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