posted by the Palo Alto chapter of AWIS
This webpage lists the upcoming area events (as well as a few virtual ones, e.g., webinars) that may be of interest to local members of the Association of Women in Science (AWIS). Please send suggested postings for this page to the Webmistress. Please see the separate webpage for Palo Alto chapter-sponsored AWIS Events.
Other local AWIS chapters sponsor events of possible interest: San Francisco chapter and East Bay chapter.
12/1/08: Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum: Green Building Materials and Design - entrepreneurs only please
FountainBlue, Location TBD
http://www.fountainblue.biz/cleanenergy.html
12/2/08 AM: Design Control - Good Engineering, Not Just Paperwork
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Sunnyvale
http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
12/2/08 AM: Life Sciences Breakfast: Smart Costs Transformation in a Stretch Economy
French-American Chamber of Commerce, Brisbane
http://www.faccsf.com/Events/LSB_Dec08.htm.
12/3/08 (TBC): Meet with... Series: Jo Anne Goodnight, NIH SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator [NIH part II]
San Jose BioCenter, San Jose
http://www.sjbiocenter.com/events.html#mws
12/3/08: BioCenter Open House Tours - FREE
San Jose BioCenter, San Jose
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=151989
12/4/08: ChemFusion Series: Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery Systems
San Jose BioCenter, San Jose
http://www.sjbiocenter.com/events.html#cfs
12/5/08 AM: Breakfast Briefing on Exporting Healthcare IT and TeleHealth Technologies to Europe
Hannover Fairs USA, Millbrae
http://www.hfusa.com/cebit_05dec08
The guest speakers at the September meeting of the Palo Alto chapter of AWIS, Rossella Derickson and Krista Henley, are sponsoring the following event:
12/5/08: Integrating Mind, Body and Spirit at Work
The South Bay Organizational Development Network (SBODN), Santa Clara
http://www.sbodn.com/conference/2008/index.php
12/8/08: High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum: Technology Predictions for 2009 - entrepreneurs only please
FountainBlue, Palo Alto
http://www.fountainblue.biz/hightech.html
12/8/08-12/9/08: 2008 BioExec Institute: Module C: Growing Value
Deloitte, Berkeley
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/event/0%2C1008%2Ccid%25253D182523%2C00.html
12/9/08 AM: Medical Device Breakfast Series: Smart Choices for Diabetes Monitoring
BayBio, Palo Alto
http://www.baybio.org/wt/home/MedicalDeviceBreakfasts.
12/9/08 PM: B2DG Monthly Meeting: Using the 'Voice of Patient' (or doctor, nurse or caretaker) to turn Well-Engineered Devices into Well-Designed Products and Experiences"
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Palo Alto
http://www.biodevicegroup.org/cgi-bin/meetingList.cgi?date=2008-12-09.
12/10/08: Healthcare Innovation in the 21st Century: HHS' Dynamic Role in the Biomedical and Device Development Process
BayBio, San Francisco
http://www.baybio.org/wt/page/BB_HHS_12_10_08.
12/10/08 Mid-day: Biotechnology in the New World
TiE West Coast and BayBio & BayBio Institute, Menlo Park
http://www.tiesv.org/TGS/EM/eventscalendar/viewevent/viewEventPT?id_event=2691&from_where=calendar&&filter=LOCAL&type=monthly&year=2008&month=12&day=14.
12/11/08: Industry Panel Series: BioCenter Holiday Celebration & Trends In Financing Investor Panel
San Jose BioCenter, San Jose
http://www.sjbiocenter.com/event/ev_2008Q4-HolidayPartyAndTrendsInFinancingInvestorPanel.html
12/11/08: BayBioNEST Tech Showcase and Networking Reception
BayBio, Stanford
http://www.baybio.org/institute/wt/page/NEST_Tech_Showcase_12_2008.
12/11/08: Bridging the Diversity Gap: Introducing STEM Industries to K-12 Best Practice Programs
Bayer, San Francisco
http://www.bayerus.com/MSMS/Stem/Stem_Home.aspx.
12/11/08: San Francisco/Bay Area Chapter Dinner Meeting: Biosimilars & Logistics of Modular Construction
International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), Berkeley
http://www.ispe.org/cs/san_francisco_bay_area_chapter_section/san_francisco_bay_area_chapter_events.
