Charles J. Howard

SFBAYACM Data Mining SIG

Where: SAP Labs, Building D

Date: 2007-06-13 18:30:00

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Cutting Edge Web Analytics: Beyond Clickstream and Towards True Customer Centricity Presented by Avinash Kaushik, Author, Blogger, and Analytics Evangelist at Google Topic Web Analytics is simple, it is complicated. It is data rich and it is not. The talk will cover the challenges and opportunities that are presented to practitioners, marketers and website owners in finding actionable insights from their website data. Learn about the Trinity strategy, the value of testing and competitive intelligence. Avinash will close with his insights that you can apply to your web analytics practice. About the Speaker Avinash Kaushik is the author of Web Analytics: An Hour A Day and the highly rated web analytics blog, Occam's Razor. He is a independent consultant and currently the Analytics Evangelist for Google. Prior to that he was the Director of Web Research & Analytics for Intuit where he was responsible for the business, technical and strategic elements of the analytics platform that supported more than 70 Intuit websites. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as Emetrics Summits, Ad-Tech and Web 2.0 Expo in the US and Europe, and he is often quoted as a Web Metrics expert by The Chicago Tribune and other media.

St Lawrence String Quartet with Todd Palmer, clarinet

Where: Stanford Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Date: 2008-01-13 14:30:00

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Tickets: $44/$40 (Adult) / $22/$20 (Stanford Student) Half-price tickets are available for young people age 15 and under and discounts are available for students and groups. Call 650-725-ARTS (2787) or visit: http://livelyarts.stanford.edu In the second Sundays with the St. Lawrence concert, the St. Lawrence takes on Beethoven’s vast String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor and Osvaldo Golijov’s Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, a work of meditation, prayer, song, and memory inspired by the writings of the great Kabbalist rabbi of Provence, featuring clarinetist Todd Palmer on five different instruments.

SVASE Event: 'VC Breakfast: Panorama Capital Ventures - Focu...

Where: Greenberg Traurig

Date: 2007-09-27 08:00:00

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Event: 'VC Breakfast: Panorama Capital Ventures - Focus On Life Sciences And Technology' Date: Thursday, September 27, 2007 At 08:00 Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes Contact Info: VCBC Chair: Jai Kumar, contact no. - 408-406-4693 Email: jai@vigyana.com URL: svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=1072 VC Breakfast: Panorama Capital Ventures - Focus On Life Sciences and Technology The featured VC will be Michael Jung, Principal, Panorama Capital Ventures. www.panoramacapital.com EVENT LOCATION: Greenberg Traurig ,1900 University Avenue, 5th Floor, East Palo Alto, CA 94303 This event is co-sponsored by Greenberg Traurig www.gtlaw.com. Panorama Capital Ventures Panorama Capital was founded in 2005 to create an independent venture firm that will invest primarily in high-growth, development-stage life sciences and technology companies. We intend to utilize our team's extensive experience, track record and investment discipline to continue the successful life sciences and technology investment strategy executed during our tenure at JPMorgan Partners (JPMP). Since 1984, JPMP managed a multi-billion dollar global private equity portfolio funded primarily with capital from JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) that combined both venture and buyout investments in a single portfolio. In late 2001, JPMP raised J.P. Morgan Partners Global Investors Fund I, L.P. ("JPMP Global Fund I") allowing significant institutional investor participation alongside JPMC for the first time. In March 2005, JPMC announced that the JPMP team would become independent upon the completion of the investment period for JPMP Global Fund I and in 2006 agreed to support the formation of Panorama Capital which is the successor to the venture capital program of JPMP Global Fund I. Panorama Capital is managed by a seasoned group of life sciences and technology investors who collectively possess over 200 years of investment and industry experience and have invested through multiple economic cycles. Importantly, we have worked together for many years and contribute complementary skills and experiences to the firm. In addition to extensive investing experience, the Panorama Capital team possesses broad experience as executives, entrepreneurs, engineers, and physicians. This collective experience gives Panorama Capital a powerful combination of technical, entrepreneurial, operational, and transactional expertise to help foster the development of our portfolio companies. Our approach seeks to identify and invest in companies that will provide the best return opportunity regardless of the stage of company maturity. This strategy starts with careful evaluation of a company's fundamentals, including: team; market opportunity; technology and product; competitive landscape; business model; capital requirement; and investment return potential. Panorama Capital believes that its ability to evaluate and invest in companies at all stages of maturity balances its investment portfolio and enables it to more effectively capitalize on market and industry cycles. When we invest in early-stage companies, we expect to invest significant additional capital in subsequent financing rounds. Over the years, Panorama Capital has adopted a collaborative, team-oriented investment culture, which will be further enhanced through the sharing of economics and responsibility among our investment professionals. Unlike other multi-sector venture capital funds with separate teams responsible for their specific sector portfolio, we manage life sciences and technology investments as one portfolio and actively collaborate on all investment decisions. Michael Jung Mr. Jung focuses on technology investments and joined the firm in 2003. From 2001 to 2003, he was Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development at the Exigen Group, where he managed the company's day-to-day business development activities. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Jung was an integral part of the business development team at Ask Jeeves, Inc., ultimately serving as Vice President of Strategic Corporate Development where he led the company's mergers and acquisitions and strategic partnership efforts. Mr. Jung advised a variety of high technology companies as an investment banker with BancBoston Robertson Stephens from 1998 to 1999 and from 1996 to 1998 as an attorney with Gunderson Dettmer. Mr. Jung holds a J.D. and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from the University of California, Berkeley. He currently serves on the board of directors of Securify, Inc., Axiom Legal Solutions, Inc., Instill Corporation, and Zilliant, Inc. He is also a board observer to Federated Media Publishing, Inc. COST: $25 SVASE Members; $39 Affiliates; $49 Non-members. This event is for ENTREPRENEURS ONLY, BY PREREGISTRATION ONLY. This event is co-sponsored by Greenberg Traurig www.gtlaw.com.

