Weekly Events Update

8 - 14 March 2010

Monday 8 March 2010

· Mobile Monday
Description: Forum for people interested in internet and mobile innovation

Location: Intercontinental Boston
Time: 7PM – 10PM

Cost: Free

url: http://bit.ly/cZ7D1c

Tuesday 9 March 2010

· IdeaStorm at MIT Sloan
Description: A fast paced lightly moderated brainstorm session
Location: Cambridge Innovation Center

Time: 5:30PM – 7:30PM
Cost: Free
url: http://bit.ly/cBpbtY

Wednesday 10 March 2010

· Digital Governance from the Statehouse to the Whitehouse
Description: Seed funding models for launching sustainable businesses

Location: Littauer BLD, 79 JFK St

Time: 6PM-

url: http://bit.ly/Q2Zbh

· Accelerating start-up growth

Description: Entrepreneurs networking and discussion group

Time: 6:00PM – 9:00PM

Location: MIT Strata Center (BLD 32), Kirsch Auditorium

url: http://bit.ly/bTEzak

Thursday 11 March 2010

· Tech Hub Foosball League Launch Event!
Description: Join area start-ups, and innovators to share and network over a game of foosball!
Location: Pinyadda Offices, 110 Chauncy St, Boston, MA, 02111

Time: 6:00PM – 9:00 PM
url: http://bit.ly/baBR9d

Think you have the next big idea? Need a little help getting started? Then join the world’s largest start-up competition. Prizes include access to workshops, mentors, executives, other team members, free resources such as office space and sources of funding.

Anyone can enter, with any idea, from anywhere in the world!

Visit http://www.masschallenge.org to sign up!

Weekly Events Update
1 - 7 March 2010

Monday 1 March 2010

· WebInno Boston
Description: Forum for people interested in internet and mobile innovation

Location: Royal Sonesta, Cambridge
Time: 6:30PM – 9PM

url: http://bit.ly/61cxlF

Tuesday 2 March 2010

· Girls in Tech
Description: Girls in Tech 2010 kick off meetup
Location: Vox Populi

Time: 5:30PM – 7:30PM
url: http://bit.ly/9djvdf

Wednesday 3 March 2010

· OpenCoffee Cambridge
Description: Weekly gathering of web entrepreneurs and VCs

Location: Andala Coffee Shop, Cambridge

Time: 8:30AM – 10:30AM

url: http://bit.ly/b64n

· Revolve Nation Boston

Description: Entrepreneurs networking and discussion group

Time: 6:00PM – 5:00PM

Location: Open to attendees

url: http://bit.ly/cmeovR

Thursday 4 March 2010

· Ignite Boston 7
Description: Innovation presentations
Location: Microsoft NERD

Time: 6:00PM – 9:00 PM

url: http://bit.ly/c4Rubz

Saturday 6 March 2010

· Gov 2.0 Camp New England
Description: Social media and a collaborative governent

Location: Cambridge, MA

Time: 9:00AM – 4:00PM

url: http://bit.ly/ac0KYl

Verizon Announces Grants To Improve Student Achievement in STEM

Verizon will be awarding 15 grants of $10,000 each to Massachusetts public schools in an effort to boost student achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math subject courses.

The grants will go towards training instructors to use, Thinkfinity.org, the Verizon Foundation’s high quality, free online teaching resource for K-12 coursework. Grants will be awarded through a Request for Proposal (RFP).

For more information about the RFP, please contact Sheila Poschman at mailto:Sheila.poschman@verizon.com

Mass Tech: Weekly Updates
Mass Tech Updates: 21 – 28 February

Monday 22 February 2010

· The Geography of Innovation

Description: Why do clusters of entrepreneurs exist
in some areas and not in others?
Location: Allison Dining Room, Harvard
Time: 5:30 – 7:00PM
url: http://bit.ly/bx2v8t

· Minds For Sale
Description: Cloud computing projects is making the application of brainpower fungible and purchasable
Location: Austin East Classroom, Harvard
Time: 5:30 - 6:30PM
url: http://bit.ly/cyR4yE

Tuesday 23 February 2010

· 16^th Annual Business Forum and Networking Evening
Description: Forum for international global trade and international
business professionals
Location: Bingham McCutchen
Time: 12:30 – 1:30PM
url: http://bit.ly/blKcey

Wednesday 25 February 2010

· OpenCoffee Cambridge
Description: Entrepreneurs and VC meetup
Location: Andala Coffee, Cambridge

Time: 8:30 – 10:30AM

url: http://bit.ly/BTUOC

Thursday 26 February 2010

Building a PR Campaign For The Digital World
Description: A discussion on traditional public relations meets web 2.0
Location: Westin, Copley Place
url: http://bit.ly/9mVZkc