12/12/08: When She Speaks Women in Leadership Series: Leveraging Diversity for Business Results
FountainBlue, Santa Clara
http://www.fountainblue.biz/whenshespeaks.html
12/12/08: Application Deadline: Idea to IPO...and Beyond (Course is Mondays, 4-6PM, 1/5/09-3/16/09)
UCSF Center for BioEntrepreneurship, San Francisco
http://cbe.ucsf.edu/cbe/2500-DSY.html
12/16/08 AM: Evidence Based Medicine: What are the Expectations for New Products
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Sunnyvale
http://www.biodevicegroup.org/cgi-bin/meetingList.cgi?date=2008-12-16.
12/17/08: Year-End View of Biotech Transactions with Guest Speaker: Mohan Iyer, Managing Director, Merchant Bank, Burrill & Company
BioScience Forum, Millbrae
http://www.biosf.org/programs.htm
1/6/09 AM: The current trends of the CRO industry and the keys to success for a chemistry service company
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Sunnyvale
Details are not yet available; check with sponsor at http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
1/7/09-1/8/09: Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Bioanalysis
Cambridge Healthtech Institute, San Francisco
http://www.healthtech.com/glp/overview.aspx?c=652.
1/13/09 PM: Panel Discussion: Insights from the Cast of a Technology Company
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Palo Alto
Details are not yet available; check with sponsor at http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
1/19/09: Guest Speaker: Harold Van Wart, Ph.D., President & CEO, Metabolex
BioScience Forum, Millbrae
http://www.biosf.org/programs.htm
1/20/09 AM: Sarbanes Oxley Today: Corporate Governance in Life Science Companies
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Sunnyvale
Details are not yet available; check with sponsor at http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
1/27/09 AM: Risk Management for Medical Devices
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Sunnyvale
Details are not yet available; check with sponsor at http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
2/3/09 AM: It's the People - That Make the Team!
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Sunnyvale
Details are not yet available; check with sponsor at http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
2/10/09 AM: Medical Device Breakfast Series: Accelerated Clinical Trials
BayBio, Palo Alto
http://www.baybio.org/wt/home/MedicalDeviceBreakfasts
2/10/09 PM: Repurposing Drugs
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Palo Alto
Details are not yet available; check with sponsor at http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
2/18/09: Guest Speaker: Tony Allison, M.D., Ph.D., VP of Research, Alavita Pharmaceuticals
BioScience Forum, Millbrae
http://www.biosf.org/programs.htm
2/24/09 AM: Guest Speaker: William F. Goure, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Sunnyvale
Details are not yet available; check with sponsor at http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
3/10/09 AM: Medical Device Breakfast Series: Emerging Surgical Techniques
BayBio, Palo Alto
http://www.baybio.org/wt/home/MedicalDeviceBreakfasts
3/10/09 PM: State of Funding: VCs, Angels and Banks
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Palo Alto
Details are not yet available; check with sponsor at http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
3/17/09 AM: Guest Speaker: Brad James, PhD, Principal Engineer, Exponent-Failure Analysis Associates
Bio2Device Group (B2DG), Sunnyvale
Details are not yet available; check with sponsor at http://www.biodevicegroup.org.
5/20/09: Guest Speaker: Lynn Seely, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Medivation
BioScience Forum, Millbrae
http://www.biosf.org/programs.htm
7/15/09: Guest Speaker: Mike Varney, Vice President, Small Molecular Drug Discovery, Genentech
BioScience Forum, Millbrae
http://www.biosf.org/programs.htm
8/19/09: Guest Speaker: Judith Campisi, Professor, Buck Institute for Age Research
BioScience Forum, Millbrae
http://www.biosf.org/programs.htm
9/16/09: Guest Speaker: Wendye Robbins, M.D., President & CEO, Limerick BioPharmaceuticals
BioScience Forum, Millbrae
http://www.biosf.org/programs.htm
TBD (rescheduled from 10/23/08): ChemFusion Series: Medicinal Chemistry for Oncology: Case Studies from Big Pharma
San Jose BioCenter, San Jose
http://www.sjbiocenter.com/events.html#cfs
TBD: Meet with... Series: the Michael J Fox Foundation
San Jose BioCenter, San Jose
http://www.sjbiocenter.com/events.html#mws
TBD: Meet with... Series: the DoD
San Jose BioCenter, San Jose
http://www.sjbiocenter.com/events.html#mws
The above events include but are not limited to those sponsored by BayBio, Bio2Device Group, BioScience Forum, FountainBlue, and San Jose BioCenter. Additionally, the Stanford University School of Medicine sponsors an extensive Biomedical Seminars Calendar, from which only a few examples are posted above.
This webpage was updated on October 26, 2008.