Special Events

You are encouraged to attend events to: 1) meet experts; 2) network with important people; and most of all, 3) to be delighted by an interesting speaker and discussion. Some extra credit can be arranged for attending these events. Although I've listed the MIT forum, I will be listing other events also. Stay Tuned.

The MIT Enterprise Forum Dinner Program

Dinner Program

Expert panelists delve deep into the business's industry and markets - identifying its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges. The panelists pull from their vast experience to comment and ask questions on key issues pertaining to the business's financing, technology, operations, and sales and marketing efforts. Another format dinner programs follow is to highlight an emerging topic of interest to our audience. Panelists are selected from areas of expertise related to the business being reviewed including successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, specialized consultants and potential customers.

Attendees include representatives from a wide range of industries and viewpoints contributing to a rich discussion of all topics of interest. As with all Enterprise Forum events, dinner programs provide valuable opportunities for attendees to share advice and network with a group of their peers. The cost is only $30 for students but you must call ahead to register for the special rate. You can’t get this rate with a web registration. You can call them at 206.283.9595

March Think Tank: The iPhone ecosystem and marketplace, new opportunities for Entrepreneurs March 31, 2009 The iPhone ecosystem and marketplace, new opportunities for Entrepreneurs When: Tuesday, March 31 – Networking starts at 7 PM – Program starts at 7:30 PM. Where: Seattle University, Schafer Auditorium (Main floor of Lemieux Library) Cost: FREE

In the first two quarters since the iPhone 3G was launched Apple has sold more than 11 million phones and the Apple app store has grown from 500 applications available in July 2008 to over 15,000. Applications range from games and book readers to whole enterprise apps for companies such as Kraft Foods and SI International. An eco-system of development, sales and marketing, advertising, and review web resources have sprung up during this same period to profit from the dramatic shift in computing and information management that the iPhone represents.

Our panel are innovators in the iPhone market and will discuss what the market represents, how to approach and profit from it, and how to get started in this exciting new space. Please join us to learn how to take advantage of this paradigm shift in cell phone, information access, and computing.

Mike Davidson, co-founder and CEO of Newsvine, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington Alumni Association’s Fostering Innovation Lunch series. Newsvine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSNBC, assembles stories from a variety of sources around the world and allows users to edit articles for individual use.

From multidrug-resistant TB to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D., head of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and co-founder of Partners in Health, has taken on some of the most difficult challenges of global health and discovered new ways of making progress.

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, is the headline speaker at the annual State of Technology luncheon organized by the Technology Alliance. University of Washington computer science professor Ed Lazowska will interview Ozzie, to learn about Microsoft’s initiatives in cloud computing and other new technologies.