Connect Week – 2014 is a series of independently organized seminars, workshops, and social events unfolding in venues across the city.
Discover design trends, open data efforts, crowdfunding, emerging biotech, 3D printing, successful entrepreneurship, and innovation in Pasadena.
Here are some key events that may be of interest to you (mostly FREE):
Monday
– 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Hands-on Business Building Series
An interactive and in-depth live case study session (@ Business Technology Center).
– 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Business Technology Center Business Showcase
Go on an inside tour of a gaming company, view cool motorized skates and scooters for urban transportation, try a demo of ultra high efficiency solar energy technology and much more (@ Canceled).
– 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Innovate Pasadena Job Fair, hosted by OpenX and Spokeo
No suits, no ties, just great companies and lots of fun (@ OpenX).
– 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Pasadena Women in Tech Launch Party
Join Pasadena-area women in technology, education, science, design and innovation for a Launch Party (@ Women’s City Club of Pasadena).
– 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Behind the Brand: (Mixer)
A launch party to Connect Week with a promising evening full of conversation, networking, hors d’oeuvres and cocktails in beautiful Pasadena(@ Pasadena Chase Bank Building).
Tuesday
– 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Emerging Life Science Symposium featuring Dr. Robert Grubbs
Showcasing the exciting biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical research happening in the City of Roses through a series of presentations followed by open Q&A sessions (@ Pasadena Convention Center, Room 212).
Wednesday
– 10:00 am – 2:00 pm: Healthcare Innovation Mini Unconference
If you haven’t experience an unconference event, it will be quite a treat for you! The excitement from the audience can’t be contained! (@ Pasadena Towers, 4th floor).
– 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm: IBM + KeyInfo Technology Forum
IBM and Key Information Systems (KeyInfo) will host the brightest minds in technology infrastructure during Envision Pasadena (@ Sheraton Pasadena Hotel – Piazza Ballroom).
– 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Crowdfunding Projects: Experience from the Trenches
Q and A session with entrepreneurs with successful crowdfunding experience (@ Caltech. Room: 101 Guggenheim).
Friday
– 8:00 am – 10:00 am: Friday Coffee Meet-up: Creative Spaces & Places for Creative People
A panel of thought leaders who will provide their unique perspectives on innovative thinking (@ AT&T Building in Old Town Pasadena).
– 10:00 am – 4:00 pm: CSI at Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative
An immersive educational experience for people of all ages that will expose participants to the world of science through a series of hands on live experiments (@ Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative).
– 10:00 am – 11:00 am: Startup Law 101
Meet and hear from a panel of seasoned legal experts about the kinds issues that can affect new business entities (@ Location changed – AT&T Building in Old Town Pasadena).
– 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Oak Crest Institute of Science Open House and Lab Tour
Entrepreneurs, small science start-ups, university faculty and high school and college students are invited to attend tours and presentations inside their thriving working/teaching chemistry research laboratory (@ Oak Crest Institute of Science).
– 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: DB5: The Value of Talking to your Customer: Market Research-led Innovation
db5 market research will share how the customer does know best if you ask the right questions (@ Pasadena Towers II).
– 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Mobile First – Design and Develop your product for the Mobile Age
Join The1stMovement as their team of designers and developers share their strategy, design and development practices on how to leverage the Mobile-first philosophy to create Digital solutions for their Fortune 500 clients (@ Pasadena Towers II).
– 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: The Future of Interaction Design
Join a panel of industry Digital thought leaders, as they discuss the latest in design, technology and innovation trends, and what the future of Interactive Design might look like (@ Pasadena Towers II).
– 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm: The History of Interactive Design – An Interactive Exhibition of the last 9 years in Digital
An Interactive Exhibition of the last 9 years in Digital (@ Pasadena Towers II).
– 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm: A Social Media & Digital Branding Bootcamp
This is for the Innovator who is responsible for driving, transforming and leading his/her organization’s marketing initiatives (@ Ayzenberg).
– 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Women in Tech
A panel of impressive women founders talking about their experiences in the startup world. (@ Caltech Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium).
Saturday
– 9:30 am – 11:30 pm: Technology and Public Benefit: Innovating for Good
A panel presentation and discussion of how technology has made a difference for public benefit. (@ Pasadena City Hall).
– 11:30 am – 2:00 pm: Beyond Hackathons: What’s next for open data in Pasadena?
This informal convening will give city officials, application developers, thought-leaders, residents and academics in greater Pasadena a chance to learn and share what’s in progress and to explore questions that need to be answered to move forward together. Lunch available (@ Pasadena City Hall).
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