BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME: PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091113T120000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference: Smart Grid DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4811012/ ] Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference: Smart Grid Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference (BSCC) announces its fourth in a continuing series of focused conferences highlighting clean technology solutions to address the planet's multifaceted energy challenges. This fourth installment is made possible through Stanford University's Energy Crossroads and sponsorship from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program. This conference will provide information on the past\, current and future state of the Smart Grid from a technical\, policy and business point of view. For participants\, this is an excellent opportunity to network and learn more about opportunities in this rapidly emerging field. Confirmed Panelists include * Andrew Tang: Senior Director\, Smart Energy Web\, Pacific Gas and Electric Company * Andrew Campbell: Senior Energy Advisor\, CPUC * Erfan Ibrahim: Technical Executive at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). * Alex Beavers: Corporate Director\, SRI International * Jordan Breslow: Silver Spring Network * David Meyers: Director of Business Development - Western Region\, EnerNOC * Craig Lawrence: General Partner\, Accel And many more... Date: Friday\, November 13\, 2009 Location: SRI International Auditorium\, 333 Ravenswood Avenue\, Menlo Park\, CA 94025-3493 Time: 12 pm - 7pm Website: http://cleantech.stanford.edu About BSCC: The Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference Series is a student-led organization founded in 2007 to bring together students at the Engineering\, Business and Policy schools at Stanford University and UC Berkeley as well as key members of the academia\, policy and business community in the Bay Area and beyond. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4811012/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4811012/ DTSTAMP:20091030T180922 LAST-MODIFIED:20091030T180922 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4368/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/26346/":SRI International @ 333 Ravenswood Avenue\, Menlo Park\, California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091119T073000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Driving Strategic Alignment in an Age of Disruption and Convergence DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4881587/ ] Strategy Performance Management - New Role for Strategic Planning Professionals For the last four years\, Gaye has participated in a dramatic transformation in the Cisco Systems business model. Moving away from 'Command and Control' to an approach beyond traditional cross-functional 'matrix' management\, Cisco is building a highly decentralized\, collaborative-based\, global\, cross-functional management system built on a wide range of Web 2.0 technologies. No longer is a small group of less than a dozen executives setting\, prioritizing and periodically correcting the firm's strategic direction with the CEO\, John Chambers. Today's strategy development and management process includes well over 500 executives spread far and wide across the globe. Gaye will share with us some of the impacts that these changes at the corporate level are having in a P & L driven division and the role of strategic planning professionals at Cisco. Who is this for: - Managers/leaders interested in new trends in managing the strategic planning process in a large\, complex business - Strategic planners interested in the future direction of their role What you will learn and take away - Insight into the successes\, challenges and 'war stories' of an internal Facilitator in helping keep a division on track strategically\, while the organization is involved in rapid change and trying to ensure alignment with broader the corporate direction. - Transformational impacts of Web 2.0 technologies on strategy development and execution - Preliminary results of TS experiments with "Strategy Performance Management" concepts and tools URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4881587/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4881587/ DTSTAMP:20091111T211002 LAST-MODIFIED:20091111T211002 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4368/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/26346/":SRI International @ 333 Ravenswood Avenue\, Menlo Park\, California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091209T083000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Mobile Forum: Mobile Health DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4768196/ ] Mobile Health is an increasingly hot topic - driven by better devices\, better networks\, and a national imperative to curb healthcare costs. Improved short-range protocols\, sensors\, lower power consumption\, and mobile gateways\, affordable solutions are within reach of entrepreneurs at a time when health costs are getting national attention. Meanwhile\, insurance companies are spending money to lower the costs of care\, and the mobile industry is eager to stake its role in this emerging ecosystem. This is a great time to launch solutions that can lower costs and keep people healthier. Speaker\, sponsor\, and rapid fire demo opportunities still available - email sarah@telecomcouncil.com. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4768196/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4768196/ DTSTAMP:20091022T022811 LAST-MODIFIED:20091022T022811 CATEGORIES: ORGANIZER;CN=:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4368/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/26346/":SRI International @ 333 Ravenswood Avenue\, Menlo Park\, California END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR