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TUESDAY September 7, 2010
SCV Photonics Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Oakley, Pixeleron
Time: Networking/Light Dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

This talk will cover medical imaging processing methods, what is currently the state of the art, and how these are being used to support clinicians and radiologists.  Particular emphasis will be given to ophthalmic applications.

FRIDAY September 17, 2010
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: Peter Salmon, individual inventor
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Cost: IEEE members $35; non-members $45; also available as a webcast
Place: Cogswell Polytechnical College, Board Room, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale
RSVP: through website
Web: www.eventbee.com/view/ieeecnsv091710/track/sfbac1b

This seminar, our second in the “Patents” series, will address inventing and patenting from the perspective of an individual inventor, Peter Salmon.  If you have invented a completely new product or, something that just (more…)

TUESDAY November 16, 2010
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: Dr. Kendall Waters, IP and Technology Development, Silicon Valley Medical Instruments, Inc.
Time: Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

Successfully taking a medical device product from concept to regulatory approval requires a broad range of expertise. Effective strategy execution requires having the right talents available at (more…)

TUESDAY September 28, 2010
SCV Product Safety Engineering Chapter
Speaker: Rick Row, Consultant
Time: Optional dinner at 5:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: no-host dinner at El Torito Mexican Restaurant; no cost for presentation
Place: Dinner at El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara; Meeting at Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses

Three trends make mineral sourcing an issue of potentially compelling interest to product safety engineers.  First, many more minerals are used today in manufacturing electronics than just a couple of (more…)

THURSDAY October 7, 2010
SCV Technology Management Chapter
Speaker: Jay Orlin, Learning and Development Leader
Time: Networking at 6:00 PM; Forum at 6:30 PM; Dinner at 7:15 PM; Presentation at 7:45 PM
Cost: $10 for IEEE members; $13 for others
Place: RAMADA Silicon Valley, 1217 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ieee-scv-tmc.org/

Goal:
Participants will establish increased trust and rapport with co-workers by approaching communication with an understanding of (more…)

THURSDAY September 16, 2010
SCV Control Systems Chapter
Speaker: Dave Stevens, Stevens Law Group, P.C.
Time: Networking and refreshments at 6:30 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: Cogswell Polytechnical College, Board Room, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale
RSVP: not required
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/css

This presentation from a legal expert outlines general principles of intellectual property (IP) protection for various technologies, and will provide practical strategic planning tools and roadmaps for (more…)

TUESDAY October 12, 2010
SCV Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter
Speaker: Prof. Rao Tummala, Founding Director, NSF Packaging Research Center, Georgia Tech
Time: Optional dinner at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 6:45 PM
Cost: $20 for dinner; Students & unemployed members $10 (no cost for presentation-only)
Place: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd (Fwy 101 at Montague Expressway), Santa Clara
RSVP: From the website
Web: www.cpmt.org/scv

Nanopackaging has been defined as the process of interconnecting, powering, cooling, and protecting the nanocomponents made of nanomaterials to form electronic and bioelectronic systems for greatly improved (more…)

WEDNESDAY September 15, 2010
SCV Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter
Speaker: Kendall R. Waters, PhD, Manager, IP and Technology Development, Silicon Valley Medical Instruments Inc.
Time: Optional dinner at Stanford Hospital Cafeteria, 6:15 PM (no host, no reservations); Presentation at 7:30 PM
Cost: none
Place: Room M-114, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford
RSVP: not required
Web: www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/embs

Catheters play a key role in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine.  Nowhere is this more apparent than in the specialty of interventional cardiology, which is dedicated to catheter-based treatment of (more…)

TUESDAY September 14, 2010
SCV Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
Speaker: John Levy, John Levy Consulting
Time: Networking and EnCorps overview at 6:45 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: KeyPoint Credit Union, 2805 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara
RSVP: not required
Web: www.CaliforniaConsultants.org

Selling your services and being an effective consultant both require technologists to be clearly understood by non-technical business people. Insuring you are understood involves the following (more…)

TUESDAY August 3, 2010
SCV Photonics Chapter
Speaker: Dr. Larry R. Marshall, Southern Cross Ventures
Time: Networking with food and beverage at 6:00 PM; Presentation at 7:00 PM
Cost: none
Place: National Semiconductor Building E Auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
RSVP: required - from the website
Web: ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/leos

Dr. Larry R. Marshall came to the US from Australia in the late 80’s - after getting on-the-job management training at Fibertek, he started his first company with no idea of who the customer was, or (more…)