Evelyn Glennie, percussion, and Fred Frith, guitar

Where: Memorial Auditorium

Date: 2008-04-23 20:00:00

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Tickets: $50/$44/$32/$26 (Adult) / $25/$22/$16/$13 (Stanford Student) Half-price tickets are available for young people age 15 and under and discounts are available for students and groups. Call 650-725-ARTS (2787) or visit: http://livelyarts.stanford.edu A captivating improviser and composer, Grammy-winning percussionist Evelyn Glennie has challenged the music world to reimagine the vast possibilities of percussion through her highly communicative music making. Fred Frith—guitarist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist featured with Glennie in the documentary Touch the Sound—joins her for an evening of improvisation on traditional and unconventional instruments.

Palo Alto Children's Theatre presents DOCTOR FAUSTUS

Where: Palo Alto Children's Theatre

Date: 2007-08-05 19:00:00

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By Christopher Marlowe This 16th Century classic comes to life under the stars on the Magic Castle Stage. Doctor Faustus, a brilliant scholar, summons the ghastly Mephostophilis and strikes a lethal bargain with the devil for twenty-four years of divine knowledge and power in exchange for his immortal soul. Performed on the outdoor Roy A. Ginsburg Magic Castle Stage. Performances: Sun Aug 5 at 7:00pm, Wed Aug 8 at 7:00pm, Thu Aug 9 at 7:00pm, Fri Aug 10 at 7:00pm, Sat Aug 11 at 7:00pm Tickets: $8 Adult, $4 Child Box Office: (650) 463-4970, Tue-Sat, 1:30-6:00pm

SDForum Web Services SIG: RIA and Web services

Where: Tibco Software, Building #2

Date: 2007-07-24 18:30:00

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Summary: Web services have been primarily used for server to server communication. With the advent of Ajax and other RIA technology, however, it is becoming not only possible but practical to build user-centric composite applications that consume web services. In this session, you will learn how to build RIA-based service consumers using Ajax, Java, XML markup and other common technologies. Declarative UI layout/data binding, WSDL-driven consumer configuration, UI DOM modification and synchronous/asynchronous user interaction patterns will be covered in detail. Agenda 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Registration / Networking / Refreshments / Pizza 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Presentations and Discussion Price $15 at the door for non-SDForum members No charge for SDForum members No registration required

Robert Moses' Kin

Where: Memorial Auditorium

Date: 2007-12-08 20:00:00

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Tickets: $40/$34/$22/$16 (Adult) / $20/$16/$11/$8 (Stanford Student) Half-price tickets are available for young people age 15 and under and discounts are available for students and groups. Call 650-725-ARTS (2787) or visit: http://livelyarts.stanford.edu A phenomenon since its inception over a decade ago, the San Francisco-based Robert Moses’ Kin dance company boasts a mix of sheer athleticism and visceral lyricism. Under the direction of Stanford faculty member and choreographer Robert Moses, the company’s Lively Arts debut features Lucifer’s Prance with music from Philip Glass’ opera Akhnaten and the antiwar meditation Speaking Ill of the Dead alongside new works The Wall—with Stanford’s own Aleta Hayes—and Penance, set to a score by Daniel David Feinsmith.

Free Forum on Israel & Palestine - "What Peace Could Look Li...

