Upcoming Events
IEEE Vehicular Technology Fall Conference - NextGen Networks and Services through Broadband Wireless (Sept. 25-29)
The IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and IEEE Dallas Section are hosting The IEEE Vehicular Technology Fall Conference is being held on September 25-29 at the Hotel Intercontinental located at 15201 Dallas Parkway in Addison.
The theme of the conference is "NextGen Networks and Services through Broadband Wireless". In addition to having a carefully selected, strong technical program, the conference features visionary plenaries from high profile speakers, and exciting tutorials that represent technical innovation and applications associated with an ever-expanding wireless industry.
The VTC-2005 Fall Conference provides a venue for wireless telecommunications including digital signal processing, transmission technologies and vehicular technologies with academic and industry experts attending to exchange ideas and to discuss their latest projects. The focus is on wireless technologies for 3rd and 4th generation networks and the hardware, firmware and software that are making it all a reality.
For more information or to register, see www.vtc2005fall.org
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Seminar Series for Life-long Learners: Teachers - Life in the Eye of America's Cultural Storms (Sept. 26)
The Center for Science Education Research at The University of Texas at Dallas is hosting the first in its seminar series for life-long learners with a presentation by Dr. Scherry Johnson at 6pm on Monday, September 26 at Conference Center Room 1.112 at The University of Texas at Dallas. It is a rare dolt who tries to tell a surgeon how to perform an operation or a CEO how to run a corporation, but almost everyone who has attended high school feels free to tell teachers what and how to teach! In a diverse country like America, where shrill talk-radio drowns out reasoned conversation, teachers must be the voice of sanity and logic. This means we must know why we teach what we do and why strong public schools are essential to our way of life. Join in for an hour of straight talk about teaching in today’s America. This event is free and open to all. For more information, call 972-883-2496.
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Fusion Forum: The Crossroads of Technology (Sept. 28)
The Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce Technology Business Council’s 3 rd Quarter Issues Forum will be held at 7am on September 28 at the Science Place & TI Founders IMAX Theater. Scheduled speakers include Dr. Carol Tamminga of UT Southwestern Medical Center, James Von Ehr of Zyvex, Dr. Arthur Bollon of Hemobiotech and Dr. Jacques Banchereau of the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research. Space is limited to the first 100 registrants. There is a $55 charge for chamber members and a $75 charge for non-members. For more information or to register, see www. DallasTBC. Org.
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DNA Biophysics in the 21st Century: the Mesoscale Approach (Sept. 28)
The University of Texas at Dallas Department of Physics is presenting a physics colloquium featuring Dr. Stephen Levene at Wednesday, September 28 at the Kusch Auditorium in the Founders Building on The University of Texas at Dallas campus. Research in the Levene laboratory focuses on sequence-dependent DNA structure and the interactions of site-specific recombination proteins with their DNA targets. Site-specific recombination is an essential even in many biological processes that involve genomic rearrangements, including gene amplification and copy number control, viral and phage host resistance genes. The goal of this work is to determine the physical and chemical factors that govern the efficiency, product distribution, and DN-sequence specificity of recombination. They combine biochemical and biophysical studies with computer modeling and simulation to examine the interplay of DNA structure and recombinase action. This event is free and open to the public.
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How to Grow from Zero to $12 Billion, and Help Create an Industry Along the Way (Sept. 28)
TeXchange is hosting a presentation by Jure Sola, Chairman and CEO of Sanmina-SCI at 6pm on September 28 at the Maggiano’s Little Italy, located in Northpark Mall in Dallas. There is a $40 charge for members and a $60 for non-members.
Mr. Sola co-founded Sanmina in 1980 and has helped grow the company to become one of the world's largest and most successful electronic manufacturing services ( EMS) companies. Today Sanmina-SCI has 45,000 employees, 14 million square feet of facilities located in 21 countries, and over $12 billion in annual sales to customers like Alcatel, Cisco Systems, Echostar, General Electric, Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Nortel and Raytheon. For more information, see www.texchange.org.
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From Fish to Colossus: How the German Lorenz Cipher was Broken at Bletchley Park (Sept. 30)
UTD’s CyberSecurity and Emergency Preparedness Institute is hosting a presentation by Dr. Harvey Cragon, professor Emeritus at UT Austin and adjunct professor at UTD entitled “From Fish to Colossus: How the German Lorenz Cipher was Broken at Bletchley Park” at 1:00pm on September 30 in the TI Auditorium ECS 2.102. Internet security is an area of active research today and a 60-year old example of breaking into an enciphered communications network will be described by Dr. Cragon. For more information, call 972-883-2563.
