Duke of EnergyWill the United States adopt a nationwide plan for generating electricity with clean energy? How will that affect consumer prices? How will it affect the country's greenhouse gas emissions? Are electric utilities ready for electric cars? One of America's most prominent energy executives, Rogers has been featured on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $65 General, $45 Members
Cognitive Computing: Neuroscience, Supercomputing, and NanotechnologyThe ultimate goal of the DARPA SyNAPSE project is to build brain-like cognitive computing chips that scale to human cortex by moving beyond the von Neumann architecture and become the brains behind IBM's Smarter Planet vision. The project leverages nanotechnology, supercomputing, and neuroscience and is a collaboration of four universities ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Computational Science and EngineeringCSE is a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field that encompasses real-world complex applications (scientific, engineering, social, economic, policy), computational mathematics, and computer science and engineering. High performance computing (HPC), large-scale simulations, and scientific applications all play a central role in CSE. i4Science will focus mainly on smaller subset of CSE applications ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Siberia's Lake Baikal: a Nature Lover's ParadisePresentation and Slide Show. Young activists from Siberia's Lake Baikal region speak about the planet's deepest and oldest freshwater lake and its growing sustainable tourism. Presented by the Center for Safe Energy of EII
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Sustainability MattersFrances Moore Lappé says our greatest problems are not global climate chaos or global hunger, for solutions to these challenges are known. All we really have to worry about, she says, is our widespread sense of powerlessness to pursue solutions. Ms. Lappé will challenge us to develop an "eco-mind"-able to ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
What Has Quantum Mechanics to do with Factoring?Prof. N. David Mermin, the Horace White Professor of Physics (Emeritus) of Conrell University, will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium on April 5, 2011. The colloquium is entitled, "What Has Quantum Mechanics to do with Factoring?" and the abstract reads, "Quantum computer science will be introduced in the context of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Running out of water - CANCELLEDRecognized water expert Susan Leal will discuss her new book, Running Out of Water: The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve Our Most Precious Resource. Co-authored with Peter Rogers, the book examines the impending water crisis and identifies successful solutions that have improved water security for everyone from farmers in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 General, Free Members
Dobsonian Telescope MakingBuild a telescope the Dobson way. You will learn about John Dobson and his reflector telescopes, as well as how these telescopes work. You'll learn the step-by-step method for grinding and polishing the mirror, building the mount, and assembling a complete telescope. Seeing the rings of Saturn, the moons of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $170 + materials & supplies
