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Innovation Events in MA

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Here are some events happening around MA in the coming weeks. Share your experiences by commenting, tweeting, or emailing about innovation in MA. Have fun!

OpenCoffee Cambridge MeetUp http://bit.ly/b64n

Date: Wednesday, December 2 at 8:30am
Description: Fellow web entrepreneurs and VCs gather once a week in Cambridge, MA to grab some coffee, free WiFi, and chat about what’s new. Around the world, tech entrepreneurs and investors are meeting regularly to drink coffee, network and hopefully do deals. No more of the old-school “please send us your executive summary before we’ll even talk to you”. A place to find opportunities.
Location: Andala Coffee in Cambridge, MA
Cost: Free

Aneesh Chopra: Innovation for America http://bit.ly/6MLEV9

Date: Wednesday, December 2 at 6pm
Description: Aneesh Chopra - Assistant to the President and Chief Technology Officer
Topic - “ Innovation for America: Restoring Growth, Reforming Government, Fixing Health Care, and Expanding Opportunity”
Location: Burllington, MA
Cost: $15 - $35

Ignite Spatial: Boston http://isb09.eventbrite.com/

Date: Wednesday, December 2 at 6:30pm
Description: Ignite Spatial: Boston is an Ignite event with a spatial twist. If you had five minutes on stage to talk spatial, what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.
Location: Boston, MA
Cost: Free

MassTLC Summit: The Future of Robotics http://bit.ly/1abTjJ

Date: Tuesday, December 8 at 8:30am
Description: Join New England’s leading robotic research institutions for an unprecedented look at the future of robotics. The summit will begin with remarks from the Massachusetts Secretary for Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki. Our research briefing will include a dozen labs and culminate with a presentation on technology transfer opportunities. For those interested, there will be tours of seven Robotics Labs at MIT following lunch. Attendees from academia, government, and the private sector will learn firsthand about the latest research coming down the pipeline and opportunities for partnership and commercialization.
Location: Cambridge, MA
Cost: $40 - $80

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Coffee, speakers, awards and more … this week in MA

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Another offering of excellent technology and innovation gatherings around Massachusetts this week. Thursday is a big night for innovation! Check it out and tell your friends.

OpenCoffee Cambridge MeetUp http://bit.ly/b64n

Date: Wednesday, November 4 at 8:30am
Description: Fellow web entrepreneurs and VCs gather once a week in Cambridge, MA to grab some coffee, free WiFi, and chat about what’s new. Around the world, tech entrepreneurs and investors are meeting regularly to drink coffee, network and hopefully do deals. No more of the old-school “please send us your executive summary before we’ll even talk to you”. A place to find opportunities.
Location: Andala Coffee in Cambridge, MA
Cost: Free

Future Forward 2009 http://www.futureforward.com/

Date: Thursday, November 5 at 8am
Description: Future Forward brings together a group of 125 forward-looking entrepreneurs, investors, and tech execs to examine the trends that will shape our region’s innovation landscape in the year ahead. This year’s agenda includes LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon, TripAdvisor co-founder Steven Kaufer, E Ink CEO Russ Wilcox, and IBM data visualization guru Martin Wattenberg.
Location: Henderson House, Weston, MA
Cost: $150

2009 Massachusetts Technology Leadership Awards http://awards091105.eventbrite.com/

Date: Thursday, November 5 at 5:30pm
Description: The 2009 Mass Technology Leadership Awards program spotlights the companies, people, and technologies that exemplify the best and the brightest in the Massachusetts technology community. The awards are the first and only awards to equally recognize outstanding achievement in the development and implementation of technology.
Location: Copley Marriot, Boston, MA
Cost: $145 - $195

MTLC TweetUp http://garysguide.org/2813051

Date: Thursday, November 5 at 5:30pm
Description: The Mass Technology Leadership Council is holding its first TweetUp! What’s a TweetUp? It’s simply a “meet up” (networking event) that everyone spreads the word about through Twitter. Here’s why you should come to the MassTLC TweetUp!
* Network with your sales and marketing peers
* Drink great beer and maybe win a prize
* Listen to live music by Amy Black & the Red Clay Rascals http://www.amyblacklive.com
(Amy just happens to be co-chairing our Social Media Advisory Board with Paul Gillin)!
It’s an informal hang out. Nothing scripted. Just a good time had by all!
Location: Sally O’Brien’s in Somerville, MA
Cost: Free!

