Upcoming Events
IEEE Consultants Network: Legal Aspects of Starting a Business (March 13)
The next meeting of the IEEE Consultants Network will be at 6:15pm on Monday, march 13 at the Holiday Inn Select at 1655 North Central Expressway. Terry L. Traveland, Esq. will be speaking on "Legal Aspects of Starting a Business." There is a $5 charge for IEEE members and a $15 charge for non-members which includes a buffet.
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IEEE Consumer Electronics Society: The Mobile Phone ‘Melting Pot’ - Trends in Network Access Technology Beyond 3G (March 14)
The next meeting of the Dallas IEEE Consumer Electronics Society will be at 11:15am-12:45pm on Tuesday, March 14, at the Holiday Inn Select at 1655 N. Central Expressway in Richardson. Dr. Rick Wietfeldt, CTO, Systems & Software, OMAP Cellular Systems, Texas Instruments, will present "The Mobile Phone 'Melting Pot' - Trends in Network Access Technology Beyond 3G". We will also be giving away a pair of Sony Portable Computer speakers and Koss Portable Head Phones. There is a $5 change for IEEE members and a $10 charge for non-IEEE members.
There is much talk about "Beyond 3G" cellular technology, so-called B3G or 3.9G, and its intersection with multiple non-cellular technologies. This convergence manifests itself most directly in the mobile handset, which is evolving to incorporate an impressive "melting pot" of technologies. In this presentation, we present one definition of a converged B3G handset, and explore the challenges, opportunities, and System-on-chip and system implementations towards this B3G vision of convergence.
- The Phone Melting Pot and Convergence... a definition of Convergence
and B3G - Wireless Market... Evolution and Trends
- Converging Applications... BT, UWB, WLAN, VoWLAN, Navigation, mobile
DTV, NFC/RFID - System & Silicon Integration... Challenges & Solutions
- The Road to 4G... OFDM, Broadcast, Multiple pipes, Cognitive radio
For additional information, please contact Will Lumpkins at (214) 567-3333 xillia@ieee.org or Sam Broyles at (214) 480-3232 sam.broyles@ieee.org .
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Citigroup Lecture to Feature Former Adviser in Arab-Israeli Negotiations (March 15)
The University of Michigan 2006 Citigroup Lecture is being held at 4pm on March 15 at Hale Auditorium (Ross School of Business), 701 Tappan Street, corner of Hill Street, in Ann Arbor. Aaron David Miller, public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center and former adviser to six secretaries of state on Arab-Israeli negotiations, will give the 2006 Citigroup Lecture at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. His talk is titled "Is Arab-Israeli Peace Possible? Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Negotiations."
Between 2003 and 2006, Miller served as president of Seeds of Peace, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance coexistence and reconciliation.
For the previous two decades, he served at the Department of State as an adviser to six secretaries of state, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process, most recently as the senior adviser for Arab-Israeli negotiations. He also served as the deputy special Middle East coordinator for Arab-Israeli negotiations, senior member of the State Department's policy planning staff, in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and in the Office of the Historian. Miller received his doctorate in American Diplomatic and Middle East History from U-M in 1977.
The Citigroup Foundation, honoring President Gerald R. Ford's long affiliation with Citigroup, Inc., established the endowed Citigroup Lecture Series. The series, which began in 2001, brings prominent policymakers from the national and international arenas to the Ford School each year to engage students and faculty in discussions and to give public lectures.
Previous lecturers include: Lawrence Summers, U.S. Treasury secretary 1999-2001; Oscar Arias, president of Costa Rica 1986-1990 and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1987; and Joseph Stiglitz, senior vice president for development economics and chief economist for the World Bank, 1997-2000.
For more information, contact Jill Crane at 734-615-3893.
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BioDFW: Lynntech (March 16)
Dr. G. Duncan Hitchens, vice president for Lynntech Inc. will be talking at the BioDFW Breakfast meeting at 7:30am on March 16 at the A.W. Harris Faculty-Alumni Center on the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus at 5323 Harry Hines Blvd in Dallas.The presentation will focus on Lynntech Inc., a company based in College Station Texas, whose mission is to develop proprietary technologies for commercialization.
The company’s core expertise encompasses numerous areas of scientific research, with complementary expertise in advanced engineering and technical management needed for the transition of research concepts into commercial feasibility. The company also manufactures specialty equipment as well as components for systems manufactured by others. The company’s management team has been very successful with the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program of the Federal Government in funding technology development efforts.
