Upcoming Events
2006 Computer Game Conference (April 7-9)
The 2006 UTD Computer Game Conference – billed as the largest student-developer gathering of its kind in the United States – will be held Friday through Sunday, April 7 – 9, on the campus of The University of Texas at Dallas. Students interested in computer game design and development will have an opportunity to mingle with professionals from the Dallas game development community, organizers say.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature speakers from local game development companies, including Gearbox, Ritual Entertainment and Barking Lizards Technologies, and area universities, including UTD's Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering and The University of North Texas' Lab for Recreational Computing. In addition, student game developers will have their work in areas such as game concept, level design, 3-D art and programming judged and have an opportunity to win prizes.
Additional information about the event, which will be held in the School of Management building, is available at http://www.cgc06.org/. Or, call event coordinator Stephen Baynham of UTD's Student Game Developers Association at 972-754-2316 or Dr. Tom Linehan, Director of UTD's Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering, at 972-883-4379.
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Nanotechology Colloquium: The Central Texas Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization (April 10)
Susan Davenport, the senior director of business retention and expansion for the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, will be speaking at 11:30am on April 10 from the Austin office of Winstead Sechrest & Minick, although it will be available via video conference to the Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Woodlands offices. A complimentary lunch is included with registration. To register, email Deepika Misra at dmisra@winstead.com.
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IEEE CES: Bending the Laws of Time and Place: Multimedia in the Age of Broadband (April 11)
The next meeting of the Dallas Chapter of the IEEE CES will be held at 11:15 on Tuesday, April 11 at the at the Holiday Inn Select at 1655 North Central Expressway in Richardson. Michael Greeson, President of The Diffusion Group, will present "Bending the Laws of Time and Place: Multimedia in the Age of Broadband" (or "Steve Hawking Visits with Steve Jobs").
Modern technology is making it possible for consumers to access and consume media content at any time or place. And not just preprogrammed broadcast media, but highly-personalized, preferred content. With accelerated adoption of devices like digital video recorders and robust portable multimedia players, the "laws" of old media are bending to conform with the reality of new media. As this paradigm shift takes place, value chains will collide and yesterday's partners become today's competitors. Exciting but dangerous times for both small startups and established leviathans.
Mr. Greeson will combine TDG's latest primary consumer research and industry insights to discuss how these disruptive forces will shape the business and consumer experience of multimedia, as well as provide a roadmap of potential pitfalls and opportunities associated with these changes.
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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US-China Issues Forum (April 12)
The Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce is hosting a conference on US-China Issues will be held from 7:30am-1:30pm on April 12 at The Fairmont Hotel located at 1717 N. Akard in Dallas. There is a $110 charge for members and a $165 charge for non-members. Panel discussions will address China's macroeconomic trends, political climate, foreign exchange rates, protection of intellectual property rights, and how technology innovations on China's end will provide opportunities for U.S. companies. Robert Theleen, the chairman, CEO and founder of ChinaVest will be the keynote speaker. For more information, contact Jennifer Vuong at 214-712-1968 or jvuong@dallaschamber.org
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Reform Of Public School Finance (April 13)
John Sharp, chair of the Texas Tax Reform Commission, and principal of Ryan & Company will be speaking at 11:45am on Thursday April 13 at The Richardson Hotel, located at 701 E. Campbell Road. There is a $30 to attend. Reservations made after April 10 will have an additional $10 surcharge. John Sharp is a principal at Ryan & Company, a Dallas-based tax consulting firm. He was also recently appointed to chair the Texas Tax Reform Commission by Gov. Rick Perry.
In 1990, Sharp was elected Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. During his eight years of service in that office he initiated many innovative programs, including the Texas Performance Review, the Texas School Performance Review, the Texas Tomorrow Fund and the Lone Star Card, all of which still benefit the Comptroller's office and the State today. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives, representing Victoria and Calhoun counties, and was later elected as a state senator from South Texas. In 1985 he was elected to the Texas Railroad Commission where he served a four-year term.
Sharp is a graduate of Texas A&M University where he was elected class president as well as student body president. He also earned a master's degree in public administration from Texas State University while working full time at the Legislative Budget Board in Austin.
For more information or to register, email RSVP@telecomcorridor.com.