Refresh Boston: Confessions of a Public Speaker http://bit.ly/aJKFb

Date: Thursday, November 5 at 6:30pm
Description: November meeting is set for Thursday the 5th with author and speaker Scott Berkun, who will be presenting Confessions of a Public Speaker, which coincides with the release of his new book by the same name. We’ll also have a few copies of his book to give away to attendees. Refresh Boston is an ad-hoc group that meets monthly to bring local designers and developers together to refresh the Boston-area web community.
Location: 1 Memorial Drive in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
Cost: Free

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This week in the Bay State

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Here is a selection of technology & innovation events happening in MA this week. Check them out and tell us about your experience by commenting, tweeting, or emailing about innovation in MA.

Social Networking and the Growing Demand for Bandwidth http://bit.ly/1oSJdy

Date: Tuesday, October 27 at 8am - 10am
Description: Can the network keep up with the explosive popularity of data hogging consumer sites like Flickr, FaceBook, Hulu, YouTube, and UStream, and the corporate bandwidth demands of cloud computing, software as a service, video conferencing, online data backup, and telemedicine, among others? Does the issue of content outpacing capacity jeopardize the long term growth of businesses that depend high bandwidth availability? What happens when/if we run out? What are the true risks and opportunities for innovation? Join our panel of experts as we explore these issues and their impact on business over the next 5-10 years.
Location: Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
Cost: Unknown

The Marketing of IT http://bit.ly/2YpWMU

Date: Tuesday, October 27 at 8:30am - 5pm
Description: In this Workshop, attendees learn how to market IT value by creating an IT marketing campaign, which maximizes impact by targeting the communication to the specific needs and interests of stakeholders. The Workshop provides detailed guidance on how to get started marketing IT’s work and offers examples of how other IT organizations justified boosting their own IT marketing efforts and how they succeeded. Topics include, making the case for IT marketing, assigning the work, establishing a marketing plan, segmenting the IT audience, using multiple communication channels, the role of a portal and newsletter, and where external PR can make a difference.
Location: Forrester Research; Cambridge, MA 02039
Cost: $1975

Social Media is Not Scary! Workshop http://garysguide.org/2867086

Date: Tuesday, October 27 at 6pm
Description: Do you know why businesses like yours are using Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Twitter, and seeing increased sales? Curious how Facebook can be used for business? Ever think about using email or text messaging to tell your customers what’s new this week? The entire event is 150 minutes, and is focused on providing you and other attendees with opportunities to learn from each other and to meet each other. To spark conversation and discussion, there is a special guest panel!
Location: First Parish Church of Newbury; Newbury, MA
Cost: $10

OpenCoffee Cambridge Meetup http://bit.ly/1ITAz

Date: Wednesday, October 28 at 8:30am
Description: Fellow web entrepreneurs and VCs gather once a week in Boston to grab some coffee, free WiFi, and chat about what’s new. Around the world, tech entrepreneurs and investors are meeting regularly to drink coffee, network and hopefully do deals. No more of the old-school “please send us your executive summary before we’ll even talk to you”. A place to find opportunities.
Location: Cambridge, MA
Cost: free

Eclipse: Empowering the Universal Platform http://bit.ly/tBTFg

Date: Wednesday, October 28 at 9am - 1pm
Description: The Eclipse community is constantly working on high level projects that extend Eclipse’s functionality. This technical briefing will take a deep dive into some of the most important, feature rich projects that the Eclipse community is developing. From multi-language support to plug-in development, if you thought Eclipse was used as merely a Java development environment, then this technical briefing will expand your definition. Eclipse has evolved into a universal platform for anything and everything related to software development and beyond. You now have the ability to do things like geographically distributed collaboration, rich client development, and even application runtime analysis all within Eclipse.
Location: Waltham, MA
Cost: Free

Mass High Tech All Star Awards and Networking Reception http://bit.ly/104myR

Date: Thursday, October 29 at 6pm
Description: Join Mass High Tech to honor our 2009 All-Stars, influential and dynamic leaders from across New England’s innovation economy. This annual event is one of the best networking opportunities of the year, providing a unique venue where you can connect with the leaders of the region’s most innovative companies.
Location: The Boston Park Plaza Hotel; Boston, MA
Cost: $95/ ticket. Student aid available.

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Gatherings this week in Massachusetts

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Here are some events happening around Massachusetts this week for you to check out. If you know of any other technology & innovation events we haven’t listed, let us know by commenting on this post. Also, share your experiences by commenting, tweeting, or emailing about innovation in MA. Get out there and have fun!

