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