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Meet Christine Kehoe and help defeat Prop. 8 in La Jolla tonight

Biotech Friends of Equality

A political fundraiser to Defeat Prop 8: The Marriage Ban

July 16, 2008 6pm - 8 pm at a private La Jolla Home

(address and directions provided with RSVP)

Guest Speaker: Senator Christine Kehoe, previous BIOCOM Legislator of the Year

Host Committee $500 - Supporter $250 - Friend $100

Host Committee: Susan Atkins, Guy Ianuzzi and Linda Nye, Kenneth and Allison Baldwin, Randy Woods, Polly Murphy, Steve Mento, Laura Shawver, Laurent Fischer, Eckard Weber, Bob More, Elliott Parks and Michelle Yelmene

Please join the Biotech Friends of Equality in fighting this hateful amendment. RSVP to this invitation and send donation online at www.centeradvocacy.org -- or just bring a check on Wednesday.

Together we can maintain Equal Rights for All Californians

Today our California state constitution guarantees that everyone is treated equally and everyone is able to enjoy fundamental freedoms like the freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the freedom to marry.

Today in California it is not constitutional to single out long-term, committed gay or lesbian couples or to deny them the same rights as married heterosexual couples. ESTATE PLANNING benefits such as pension benefits, inheriting a share of your spouse's estate, receiving an exemption from both estate taxes and gift taxes for all property you give or leave to your spouse, creating life estate trusts that are restricted to married couples, rights to emergency medical visitation and decision-making -- are all rights afforded by the state through marriage. The constitution reflects what most Californians believe:  the laws, rules, protections and freedoms guaranteed to all Californians should apply equally to all Californians.  But now there is a Constitutional Amendment on the ballot in November (Proposition 8) that is designed to rewrite the state constitution to specifically exclude gay and lesbian couples from the fundamental freedom to have the same rights afforded heterosexual couples. 

Please join the Biotech Friends of Equality in fighting this hateful amendment. RSVP to this invitation and send donation online at www.centeradvocacy.org   -- or just bring a check on Wednesday

Bioinformatics & Computational Biology.

Biotech and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Business of Biotech

Drug Discovery & Development

General Life Sciences

Regulatory Affairs

CONNECT's Most Innovative New Product Awards presents:
2008 Call for Nominations

Date: July 14 through August 29
Contact: Nancy van Dillen
(858)964-1315
nvandillen@connect.org

Nominate your new product for an opportunity to compete in the 21st annual MIP Awards, the region's most prestigious business event honoring local technology and life science innovation.

For eligibility criteria and the online nomination form, please visit: www.connect.org

San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum presents:

Transforming a Services Company into a Product Company without Sacrificing Cash Flow?
Case Presentation: Let’s Go Robotics (produced in partnership with the AeA)
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
5:00pm to 8:00pm

Salk Institute
10010 N Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037

MITEF Members and Sponsors: FREE (Registration Required)
Non-MITEF Members: $40
MIT Alumni: $25
Students: $15

www.sdmitforum.com

Contact: Karen Winston
(858)964-1346
kwinston@connect.org

Preventing and Responding to
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace


July 17, 2008 | 8:30 am Breakfast and Registration | 9:00 am – 11:00 am Program
Cooley Godward Kronish  4401 Eastgate Mall, San Diego | 858/550-6000

California law (AB 1825) mandates at least two hours of supervisor training on sexual harassment prevention at companies with 50 or more employees. For some companies, on-site training is expensive, especially if the company has only a limited number of supervisors.

Cooley will be hosting training at our offices in an effort to provide "catch-up" training for newly promoted supervisors and for those who may have missed past training sessions. We invite you to send supervisors in need of training to this program.

Like our client-site training sessions, this cost-effective seminar is designed to help you meet all the new legal requirements.

The Department of NanoEngineering at UCSD Presents:

An Industry Workshop

Join industry leaders in contributing to the design of the Department of NanoEngineering’s academic degree programs.

Friday, July 18th, 10 A.M-12:30 P.M. Lunch will be catered. 

Engineering Building-II, Room 584 (Fifth Floor)

Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California, San Diego

For more information on the department, please visit our Web site at: http://nanoengineering.ucsd.edu/

To attend, please RSVP to Jamie Sung at Jasung@ucsd.edu   by Tuesday, July 8th

CONNECT Entrepreneur FrameWorks Workshops presents:

Trade Secrets

Thursday, July 24, 2008
8:00am to 10:00am (Registration begins at 7:30am)
Morrison & Foerster LLP
12531 High Bluff Drive
San Diego, CA 92130

Fees: Pre-Registration: $45

At the Door: $55

Note: Breakfast will be provided for participants
Website: http://connect.kintera.org/FrameWorks2009

"Effective Boards--The Critical Role of the Chair"

Open Evening Event: Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 5:30pm-8:00pm

Panelists: David Hale - Chairman, Somaxon Pharm., Santarus Inc., Metabasis Therapeutics
Les Howe - Director, P.F. Chang’s, NuVasive Inc., Volcano Corp, Jamba Inc.
Jack Raymond - Chairman, San Diego Foundation
Moderator: Stan Sewitch - Chief Executive Officer, HRG/KI Investment Holdings, LLC
Details

CONNECT's Frontiers In Technology presents:

Protein Networks in Cancer
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008
Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
10905 Road to the Cure
San Diego, CA 92121

Fees:
Free for CONNECT members
$15 for non-members
$25 Day of event (all walk-ins)

Website:www.connect.kintera.org/FIT
Contact: Holli Garrett
(858)964-1302

hgarrett@connect.org

San Diego Research Breakfast

A Benefit for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)

Friday, August 1, 2008

Registration and Breakfast: 7:00-7:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Program: 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Salk Institute
10010 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037

Keynotes:
John Reed, MD, PhD Joseph D. Panetta
President and CEO President and CEO
Burnham Institute for Medical Research BIOCOM

Please join community leaders at this inaugural San Diego event supporting ACS CAN.
While there is no advance cost for the event, we will be asking for contributions to ACS CAN at the breakfast.

Community leaders in the legislative, business, medical, education and research fields will convene at 7 a.m. Aug. 1 at the Salk Institute in La Jolla for the San Diego Research Breakfast fundraiser to support the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. Supporters work to secure increased federal funding and to support public policies so that critical cancer research can continue.

RSVP by Thursday, July 24, to SD.ACSCAN@cancer.org or call Daniella Soto at 619-682-7412. If you are not able to attend, checks can be sent payable to:

ACS CAN, 1215 K Street, Suite 1850, Sacramento, CA 95814-39

CONNECT Presents:
Negotiating a Lease: How to Get Ultimate Flexibility for Your Growing Company

In partnership with Cushman & Wakefield

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (registration begins at 7:30 a.m.)
Location: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
10905 Road to the Cure
San Diego, CA 92121

Bethany Kraynack
858.964.1312 or bkraynack@connect.org
Cost:  Pre-Registration $45. / At the Door $55.
NOTE:  A light breakfast will be provided for participants.

San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum presents: World of Wine – Summer Wine Social 2008

Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: The Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Fees:
MITEF Members and Sponsors: $40
Non-Members: $65
At the Door: $80

Website: www.sdmitforum.org

Contact: Karen Winston
(858)964-1346

kwinston@connect.org

BioPharm America 2008

September 9-10, 2008
Grand Hyatt Hotel - Atlanta, GA, USA
http://www.ebdgroup.com/bpa/index.htm