Upcoming Events
September IEEE Consultants Network Meeting "The Artful Dodger: How to Survive Long Enough to Make Effective Presentations" (Sept. 11)
IEEE Consultants Network is having a presentation by John J. Barnes of Turner Business Capital of Austin at 6:15pm on Monday, September 11 at the Holiday Inn Select at 1655 North Central Expressway in Richardson. The presentation is called "The Artful Dodger: How to Survive Long Enough to Make Effective Presentations." There is a $5 for IEEE members and a $15 charge for non-members which include a supper buffet. For more information, call 972-380-0200.
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IEEE Consumer Electronics Society "Challenges of Digital Displays" (Sept. 12)
The next IEEE Consumer Electronics Society meeting will at 11:45am be Tuesday, September 12th, at the Holiday Inn Select at 1655 N. Central Expressway in Richardson. Dr. Sue Hui, will examine the advantages and disadvantages of each major digital display." Door Prizes will include an 8-port ethernet switch, a 4-port USB hub, a copy of "LINUX for Dummies", and a pair of Koss headphones. Digital displays are rapidly growing to replace the century old CRT. They are thinner, lighter, and sharper than the CRT. Despite the higher cost, consumers are buying them at a rapid pace. However, as any new technology, there are growing pains. Whether it is LCD (LCOS), Plasma, or DLP® technology, digital displays have their challenges. This talk will examine the advantages and disadvantages of each major digital display technology. Particularly, this talk will give in-depth discussions of DLP® technology from Texas instruments. Last but not least, for all who are interested and able to take the time, a tour of the DLP® demo center located in Spring Creek and US-75 in Plano will be offered after the presentation. There is a $5 charge for IEEE members and a $10 charge for non-members. For additional information, please contact Sam Broyles at 214-480-3232.
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The Crisis in Health Care Cost (Sept. 14)
The Richardson Chamber of Commerce is hosting a presentation by Martin G. Foster, the president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas at 11:45am on Thursday, September 14 at The Richardson Hotel at 701 E. Campbell Road, Richardson. The cost of health insurance has increased dramatically, far surpassing the general rate of inflation. Employers, employees, consumers and taxpayers are all picking up this ever increasing tab. Businesses offset increasing health care costs to their workforces in the form of lower wage increases. For more information or to register, see the Richardson Chamber of Commerce website .
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IEEE Circuits & Systems Society Distinguished Lecture - Automated Design of Microfluidics-Based Biochips: Connecting Biochemistry to Electronics CAD (Sept. 15)
IEEE Circuits & Systems Society is hosting a presentation by Dr. Krishnendu Cakrabarty, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University, called "Automated Design of Microfluidics-Based Biochips: Connecting Biochemistry to Electronics CAD" at 12noon on September 15 in the TI Auditorium in the Engineering and Computer Science Complex. This talk will present early work on CAD tools that allow biochip users to describe bioassays at a sufficiently high level of abstraction. The talk will describe synthesis tools that can map behavioral descriptions to a drop-let based microfluidic biochip and generate an optimized schedule of bioassay operations, the binding of assay operations to functional units, and the layout and droplet flow-paths for the biochip. Cost-effective testing techniques will be presented to detect faults after manufacture and during field operation. This presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, call 972-883-2974.
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UTD's Santosh D'Mello to Chair Conference on Treatment Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Sept 18-19)
Dr. Santosh R. D'Mello, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Tecas at Dallas (UTD) will chair the second annual conference on Therapeutic Strategies Against Neurodegenerative Conditions to be held on September 18 – 19. Dr. D'Mello also chaired and organized the first annual conference which was held in Boston last year.
The conference will bring together heading researchers from academia, industry, and government and will focus on the latest and most exciting research findings in the identification of novel molecular targets and the development of potential therapeutic strategies for neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and stroke.
