Upcoming Events
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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Ready to Commercialize 2006 (Oct. 12)
The Fourth Annual Ready to Commercialize Conference will be held at 7:30am on October 12 at The Four Seasons Hotel in Austin. Fast-paced sessions combined with deep technology perspectives and compelling presentations that are relevant to the issues facing tech commercialization today: new models, industry trends, unlikely deals, "linking" within the tech ecosystem, and more. Whether you're starting a new company or looking for the product to bring in your next million in sales, you can jumpstart the process by commercializing university-based technology. Speaking include Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More and editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and Peter Lewis, Senior Editor for Personal Technology at FORTUNE magazine. For more information, or to register, see the Ready to Commercialize 2006 website.
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IEEE Communication and Vehicular Technologies Society: Cybersecurity and Emergency Preparedness (October 17)
The October meeting of the IEEE Communication and Vehicular Technologies Society will be held at 11am on October 17 at the Holiday Inn Select located at 1655 North Central Expressway in Richardson. Dr. E. Douglas Harris, the associate dean and executive director of the CyberSecurity and Emergency Preparedness Institute will give a talk that centers on the formation of the CyberSecurity and Emergency Preparedness Institute at UT Dallas. Two major efforts were undertaken prior to the formal Institute which required the development and implementation of web based systems that needed to be highly secure and have 5-9's of reliability/availability to the end user. These two living laboratories, one global and one national, have been operating for over 5 years with no external intrusions. Other programs in the institute are equally as interesting and they will be discussed as well.
For more information, call Maura Schreier-Fleming at 972-380-0200.
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Society of Women Engineers Meeting: Investing on a Shoestring Budget (Oct. 17)
The Society of Women Engineers October meeting will be held at 6:15 on October 17 at Champps Americana, located at 4951 Beltline Road at Quorum in Addison. The speakers, Barbara Russell Pitts and Mary Russell Sarao, are sisters and successful inventors. Their first invention was Ghostline, the poster board with the 'ghosted' grid that eliminates the need to measure and draw lines before beginning a poster project; it has retailed more than $60 million since 1997. Both have served as president of the Texas Inventors Association and have served on the board of directors of the United Inventors Association. Mary and Barbara have co-authored The Everything Inventions and Patents Book, which was published in December, 2005 by Adams Media and the recent Inventing on a Shoestring Budget. . For more information, email Lancia Herzog.
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BioDFW Breakfast Series: Xilas Medical: Story of an ETF Recipient (October 19)
The next BioDFW Breakfast series, hosted by the Greater Dallas Chamber will be held at 7:30am on Thursday, October 19 in room 201 of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, located at 3400 Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth. Don Lawson, CEO of Xilas Medical will share the story of the company's success in winning on Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) Award. Xilas Medical offers Disease Management organizations the opportunity to develop new programs and deliver innovative solutions for people with Diabetes that are likely to experience lower extremity complications. There is no cost to attend, but an RSVP is required. For more information or to register, see the BioDFW website or email etrosper@dallaschamber.org or call 214-712-1921.
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The World of Nanotechnology (Oct. 20)
The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The University of Texas at Dallas is sponsoring a World of Nanotechnology event at 8:30am on October 20 in the TI Auditorium in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science on the UTD campus.
The World of Nanotechnology will showcase UTD's ground-breaking research and the commercialization efforts of local companies in the exciting new world of nanotechnology.
UTD's NanoTech Institute is a world-class research center at which UTD physicists, chemists, biologists, ceramicists, metallurgists, mathematicians and engineers collaborate with colleagues around the world to address some of the most difficult and exciting challenges of science and engineering on a nanoscale.
The morning sessions will feature the technology breakthroughs and highlight the future commercial applications of UTD research, including:
- Commercializable nanotube sheets and yarns
- Applications of nanotube sheets and yarns
- Fuel-powered artificial muscles
- Giant charge injections and their applications
- Micro-neuro transponder for neuroprosthetics
- Electronic textiles
- Nano-drug delivery system
- Forests of nano-tubes
Dr. Robert Helms, Dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Sciences will deliver the keynote luncheon speech. The afternoon sessions will include presentations by three local companies (Zyvex, Authentix and Raytheon) currently commercializing nanotechnologies and a panel discussion featuring leading experts in the field. The program will close with a networking reception.
The cost of the program, including lunch and a closing reception is $95. For more information, or to register, see the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 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 Texas website.
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4th Annual National IECG Conference - "Compliance and Beyond: Creating Shareholder Value" (Oct. 26)
The Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance is having their annual conference on The University of Texas at Dallas beginning at 7:15am on October 26 in The Davidson Auditorium (room 1.118) in the School of Management (southeast corner of Drive M and University Parkway) on the University of Texas at Dallas Campus (Campbell Road and University Parkway in Richardson, Texas). Attendees can earn eight hours of ISS, CPE and/or CLE credits and two hours of ethics. Featured speakers include J.C. Penney Company, Inc Chairman and CEO Myron E. Ullman, III; Senior Vice President and President of the Education and Productivity Division of Texas Instruments Melendy Lovett; Chairman and CEO of The Turner Corporation Thomas C. Leppert, and Managing Director of Marsh and McLennan Lou Ann Layton. There is a $695 registration fee which includes materials, meals and a reception. Readers of the Friday FYI can receive a $100 discount if they use 1026UT06 when registering. For more information, or to register, see The Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance website.
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Society of Women Engineers Meeting: "How to Manage and Promote Your Career and Move Forward" (Nov. 21)
The November meeting of the Society of Women Engineers will be held at 6:15pm on Tuesday, November 21 at the Champps Americana located at 4951 Beltline Road at Quorum in Addison. Valerie Pelan, an executive coach will be presenting "How to Manage and Promote Your Career and Move Forward". Ms Pelan works with business leaders, professionals and managers to improve their execution, personal effectiveness, and productivity. She works with the client to develop a customized Coaching Program targeting developmental areas specific to the client. Her Fortune 50 company background gave her an understanding of how her coaching approach improves performance and moves careers forward. For more information, or to register, contact Lancia Herzog or call 214-335-1307.
