Southern California Technology Calendar—August 1999

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August 1

 

Organization: Red Herring and Lawn Mower

Event: Entrepreneur Workshop, with choice of Track A: "Road Map for Entrepreneurs" or Track B: "The Entertainment Industry Insider's Guide for Entrepreneurs"

Time: TBA

Location: Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles

Details: Registration; cost $2,000

 

August 1-3

 

Organization: Red Herring

Event: Red Herring on Hollywood '99—Convergence: Deal With It

Time: TBA

Location: Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles

Details: Invitation-only; application; cost $2,000

 

August 2

 

Organization: Stereo Club of Southern California, 3D Movie/Video Division

Event: Closing Date for Entries, Stereoscopic 3D Movie/Video International 1999

Time: N/A

Location: Mail entries to SCSC 3D Movie/Video Division, 2601 Longley Way, Arcadia, CA

Details: See online or email John Hart

 

August 2-5

 

Organization: UCLA Extension, Engineering Short Courses

Event: "E-Commerce: Architecting the Solution," with Steffano Korper, MS, adjunct professor, Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and Juanita Ellis, MS, lecturer and co-founder, E-Commerce Program, Dallas, Texas

Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Location: UCLA Extension Building, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room G-33 West, Los Angeles

Details: See online or email; cost: $1,495

 

August 3

 

Organization: Internet Professionals Network (IPN)

Event: Summer Social (after Red Herring Hollywood)

Time: TBA

Location: Century Club in Century City

Details: See online

 

Organization: Venice Interactive Community

Event: VIC Presents "The ABC's Of Online Education"

Time: 6:30-10 p.m. (6:30 networking/appetizers/drinks; 8:00 presentation; 9:30 more networking)

Location: Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda, L.A. (Mulholland Drive at 405 Freeway); free to VIC members, $10 non-members; free parking

Details: See online; RSVP

 

August 4

 

Organization: HRTS Newsmaker Luncheon

Event: "Kids' TV for You and Me" featuring network heads of kids programming

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Location: Beverly Hilton

Details: Call (818) 789-1182

 

August 4-5

 

Organization: IRMA

Event: "DVD '99: Producing and Publishing Entertainment Media" with Benjamin Feingold of Columbia TriStar Home Video; keynote on opening day of IRMA conference

Time: TBA

Location: Universal City Hilton Hotel & Tower

Details: Call (609) 279-1700

 

August 4-6

 

Organization: UCLA Extension, Engineering Short Courses

Event: "Digital Television: Technology and Implementation," with David L. Belson, Ph.D., PE, consultant, TefenUSA, Los Angeles; Gene Radzik, audio production specialist, Dolby Laboratories, San Francisco; Mark Schaffer, senior systems engineering manager, NDS-Americas, Newport Beach; and Peter D. Symes, manager for advanced technology, Tektronix, Grass Valley Products, Grass Valley, California

Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Location: UCLA Extension Building, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room 211, Los Angeles

Details: See online or email; cost: $1,195

 

August 4-9

 

Organization: The Hollywood Network

Event: Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards

Time: See Web site

Location: See Web site

Details: See online

 

August 5

 

Organization: Vertex Systems, Inc.

Event: Southern California Exchange Users Group

Time: 5:45-7:45 p.m.

Location: Microsoft Santa Monica Office, 2700 Colorado Boulevard, Suite 300, Los Angeles

Details: See online

 

August 5-8

 

Organization: The Hollywood Reporter and The Hollywood Network

Event: The Hollywood Conference: Four Intensive Days of Networking with Hollywood Pros

Time: All Day

Location: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

Details: See online; limited space

 

August 7

 

Organization: Stereo Club of Southern California (SCSC)

Event: 3D International Movie/Video Exhibition & 3D Movie/Video Competition

Time: TBA

Location: Arcadia

Details: See online

 

Organization: Webgrrls L.A.

Event: HTML Chat

Time: 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Location: IRC; server: chardonnay.niagara.com;port: 6667; channel: #wgla

Details: See online

 

August 8-13

 

Organization: SIGGRAPH

Event: SigGraph '99 Conference (exhibits August 10-13)

Time: All Day

Location: L.A. Convention Center

Details: See online

 

August 9-13

 

Organization: UCLA Extension, Engineering Short Courses

Event: "Digital Avionics Systems," with Cary R. Spitzer, MS, president, AvioniCon, Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia; Robert P. Lyons, Jr., MSEE, Colonel, USAF; Joint Strike Fighter JSF-32 program manager, Arlington, Virginia; and Michael J. Morgan, chief engineer, Cessna Programs, Honeywell, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona

Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Location: UCLA Extension Building, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room G-33 West, Los Angeles

Details: See online or email; cost: $1,695

 

August 10

 

Organization: Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA)

Event: Annual Venture Capital Panel

Time: TBA

Location: TBA

Details: See online

 

August 11

 

Organization: World Trade Center

Event: International Outlook Mixer

Time: N/A

Location: Ventura

Details: See online

 

August 11-13

 

Organization: UCLA Extension, Engineering Short Courses

Event: New: Embedded and Real-Time Systems," with Miodrag Potkonjak, Ph.D., associate professor, Computer Science department, School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA; and Mani Srivastava, Ph.D., associate professor, Electrical Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA

Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Location: UCLA Extension Building, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room 211, Los Angeles

Details: See online or email; cost: $ 1,195

 

August 12

 

Organization: Software Council of Southern California (SCSC), CFO Forum

Event: "Compensation Strategies: Hiring and Keeping Your Workforce"

Time: 7:30-9:00 a.m.