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IEEE Communications and Vehicular Technology Societies:
Carrier Class Ethernet Service Delivery Migrating SONET to IP and Triple Play Offerings (April 18)
The April meeting of the Dallas chapter of the IEEE CVT will be held at 11am on April 18 at the Holiday Inn Select, located at 1655 N. Central Expressway in Richardson. Joseph Mocerino from Fujitsu Networks will be speaking on "Carrier Class Ethernet Service Delivery Migrating SONET to IP & Triple Play Offerings." The talk will show how a service provider can migrate a purely SONE T-based network to one offering packet services, while maintaining performance, survivability and efficiently processing packet data. Examples will show the differences in bandwidth, fiber and equipment utilization of SONET versus EoS versus RPR over SONET for carrier-class Ethernet and triple play services. For more information, see http://www.cvt-dallas.org/meetings.htm.
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Ousting The Competition (April 20)
The Richardson Chamber of Commerce is presenting a talk by Stu Schlackman, the owner of Competitive Excellent called "Ousting the Competition" at 7:30am on April 20 at the Holiday Inn Select located at 1655 N. Central Expressway in Richardson. There is a $15 charge for RCC members and a $20 charge for non-members with a $10 surcharge for reservations made after April 17.Today's business environment is more competitive than ever before. Companies are fighting for new customers in saturated markets. How can companies differentiate themselves in this environment? What skills are needed and how can you position your company to not only expand existing business, but win new clients away from competitors? Schlackman will answer these questions and share some fundamental strategies that will help you assess your company's position and steps to take to increase revenue. For more information or to register, email RSVP@telecomcorridor.com.
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Society of Women Engineers Banquet and Forum (May 16)
The Society of Women Engineers is having a banquet and open forum at 6:15pm on May 16 at Nedley's Restaurant located at 1801 North Plano Road. This event is the final event of the spring. The forum will discuss organization improvements, new activities and speaker ideas. For more information, contact Jennifer Ray at 214-226-6967 or email jray@ppoinc.net.
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Medical Devices: Today and Tomorrow (May 23)
The Medical Device Action Alliance is hosting a conference on the present and future of medical devices beginning at 8:30am on May 23 at the Westin Hotel DFW Airport at 4545 W John Carpenter Freeway in Irving. Speakers include Paul Rudisell and UTD's Ray Baughman. For more information, see www.healthindustrycouncil.org.
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The Sixth Annual Emerging Information Technology Conference (EITC-06) (August 10-12)
Besides discussing the cutting-edge topics that will dominate the Global intellectual and economic landscapes will be the theme of this conference for Tech-Titans, the sixth annual Emerging Information Technology Conference (EITC-06) will also feature Mark Ellison from Texas Governor Rick Perry's office of economic development and presidents from some outstanding research universities in the Pacific Rim.
The conference will be held from August 10-12 on The University of Texas at Dallas campus.
Mark Ellison is the Director of the $300 Million Texas Emerging Technology Fund, which was recently approved by Governor Perry and the Texas Legislature to assist the development and commercialization of technologies important to the future of Texas. The Emerging Technology Fund aims to improve university research, expedite the launch of technology firms, and speed transition of inventions from the lab into the hands of consumers.
This year is also the first time for EITC to host a research university presidents forum. For the past two decades, with significant economic growth, research universities in Asia are also seeing unprecedented growth, both in student population as well as research quality and output. The participants so far are from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Paul C. W. Chu), National Taiwan University (S. C. Lee), National Tsinghua University (W. T. Chen) and National Chiao-Tung University (Vice President W. Hwang). Topics that will be discussed include responsibilities of research universities in the landscape of globalization, recruiting world class scholars, educating versus training the best young minds, and last but not least, promotion and interactions with the corporate worlds and commercialization. Dr. Da Hsuan Feng, Vice President of Research and Economic Development of University of Texas at Dallas will moderate the forum.
The conference will include programs on
- Nanotechnology,
- MEMS,
- SoC (Systems-on-Chip),
- Bioinformatics,
- C4I (Content, Computer, Communications, Consumer Electronics, and Integration),
- EET (Emerging Energy Technology), and
- VC (Venture Capital).
For more conference details, please contact the Executive Secretary Office of the EITC team at: 713-963-9433. Information is also available by visiting the EITC website.
