Seattle Tech Calendar

Upcoming items on SeattleTechCalendar.com aggregated calendar, which we're offering here as a supplement to the TechFlash Events Calendar.

Software User Assistance Conference

WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance: March 21-24, 2010, Seattle, Washington.

Registration is open for the eighteenth annual WritersUA Conference for Software User Assistance. The conference provides the most comprehensive and timely information specifically designed for user assistance professionals. It features over eighty cutting-edge topics from over fifty experts, project demonstrations from other user assistance developers, plus an exhibition of products and services, certificate programs, and networking events.

The conference topics cover a broad range of key tools, processes, technologies, and techniques: DITA, XML, Structured Authoring; User-centered Design & Usability; eLearning Tools and Techniques; Hands-on Computer Tutorials; Adobe, Microsoft, Google; Mobile UA; Case Studies

Certified Scrum Product Owner Training

March 23 - 24: Certified Scrum Product Owner Training; SolutionsIQ Headquarters - 10785 Willows Road NE Suite 250, Redmond WA 98052

Scrum increases the emphasis on assessing and driving business value through close collaboration with the delivery team. The Scrum Product Owner establishes the interaction between the business and the delivery team that is so essential to increasing productivity within an Agile organization. Product Owners who assume this crucial role have the ability to guide the team and the process to gain the full benefit of Agile delivery.

SolutionsIQ Certified Scrum Product Owner Training is interactive and highly experiential. Participants gain practical tools and techniques for engaging with software delivery teams

TechFlash Live: Future of Advertising

As the economy recovers, advertising is at a crossroads, with digital innovations creating better ways for companies to reach their customers and build their brands using everything from traditional websites to video games. In the meantime, many technology startups are faced with a dilemma — bet the future of their businesses on advertising, or look for alternative sources of revenue? We’ll sort through all of these issues with a panel of experts from Seattle’s advertising, startup, technology and financing communities, providing attendees with practical tips for the present and long-term strategies for the future.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 5:00pm - 8:30pm; Showbox Sodo, 1700 1st Ave. South (South of the Stadiums), Seattle, WA 98134. Price $45

MIT Enterprise Forum

Note: Updated location and pricing below. The Emergence of the Semantic Web: New Directions in Search and Information Discovery

Description: While market leaders Google and Bing battle it out, new players are taking search into uncharted territory and creating opportunities for entrepreneurs to thrive in this exciting arena. Join us to explore the future of search technologies and information discovery.

New Location: Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI); 2700 24th Avenue East Seattle, WA 98112-2099; Date: March 24, 2010 Time: 5:00 – 8:30 p.m.; Ticket price: $30-$60

Website: www.mitwa.org Contact info: mitenterpriseforum@verizon.net (425) 771-4790

Social Media Conference NW

The 2010 Social Media Conference will be held on March 25, 2010 at the McIntyre Performing Arts Hall and Conference Center in Mount Vernon, WA. This regional event builds on the success of the 2008 Social Media Conference NW, which attracted 250 attendees from throughout Washington and the United States.

Organized by the Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington. $198 for TAG Members and clients of the Center for Economic Vitality at Western Washington University. $225 for non-members/clients.

WTIA Green Energy Tech Series: Smart Grid

Heard all the buzz about “Clean Tech” but don't know the facts? Starting your own energy tech business and need connections to potential customers, partners or investors? Interested in working in the energy technology industry but don't know where to navigate?

This three part series of half-day forums will bring together leading business, technology, finance and policy experts to provide you with the latest information and connections to tap into the exploding Energy Technology market. Hear the short and long term business opportunities from the viewpoint of utility and tech energy players. Understand the first hand experiences of local companies building their energy technology businesses. Learn about state and federal plans to support the growth of the industry.

Connect with local service providers focused on the unique legal, financial, and marketing challenges of building an energy tech business.

Session 1, Smart Grid: F5 Networks; Tuesday, April 6, 2010 l 7:30am - 11:30am; $40 for WTIA Members l $65 for non-members

Washington is home to some of the leading players in Smart Grid --- from national research laboratories and digital electric meter manufacturers --- to energy management software developers and forward thinking utilities. In the this first of the three part G.E.T. Smart Series, you'll hear from local utilities, national tech players, and local startups about the opportunities and challenges of the coming smart grid revolution.

Washington Innovation Summit 2010

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire will deliver the opening speech at Washington's Innovation Summit 2010. She'll set the stage for a full day of examples from aerospace, defense and energy that are helping companies of every size innovate across a range of sectors.

The Governor's address will be followed by a morning keynote from former astronaut Dr. Bonnie Dunbar of the Museum of Flight, and a morning panel discussion featuring aerospace, defense and energy leaders Scott Hamilton of Leeham Co., Congressman Adam Smith and Mike Davis of PNNL.