Where: Community Media Center

Date: 2007-06-05 19:00:00

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Israel & Palestine - What Peace Could Look Like A conversation with Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom and Husam El Nounou Two human rights activists, an Israeli and a Palestinian, discuss their work for a non-violent solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. They will focus especially on their work with The Rebuilding Alliance, which seeks to rebuild Palestinian homes that have been demolished by Israel. Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom is an American-born rabbi who has lived in Israel since 1968 and has pursued a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis throughout his career. He has been involved in important initiatives in the Israeli peace camp at their critical starting moments over the last twenty-seven years. Rabbi Milgrom has been a pioneer in interfaith partnerships with Christian and Moslem Palestinians. He co-founded and directed Clergy for Peace with Rev. Shehadeh Shehadeh and has been active in bringing volunteers to the West Bank to tutor Bedouin children of the Jahalin tribe who have been forcibly moved there from their home in the Negev. He frequently lectures at Israeli and European forums on Judaism, non-violence and other related subjects. Husam El Nounou is a co-founder of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP), along with Dr. Eyad El Sarraj. GCMHP is the Palestinian NGO that partners with the Rebuilding Alliance in the Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign in Gaza. As the public relations coordinator for GCMHP, he serves as editor-in-chief of a bi-monthly magazine, _Amwaj_, has chaired the organizing committees for five international conferences, and represents GCMHP in the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO), where he served as the first coordinator for the Network Steering Committee. Fluent in English and his native Arabic, and also proficient in Hebrew, Mr. El Nounou traveled to the U.S. in 2000 as part of the “International Visitors Program” organized by the U.S. State Department. He deeply believes in peace and coexistence and sees this as a human rights issue, one that ordinary people can impact. Free and open to the public. The program will be broadcast and webcast live and rebroadcast throughout June as part of the ongoing "Other Voices" television series produced by Peninsula Peace and Justice Center.

In the Shadow of the Bomb: Nuclear Proliferation in a Time o...

Where: Community Media Center

Date: 2007-08-07 19:00:00

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Sponsor: Peninsula Peace and Justice Center Contact: PPJC - Paul George or Julia Bernd, 650-326-8837 Cost: Free On Tuesday, August 7, Loulena Miles, Staff Attorney at Tri-Valley CARES (Livermore Labs watchdog organization) will talk about "In the Shadow of the Bomb: Nuclear Proliferation in a Time of War" at the Community Media Center in Palo Alto. It has been 61 years since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and another nuclear tragedy looms dangerously close. With the Bush Administration's policy of creating lower yield, more "usable" nuclear weapons, now is a more important time than ever in calling for the abolition of all weapons of mass destruction and war. The culture of fear that surrounds nuclear weapons and even their suspected presence creates war and destruction. With respect to Iran enriching uranium, President Bush has continually stated that, "All options are on the table." The paranoia over the possibility that Iran could develop a nuclear weapon a decade from now should be turned inward. The U.S. is even now designing new nuclear weapons in direct violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty while hypocritically pushing for another illegal war and possible nuclear strike against a sovereign nation. Simultaneous live cable TV broadcast on Mid-Peninsula cable channel 27. Simultaneous live webcast at http://www.communitymediacenter.net

Eyewitness Report: Haiti on the Brink

Where: First Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall (wheelchair accessible)

Date: 2008-06-10 19:30:00

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HAITI ON THE BRINK: The Struggle for Survival and Democracy Today An Eyewitness Report: Video, Slides, Testimony By Seth Donnelly, Ryan Ikeda, and Eric Feise The three presenters have just returned from Haiti, where they met extensively with Haitian educators, community organizers, and pro-democracy activists. They will present new information on the deteriorating conditions of life under the UN occupation, ongoing political repression, and the ongoing resistance. $5 - $10 suggested donation. Sponsored by Peninsula Peace and Justice Center || www.PeaceandJustice.org || (650) 326-8837

Turning Silver into Gold: How to Profit from the Boomer Mark...

Where: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Date: 2007-06-06 18:00:00

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Speaker: Dr. Mary Furlong, Author and CEO of MFA Panelists: Clint Korver, CEO of Decision Street Gloria Cavanaugh, retired President, CEO of ASA Jeff Zimman, CEO Posit Science Moderator: Susan Ayers Walker - Founder, SmartSilvers Alliance Here is the buzz ... America's boomers will live longer, more active, creative and inventive lives than previous generations before them and they are flush with money. In the United States alone, there are more than 108 million people over age 45 as of 2006, The "Post War Baby Boomers" make up 28% of the U.S. population the number of Americans age 65 and older is set to double by the year 2030. This is a market opportunity you can't afford to ignore. Mary Furlong, author of the new book "Turning Silver into Gold" will discuss the business triggers in the boomer market, what products, brands and services have been successful, and insight into what opportunities lay ahead. Mary's market research will help you understand how to participate in this fast growing market. Join us in lively and informative discussions as the author of the book Turning Silver into Gold and panel discuss: What are the key features of the Boomer demographic, What are the hot market segments for the boomer consumer, What kind of companies have been successful, What are the future opportunities as the boomers age. Mary Furlong, is a leading authority on the baby boom generation as it moves toward and beyond age 50. She has guided the market strategies of leading corporations and nonprofit organizations for more than 20 years Mary is the Dean's Executive Professor of Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business. Before launching MFA, Mary founded the nonprofit organization SeniorNet in 1986 and ThirdAge Media in 1996. Sponsored by: The MIT Club of Northern California, American Society on Aging, The Business Forum on Aging and SmartSilvers Alliance About SmartSilvers Alliance: The goal of SmartSilvers is to leverage technologies which foster active aging Our mission is to promote awareness, development and deployment of innovative, consumer friendly products and technology-leveraged services which cater to the unique needs of our expanding senior population, providing independence, mobility and quality of lifestyle. $20 in advance, $25 walk-ins - cash/check, no creditcards. http://mitcnc.org/Events_Single.asp?eventID=1319