Neurodegenerative conditions disrupt the quality of life for patients, extracts an enormous emotional and physical strain on caregivers, and cost society billions of dollars annually. Underlying a majority of these disorders is the abnormal degeneration of neurons. While symptomatic treatments are available for many neurodegenerative disorders, drugs to reduce or prevent the neuronal loss in patients have yet to be identified. Intense research over the past few years has generated a rich and complex body of information about the mechanisms and pathophysiology of neurodegenerative conditions. This knowledge has provided the opportunity to find novel targets for drug development and resulting in the initiation of several promising clinical trials.
The conference is held under the auspices of GTCbio. For more information, visit the GTCbio website.
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IEEE Communications and Vehicular Technology Society September Meeting (Sept. 19)
IEEE Communications and Vehicular Technology Society is having its September meeting at 11am on Tuesday, September 19 at the Holiday Inn Select at 1655 N. Central Richardson. The presentation will be on the Texas RF Innovation & Technology Center by Richard Billo of The University of Texas at Arlington. The Texas RF Innovation & Technology Center (The "Texas Center") is a collaboration of four North Texas Universities including UT Arlington, UT Dallas, University of North Texas, and North Lake College. The Center is designed to meet the workforce and product development needs of the more than 70 RFID technology development companies in the Dallas – Ft. Worth Metroplex. The research focus of the Center encompasses such diverse technology areas as Wireless Sensors, Wireless Medical Devices, Wireless Secure Supply Chains, and Wireless Mesh Networks. Additional capabilities include antenna design, performance testing of new RFID products, and deployment of existing RFID applications. The education programs of the Center include an Executive RFID Education Program offered at UT Dallas and an RFID Certificate Program offered at North Lake College. See the Communications and Vehicular Technology Society website for more information.
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Society of Women Engineers: Your Money Coach (Sept. 19)
Max Jaffe, CPA will be the speaker at the September meeting of the Society of Women Engineers at 6:15pm on Tuesday, September 19 at Champps Americana at 4951 Beltline Road at Quorum in Addison. For more information or to register, contact Lancia Herzog, Lancia_Herzog@countrywide.com, 214-335-1307.
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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 27 th 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, UT-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.
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Corporate Wellness – A Close Look at Employee Wellness Programs (Oct. 4)
Plasma Training, a wellness training services provider, is organizing a half-day program at 7:30am on October 4 in the Executive Education Center in the School of Management on The University of Texas at Dallas campus. The seminar is targeted towards corporate executives, especially human resource executives and managers. Speakers will discuss employee wellness programs, including how to improve participation, ROI issues and communication issues. There will be individual speaker presentations as well as a panel discussion on corporate wellness. There is a fee to attend which varies by registration date and membership, please see the Plasma Training website for more information or to register.
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11th Annual International Business Achievement Awards (IBAA) (Oct. 10)
The Greater Dallas Chamber is presenting the 11th Annual International Business Achievement Awards (IBAA). On October 10th, the Greater Dallas Chamber will honor CEO Thomas Falk and Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and several small/mid-size businesses in the DFW region. Mr. Juan A. Gonzalez-Moreno will deliver a keynote address highlighting the success of Mission Foods Food and the growth of Dallas/Fort-Worth as a center for international business, technology and development. Past recipients of this prestigious award include TI, 7-Eleven, EDS, Raytheon, Mary Kay, Inc., Ray Hunt, 12 US Ambassadors with ties to DFW, and 7 Nobel Laureates of DFW. The event will be attended by 800-1000 business and technology leaders in the DFW metroplex. For more information or to register for the event, please visit the Greater Dallas Chamber website .
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BioEnergy Texas (Oct. 24-26)
In working to capture opportunities for the State of Texas in the growing industry of renewable energy, the BioEnergy Texas – Conference 2006 is announced. The Conference, using the tagline: "the convergence of agriculture and energy" involves many of the State's offices and departments: Texas Department of Agriculture, State Energy Conservation Office, General Land Office, and Texas Farm Bureau, among others. The Conference will be held in Lubbock, Texas – selected in part for its location to many of Texas' opportunities in renewable energy: biomass, wind and solar. The conference will include: Technical Tours, a Workforce Workshop, a Producer Summit, and a Venture Forum. The program will feature Texas, national and international speakers and presentations.
The Conference dates are October 24-26, 2006. Additional information can be found at the BioEnergy website.
