Heat Pumps: An Emerging Tool to Support Better Health, Cleaner Air, and More Affordable Energy for All - LivestreamPublic health practitioners, policymakers, and community advocates alike will have an opportunity to learn about the compelling evidence of the economic, environmental, and health benefits of heat pumps, which include more affordable energy, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved air quality, and avoided adverse health impacts.Through appropriate laws, policies, and incentives, ...
The geophysics problems that must be solved in order for us to reliably monitor subsurface change, without disruption or prohibitive cost, have pushed researchers into new and fascinating areas in inverse theory, optimization, acquisition design, and AI. In this presentation I will summarize some recent computational, laboratory, and field experiences ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Bay Lexicon"Bay Lexicon" - a field guide to San Francisco’s shore - uses drawings, text, and maps to develop vocabulary for thinking and talking about a future made uncertain by sea level rise and the climate emergency. Centered on a walk along the edge of the iconic San Francisco Bay, it ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Healthy Homes PresentationJoin us to learn about improving indoor air quality and controlling unwanted pests! Attendees will receive safer home cleaning training from City staff. Free cleaning supplies will be available on a first come, first served basis.Room: Stegner Environmental Center, 5th Floor
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
NightLife: SpiceLifeWe’re bringing the spice at our hottest event of the year. Hear from spicy savants, sample fiery foods, and more.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: What Grows BackPlants demonstrate incredible resilience and play an essential role in our ecology. Explore the physical connections to plants through our galleries and a special presentation of Between Earth & Sky, an award-winning documentary featuring renowned ecologist and rainforest canopy researcher Nalini Nadkarni. This inspiring story weaves her personal life with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Friday, 06/07/24
First Friday NightsCome together as a family to celebrate Pride and Love! Soar into the weekend with live music, a fantastic food truck, colorful science activities, animal presentations, and with special guest, the San Mateo Pride Center. Join us for all the fun!
Where: San MateoCost: $19.95 General, $15.95 Seniors, Children, Students
In Town Star PartyCome join San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) for an evening of stargazing.Event details:Events are held at the parking lot of our headquarters, Houge Park San Jose. The event duration is 2 hours. SJAA volunteers will share night sky views from their telescopes.Please refrain from bringing your own telescopes (Binoculars are ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Saturday, 06/08/24
Family Nature Adventures: BirdsLearn about local birds and how to identify them from their looks and sounds. Afterwards, we’ll provide binoculars for a short bird watching walk in the forest.Intended for families with children, ages 3+
Where: OaklandCost: $25 Adults w/children, $15 Youth age 3+
Monday, 06/10/24
Morning Hike at Bear Creek RedwoodsJoin us for this beautiful hike! A POST volunteer will share a few words about POST’s decades of conservation success before the hiking group explores a moderately strenuous but mostly shaded 5.4 mile hike with ~900 feet of elevation gain.In one of the county’s best preserved, second-growth coastal redwood forests, ...
Program (the order of the speakers might change): Shane Denson (Stanford/ Film and Media) on "How is Human Embodiment Transformed in an Age of Algorithms?" Virginia San Fratello (San Jose State Univ) on "3D Printing the Future" Fiorenza Micheli (co-director of Stanford’s Center for Ocean Solutions) on "Harnessing ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 06/11/24
Two talks: Blockchain Innovations: AI Integration and Security Trust - LivestreamBlockchain and AI for Industrial ApplicationsThe fusion of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) heralds a new era of industrial innovation with opportunities for transparency, efficiency, and autonomy. Blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that can be significantly augmented using conventional and generative AI capabilities This lecture will delve into the ...
What can we do, today, to improve muscle strength and, accordingly, to increase healthy longevity, i.e., healthspan? It starts by understanding the science of strength and of muscle function, and then appreciating how muscle changes with aging. Ultimately, we find that healthspan increases with simple and effective evidence-based strategies for ...
This presentation will focus on the past and present issues facing Asian American people in the US, as well as how these issues intersect with Critical Race Theory or CRT (what CRT is and isn’t and why there is a moral panic over CRT when it’s really a specialized field ...
Open House at San Jose AI Simplifiers - LivestreamDo you enjoy expressing ideas simply? No jargon, just clear and effective language. Even a six-year-old will be eager to listen!Join us at the San Jose AI Simplifiers Club's Open House on June 12th, 2024, from 6:00-7:00 PM PT. Dive into the fascinating world of AI, but simplified. Don’t miss ...
The laws and policy regimes that govern how we create, train, test, and license artificial intelligence technology are changing. And these change are worldwide, varying depending on the jurisdiction and branch of government. Technologists, startups, and entrepreneurs do not need to become experts on these law and policy changes to ...