Friday, April 9, 2010; 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center; 1500 Broadway; Tacoma, Wash. 98042

Social Media 201

On April 15, 2010 the Social Media 201 Conference will be hosted at Microsoft’s Conference Center in Redmond, Washington. Social Media 201 will deliver high value and engaging content for business decision makers to help them understand how to achieve profitability and strengthen customer relationships with social media strategies and tactics. This one day event features powerful keynote presentations, insightful lightning talks, a round table working session, and a panel discussion from recognized experts in business strategy, brand building and monetizing of social media.

Registration is available at the event site www.SocialMedia201.com with early adopter discounts available before March 15, 2010 using the discount code “FRESH”.

TEDx Seattle

Save the date, April 16, 2010. This regional TEDx event will bring together great minds in creativity, scholarship, and entrepreneurship to discuss the possibilities and prospects of social development enhanced through information technologies. Inspiring projects and innovative leaders from Seattle to Cape Town will be showcased in this day-long conference.

To be held at the Pacific Science Center, more details to come. TEDx Seattle is organized by the Master of Communication in Digital Media Program at the University of Washington.

AWC: Women Executives in Technology

Evening with Women Executives in Technology: Association of Women in Computing, Puget Sound Chapter April 21, 2010 Meeting

February 12, 2010 - Seattle WA. The Association for Women in Computing, Puget Sound Chapter (AWC-PS) hosts Evening with Women Executives in Technology, featuring local women who are IT executives, on Wednesday, April 21, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., Starbucks Support Center, Mezza Café, Third Floor.

Join us to discover what it takes to be a female executive in IT. Each of our speakers will talk about her education and background, and why she pursued a career in technology. We’ll hear about how they managed their careers, the obstacles they faced and overcame, what they would do or not do differently, and their plans for the future.

Bonita Inza - Vice President, Concept Development for T-Mobile USA; Janice Skredsvig, retired PACCAR Vice President and Chief Information Officer; Janine Terrano, CEO, Topia Technology.

5:30-7:00 p.m.: Registration, networking and appetizers; 7-8:30 p.m.: Presentation, Q&A and networking

Starbucks Support Center, Mezza Cafe Conference Room, Third Floor; 2401 Utah Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98134. Free parking in the lot in front of Starbucks/Sears

AWC members: $15, PMI members: $25, Non-AWC members: $30.

Venture Capital Financing Seminar

11th Annual Venture Capital Financing Conference. This year's program will give you actionable insights about the state of the venture capital market, how to fund and build a venture-backed business during the recession, exit strategies, how to take your company from good to great, venture deal structures, and the successful negotiation of venture terms sheets in the current, challenging environment.

Topics Include: Keynote Address by Brian McAndrews: Taking a Company from Good to Great; State of the Market; Funding and Building a VC-Backed Business in Tough Economic Times; Exit Strategies in 2010; "What I Wish I Knew Before Starting My First Company"; Term Sheets and Deal Structures - Changes you need to know; Mock Term Sheet Negotiation: Difficult Financings

iPhone Developers Conference

Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference; April 24-25, 2010; Bell Harbor International Conference Center; Seattle, WA

Conference Overview: In less than two years, developers have leveraged the iPhone OS to create more than 100,000 applications, ranging from games to apps for medical imaging and social networking. The iPhone and iPod touch have breathed new life into application development, and have brought thousands of new developers to the Mac platform. Who doesn't want to be a part of this exciting and potentially lucrative world?

Join us in Seattle, April 24-25, as leading authors and experts come together with enthusiastic application developers at the Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference. These experts are eager to share their knowledge and answer your questions about all the devices supported by the iPhone OS, including the iPhone and the iPad. You'll participate in interactive discussions that provide the perfect environment for an unbiased and effective learning experience.

Early Bird Pricing: Save $200 when you register by March 12th and attend for only $495.

Powerful Connections event

Each year, NPower celebrates creative use of technology at nonprofit organizations with a special community event. Powerful Connections, our 5th annual event, will bring new focus on the groundbreaking work of our nonprofit customers and how they make creative and effective use of technology in meeting their missions.

Powerful Connections, Friday, April 30th, 2010, 7:30 - 9:00 a.m., Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue. Featuring noted philanthropist & speaker Scott Oki. Check-in opens at 7:00 am. Program will begin promptly at 7:30 am. Registration will open the week of March 15, 2010.

WTIA Green Energy Series: Smart Renewables

Session 2: Smart Renewables Wind. Solar. Hydro. Ocean. Geothermal --- the Northwest is home to an a variety of potential renewable energy sources. Come learn what the real opportunity is for renewables in our state's energy future --- and see what it takes to build a renewables business from companies who have been there before.

WTIA Green Energy Tech Series: Smart Fuels

Session 3: Smart Fuels: The list is growing of new ways to produce alternate fuels for transportation, consumer, and commercial purposes. From BioMass and Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to plastic, waste oils, agricultural products and algae...the list continues to grow of innovative new fuels.