Mass Technology Leadership Council Speaking Event http://masstlc.homestead.com/eventscalendar.html

Date: Thursday, October 8th at 8am - 10am
Description: Sales and Marketing Round Table: Using virutal events to create real demand and real leads. Key speakers: Jennifer Kidwell (Senior Account Executive, ON24, Inc) and Josh Reynolds (Senior Field Marketing Manager, Sun Microsystems).
Location: Waltham, MA
Cover: $40 - $80. Student scholarships available

The Quest for Innovation http://www.questforinnovation.com/

Date: Friday, October 9th at 1:00 - 4:30pm (and later)
Description: a unique initiative that will bring together the New England innovation economy to celebrate a heritage of entrepreneurship and innovative advances in Boston. Participating teams will compete in a high-tech, city-wide scavenger hunt that will take place through downtown Boston on the afternoon of Friday, October 9th. Proceeds generated from THE QUEST will be used to help assist not-for-profit organizations and local university programs focused on enhancing entrepreneurship in the region.
Location: Kick-off in front of City Hall, Boston, MA
Cover: Optional donation. Preregistration necessary.

The Business of Enterprise Social Networking Meetup http://www.meetup.com/The-Business-of-Enterprise-Social-Networking/

Date: Thursday, October 8th at 7pm
Description: Web 2.0, Social Media and Social Networking are now influencing the business world. The issue is, not everyone is sure on how to effectively use these tools in the business market. That is what this group is designed to do. I want to explain how to bring employees together into a forum where they can share their experiences, collaborate with each other, and form online communities.
Location: Brighton, MA
Cover: Free

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Brand-building and the Mass Tech Sector: Brand Pillars Feedback

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Hi. We need your help!

Since early June, the Communications Working Group of the Massachusetts Information Technology Collaborative has been working with EchoDitto and FORGE Worldwide to clarify and unify the Massachusetts tech sector, as well as establish a working brand vocabulary for the sector and the region. A key stage in shaping the brand (how the sector looks, feels, sounds, is perceived) is the seemingly simple exercise is defining the most significant and compelling traits of the sector and the region, which we’re calling the Brand Pillars.

Through interviews, several focus group sessions, and primary and secondary research, the Communications Working Group has identified six brand pillars that we anticipate using to further shape and articulate a brand for the Mass tech sector, all of which communicate the advantages of developing and growing a technology business in Massachusetts:

INGENUITY
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
FUNDING
TALENT
SUPPORT
LIFESTYLE

What are your thoughts around these Brand Pillars? Do you agree? Disagree? How have you seen the Pillars’ role in shaping the Mass tech sector? We have created the following document to explain, spark further discussion, and collect your feedback. Please review and comment in the areas provided.

: Feedback Here

You can access this document at http://innovate.masstech.org/pillars/pillar/

Join the conversation! Community participation and dialogue is a vital force in shaping the Mass tech sector brand – it’s community input that will help build an authentic brand. Please review and join in the discussion by adding your comments and feedback on the following pages.

Tweet! We also hope that you will take part in the first tweet-up to discuss these key themes kicking off at 1pm – 2pm on Friday 18 September. You can join in the Twitter conversation using #MAtechin. You can follow us on @InnovateMAtech.

Feedback: Your feedback will be incorporated into the branding process. We will schedule the next discussion and feedback event in early October, and will be announcing more events throughout the fall.

Please share this with your friends! And thank you for your thoughts.

Posted by Bonnie for Forge Worldwide

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It official: Today is Video Game Innovation Day in Massachusetts!

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Governor Deval L. Patrick today declared 09.09.09 Video Game Innovation Day in Massachusetts to honor the amazing accomplishments of Massachusetts video game developers. This is to celebrate three new releases from MA based companies today: Harmonix Music Systems’ The Beatles: Rock Band; Turbine’s Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited; and QuickHit’s launch of its online football game season.

The following is the full text of his prolocamtion.

Whereas Massachusetts, a world leader in technological innovation, is home to one of the largest and most diverse clusters of video game companies and talent in the country, generating over $3 billion in sales in 2008; and

Whereas In 1961, MIT students Martin Graetz, Steve Russell and Wayne Wiitanen invented the game Spacewar!, one of the first video games ever created; and

Whereas Throughout the Bay State, innovative companies are developing new gaming technologies from diagnostics to social media. Our universities feature programs and curriculum that support the growth of the videogame industry; and

Whereas On this day, Harmonix Music Systems, the Cambridge-based inventors of Rock Band and developer of the original Guitar Hero games, is releasing The Beatles: Rock Band™, a game that will not only bring the creativity and joy of The Beatles music to countless people, but will introduce the Fab Four to new generations of fans,

Now, Therefore, I, Deval L. Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby proclaim September 9th, 2009 to be,

Video Game Innovation Day

And urge all the citizens of the Commonwealth to take cognizance of this event and participate fittingly in its observance.

Given at the Executive Chamber in Boston, this ninth day of September, in the year two thousand and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the two hundred and thirty-third.