The presentation will focus on funding early stage business opportunities through Federally funded programs (SBIR/STTR) and will describe a number of Lynntech’s technologies that have been commercialized through strategic alliances, licensing agreements and new business startups.
For more information, call 214-712-1951 or see BioDFW website.
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Richardson Chamber of Commerce: How Successful Entrepreneurs Make Decisions (March 16)
The Richardson Chamber of Commerce is hosting a presentation by business consultant Dr. Richard Tozer at 7:30am on Thursday, March 16 at the Holiday Inn Select – Richardson at 1655 N. Central Expressway. Register by noon on Monday, March 13 to receive the "Early Bird" price of $15 for members and $20 for non-members. After the deadline, there is a $10 surcharge. Webster defines entrepreneur as "one who organizes, manages and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise." The rules of the game are different and as a result successful entrepreneurs think differently than many people in business.
Tozer will discuss how and what goes into making entrepreneurial decisions, so you can learn how to make decisions like a successful entrepreneur and watch your results improve.
For more information or to register, email RSVP@telecomcorridor.com.
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Raytheon and Systems of Systems Engineering (March 16)
Join Jack Costello, vice president of Business Development and Strategic Planning for Network Centric Systems when he presents "Raytheon and Systems of Systems Engineering" at 11am on March 16 in the TI Auditorium on The University of Texas at Dallas campus. As one of the nation’s largest aerospace and defense companies, the Raytheon Company is continuously working with 21st Century information and netcentric technologies as they apply to future business. Much of Raytheon’s strategic direction focuses on the systems and systems-of-systems engineering requirements necessary for solutions to the complex problems of a diverse customer population. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact keithly@utdallas.edu or see Raytheon and Systems of Systems Engineering website.
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Society of Women Engineering: Play With the Boys and Still Be a Girl (March 21)
The March meeting of the Society of Women Engineers will be held at 6:15pm on March 21, 2006 at the Nedley’s Restaurant at 1801 North Plano Road. Pamela Christy of Your Coaching Connection will be the speaker. For more information, contact Jennifer Ray at jray@ppoinc.net or 214-226-6967.
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The 2006 World’s Best Technologies Showcase (March 27-29)
The 2006 World’s Best Technologies Showcase, held March 27-29 at the Wyndham Arlington Hotel in Arlington, Texas is among the nation's premier event showcasing the largest collection of undiscovered technologies emanating from top universities, labs, and research institutions from across the country and around the globe.
Like last year, there will be over 100 seasoned seed and early stage investors and Fortune 500 licensing scouts in attendance. Here is but a sample of those that are already registered: 3M, Air Products & Chemicals, Bell Helicopter, Church & Dwight, Cimarron Capital Partners, Cycad Group, STARTech Early Ventures, Nortel, Mason Wells, Gefinor Ventures, Intel Capital, J.M Huber Corporation, Roche Diagnostics, Eastman Kodak, Taproot Ventures, Procter & Gamble Company, Emergent Technologies, Inc., Nokia, Patent Bridge, Carrot Capital, Triton Ventures, SAS Investors, Research Corporation Technologies, Kellogg?s, Radio Shack, Rocke Capital Ventures, Texas Instruments, Headwaters Energy Services, Johnson & Johnson, Waters Corporation, Nine Sigma, Arch Venture Partners, Clear Blue Ventures, Blue Angel Ventures, Raytheon, Nomadics, Garage Technology Ventures.
This year’s WBTshowcase features over 75 prescreened, first to market, cutting-edge technologies or companies from across the nation and around the globe, each seeking venture capital, licensing partners, or both. Registered VC investors range from garge Technology Ventures to Intel Capital. Fortune 500 in-licensing managers range from P&G to Johnson & Johnson. So come early to build your Rolodex while getting a first look at the next generation of emerging tech-based companies. For a list of finalists and registered investors, please visit the WBTshowcase homepage.
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AIDS Pioneer to Speak at Third Lecture in UGA Global Diseases Series (March 28)
Don Francis, one of the first scientists to grasp the devastating potential of the AIDS epidemic, will speak at the University of Georgia on Tuesday, March 28, at 6 p.m. in the UGA Chapel as part of the "Global Diseases: Voices from the Vanguard" lecture series. "Deadly Imbalance: Social vs. Medical Value of Preventative Vaccines" is the topic of Francis’ talk, which is free and open to the public.