SDForum Business Intelligence SIG: Relational Messaging

Where: Cubberly Community Center

Date: 2007-06-19 18:30:00

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Today's enterprise systems are extremely complex. Solving business problems often involves as much effort moving data between systems as processing data within them. A new approach, inspired by research into streaming databases, is Relational Asynchronous Messaging (RAM). Our speaker is Julian Hyde, founder and Chief Architect of SQLstream, Inc., a platform for Relational Asynchronous Messaging and is an expert on relational query optimization and execution. He will discuss the RAM approach which brings the power and simplicity of SQL to bear on the problems of managing dynamic distributed data. The talk will present an overview of the RAM architiecture, and how RAM can be used to solve particular problems involving real-time mediation between operational systems, and how RAM can enable real-time business intelligence. $15 for non-SDForum Members, Free to members.

Harry Camp Memorial lecture series by Simon Schaffer - Lectu...

Where: Stanford Humanities Center

Date: 2008-01-16 17:00:00

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Simon Schaffer, professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, will be in residence at the Stanford Humanities Center for the week of January 14-18, 2008. He will give two lectures (titles TBD) -- on January 14 and 16, and two discussions -- on January 15 and 17. Professor Schaffer's research interests include the history of physical science and the social history of science. His publications include "Leviathan and the air pump: Hobbes, Boyle and the experimental life" with Steven Shapin (1985), and pieces in "The Uses of Experiment: studies in the natural sciences" (1989), "William Whewell: a composite portrait" (1991), and "Inscribing Science: scientific texts and the materiality of communication." In addition to his work at Cambridge, Professor Schaffer has also been a presenter on the BBC. He shared the prestigious Erasmus Prize with Steven Shapin for "Leviathan and the Air-Pump."Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of julcheng.

SVASE Event: 'MAIN EVENT: Are We All On The Same Page? - Inv...

Where: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Date: 2007-12-06 18:00:00

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Event: 'MAIN EVENT: Are We All On The Same Page? - Investors Vs Founders!' Date: Thursday, December 06, 2007 At 06:00 Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes Contact Info: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR Campus), 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 Email: info@svase.org URL:svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=1173 With the holiday season approaching, this irreverent panel will delve into the delicate balancing act that exists between a startup’s investors and founders. Investors say they want founders who want to build long term viable companies, but how does that square with the desire for dramatically accelerated growth and a profitable exit just a few years down the road? Am I working overtime till I get fired? This oft quoted comment from a production line worker in the fiercely cyclical semiconductor industry could just as well be ascribed to the founders of many startups. What really happens to founding teams when milestones fail to be met and there’s no sign of fresh investors on the horizon? From conflict resolution...to liquidity timing...to balancing long term and short term goals, this panel will provide a good humored and lively debate on the driving forces behind each side of the investor/founder marriage. • What does each side really want from the other? • How does the dynamic change when new investors come on board? • Who’s really running the company – the founders or the investors? • What happens when milestones fail to be met? • How often do founders get coached to succeed versus replaced, and what are the consequences? • What’s more important – a successful, viable company, or a profitable exit? • What due diligence should you do before approaching investors? The Panel: • Jonathan Abrams, Founder & CEO, Socializr and Friendster • Warren Packard, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson • Paul Pluschkell, Founder & CEO, spigit • Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures Moderator: TBD WHEN: Thursday, December 6 6:00 - 7:00 pm: Networking and hors d’oeuvres 7:00 - 8:15 pm: Panel discussion and Q/A 8:15 - 8:30 pm: Additional networking LOCATION: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR Campus), 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 PRE-REGISTERED RATES (All Rates Include Hors D’oeuvres): Members - $20; Affiliates who advertise this event - $29; General Public - $49 WALK-IN RATES: Add $10.00 to the listed price To reserve an Exhibit Table: Contact Info@svase.org, $600 Members, $1,100 Non-members. Seating is limited, so early registration is recommended to avoid disappointment on the day. This event is co-sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, www.wsgr.com/ Speakers’ Bios Jonathan Abrams, Founder and CEO, Socializr and Friendster Jonathan Abrams is the founder, CEO, and Junior Computer Programmer at Socializr, an online service for sharing event and party information with your friends. Jonathan is an award-winning serial entrepreneur who created the pioneering social networking service Friendster in 2002. Jonathan is the inventor of a United States Patent for a "System, method, and apparatus for connecting users in an online computer system based on their relationships within social networks." Previously, Jonathan was the founder & CEO of bookmarking community HotLinks, and worked as a software engineer at companies such as Netscape and Nortel. Jonathan holds an Honors B.Sc. in Computer Science from McMaster University, which he received after flunking out of engineering school. Jonathan was named a "Breakout star of 2003" by Entertainment Weekly, and as one of Advertising Age Magazine’s "Entertainment Marketers of the year." Jonathan has also been honored as one of the world’s top young innovators by the MIT Technology Review, and nominated in the software designer category for the 2004 Wired Rave Awards. Jonathan is a member of the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, and has been extensively involved in the silicon valley entrepreneurial community, including past roles such as co-chair of the SDForum Venture Finance SIG, and a judge for the Stanford Entrepreneur's Challenge business plan contest, the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, and the Stanford-Berkeley Innovators' Challenge. Warren J. Packard, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Warren Packard is a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson. He currently serves on the Boards of Anagran, BinOptics, CastTV, EoPlex, Imago Scientific Instruments, Media Lario, and Ooma. Mr. Packard also leads the firm's investments in CallGate, Jaxtr, Microfabrica, Primet Precision Materials, TicketsNow, and YeePay. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Packard co-founded Angara Database Systems, a main memory relational database company, which was acquired by Personify. Prior to co-founding Angara, he was an Associate at Institutional Venture Partners, investing in early-stage technology companies. Before IVP, Mr. Packard was a Senior Principal Engineer in the Advanced Product Development Group at Baxter International. Mr. Packard is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University and holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering: Smart Product Design. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. E-mail: warren@boxbe.com Paul Pluschkell, Founder and CEO, spigit Paul Pluschkell, founder and CEO of spigit, is also a managing partner of Raven Holdings, an emerging technology management fund. Before founding spigit, Mr. Pluschkell served as president and CEO of HyperFeed Technologies, which focused on building low latency ticker plants for exchanges and hedge funds, from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Pluschkell founded MXnet, a financial market extranet, in 1996, and then sold it to IXNet/IPC. After the sale, Mr. Pluschkell served as an IXNet officer; the company was sold to Global Crossing in 1999. Mr. Pluschkell became executive vice president of sales, products, and marketing for Global Center, a Global Crossing subsidiary. Following the subsidiary's sale to Exodus Communications in 2001, Mr. Pluschkell became president of broadband at Global Crossing, where he served until 2002. Mr. Pluschkell received his BS degree from Eastern Illinois University and completed master's course work at the University of Dallas. Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures Bill Reichert has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and an operating executive. Since joining Garage in 1998, Bill has focused on early-stage information technology and materials science companies. He sits on the Boards of CaseStack, WhiteHat, ClearFuels, and cFares. Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company and Academic Systems. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey & Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and the World Bank. Bill earned a B.A. at Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. reichert@garage.com

