Entrepreneurs’ Network PRE-MEETING DINNER at 5:15 PM (sharp) at Bertucci’s, Waltham. For today’s entrepreneur – who faces high hurdles to funding, ever increasing competition, thin barriers to entry, and shortened cycles from invention – strategic alliances and partnerships have become a key survival technique. For the startup company, your strategic …

Photonics Society Dr. Bart Johnson, Axsun Technologies The development of swept source lasers has made high-speed optical coherence tomography (OCT) cost effective at 1060 and 1310 nm wavelengths. Axsun Technologies manufactures this type of source and has made inroads into ophthalmology and cardiology applications. The 1060 product, for example, tunes …

Co-sponsored by: Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Robotics and Automation Society and Communications Society Speaker: Michael Murray, General Manager, Industrial Sensing Division, Analog Devices Inc. Many of us already use autonomous vehicles at home for cleaning purposes. After a reported $100M investment into mapping methodologies by i-Robot, this “floor-cleaning” technology has …

Registration is now closed. Hannah Varner, Draper Laboratory Draper Laboratory has developed a high density microelectronics packaging technology called iUHD (integrated Ultra High Density)[1] based on a foundation of Multi-Chip Module technology combined with automated silicon fabrication techniques. As part of the technology development, we needed a means to efficiently …

Computer Society and GBC/ACM Barry Canton, Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. There is a growing demand to source a wide range of chemical products (for example, plant-derived extracts) from engineered microbes. While recent advances in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering make this work technically feasible, commercial success is hindered by the cost …

Entrepreneurs Network Cambridge Meeting Guerrilla Marketing is inspired by tactics of Guerrilla Warfare which relies heavily on irregular, unconventional tactics and strategy – think ambushes, raids and elements of surprise! Likewise, Guerrilla Marketing thrives on unconventional marketing strategies, imagination and creativity. It’s goal is to strike a prospective customer in …

Power & Energy Society Technical Meeting Eduard Muljadi, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory In this talk the challenges and opportunities in integrating high level renewable energy will be presented. The background of renewable energy will be discussed first, the nature of the resources, different types of renewable energy generators, …

Since the launch of Sputnik surprised the world on 4 October, 1957, satellites have become an integral part of worldwide communications. Lori Jeromin, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, will talk about the evolution of satellite communications from the 1960’s to present, including some highlights of Lincoln Laboratory’s contributions to this evolution. Satellite …

Consultants Network PRE-MEETING DINNER at 5:15 PM (sharp) at Bertucci’s, 475 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451 (exit 27B, Rte 128). A panel discussion consisting of 5 consultants who will share their experiences and tips on how best to consult. Topics covered will include: Specialization vs. generalization On site vs. off …

Distinguished Speaker Event – Dr. Michael Yastrebenetsky of Gnedenko Forum Agenda: 6PM – Refreshments & Networking 7PM – Speaker Event This year marks 30 years since Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster (26 April 1986) and only 5 years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power disaster (11 March 2011). The reliability …