Francis’ efforts to sound the alarm about AIDS and about the public health establishment’s tragically inadequate response were chronicled in the 1987 book And the Band Played On, which remains the seminal account of the early years of what has become a global pandemic. Randy Shilts’ book was later turned into a movie of the same name.
Francis’ passion for battling infectious diseases has taken him from India to Africa, from Atlanta to San Francisco and from Alaska to Thailand. "People everywhere cry when they get sick," said Francis. Vaccines are public health’s most powerful shield against disease, and they have long been Francis’ weapon of choice.
In the early 1970s, Francis joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which teamed with the World Health Organization to defeat smallpox in India, Bangladesh, Sudan and the former Yugoslavia. He battled the cholera epidemic in Nigeria and fought the Ebola virus in Sudan. A Harvard-trained virologist as well as a physician, Francis worked for years on hepatitis viruses and conducted large clinical trials of experimental hepatitis B vaccines in China and the United States. These studies proved the worth of genetically engineered vaccines widely used today.
Francis retired from the CDC in 1992 and joined an HIV vaccine effort at South San Francisco’s Genentech, Inc. In 1995, he and several other Genentech scientists spun off VaxGen, a small company devoted solely to HIV vaccine development. With Francis at its helm, VaxGen became the first company in the world to test the efficacy of a vaccine to prevent AIDS. While much of the testing was done at hospitals and clinics in the United States, Francis and his colleagues collaborated with researchers in Thailand, Canada and Holland.
The story of the world’s large HIV vaccine trial was at the heart of Big Shot: Passion, Politics, and the Struggle for an AIDS Vaccine, a 2001 book authored by Patricia Thomas, now Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism at Grady College. "Don Francis took AIDS vaccine research into uncharted territory," Thomas said. "Although this particular vaccine turned out not to protect against HIV infection, completing the trial demonstrates that the logistics of testing an AIDS vaccine are not insurmountable."
Francis retired from VaxGen in 2004 to establish a non-profit foundation, Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, dedicated to developing preventative vaccines for AIDS and other diseases for the less developed parts of the world. The mismatch between the medical need for such products and society’s commitment to making them is the subject of his UGA lecture.
"In the United States, we are fortunate to have the CDC. Even that stellar organization has problems getting support from short-sighted elected officials," Francis said. "In my opinion, our government’s ability to tackle global health problems is diminishing. Organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are driving international health efforts in a way that is invaluable."
Francis is the third of four speakers in "Global Diseases: Voices from the Vanguard," a lecture series featuring heroes in the global battle against premature death and disease.
The final speaker comes to campus on Tuesday, April 18. All lectures are held at 6 p.m. in the UGA Chapel, followed by a reception next door at Demosthenian Hall.
The "Voices from the Vanguard" lecture series is a joint effort of Patricia Thomas, Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism in UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Daniel G. Colley, director of UGA’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases. For additional information, see UGA Global Diseases Series website.
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RCC Women In Leadership Power Luncheon (March 29)
Marsha Clark, the author of The Power of Self, will be speaking at the Richardson Chamber of Commerce Women in Leadership Power Luncheon at 11:30am on March 29 at the Canyon Creek Country Club on 625 W. Lookout Drive in Richardson.
Marsha Clark in an independent consultant who founded her own company, Marsha Clark & Associates, in 2000. As an Organization Development consultant, Marsha has led efforts in the areas of change management, leadership development, performance management, executive coaching, meeting facilitation and keynote speaking.
There is a $30 charge for members and a $35 charge for non-members. Reservations made after March 24 will be charge a $10 surcharge. For more information, or to register, please see the see Women in Leadership Luncheon website.
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Texchange: Near Death Experiences and the Lessons Learned (March 29)
Texchange will be featuring a presentation by Michael Gorton, the CEO and Chairman of TelaDoc at 5:30pm on Wednesday, March 29 at the Maggiano’s Northpark at 205 Northpark Center in Dallas. There is a $55 charge for members and a $75 charge for non-members. Gorton will discuss the secrets of survival in the entrepreneurial world. For more information or to register, see Texchange website.
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Cyber Threats of the 21st Century (April 6)
The Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 2nd Annual Cyber Threats of the 21st Century Issues Forum at 7:30am on April 6 at The University of Texas at Dallas School of Management at 800 W. Campbell Road. Expert panelists will address planning and implementing disaster recovery strategies, corporate wireless security and threats. For more information, contact Connie Fung at 214-712-1937 or cfung@dallaschamber.org.