Jubilant Sykes, Baritone

Where: Stanford Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Date: 2008-02-09 20:00:00

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This talented musician's abilities range from classical to jazz, operas to spirituals.

SVASE Event: 'MAIN EVENT: Where The “Hot Money” Will Be Goin...

Where: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Date: 2008-01-10 18:00:00

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Event: 'MAIN EVENT: Where The “Hot Money” Will Be Going In 2008' Date: Thursday, January 10, 2008 At 06:00 PM Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes Contact Info: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR Campus), 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 Contact Laura Weigant Email: info@svase.org URL:svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=1177 Where is the smart investment dollar going? What industries are hot, what's cooling off and what type of valuations can you expect? Are there any bubbles on the horizon? Are there any sectors that are underserved? Top investors and industry insiders discuss investment priorities and thoughts on the current and future private equity market. Will your startup be Hot, or Not, in the coming year? This lively panel discussion will explore current trends and panelist opinions on topics including: • How much money is sitting on the sidelines, waiting to be invested? • Where in the world will it go – SaaS, Consumer, India, China, somewhere else? • How much will be available for seed and early stage investments? • What will be the Hot market segments? • What will be the Hot applications within these segments? • Where will your money be going? The Panel: • Dan Avida, General Partner, Opus Capital • Ken Gullicksen. Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures • Raman Khanna, General Partner, ONSET Ventures • Rob Rueckert, Senior Investment Manager, Intel Capital Moderator: Mark Albertson, Executive Producer, Tech Closeup TV WHEN: Thursday, January 10 6:00 - 7:00 pm: Networking and hors d’oeuvres 7:00 - 8:15 pm: Panel discussion and Q/A 8:15 - 8:30 pm: Additional networking LOCATION: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR Campus), 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 PRE-REGISTERED RATES (All Rates Include Hors D’oeuvres): Members - $20; Affiliates who advertise this event - $29; General Public - $49 WALK-IN RATES: Add $10.00 to the listed price To reserve an Exhibit Table: Contact Info@svase.org, $600 Members, $1,100 Non-members. Seating is limited, so early registration is recommended to avoid disappointment on the day. This event is co-sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, www.wsgr.com/ Speakers' Bios “See website for speaker’s bios”.