Location: Center Club, 650 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

Details: See online

 

Organization: Venice Interactive Community

Event: VIC@The Victorian

Time: 6:00-10:00 p.m.

Location: The Victorian, Main St., Santa Monica

Details: See online; free for VIC members, $10 for non-members

 

Organization: Webgrrls L.A.

Event: How to Write a Killer Business Plan

Time: Doors open 7:00 p.m., meeting starts 7:30 p.m.

Location: American Intercontinental University, 12655 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles

Details: See online

 

August 16-18

 

Organization: UCLA Extension, Engineering Short Courses

Event: "Inventing, Patenting, and Licensing," with Patrick MacCarthy, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Location: UCLA Extension Building, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room 211, Los Angeles

Details: See online or email; cost: $1,295. This course, when taken with "Technical Proposal Management and Marketing Strategy to Win New Business," has a combined discounted fee of $1,695.

 

August 16-19

 

Organization: UCLA Extension, Engineering Short Courses

Event: "Corrosion of Aging Aircraft," with John J. Deluccia, Ph.D., FASM, consultant, and adjunct professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; David W. Hoeppner, Ph.D., P.E., professor, Department of Mechanical Engineeering, and director, Quality and Integrity Design Engineering Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Location: UCLA Extension Building, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room G-33 West, Los Angeles

Details: See online or email; cost: $1,495

 

Organization: Software Council of Southern California (SCSC), E-Commerce/Extranet SIG

Event: "The Mysteries of Merchant Accounts, Taxes, Export Control, Laws, and Other Scary Issues in Electronic Commerce"

Time: TBA

Location: TBA

Details: See online

 

August 17-18

 

Organization: SAE

Event: SAE Future Transportation Technology Conference & Expo

Time: N/A

Location: Costa Mesa

Details: Email

 

August 19-20

 

Organization: EC2—USC Annenber Center for Communication

Event: Third Annual EC2 Barbecue and All Out Shindig

Time: Noon-2:00 p.m.

Location: N/A

Details: See online

 

Organization: Software Council of Southern California (SCSC), New Media Forum

Event: Monthly Meeting

Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Location: TBA

Details: See online

 

Organization: UCLA Extension, Engineering Short Courses

Event: "Technical Proposal Management and Marketing Strategy to Win New Business," with Bruce Elbert, MSEE, MBA, senior vice president, Business Development, Hughes Space and Communications International, El Segundo, California; and Robert S. Frey, MA, director, Knowledge Management and Proposal Development, RS Information Systems, McLean, Virginia

Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Location: UCLA Extension Building, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room 211, Los Angeles

Details: See online or email; cost: $795. This course, taken together with "Inventing, Patenting, and Licensing" has a combined discounted fee of $1,695.

 

August 20-21

 

Organization: The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Orange County Chapter

Event: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Conference

Time: TBA

Location: CSU Fullerton Garden Grove Facility, 12901 Euclid Street, Garden Grove

Details: Email or call (714) 832-5741; cost $35/1-day or $50/2-day for members; $45/1-day or $60/2-day for nonmembers

 

August 23

 

Organization: Webgrrls L.A.

Event: Color Theory & Typography for The Web

Time: Doors open 7:00 p.m., meeting starts 7:30 p.m.

Location: American Intercontinental University, 12655 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles

Details: See online

 

August 23-25

 

Organization: UCLA Extension, Engineering Short Courses

Event: "Real-Time Image Recognition: Algorithms, Systems, and Applications," with Bahram Javidi, Ph.D., professor, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Connecticut

Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Location: UCLA Extension Building, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room G-33 West, Los Angeles

Details: See online or email; cost: $1,295

 

August 26

 

Organization: Tech Coast Venture Network

Event: Monthly meeting; topic TBA

Time: TBA

Location: University Club, University of California, Irvine

Details: See online

 

August 27-29

 

Organization: Summer Shorts at One Colorado

Event: Outdoor community film festival for indie filmmakers

Time: N/A

Location: Pasadena

Details: Call (626) 564-1066

 

August 28

 

Organization: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS)

Event: Emmy Creative Arts Awards (Technical Awards)

Time: TBA

Location: E. Pasadena Civic Center

Details: Call (818) 754-2800

 

August 30-September 1

 

Organization: UCLA Extension, Engineering Short Courses

Event: "CCD/CMOS Imaging Sensors and Applications," with James Janesick, MSEE, executive vice president and chief scientific director, Advanced Systems Division, Pixel Vision, Inc., Huntington Beach, California; and Bedabrata Pain, Ph.D., member, Principal Engineering Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Location: UCLA Extension Building, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Room G-33 West, Los Angeles

Details: See online or email; cost: $1,195

 

August 31

 

Organization: Venice Interactive Community

Event: Breakfast@VIC

Time: TBA

Location: The Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills

Details: See online