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: ...
Dr. Hiroshi Shimizu, CEO of SIM-Drive Corporation and Professor at the Keio University School of Media and Governance, describes a new consortium developing advanced electric vehicle (EV) technologies in Japan. SIM-Drive, founded in 2009 to commercialize an in-wheel electric motor system for EVs, is now opening up further technology development ...
Exploring NASA Space Missions: Curiosity Rover and Beyond Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore space? Engineers and scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) get to do that every day! From Earth science to astrophysics to planetary exploration, JPL is responsible for executing exciting and challenging robotic space missions like the on-going Mars ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Science and the Media: An insider's storyDavid Perlman from the San Francisco Chronicle and Charles Petit, founder of the MIT Science Journalism Tracker will be focusing on "Science and the Media".David Perlman is the Science Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. His career as a journalist spans more than 70 years: in 2010 he received the ...
Celebrate innovation and the creative spirit with a sampling of creations from the maker movement. See original Maker Faire projects up-close in the Piazza, including the towering stalagmites of Glow Cathedral, pieces by Applied Kinetic Arts and an interactive Dancing Robot who will play songs of your choice, jukebox-style. Get in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Wild & Scenic Film FestivalJoin the California Wilderness Coalition for the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour at the Clif Bar's Headquarters in Emeryville. Looking to do more? For just $35, you get regular admission to the event and a membership to CWC, helping to ensure the protection of our state's natural heritage ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: $20 General, $10 Student, $35 w/membership
African Safari....Live, Exotic MammalsBonnie Cromwell and her exotic animals return to the Bone Room Presents! Featured, this time around, are an alligator, a ring-tailed lemur, a serval, and more!!!There is a $10.00, prepaid fee and seating is limited, so call the Bone Room Presents, today, to reserve your spot with these amazing creatures.
Native bees and native flowering plants have evolved together to produce a variety of relationships. Some relationships allow bees to use several plant types for pollen and nectar resources. This is the case in California with many native bee species. The flexibility enables bees to use garden plants and other ...
Benefit for the Mesa Refuge Writers Retreat. Twenty years ago, in The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Now, he insists, we've waited too long. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human ...
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: $10-$20, sliding scale
The UNnatural History of San Francisco Bay Journalist and author Ariel Rubissow Okamoto will answer a few burning questions from her new book Natural History of San Francisco Bay: How do you "make" a wetland if you're not Mother Nature? If you throw a dead body of the GG Bridge where will it end up? Why splashing ...