The Emerging Brain Fitness Software Market

Where: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Date: 2008-02-12 18:00:00

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A Presentation by the MIT Club of Northern California's BoomerTech Series in association with SmartSilvers: Here is the buzz … Scientific, technological and demographic trends have converged to create an exciting new market in brain fitness, where software and online applications can assess and train cognitive abilities. That equates to a sharper mind and better memory retention contributing to healthier aging. There is currently a $400m worldwide market with high growth ahead predicted. Join us in lively and informative discussions as Alvaro Fernandez; CEO of SharpBrains.com summarizes the science, key market segments, players and trends, based on the first Brain Fitness Software Market Report, presented in this event. He will discuss the implications with several neuro-technology, gaming experts and investors." Moderated by Zack Lynch, the speaker and panel will discuss: · What results are scientists discovering from the use of Brain Fitness tools? · Who will use brain tools and why? · What is the market potential for new companies entering the brain fitness market? · What kind of brain fitness applications are being developed? Speaker: - Alvaro Fernandez, SharpBrains.com Moderator: - Zack Lynch, Neurotechnology Industry Organization (NIO) Panelists: - Andy Donner, Physic Ventures - Kunal Sarkar, CEO Lumos Labs - Alexander Doman, CEO Advanced Brain Technologies - Dan Michel, CEO Dakim Opening Remarks and Speaker/Panelists Introductions: - Susan Ayers Walker, SmartSilvers and AARP.org (Contributing Technology Journalist) Time: 6:00PM Registration, Hors d'oeuvres and Networking 7:00PM Presentation and Panel Discussion Cost: $20 online, $25 walk-in

SVASEEvent: 'BIG EVENT: Mobility: IWhere – Entrepreneurship ...

Where: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Date: 2008-03-20 18:00:00

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Event: 'BIG EVENT: Mobility: IWhere – Entrepreneurship And Business Opportunities When My Mobile Device Knows My Physical Location Better Then Me' Business Interface Groups – where Business & Technology collide! Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008 At 06:00 PM Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes Contact Info: Contact: Laura Weigant Email: info@svae.org URL: www.svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=1302 The entrepreneur, the investor and the enterprise collaborate on the new paradigm LBS is stirring up online, within mobility, personalization and socializing. Maps become a required component of many online applications, creating a new market for entrepreneurs and investors to invent revenue models and return on investment. GIS and geographical search makes it possible for users to search content on their mobile device and use local search engines for a complete web search experience. Companies are increasingly turning to their users to collect data, such as random cell phones on the highway help deliver Google traffic information. Virtual representations of the physical world are becoming more realistic and important. As this happens, their geographic location becomes more accurate; therefore, more relevant to almost everything people do on the go, since the immediacy of the information needed is more critical. The right platforms and tools to easily create geographical content have finally emerged to represent and search the physical world online. With geographical data and maps online a new breed of developers with increasingly powerful tools built on the back of open standards and free APIs from the likes of Google, is a new way to share your location with friends or with other websites and services! It's built on open APIs so that developers can build all kinds of applications that respond to your location. These topics, and more, will be explored in a lively discussion by pur expert panel. Questions they will be looking to answer include: • What is an LBS platform? Examples? • Compare the different LBS API’s openly available nowadays. • What is the typical revenue generating business models based on LBS? • How an open source LBS platform can generate revenues and profits? • How is the location information generated while you roam around? • How Privacy is affected, and what can be done about it? The Panel: • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD Moderator: TBD WHEN: Thursday, March 20 6:00 – 7:00 pm: Networking and Business Showcase 7:00 – 8:15 pm: Panel discussion and Q/A 8:15 – 8:30 pm: Additional networking LOCATION: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR Campus), 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 PRE-REGISTERED RATES (All Rates Include Hors D’oeuvres):Members - $20; Affiliates who advertise this event - $29; General Public - $49; Business Showcase Exhibit Table – member rate: $149; non-member rate: $375 (Includes exhibit table and two tickets to the event.) WALK-IN RATES: Add $10.00 to the listed price Seating is limited, so early registration is recommended to avoid disappointment on the day.

The Elevator Pitch Roundtable

Where: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Date: 2008-03-05 18:00:00

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The VC Taskforce Elevator Pitch Roundtable is a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to network with investors and other CXOs, present their company and idea, and hear first-hand what it takes to raise early-stage capital in 2008. Each of our events has consistently drawn an excellent entrepreneur-to-investor ratio. If you are an entrepreneur in a startup and currently seeking capital, come prepared with your best 60-second elevator pitch. If you are an investor come and listen to entrepreneurs' pitches. You never know where you'll find your next deal. Find out how our panel of investors rate the entrepreneurs' pitches; which VCs pass and for what reasons; and, which entrepreneurs other VCs want to talk to ASAP. Please let us know if you would like to participate on one of our Elevator Pitch Roundtable panels or Workshop panels. During the evening, a select number of entrepreneurs will present their pitch to the entire room. Our distinguished panel of early stage investors will ask questions and provide brief feedback. Please note that pitching time limits will be strictly enforced! Our lively panel discussion and Q&A will also provide critical insight into what it takes to raise capital today. Moderator: Steve Bengston, Director, Emerging Company Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers Panelists: Gary Benton, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman John Steuart, Managing Director, Claremont Creek Ventures Eric Buatois, General Director, Sofinnova Ventures Chris Albinson, Managing Director, Panorama Capital If you wish to give your pitch, please register and then email Rich Weingart, Partner, Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers, Direct Phone (415) 512-2122, who will provide you with further instructions and advice. Elevator Pitch Roundtable Chair: Steve Bengston, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers If you have any questions please contact Rich Weingart, Partner, Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers, Direct Phone (415) 512-2122 $35 VC Taskforce members,$45 Non-Taskforce member Fees.

