ARCHIVED EVENTS

• Carnegie Mellon's Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation will be co-hosting a networking event with Entrepreneurial Thursdays on March 20. This event will focus on robotics entrepreneurial endeavors, but is a good networking event for any entrepreneurs or aspiring entrepreneurs with CMU connections.
  Schedule and Directions

• Help Startups is pleased to be presenting a major event for all those interested in advancing entrepreneurial activities in the Pittsburgh region. For the first time ever top executives from five major entrepreneurial support organizations will participate in a panel discussion around the theme, "Where Do We Go From Here?" The event will be held on Tuesday, May 6th , from 5:30 - 7:30 pm, at the Rivers Club.
  Press release
  Registration

• AlphaLab is now accepting applications for the 2008 Summer/Fall program.  The application deadline is March 31, 2008.  To apply or sign up to join the user testing community, go to www.iwAlphaLab.org

• cityLive! Event - Not. Just. Dance!

  Speakers: Jacques d'Ambroise and Michele de la Reza
  Location: New Hazlett Theater
  Date and Time: January 16, 2008 6:30 p.m.
  Free! -- rsvp@nowall.com

• DevHouse Pittsburgh

  Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2007
  Time: 6:00pm - Midnight
  Venue: Rivers Club, One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA
  RSVP: Please register on the DevHouse Pittsburgh website.
  

  DevHouse Pittsburgh, is the first event of its kind in Pittsburg, targetted at software developers, and modeled after SuperHappyDevHouse in California, in the spirit of demoscene. The event is being organized by Jeff Hunter, who is a software developer at Apple's Pittsburgh Lab and is co-sponsored by InnovationWorks. All are welcome to attend.
  

• HURDLES to e-BUSINESS

  A Carnegie Bosch Institute Conference
  McConomy Auditorium - University Center - Carnegie Mellon University
  Thursday, October 11, 2007 • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
  

  Commerce over the internet has grown in unprecedented ways and magnitude over the past decade. This conference will examine the frictions in this deployment of business over the Internet, by identifying both hurdles and solutions. Conference topics include better usability, spam, security, privacy and trust issues that span the spectrum of Internet commerce from B2C to B2B issues.

  The event features three leading experts from the industry.

  • 9:00 • Coffee
  • 9:30 • Welcome and Introduction
    Johannes Elling, Carnegie Bosch Institute and
    R Ravi, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Bosch Professor
  • 9:45 • Neel Sundaresan, Sr. Director and Head, Research Labs, eBay
    Community Computing: Tackling the Finding Challenge by its Long Tail
  • 10:45 • Kourosh Gharachorloo, Traffic Quality Team, Google
    Click Fraud - Anecdotes from the Frontline
  • 11:45 • Coffee Break
  • 12:00 • Prabhakar Raghavan, Head of Yahoo! Research
    The Web Economy and its Relevance to the Intersection of Computer Science and Economics

  For more information and registration, please visit www.tepper.cmu.edu/cbiconference or email ekrall@andrew.cmu.edu.
  
  

• Blue Knot Opening Event Featuring Biotech Companies

  Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2007
  Time:6:00pm - 9:00pm
  Venue:The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, 100 Technology Drive, Suite 400, Pittsburgh PA 15219, Click here for directions
  RSVP: Click Here to RSVP or email Jessica Ursiak at jursiak@UJFpittsburgh.org by October 3, 2007
  
  • The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse: Creating Wealth for the Region
    Presenting: John W. Manzetti, President & CEO
    
  • Blue Belt Technologies
    Presenting: Craig Markovitz, CEO
    
  • Neuro Kinetics, Inc.
    Presenting: Howison Schroeder, CEO
    
  • Coventina Healthcare Enterprises, Inc.
    Presenting: James (Chip) Hanlon, President and CEO
    
  • Blue Knot Pittsburgh is a networking group for Jewish professionals who share an interest in technology. Blue Knot groups across the country provide opportunities for their members to gather together for networking, educational programs, speaking events, and community activities. Blue Knot Pittsburgh connects with similar groups in 22 other U.S. cities and 1 in Israel.
    
  
  
  

• helpstartups.com launch party

  Date: Tuesday, September 18
  Time: 5:30pm - 8:00 pm
  Venue: McFadden's, Equitable Resources Building, North Shore
  Contact person: Gary Rosensteel grosensteel@helpstartups.com

  Block this date off on your calendar! We are planning the biggest (and best) launch party in Pittsburgh history. Join government, university, non-profit, foundation AND entrepreneurial leaders from all over southwestern PA, along with your fellow entrepreneurs, in a fun-filled evening in one of our city's new hot spots! Our private room opens on to the spacious patio overlooking the Allegheny River.

  
  

• Pop City Live!

  The topic: The First, the Best and the Only
  When: September 10, 2007 at 6:30 pm
  Where: @ the New Hazlett Theatre
  Cost: Free!
  rsvp@popcitymedia.com

  
  

• PITTSBURGH STEM SUMMIT 2007
  Enhancing Education Now for Pittsburgh's Business Future

  Date: Wednesday, August 15
  Time: 7:30am - 3:30pm.
  Venue: Omni William Penn Hotel, 530 William Penn Place, Downtown Pittsburgh
  Cost: $99
  RSVP: EVENTS@PGHTECH.ORG OR 412.918.4229
  Info: WWW.PGHTECH.ORG, Agenda, Mention in the Carnegie Mellon News
  

  Join regional professionals for the first conference in the Pittsburgh area to address the current and future workforce shortage within science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. Hear from keynote speaker Dr. Mae Jemison, a model for the importance of STEM careers. Jemison earned the distinction of becoming the first African-American woman to enter space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Shuttle Endeavor in 1992. Breakout sessions provide employers with information on existing Pittsburgh STEM programs and how their companies can get involved. Drive regional growth during working sessions to create action plans to help educators inspire students to pursue STEM careers.

  
  

• Entrepreneurs Network Social

  Date: Thursday, August 2
  Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
  Venue: The Library, 2304 E. Carson St., South Side
  Cost: $20 members / $30 non-members
  RSVP: 412.918.4229 or email: events@pghtech.org
  

  You're an entrepreneur. You work hard to grow your business. You deserve a break! Join like-minded entrepreneurs and make new connections as the Pittsburgh Technology Council and TiE Pittsburgh present the Entrepreneurs Network Social. Enjoy hot food, cold drinks and engaging conversation at The Library, a newly renovated South Side restaurant and bar. But don't attend if you're in the mood for a long presentation: this event is strictly recreational!