Mass Tech Hub: Calendar of events
Monday, 25 January 2010 - Sunday, 31 January 2010
Monday 25
· Transformed Social Interaction in Virtual Reality
Description: Explores how avatars fundamentally change the nature of remote communication
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 PM
Location: Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
Cost: Free
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/lawlab/2010/01/bailenson
· What is a “green” building? Energy SIG
Description: What is LEED? Is there money to be saved or made with energy efficiency and what about careers? Join us for another all-star panel discussion!
Time: 6 – 8:30 PM
Location: Microsoft New England R&D Center,
Cost: Free
http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/EnergySIG/tabid/253/Default.aspx
Tuesday 26
· Building a PR Campaign for the Digital World
Description: You practice traditional public relations, you’re aware of Web 2.0 and social media, you want to get ahead of competitors in the digital space, but you don’t understand how it all mixes together.
Time: 8 – 10:00 AM
Location: Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Ave, Boston MA
Cost: Free
http://www.451marketing.com/pr-workshop.php
· Configuring the Networked Self
Description: Explores the effects of expanding copyright, pervasive surveillance, and the increasingly opaque design of network architectures in the emerging networked information society
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM
Location: Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
Cost: Free
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/01/cohen
· Regulation After the National Broadband Plan
Description: What the world of communications regulation will look like after the FCC’s release of the National Broadband Plan
Time: 2 – 6:00 PM
Location: Boston University’s Photonics Building/Colloquium Room, 8 St. Mary’s Street, Boston, MA
Cost: $15/25
http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=634&id=55303
Wednesday 27
· NSTC Breakfast Meeting: New Privacy Law Deadline Loom
Description: A number of international computer security breaches that led to personal data scams, led the Massachusetts legislature to enact new privacy laws. Learn how to avoid risk from international and local experts.
Time: 7 – 9 AM
Location: Peabody Marriott, 8A Centernnial Dr, Peabody
Cost: $25/45
Thursday 28
· Breakfast Seminar: New Ways to Deliver Business Solutions - How does an organization evaluate Cloud-based options?
Description: Business applications and enabling information technologies have moved rapidly to the Cloud. The reasons are compelling: value, availability, convenience, consistency across locations, better service, reliability, and simplicity of updates and maintenance. However, Cloud-based solutions must be evaluated across several dimensions as one Cloud probably does not fit for all.
Location: IBM, 404 Wyman Street, North Entrance, Waltham, MA 02451
Time: 7:30 – 10: 00 AM
Cost: $40/80
http://cloud100128.eventbrite.com/
· What’s next for ecommerce
Description: What Will “E-Commerce 2.0″ Look Like in the Next Few Years?
Location: What Will “E-Commerce 2.0″ Look Like in the Next Few Years?
Time: 8 – 10:00 AM
Cost: $35/70
http://www.mitx.org/events/2119.cfm
· The Ad Club Annual Meeting
Description: This event effectively reflects the state of New England advertising industry
Location: Microsoft NERD
Time: 8:30 – 10:00 AM
Cost: Fee
http://www.adclub.org/Default.aspx?pageId=276179
· Boston JavaScript Meetup
Description: Mitcho (mitcho.com) will share his knowledge of Ubiquity and/or JetPack
Location: Microsoft NERD
Time: 6 – 9:00 PM
Cost: Free
http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/Ubiquity/tabid/254/Default.aspx
· MITX Digital Strategy Event: The 2010 Digital State
Description: With the close of 2009, most would agree that it was a year like no other for the marketing industry. A new presidential administration, economic uncertainty and a worldwide shift in consumer behavior has dramatically shifted the way we leverage and think about media.
Location: “The Dome”, The Lenox Hotel, 61 Exeter Street, Boston MA
Time: 6 – 8:30 PM
Cost: $35/70
http://www.bima.org/events/1513.cfm
Friday January 29
· Book Futurists
Description: Exploring the intersection of books and technology.
Location: Microsoft NERD
Time: 7 – 9:00 PM
Cost: Free
http://boston.bookfuturists.com/?m=201001
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