Weekly Update: Upcoming events
Mass Tech Hub Events Calendar
Monday, 15 February – Sunday, 21 February 2010

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

· Boston PHP Group

Description: Learn how to develop with cakePHP
Location: see website
Time: 7PM
url: http://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/

· Open Coffee Cambridge
Description: Meetup for entrepreneurs and VCs
Location: Andala Coffee
Time: 8:30AM
url: http://bit.ly/cD6DSN

Thursday, 18 February 2010

· TiE: The Digital Home
Description: Connected devices in the home
Time: 6 – 9PM
url: http://bit.ly/8XhyOI

Friday, 19 February 2010

· Innovation Breakfast – February
Description: Innovation presentations and networking
Time: 8:30 – 10:00AM
url: http://bit.ly/aWdG2H

Weekly Update: Upcoming events
Mass Tech Hub Events Calendar
Monday, 15 February – Sunday, 21 February 2010

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

· Boston PHP Group
Description: Learn how to develop with cakePHP
Location: Visit website

Time: 7PM
url: http://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/

· Open Coffee Cambridge
Description: Meetup for entrepreneurs and VCs
Location: Andala Coffee
Time: 8:30AM
url: http://bit.ly/cD6DSN

Thursday, 18 February 2010

· TiE: The Digital Home
Description: Connected devices in the home
Time: 6 – 9PM
url: http://bit.ly/8XhyOI

Friday, 19 February 2010

· Innovation Breakfast – February
Description: Innovation presentations and networking
Time: 8:30 – 10:00AM
url: http://bit.ly/aWdG2H

Weekly Update: Upcoming events
Mass Tech Hub Events Calendar
Monday, 8 February – Sunday, 14 February 2010

Monday, 8 February 2010

· When Countries collide Online
Description: Internet Spies, Cybersecurity – a discussion on national cybersecurity in the age where the internet is woven into the fabric of government and society
Location: John Chipman Gray Room, Harvard
Time: 6PM – 7PM
url: http://bit.ly/aqBWiz

Fee: Free

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

· Social Media Marketing for Startups
Description: Ben Grossman will present on Social Media Marketing Strategies for Startups

Location: Microsoft NERD
Time: 6PM – 8PM

url: http://bit.ly/dcpRvp

Fee: Free

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

· Mass Innovation Nights

Description: Provides innovators with ways to connect with the social networking world

Location: Waltham IBM Innovation Center

Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM

url: http://bit.ly/6FM8Yb

Fee: Free

Thursday, 11 February 2010

· Sustain-e-bility Talk
Description: A panel on fighting climate change with online action and local actions. Panelists: Michael Silberman (Founding Partner, EchoDitto) Ben Wikler (Campaign Director, Avaaz.org), Tim Walker (Co-founder Partner, BiroCreactive) and Heather Henrikson (Harvard, Office of Sustainability). Event will be moderated by Bonnie Shaw (EchoDitto)

Location: Harvard Kennedy School, Room TBA
Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM

url: http://bit.ly/cqTzPp

Fee: Free

· Game Companies and the VCs that Fund Them
Description: A total of around $600.5 million was raised by game startups in 2009, which will result in more job openings in 2010 and continued innovation in the lucrative game industry
Location: MIT Enterprise Forum
Time: 5:30PM-

url: http://bit.ly/bbFlsU
Fee: Free

A Digital Nation:
Life On The Virtual frontier

February 2, 2010 marks the debut of an exciting Frontline documentary on PBS – the culmination of yearlong support by the Verizon Foundation. The documentary examines the magnitude and speed with which digital media has permeated our culture, and takes an in-depth look at the implications.

Based on a mosaic of over a hundred video testimonials, the documentary pays particular attention to how digital media can be used to unlock potential in education and also the perils when these tools are used in warfare.

Classes of the Future:
In a highly illuminating conversation, Secretary of education, Arne Duncan volunteers that education “not about just sitting in class, and listening to a teacher, it’s about demonstrating an ability to master a set of skills.” He goes on further point to computers and cell phones as alternative education/knowledge delivery devices.

State of the Internet Report

Cambridge based, Akamai Technology have released their quarterly “State of the Internet Report” for the fourth quarter of 2009.

The report details global broadband penetration and analyses internet adoption trends by region and country, including mobile internet penetration. In addition, the report analyses internet security by aggregating all available news on such online events Denial of Service attacks, web hacks, service outages etc,

Highlights
Massachusetts saw a staggering 20% gain in broadband adoption. Russia and Brazil took the place of the U.S. and China as the largest originators of online attack traffic.