Water Birds at Lake MerrittMigrating birds are here! See which winter visitors are currently at Lake Merritt, the nation's oldest wildlife refuge.  Join us for a short walk along the lake. Learn about the Pacific Flyway and how to identify some winter migrants as well as year-round residents. We'll begin the walk in front of the ...
Ethan Schur is an inventor and futurologist, with a passion for advancing human progress through novel usages of IoT, Wearable, and AR/VR technologies.Ethan, along with team Grush, the Gaming Toothbrush, holds the title of “America’s Greatest Maker†and is the winner of the Million Dollar Prize on the viral reality ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Stochastic Hybrid Approximation Algorithms and Applications to Power Generation DispatchIn many important applications, including power system operations planning, optimization problems arise where decisions need to be made in the presence of uncertainty. Solving these problems is in general a challenging task due to the computational complexity of evaluating the functions that account for the uncertainty. Typical approaches for solving ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Bugs that went to Mars and Terrorized EarthSince its dramatic landing in Gale crater in August 2012, the Curiosity Rover has been busy exploring the surface of Mars, looking for evidence of past habitable environments. Having completed over 4 years on Mars, and with nearly 17 kms on its odometer, Curiosity has already made historic discoveries, finding ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
THE UNIVERSE OF GALAXES AND STEM RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLEDr. Raja GuhaThakurta of UC Santa Cruz will cover recent results from his group's research on galaxy structure and evolution including topics like the assembly of dark matter, galaxy cannibalism, and chemical evolution. He will also talk about the Science Internship Program at UC Santa Cruz and the global SPHERE ...
KPMG surveyed a number of energy senior executives on their views of the industry, the current commodity price cycles, and how they plan to adapt and transform during this period of great change. In addition to discussing this survey, we will also review KPMG’s own views on trends in the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Stanford University Sustainability Vision: Now and for the Future - SOLD OUTStanford is actively pursuing a wide range of sustainability goals. The university's efforts range from a unique new campus energy system to rethinking dining services. Stanford has an inclusive participatory approach that makes faculty, students and employees all partners in its efforts to create a living laboratory for sustainable solutions.Panel: ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for Members & Students
