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| Feb 2nd, 2010 (Tue) |
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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Working with Data in the 21st Century
Microsoft Portland
10260 S.W. Greenburg Road Suite #600
Portland OR 97223
Website
padnug.org
Description
PADNUG's monthly meeting, followed by beer and discussion. |
| Feb 4th, 2010 (Thu) |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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SAO ConnectPDX
Contact:
Stephanie El-Hajj (stephanie.el-hajj@sao.org)
Details
SAO ConnectPDX is a new kind of networking, relaxed, open, and the kind that fosters real connections.
You've been to enough networking events to know that they're usually a frantic business card swap, with shallow connections.
ConnectPDX is different. We provide a low key environment, in a fun space, where meeting people comes naturally.
We encourage professionals from different industries to attend, so everyone's networks can expand.
Free registration + great happy hour + great PDX connections = time well spent!
Blitz (Pearl) is open to minors until 9pm.
Where to park: If you're lucky, you can get metered street parking, but if you want a cheap garage, use Smart Park. |
| Feb 4th, 2010 (Thu) |
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
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PDX Weekly Hackathon
Website
groups.google.com
Lucky Labrador Brew Pub
915 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland Oregon 97214
Description
Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.
All programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.
You're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.
Afterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment. |
| Feb 4th, 2010 (Thu) |
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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Digital Journalism Social Hour
Website
journopdx.com
Description
Digital Journalism Portland and Society of Professional Journalists Oregon and SW Washington Chapter have teamed up to create an informal social hour that showcases local, innovative digital journalism projects. Come hang out with your peers, have a drink and learn about the people who are changing our industry.
February's presenter TBD. |
| Feb 9th, 2010 (Tue) -- Feb 10th, 2010 (Wed) |
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
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Agile Open Northwest 2010
Website
agileopennorthwest.org
Description
Announcing Agile Open Northwest 2010! This Agile Open Space event will be
held February 9th and 10th, 2010, in the Seattle Center Northwest Rooms.
Please see www.agileopennorthwest.org for registration information
and further details.
We invite you to our fourth annual Agile Open Northwest conference.
Alternating each year between Portland and Seattle, AONW conferences bring
together practicing members of the Northwest Agile communities to explore
the latest developments in agile software development. We held our third
annual event last year in Portland and enjoyed another great success.
Registration is $125.00 for both days, including light breakfast and lunch.
This low-cost regional conference is a great opportunity to connect with the
local agile community, experts and novices alike.
Please join us this year as we host 125 experienced, collaborative,
committed agile practitioners from the Northwest U.S. (and beyond) in
tackling the issues around our recurring theme "Agile for Real." As in past
years, attendance is limited to a predetermined number in order retain the
many advantages a small conference has to offer.
Here is a comment from a previous attendee:
"These two-day Agile Open Northwest conferences are an extremely good value.
..[Y]ou learn directly from practitioners in the agile community what works
and what doesn't. I attended the first two of these conferences, they were
stunningly good... loads of practical, useful stuff and stimulating
discussions." -- Ian Savage, PNSQC Program Chair
More information can be found at www.agileopennorthwest.org. Registration is open now. We look forward to seeing you there. |
| Feb 10th, 2010 (Wed) |
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
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Protecting Your Markets from Unlawful Foreign Competitors
Website
www.techamerica.org
Description
Protecting Your Markets from Unlawful Foreign Competitors
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Time: 7:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Cost: $50 members, $110 nonmembers
CLE Credits Pending Approval
About the Event:
In challenging economic times and as competition grows fiercer, many companies find that enforcement of their intellectual property rights is critical to their success. Knock-off products, often from companies outside the United States, eat into sales. But defending your intellectual property is not inexpensive. Three of Portland’s leading companies will tell you how they defend their domestic and foreign markets quickly, efficiently, and inexpensively, and how to make these strategies work on any scale.
What will you learn?
- How to diversify your IP portfolio to put your company in the best position to defend your markets
- How to use the laws of foreign jurisdictions to stop infringing products where they are manufactured
- How to use the fastest, most cost-effective IP enforcement actions available
Panelists:
- Tom Evans, Corporate Patent Attorney at Mentor Graphics will relate lessons from Mentor’s patent infringement lawsuit in China and describe how Mentor uses its IP portfolio to defend its markets around the world.
- Julianne Davis, Assistant General Counsel/Intellectual Property at Nike, Inc. will tell you why you should add design patents, trademark registrations, and copyright registrations to your IP portfolios, and how Nike uses its diverse portfolio to police its markets in the US and around the world.
- John Motley, Associate General Counsel & Director of Intellectual Property at Columbia Sportswear, will talk about Columbia’s successful use of Thai and other foreign patent and trademark law to combat infringement where products are manufactured.
- Tigran Guledjian, a partner at Quinn Emanuel in Los Angeles, practices extensively in complex intellectual property litigation with an emphasis in high technology patent litigation. Tigran will discuss his efforts on behalf of Seiko Epson and other clients to use the International Trade Commission to obtain and use exclusion orders to stop infringing products at the border.
