Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Fungus Among Us NightLifeFungus Among Us NightLifePut down the button mushrooms and discover fungi's true potential. Check out Phil Ross' one-of-a-kind fungal furniture and learn how he transforms urban agricultural waste into art. Meet and see a cocktail demo by the King of Mushrooms, Todd Spanier, a pioneer of the wild food movement ...
If I Only Had A Hammer: Tool Use by Sea Otters Jessica Perry, Research Biologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Research and Conservation Program • Sea otters are well known for being capable of using tools in the wild. However, little is known about how this behavior varies across individuals ...
Nearshore marine ecosystems face unprecedented challenges, regionally and globally, with threats from adjacent lands and oceansSea otter populations are experiencing reduced rates of increase across much of their rangeScientists are evaluating the status of north Pacific nearshore ecosystems from southern CA to southwest Alaska looking for clues about processes influencing ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
They're Back! -The Harbor Porpoises of San Francisco BayThis is a good news story about our local cetaceans, and you will hear from members of the research team about harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), which have returned to San Francisco Bay after an absence of 65 years. This presentation will bring us up-to-date with their newest research since their ...
With over $139 billion U.S. dollars invested in medical research each year-a number expected to increase-only 30 new drugs reached patients in 2011. Learn how Silicon Valley entrepreneur Scott Johnson, also a multiple sclerosis patient for 36 years, became an unlikely revolutionary to reform the medical research system that has ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
World Wide Frog Endangerment with David WakeProf. David Wake will address the issue of the world wide decrease in frog populations, and the paradox of concurrent discoveries of many new species.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
An Evening with Amy TanThe beloved author of The Joy Luck Club, Saving Fish from Drowning, The Bonesetter's Daughter and The Kitchen God's Wife talks about the intersection between science and creativity. She will be interviewed by Louann Brizendine, M.D., author of The Female Brain and The Male Brain.Born in the U.S. to immigrant ...
