Upcoming Events
BioDFW Breakfast: "Bringing DFW to Life - Accelerating the Development of a Regional Bioeconomy" (May 19)
The BioDFW Breakfast Series will have its next presentation at 7:30am on Thursday, May 19 at the UT Southwestern Medical Center A.W. Harris Faculty - Alumni Center, located at 5323 Harry Hines Blvd in Dallas. Dr. Donald A. Hicks, professor of political economy and public policy at The University of Texas at Dallas will be speaking. There is no cost to attend. RSVP at www.dallaschamber.org/calendar.html, info@biodfw.org or 214-712-1922.
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Selling Yourself To The Media: How To Get Free Publicity (May 19)
KDFW Fox 4 Report Jeff Crilley is giving a presentation at 7:30am on Thursday, May 19 at the Holiday Inn Select in Richardson located at 1655 N. Central Expressway. He will discuss the ways of pitching a story so that it is more likely to get covered. Jeff Crilley is an Emmy Award winning TV reporter in Dallas. During his 20 years in television news he has made hundreds of national news appearances including CNN, CNN Headline News, FOX News, The Discovery Channel, Good Morning America and The CBS Early Show.
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Nanotechnology Networking Group (May 19)
Anyone interested in nanotechnology in the north Dallas region, including managers, engineers, scientists, venture capitalists, lawyers, professors, university students preparing to graduate or are currently doing nanotechnology research, managers and engineers seeking employment in the nanotechnology field is invited to join a nanotechnology networking group focusing on turning the North Texas area into a major nanotechnology area. The group will be having a lunch meeting at 11am on May 19 at BJ's Restaurant, located at 1101 North Central Expy in Plano. This event is free and open to the public and there are no membership fees. For more information, email ashleycc@texas.net.
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Protecting Intellectual Property in China (May 19)
Haynes and Boone, LLP and uniView Technologies Corp are hosting a panel discussion on "Protecting Intellectual Property in China" at 11:30am on Thursday, May 19 in the Galaxy Rooms at the Student Union on The University of Texas at Dallas campus. The discussions will focus on practical tips on registering trademark/copyright in China and the nuts and bolts of enforcing IP in China. Panel members include Mr. Gang Bai, Partner Wan Hui Da Intellectual Property Agency; Ms. Haiyan Ren, Partner Wan Hui Da Intellectual Property Agency, and Pat Custer, Chairman, uniView Technologies Corp.
There is a $20 charge. Online registration is available at http://som.utdallas.edu/china-ip. For more information, contact Meredith.hagedorn@vpgi.com.
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CEOs Tell All: How They Retooled Their Businesses After Major Disruptive Events (May 25)
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Dallas/Fort Worth, Inc. will present CEOs Tell All: How They Retooled Their Businesses After Major Disruptive Events, at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management Building, Richardson, Texas, May 25, 2005. Registration and reception with light buffet begin at 5 p.m., and the program at 6:15 p.m. The price is a donation of $25 for general admittance with advance registration, or $35 at the door.
The program is being sponsored jointly by the Dallas clubs representing the Harvard Business School, Johnson School at Cornell University, MIT, MIT Enterprise Forum, and Wharton. For information and reservations, go to www.whartondfw.org/events.html CEOs have long been faced with major disruptive events, which include crises or significant change affecting the life of the enterprise. Disruptions such as change in the competitive environment, change in customer composition, supply chain disruptions, human resource disruptions, and are just a few of the situations that have caused CEOs to rethink their business models and lead changes that will turn their companies around.
The three CEOs who will tell their stories are (alphabetically): Ken Rees, former CEO of InnoVentry Corporation and CashWorks (currently he is president and CEO of PayDay One); John Ryan, former CEO of Entrust (currently he is the chairman of the board of Zix Corporation); and Sunny C. Vanderbeck, founder and CEO of Data Return. The moderator will be Don Hicks, professor of political economy and public policy at UTD.
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So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur? (June 2)
The Richardson Chamber of Commerce is hosting a presentation by Scott Walker, president and CEO of BillMatrix Corporation at 11:45am on June 2 at the Radisson Hotel Richardson, located at 1981 N. Central Expressway at Campbell Road. There is a $30 charge for members and a $45 charge for non-members.
Scott B. Walker is chairman, president, and CEO of BillMatrix Corporation, an automated bill payment company utilizing both the Internet and telephone ("IVR" Interactive Voice Response). Since assuming ownership of the company in early 1999, Walker has built the company from four employees to more than 150 today and experienced more than an 80 percent annualized growth rate for the last six years. Currently, the company processes more than $5 billion in bill payments annually with more than 120 billers, including several Fortune 500 companies. Nationally, BillMatrix is considered the leading third party IVR bill payment company. The company has been recognized for three years in a row as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in the Dallas- Fort Worth metroplex. For more information, call 972-234-4141
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BioTexaSummit 2005 (June 7-8)
This conference will explore the Texas healthcare landscape from a political, economic, social, cultural, and ethical perspective. The conference will be held on June 7 and 8 in the InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas. For more information or to register, see www.cti-med.org/biotxsummit.htm.
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BioDFW Breakfast Series: "ODC Therapy, Inc." (June 16)
The BioDFW Breakfast Series is having its June presentation at 7:30am on Thursday, June 16 at the UT Southwestern Medical Center A.W. Harris Faculty - Alumni Center, located at 5323 Harry Hines Blvd in Dallas. Thomas Turpen, president and CEO of ODC Therapy Inc. will be discussing the company. There is no cost to attend. RSVP at www.dallaschamber.org/calendar.html, info@biodfw.org or 214-712-1922.
