Upcoming Events

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Medical Product Development (May 2)

The Dallas Forum for BioMedical Technology is presenting a talk by Thomas C. Thompson, the cofounder, president and CEO of Neuro Resource Group, Inc. at 7:00am on Wednesday, May 2 at Andersen Gallery in Fincher Building of the SMU campus located at 6212 Bishop Boulevard in Dallas. There is a $15 charge for DFBT members and a $25 charge for non-members with a $5 surcharge for walk-up registration. A tour of SMU's new James M. Collins Center for Executive Education is included in the tour. For more information, including a map to the presentation site is www.dfbt.org.

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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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The Science of Keeping 'A' Performers (May 18)

The Richardson Chamber of Commerce (RCC) is presenting a talk by Pieter van Meeteren, the principle coach of Performance Dynamics International at 7:30am on May 18 at the Holiday Inn Select located at 1655 North Central Expressway in Richardson. There is a $15 charge for RCC members and a $20 charge for non-members. There is a $10 surcharge for reservations made after May 15.

Most companies will use the phrase "Employees are our greatest asset," yet many of these same companies do not know how to retain their human assets. Often they are not fully aware of the escalating costs of employee turnover.

In this seminar participants explore some of the most common myths about "hire and fire," real employee satisfaction, and the impact of managers and leaders on employee stability. Participants also will get a glimpse of how smart performance management can save companies a bundle. For more information, call 972-792-2800.

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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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Leadership in the Global Economy (June 15)

The Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce is hosting a luncheon featuring former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on June 15. He will present "Leadership in the Global Economy." Mayor Giuliani is best known for his leadership in the days following September 11 as well as for his time as a federal prosecutor. In 2005, he returned to the legal profession by joining Bracewell & Giuliani as a name partner and bringing his international reputation to its newly established New York office. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Sharon Venable, Vice President of International Business Development at 214-712-1933 or Patti Clapp, Vice President of Talent, Workforce and Education at 214-746-6725.

This luncheon event allows us to highlight the 30th Anniversary of Leadership Dallas, our flagship development program, as well as the great achievements we have made internationally. We hope you will join us.

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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.

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Ross Perot to Open Major Nanotechnology Event in Dallas (Sept. 27)

H. Ross Perot of Dallas, internationally renowned business leader and two time Presidential candidate, will deliver the opening remarks at nanoTX'06 September 27, a world scale nanotechnology conference and expo held at the Dallas Convention Center. Chosen in 2004 as one of history's 10 greatest entrepreneurs, Mr. Perot is known to have followed advances in nanotechnology since 1999. Today Perot is heavily invested in nanotechnology firms with undervalued intellectual property rights, including trademarks, trade secrets, patents and copyrightable material. His opening message on the business of nanotechnology will be riveting, bringing new insights in his most quotable style. nanoTX'06 will be held on September 27-28 at the Dallas Convention Center.

Perot has a history of betting on promising technology and made the bulk of his $3.7 billion fortune by starting the data-processing company Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

Over the years Perot has received numerous awards for his business success and community service, including the Eisenhower Award for support of the nation's Armed Forces, the Winston Churchill Award, the Horatio Alger Award, the National Business Hall of Fame Award, the Smithsonian Computerworld Award (first recipient; given for contributions to the computer industry), the Sarnoff Award (for contributions to the electronics industry), Medal for Distinguished Public Service (highest civilian award presented by the Department of Defense; given for his efforts supporting U.S. prisoners of war), the Raoul Wallenberg Award (first recipient; given for lifetime service reminiscent of the Swedish diplomat), the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Patrick Henry Award (first recipient; given to a U.S. citizen for outstanding service to his country). As a noted author, his several books include Preparing Our Country for the 21st Century.

In the evening of the 27th sponsors, exhibitors, and chosen guests will gather in the atrium of the Business Hall for the Exhibitor's Cocktail Reception where the Foresight Institute's Feynman Award winners will be announced. The following day two winners will present their work as the conference continues.

The Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes of $10,000 are given in two categories, one for experimental and the other for theory advances in nanotechnology. The prize is named after Dr. Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner in Physics, whose original goal for nanotechnology — systems of molecular machines building with atomic precision, is the guiding vision of long-term nanotechnology.

Established in 1993, the Foresight Feynman Prizes in nanotechnology are given to researchers whose recent work have most advanced the achievement of Feynman's goal for nanotechnology: the construction of atomically-precise products through the use of molecular machine systems.

Presented by the Texas Nanotechnology Initiative, the event carries the theme: The Promise of Tomorrow—The Business of Nanotechnology. Sponsors include Lockheed Martin, Applied Materials, Texas Instruments, the Japanese Consulate, Winstead, Zyvex, BioForce Nanosciences, Raymor Industries of Quebec, among other big firms and organizations in nanotechnology.

Also expected at nanoTX'06 are Madam Congressman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-30 th Dist.) on the House Science Committee and Madam Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) who, as chairman of the Department of Defense Appropriations Committee, included $15 million in new funding for Research in Nanotechnology (SPRING). The program is a consortium comprised of the University of Texas (UT) at Arlington, UT- Austin, UT-Brownsville, U. T. Dallas, UT-Pan American, Rice University and University of Houston, that are participating in nanoTX'06, September 27-28, 2006. Also part of the event is Texas State Technical College.

This funding will build on that effort and continue the consortium's work to establish a collaborative network of well-equipped research centers to rapidly develop and promote
nanotechnology.