Stanford Breakfast Briefing Series -- "How to Drive Business...

Where: Stanford University Faculty Club, Stanford University

Date: 2008-04-16 07:30:00

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How to Drive Business Performance by Bruno Aziza and Joey Fitts, Microsoft Corporation Today’s executives are expected to drive results faster than ever before. In this session, performance management thought leaders Bruno Aziza and Joey Fitts will share their expertise to provide explicit steps to improving performance management within your own organization. Aziza and Fitts will describe how to achieve enterprise performance management objectives, with first-hand examples from Fortune 500 companies who are winning by building accountability, intelligence, and informed decision-making into their organizational DNA. You will learn: • How performance management can deliver competitive advantage, • How to diagnose your organization’s performance management capabilities, • What it means to effectively manage performance and • What you specifically need to be able to do to improve results.

SDForum Software Architecture & Modeling Event: Architecting...

Where: Cubberly Community Center

Date: 2008-04-23 18:30:00

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Architecting Hypertable: the world's most massively parallel high performance database platform -- and Open Source besides. Hypertable is an open source, high performance, distributed database modeled after Google's Bigtable. It differs from traditional relational database technology in that the emphasis is on scalability as opposed to transaction support and table joining. Tables in Hypertable are sorted by a single primary key. However, tables can smoothly and cost-effectively scale to petabytes in size by leveraging a large cluster of commodity hardware. Hypertable is designed to run on top of an existing distributed file system such as the Hadoop DFS, GLusterFS, or the Kosmos File System (KFS). One of the top design objectives for this project has been optimum performance. To that end, the system is written almost entirely in C++, which differentiates it from other Bigtable-like efforts, such as HBase. We expect Hypertable to replace MySQL for much of Web 2.0 backend technology. In this presentation, Doug will give an architectural overview of Hypertable. He will describe some of the key design decisions and will highlight some of the places where Hypertable diverges from the system described in the Bigtable paper. Presenter: Doug Judd - Principal Search Architect, local search provider Zvents, Inc.; & Lead Developer, Hypertable. Doug has over a decade of software engineering experience in the area of information retrieval. Early in his career he joined Verity, Inc. as an engineer where he helped build the core VDK developer toolkit. He subsequently moved on to Inktomi, Inc. where he spent five years in both engineering and management positions in the crawling and indexing group of the Web Search division.Most recently, Doug worked with Kosmix, Inc. where he built a distributed web crawler and scaled it to a billion documents. Doug earned a B.S. in Computer Science from U.C. Santa Barbara in 1992 and holds four patents in search technology. Free to SDForum members; $15.00 for non-SDForum members.

RecentChangesCamp Palo Alto

Where: SocialText HQ

Date: 2008-05-09 00:00:00

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You are reading this invitation because someone wants to see you at RecentChangesCamp, May 9-11, 2008 in Palo Alto, California. See below to sign up. RecentChangesCamp was born from the intersection of wiki and OpenSpace - a very wiki-like way of organizing gatherings. A lot of cool people into wiki, community and collaboration will be there - what do you want to talk with them about? Every participant is invited to lead their own sessions; the guideline is to take responsibility for what you love. In addition to general and technical conversations about - and actual coding on - wikis and other software, session topics from past RCCs have covered subjects from art to social organizing to philanthropy, playing a creative conversation game, and individual & group coding practices. See the past conference wikis for more complete lists and session notes. Anyone and everyone is invited to attend. You will especially enjoy Recent Changes Camp, if you happen to be any of the the following: * Member of any open wiki community or someone who uses wikis at work, school or in any other context * Interested in community, action, collaboration, creativity or any other activity in which the self-organizing power of wiki might be helpful * Interested in the OpenCulture and/or OpenTechnology movements * Interested in knowledge creation and sharing knowledge * A generally curious and inquisitive person

Bridge the Gap: Helping Silicon Valley Successfully Sell to ...

