers represent a wide range of industries, from Web 2.0 to cleantech, medical devices, and biotech. Raffle prizes will be given away throughout the event. Employers should register here for an exhibition space. Host: A partnership of several student entrepreneurship groups on campus and The Career Development Center Entrepreneurship Mixer 5:00-7:00 PM, Graduate School of Business (GSB), South Building, Lower Arbuckle Lounge Network with students, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and other members of the entrepreneurship community, while enjoying complimentary hors d'oeuvres and beverages. This loosely structured event will help ensure that you get an opportunity to talk to others in your field of interest. Host: GSB Entrepreneur Club Creativity Challenge: James Bond Casino Caper 7:30-9:30 PM, Top Secret Location Dress as your favorite James Bond character (or not) and join us for a glamorous soiree while mingling with the stars and enjoying Blackjack, Craps and other casino favorites. Sometime during the evening your entrepreneurial spirit will be put to the test, and you may just be blown away. Come armed with your creativity and sense of adventure. Space is limited to the first 35 people. Host: Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)
2/25	Wednesday Annual GSB Entrepreneurship Conference 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Graduate School of Business This intensive session addresses practical issues associated with creating sustainable businesses. It features speakers and panels for aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs. There is a fee for this event, and registration is required (http://www.econference.org/). Host: Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Graduate School of Business "The Next Big Thing": A special presentation of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series 4:30-6:00 PM, Kresge Auditorium Featured Speakers: Tim Draper, Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Tony Perkins, CEO, AlwaysOn Michael Moe, Founding Partner, ThinkPanmure, and Author (Finding the Next Starbucks: How to Identify and Invest in the Hot Stocks of Tomorrow) As part of the Entrepreneurship Week closing finale, find out what the hot entrepreneurial opportunities are today and tomorrow, as three of the most forward-looking and insightful thought leaders in Silicon Valley weigh in. They'll debate, argue and discuss their way through an analysis of where technology is going and where to start placing your bets. An audience Q&A will follow. We'll also announce the winners of the 2008 Bike Safety Invention Challenge and feature special highlights from throughout Entrepreneurship Week. Host: Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) and Business Association of Stanford Entpreneurial Students (BASES), the Stanford Biodesign Program Networking Reception and SEN Fair 6:00-7:30 PM, Kresge Lobby Immediately following the debate, network with entrepreneurial students, alumni and others in the Stanford community. Also enjoy a tradeshow-style showcase to learn about entrepreneurship groups on campus. You can also view winning entries from the 2008 Bike Safety Invention Challenge and talk to the inventors. Everyone is welcome. Host: Stanford Entrepreneurship Network (SEN), Stanford Biodesign Program