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Owens, Then And Now (Oct. 6)
The Metroplex Technology Business Council is presenting a luncheon with Mike Townsley, the president and CEO of Owens Country Sausage at 11:45am on Thursday, October 6 at the Radisson Hotel Richardson located at 1981 N. Central Expressway. There is a $30 charge for MTBC members and a $45 charge for non-members
Mike Townsley joined Owens Country Sausage as president and chief operating officer in 2003, following the retirement of Owens Country Sausage President and Chief Operating Officer Vinson Kirchner. Townsley’s most recent position was as senior vice president, sales and marketing, for Premium Standard Farms in Kansas City. Premium Standard Farms is the largest fully integrated pork company in the country, with annual sales of $700 million. His prior experience includes three years at Smithfield Packing Company of Smithfield, Va., and 11 years with IBP Inc. of Dakota City, Neb. Townsley is a native of Xenia, Ohio. He graduated with a bachelor's of science degree in agriculture from Ohio State University and has served on the board of directors of the National Pork Producers Council, as well as the Colorado Beef Board. He has also served on the Packer Processor Industry Council for the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and on the American Meat Institute Pork Committee. For more information, email RSVP@telecomcorridor.com
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The Contribution of the Italian Researchers in the World The Past- The Present- the Future (Oct. 9)
The Committee for Italians Abroad (Comites) in collaboration with the “ Committee Tricolor for the Italian in the World” ( CTIM) is hosting the conference on “Research by Italians: Past, Present and Future.” The objective of the conference is to promote and satisfy civil, cultural, and social development needs of the local Italian community.
The conference will take place on Sunday afternoon October, 2005 in Dallas in honor of Columbus Day. The location is yet to be determined.
The event will emphasize the role of Italians in the fields of science and technology. The conference will be organized to have both invited speakers as well as a poster session. The invited speakers will be selected from Italian or Italian-American researchers now residing in the State of Texas to talk on modern achievements in medicine, engineering and science. The poster session held after the oral presentations will showcase noteworthy research conducted by young Italian scientists and engineers from local universities and research organizations.
Students interested in participating in this event are encouraged to submit a 200 word abstract (one figure or one table is also advisable) to the organizing committee by September 9 th, 2005.
The abstracts and the posters should be written in English using a Microsoft Windows - compatible format. Abstracts should be sent as an attachment by e-mail to: italconference@hotmail.com and cc to arcobelli@comites-it.org . The authors of selected manuscripts will be notified via email by September 20 th, 2005.
The details concerning the poster’s requirements in term of dimensions and format will follow in later communications. For questions or concerns regarding this event please contact: italconference@hotmail.com and/or arcobelli@comites-it.org.
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North Texas: From National Distribution Center to International Inland Port (Oct. 18)
The UTD Foreign Trade Institute presents a one-day conference highlighting the progress made toward North Texas becoming a world-class international trade hub. The conference begins at 7:30am on October 18 and will be held at the School of Management on The University of Texas at Dallas campus. For more information, or to register, see http://som.utdallas.edu/fti/
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Society of Women Engineers October Meeting (Oct. 18)
The Girl Scout Ambassadors from the Tejas Council will be the guest speakers atht eh October Meeting of the Society of Women Engineers to be held at 6:15pm on Tuesday, October 18 at Nesley’s Restaurant at 1801 North Plano Road. .” For more information contact Jennifer Ray at jray@ppoinc.net or 214-226-6967.
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Nano Impact Summit (Oct. 19)
The Nano Science and Technology Institute, in alignment with the US government initiatives in Nanotechnology, is presenting an exclusive one-day showcase of the top commercial and technology successes impacting business and society stemming from nanotechnology. The Summit will be held on October 19 at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town Hotel in Washington, D.C.
This ascendant snapshot of nanotechnology successes will decisively illustrate program benefits to participants in the emerging IP and venture communities, the National Nanotech Initiative, the numerous participating funding agencies, academia, Congress, and the Administration in general. Attendance and participation will include leaders from funding agencies, public and private corporate executives, venture capital, licensing executives and leading technology providers and users. For more information or to register, see http://www.nsti.org/NanoImpact2005/
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The Brain: An Owner's Guide - Insights into Senior Moments (Oct. 25)
Dr. John Hart, Jr. is giving the third in the The Brain: An Owner’s Guide series at 7:00pm on October 25 at the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas’ Fogelson Auditorium located at 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, in Dallas. There is $25 charge to attend. Do you wonder why you forget the name of something at a critical time and hope that it will "pop" into your mind before embarrassment arises? These "senior moments" occur due to asynchrony in the brain cells that retrieve the stored information for objects such as features, categories, emotions and labels. When the brain synchronizes the stored information, you feel the name of what you were trying to remember "pop back in", hopefully just in the nick of time. For further information or to reserve a seat, contact Jennifer Zientz at 214-905-3007 or online at www.centerforbrainhealth.org. The presentation is sponsored by Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas & the Neuroscience Center at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.