Where: Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley

Date: 2008-05-29 00:00:00

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THE PROGRAM: Technology companies offer solutions that could benefit Hollywood NOW …. but why does it take forever for deals to be done? The answer boils down to cultural differences: language, standards, behaviors and business models that make the technology and entertainment worlds as different as Mars and Venus. When trying to work successfully with Hollywood, it is key that you understand how to make the entertainment entities really understand the value you have to offer. Knowing how “The Business” really works will open more doors of opportunity, saving you money, resources and time-to-market. This one-day intensely interactive program, presented by working Hollywood subject matter experts, Really Useful Information, Inc. (RUI), and the University of Southern California’s top faculty, will equip you with the tools you need to start working smarter and more successfully immediately. You will hear from those who have successfully sold into Hollywood and learn first-hand what works and what doesn’t. This program will offer applicable, actionable information that will prepare you to work with Hollywood successfully. Please see the website for Program Schedule: http://www.marshall.usc.edu/execed/programs/management-and-strategy/bridge-the-gap.htm PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: * Learn how the Hollywood system works and how to effectively navigate the waters * Learn how to package your technology to be understood and to win business * Hear what sells… what does not… from the point of view of agents, studio buyers, and creative executives * Understand how to create valuable partnerships in the media and entertainment industry * Understand the power of persuasion as it relates to the media and entertainment industry TOPICS: * Success Secrets for Bridging the Gap from Someone Who’s Been There - Hear from a successful executive who has bridged the gap between digital technology and entertainment * Understanding the Hollywood Culture - What makes Hollywood so…Hollywood - How do you make the entertainment companies understand and buy into what you have to offer - What you should absolutely NOT do when talking to entertainment folks * Condense Your Sales Cycle - How to access the decision makers for technology products and services - How do you get the right meeting - What are the key differences between business units (Motion Picture, Home Entertainment, Television, etc.) - How do the international aspects of these businesses create new opportunities - How to navigate through the business units - How do you initiate, foster, and complete a transaction with entertainment companies - How do you move your deal to the next stage in the sale cycle * How to Develop and Nurture a “Hollywood Partnership” - What is a “Hollywood Partnership” - What are the right questions to ask before entering into a relationship - How to find out where each studio is currently regarding their digital platform strategy - How do you learn what is and is not working for them - What differentiates the successful relationships versus the failures * Pitch-Plus: How to Convince the Hollywood Culture - How do you best pitch and present ideas to Hollywood companies - How is Hollywood persuaded differently as compared to other industries - How to overcome objections * Networking Lunch - Sit with Hollywood experts…discuss the tricks of the trade… and see if you if have common interests FEE: $625

Can't Remember What I Forgot: Good News in Memory Research

Where: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Date: 2008-05-12 18:00:00

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Featured Speaker - Sue Halpren, PhD, Journalist and Author, Moderator - Eric Mann - VP, Posit Science. Here is the buzz ... Dr. Halpern will take us on a behind-the-scenes journey into the world of cutting-edge memory research. Her new book unveils data about memory loss only now available to general public. Halpern spent years with neuroscientists, pharmacologists, psychologists, nutritionists, and inventors who are hunting for the genes and molecules, drugs and foods, machines, prosthetics, behaviors and therapies that will stave off Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and keep our minds-and memories-intact. Like many of us who have had a relative or friend succumb to memory loss or Boomers who are getting older, we are hearing statistics about our own chances of falling victim to dementia, we all worry that each lapse of memory portends disease. Join us for this special event as Sue Halpern discusses some of her findings such as: What the experts really knew, what the bench scientists are working on. How close science is to a cure, to treatment, to accurate early diagnosis. Whether the crossword puzzles, Sudokus, and ballroom dancing can really keep us lucid. Dr Sue Halpern received her doctorate from Oxford University and began teaching at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Conde Nast Traveler, and The New York Review of Books, among other publications. Eric Mann is Vice President at Posit Science. He joined Posit with 20 years of experience in marketing, sales and business development in the software, Internet and high tech industries. Prior to joining Posit Science, Eric held senior marketing, business development and product positions at: Netscape/AOL, Lotus Development Corporation Broadband Office, Talkway Communications and Pramati Technologies. He has a BA in English from Brandeis University. $20 pre-registration, $25 at the door, cash/check OK, no credit cards.

Commuter Cars Tango presentation at the Electric Auto Assn m...

Where: HP Palo Alto Buindling 20

Date: 2008-05-17 10:00:00

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Guest speaker: Jorg Brown. Jorg is the owner of the second production Tango (serial number 002) from Commuter Cars. He will bring his Tango into the meeting and give a short presentation about his experiences with the car so far. There may be rides for lucky EAA members if time and sufficent charge permits. A short video about the Tango, narrated by Rick Woodbury, CEO can be found at YouTube by searching on "Tango EV Electric Sports Car". Join our Yahoo! group for announcements about future meeting topics: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/eaasv/

Inked Books: The Graphic Novel Book Club

Where: Books Inc

Date: 2008-06-11 16:00:00

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Inked Books: the Graphic Novel Book Club will discuss Batman: the Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. Inked Books is a drop-in graphic novel discussion group, which meets on the second Wednesday of the month. All are welcome. A tour de force of powerful storytelling and intense characterization, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is the tale of a tortured man's effort to save a city spiraling into chaos. An aging, time-worn Batman struggles with the acceptance of a new Robin while facing the latest generation of vicious, hyper-violent criminals. Old foes like the Joker and Two-Face add to the maddening mayhem which Batman must face and somehow conquer. Even Batman's relationship with his friend and ally Superman takes a fresh and inventive turn that would have been unthinkable outside of Frank Miller's richly imagined vision of the Dark Knight's future.

Makishi: Mask Characters of Zambia

Where: Stanford University Iris and B Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts

Date: 2008-05-28 11:00:00

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Stanford Jazz Festival Presents: Everything You Wanted to Kn...

Where: Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Date: 2008-07-06 14:30:00

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This event is free! If you want to enhance your understanding of jazz or get inside the head of a jazz musician, this free, educational and interactive concert is the place to do it. SJW’s founder Jim Nadel leads an ensemble of top notch players in a tour of different jazz styles including swing, Latin and hard bop. For more information please visit www.stanfordjazz.org or call 650-736-0324