Climate Change and West AntarcticaThe West Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the ice equivalent of 5 meters of sea level and is slowly adding to the rise of global ocean levels. It is now thought that the ice sheet is undergoing irreversible marine ice sheet collapse. The primary cause is bottom melting of coastal ice ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
DuPont: The History of Industrial BiotechnologyDuPont is a world leader and one of the founders of Industrial Biotechnology.Michael V. Arbige, PhD, VP of R&D at DuPont will discuss the history of how DuPont developed the first series of recombinant and protein engineered enzyme products ever to enter the industrial marketplace. These products and those currently under ...
Following his biography of Steve Jobs, award-winning author Walter Isaacson became fascinated with other compelling stories of the men and women who have led the global revolution of the Information Age. The Innovators is his revealing account of the revolutionaries who created the computer and the Internet, yet it begins ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Agile Update – And Is It For You?This talk features a panel of leading experts discussing new the latest advances in Agile development (Kanban, Scrum, SoC, etc.). John Swan will be the moderator for the discussions.Speaker: Kathryn Kuhn, Hewlett-Packard, Agile Evangelist – Product Development IT; Damian Brown, Symantec, Sr. Manager, Program Management; John Swan, Moderator
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Extreme Adaptation (free Bay Currents talk)Rhis year has been one of California's driest on record, and carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere reached levels not seen for almost a million years. More climate changes lie ahead -- but the Bay Area, with its history of environmental leadership, is not standing idly by.Kathleen M. Wong and ...