Moderator:
- Brenna Legaard is a partner at Chernoff Vilhauer McClung & Stenzel, an intellectual property law firm in Portland, Oregon. A seasoned trial lawyer, Brenna brings significant real-world experience to her patent prosecution and opinion practice and routinely helps start ups and publicly traded clients alike prioritize their IP budgets and cost-effectively enforce their rights against infringers.
Event Details:
When: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Time: 7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Where: Oregon Zoo, Skyline Banquet Room, Portland, OR
Cost: Discounted Rate (available to new registrants) $50 TechAmerica members and LES Industry members, $110 nonmember technology companies
CLE Credits Pending Approval |
| Feb 11th, 2010 (Thu) |
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
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PDX Weekly Hackathon
Website
groups.google.com
Lucky Labrador Brew Pub
915 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland Oregon 97214
Description
Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.
All programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.
You're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.
Afterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment. |
| Feb 16th, 2010 (Tue) |
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
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PDXPHP - Monthy Meeting
Website
pdxphp.org
NedSpace Old Town
117 NW 5th Ave. Suite 210
Portland OR 97209
US
Description
The PDXPHP user groups meets every 3rd Tuesday.
This Meeting topic is still to be determined. Typically this posting will be updated with the meeting details a few weeks before the meeting
Our Mission: The Portland PHP Users Group is a community forum for people to share, meet and learn about PHP and Open Source technologies. The group strives to be a valuable resource for anyone interested in PHP regardless of their skill level or background. Through sharing and communication we believe we can foster a creative and successful community of PHP developers. |
| Feb 18th, 2010 (Thu) |
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
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PDX Weekly Hackathon
Website
groups.google.com
Lucky Labrador Brew Pub
915 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland Oregon 97214
Description
Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.
All programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.
You're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.
Afterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment. |
| Feb 24th, 2010 (Wed) |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
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2010 Software Association of Oregon Member Dinner
This event is limited to SAO members and their guests.
You are invited to enjoy an evening of networking with fellow SAO members, fine cocktails, and passed hors d’oeuvres followed by a delicious Northwest style dinner prepared by Executive Chef Billy Schumaker.
Join us for a special Keynote address from Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar at Google, and the 2010 SAO Update and Vision from SAO President Matt Nees. Download Member Dinner Fact Sheet (pdf) www.sao.org
Press Release: SAO Announces Annual Member Dinner on February 24th – Bill Weihl of Google to Keynote. www.sao.org
Keynote: Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar, Google
Bill he leads efforts in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and also manages the company's greenhouse-gas footprint. He is an experienced technologist, entrepreneur, and committed environmentalist with deep and broad experience in computer science.
His extensive business and high-tech experience includes ten years as a professor of Computer Science at MIT, five years as a research scientist at Digital's Systems Research Center, and five years as Chief Architect and then CTO of Akamai Technologies.
Bill Weihl in the news:
TIME: Heroes of the Environment: 2009
The New York Times: Q&A: Google's Green Energy Czar
Presenting Sponsor: XO Communications
Montgomery Park Glass Atrium
With its soaring, nine-story glass ceiling, marble floors and clean lines, the Atrium is an oasis in the heart of Portland’s up-and-coming Northwest Industrial District. The Atrium opens up to a panoramic view of Forest Park, complementing its modern interior.
Address: 2701 NW Vaughn Portland, Oregon 97210
Parking
Guests will receive parking passes upon arrival to the lot.
Menu
We have included dinner options to accommodate for Omnivore, Pescetarian, Vegetarian, and Gluten-Free diets. When registering please note any additional dietary needs or contact us; we will make every effort to accommodate.
Catering by Food in Bloom
Let by executive Chef Billy Schumaker, Food In Bloom Catering is committed to serving local, organic and sustainable products to provide guests an extraordinary Northwest experience.
Seating
Each table will have a table host and will accommodate 10 guests. In the spirit of forging connections in our community, seating will be assigned to optimize new introductions. Please indicate at registration if you’d like to be seated with a guest. Seating assignments will be provided at event check-in.
Attire: Cocktail/Business Formal
Out of Town Guests
We encourage SAO Members from our chapters to attend this event to more strongly connect our statewide member base. We are happy to extend to any SAO Chapter member at 10% discount on event tickets.
Overnight Accommodations
We encourage SAO Members from our chapters to attend this event to more strongly connect our statewide member base. If you are a guest coming from outside the Portland Area (welcome chapter members!) the SAO has negotiated special rates with the Governor Hotel. Please contact the hotel directly to book your room (subject to room availability).
Governor Hotel 614 SW 11th Ave Portland, OR 97205-2624 Website
Tickets
You can purchase tickets online (via credit card - www.sao.org) or request an invoice (stephanie.el-hajj@sao.org) which you may pay via credit card or check. |
| Feb 25th, 2010 (Thu) |
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
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PDX Weekly Hackathon
Website
groups.google.com
Lucky Labrador Brew Pub
915 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland Oregon 97214
Description
Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.
All programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.
You're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.
Afterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment. |
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