By His Excellency
DevaL L.patrick
Governor of the Commonwealth

William Francis Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth

God Save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Video Game Innovation Day

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Lets Get The Conversation Started

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Leading local tech and innovation blogger Scott Kirsner raised some great questions this morning in his post over on boston.com.

Here at Innovate.Masstech.org we have posted a couple of videos in the last two weeks (with more to come) with the aim of seeding conversation around key areas including Entrepreneurship and Talent.

Today Scott asks who are these videos for?

Well… these videos are for You, and everyone invested in the future of the New England Innovation and Technology sectors. We hope they will be used to start people thinking and talking about what defines this sector now, and what we want it to become. To highlight our strengths, to get the great minds of Massachusetts and beyond to start thinking and talking about ways to consolidate and grow these creative and innovative industries.

These videos, and the posts associated with them, are here to seed conversation with You. And like Scott, we want you to be vocal and share your thoughts with us.

He asks: “Are we trying to convince ourselves that we still matter, that we’re still cool? Are we trying to convince people outside the state that they should relocate here? People in Europe that they should set up their U.S. outposts here?”

It’s up to you to answer these questions. And to ask more.

Nobody knows this space better than You: The people that build it, that work in it every day, that are defining its future. Share your knowledge with us and let’s get the conversation started!

We have set up a moderator session here for you to add your thoughts and questions.

Why don’t you start by telling us who You are? Why did You choose this region to work in? What is it about the New England technology and innovation sector that excites You? We’re looking forward to hearing from You!

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What’s on this week in MA innovation, technology and entrepreneurship

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Here’s a quick run-down on some of the events happening this week in MA that might be of interest to you. Please let us know by commenting on the page, emailing or tweeting about other events the Innovate MA Tech community should know about. We will post a summary each week.

SIGIR (Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval) 32nd Annual ACM Conference - 19-23 July

The 2009 SIGIR conference is underway in Boston, MA at the Sheraton Hotel and Northeastern University. The conference is chock full of exciting events and registrations are strong and still growing. We are enjoying an exciting week.

http://sigir2009.org/

Boston iPhone Developers Drinks and Demos 2.0 – 21 July

“Want to meet other Boston area iPhone developers? Please join us on Tuesday evening, July 21st, in a private room at the Asgard, a pub restaurant in Cambridge from 6:00-10:00 PM for our second drinks and demo night. This will be an informal meetup for local iPhone developers. Come have a beer, demo your projects and meet other locals doing the same.”

http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/07/06/boston-iphone-developers-drinks-and-demos-20/

The current digital market – 22 July

Join MITX, in its first-ever Digital Trends event, in which a panel of analysts, practitioners and investors will share their insights and research into the reality of 2009 and how marketers can adapt now to leverage the key opportunities for success.

http://www.microsoftcambridge.com/Events/CurrentDigitalMarket/tabid/155/Default.aspx

Emerging opportunities in healthcare IT – 22 July

Come learn about the key business drivers and IT needs of this “recession proof” industry as we engage in an exciting discussion with a panel of experts who are leveraging the power of information and communication technologies to improve quality of life.

http://www.microsoftcambridge.com/Events/EmergingOpportunities/tabid/156/Default.aspx

Freedom to compete? A symposium on Bills affecting employee non-compete agreements – 22 July

The Boston Bar Associaton’s Intellectual Property Section, Labor & Employment Law Section, and Litigation Section sponsors a free symposium, open to the public, on the pros and cons of non-compete agreements in employment contracts in Massachusetts.

http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/07/10/freedom-to-compete-a-symposium-on-bills-affecting-employee-non-compete-agreements/

Finding your inner geek: social media and twitter basics – 23 July

From the website of Media Awaken, a social media consulting company founded by Maria Thurrell: ‘Where do I get started?’ Alexa Scordato and I invite you to participate in a two-hour beginner workshop that will give you a clearer sense of how to use social media for both personal and professional uses.”

http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/07/06/finding-your-inner-geek-social-media-and-twitter-basics/

Sales end for Boston Cloud Camp – 29 July

CloudCamp is an unconference where early adapters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions. At CloudCamp, you are encouraged you to share your thoughts in several open discussions, as we strive for the advancement of Cloud Computing. End users, IT professionals and vendors are all encouraged to participate.

http://www.cloudcamp.com/

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Great stuff happening

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

We’re nearing the end of our working group session and there is a lot going on:

The Twitter hashtag - despite it’s length! - has traction today: #innovatematech
In the brainstorming breakout session that I moderated (on communications and stories), Bonnie scribed using Google Moderator — add your ideas and rate the ones that came up in the session!
Steve Vinter from Google started an earlier Google Moderator session to generate questions for his breakout (on talent needs for digital sector) — you can contribute to that one, too.

Keep it coming!

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