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RI Nexus Open Coffee - South County

CoreyCantrell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:39:12 -0500

When:
9 - 11am Thursday, March 18, 2010

Where:
21 West Main Street, Upstairs loft area
Wickford, RI 02852
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For those technology entrepreneurs who can't/don't/won't drive into Providence, we're hosting a South County Edition of RI Nexus Open Coffee, an informal get-together where you can talk shop, swap resources and connections, and get caffeinated. Whether you drop in for 15 minutes or are the last two at the tables, you'll get a unique chance to spend quality time with the best and brightest in the City-State startup community.

Creatives + Cocktails

CoreyCantrell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:18:32 -0500

When:
5:30 - 8pm Thursday, March 18, 2010

Where:
49 Peck Street
Providence, RI 02903
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Join us for our second Creatives + Cocktails event of 2010, held at the Red Fez. Directly following RISD's Industrial Design Portfolio Review, you'll get the chance to meet (or re-connect) with creative people from a variety of backgrounds and professions.

A little nervous about showing up by yourself? Bring a friend! Everyone is welcome. The idea is to meet someone new, have a drink or a bite to eat, and enjoy your Thursday night.

RSVP, if you please, here.

Commercial Rights v Communications Rights: Walking The Tightrope

CoreyCantrell — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:40:24 -0500

When:
12 - 1pm Friday, March 12, 2010

Where:
111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum
Providence, RI 02903
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In the digital age, where universal access and telecommunications infrastructure underpin technological and economic progress, Chris Watson examines how the Information Society balances the public interest in the freest possible communications with the protection of IP rights and investment.

Linux RI - March Meeting

CoreyCantrell — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:07:51 -0500

When:
11am - 2pm Saturday, March 13, 2010

Where:
2480 Post Road, Room CT317
Warwick, RI 02886
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Jobs & Small Business Resource Day

CoreyCantrell — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:26:16 -0500

When:
9am - 4pm Saturday, March 13, 2010

Where:
91 Fricker Street
Providence, RI
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There is no more pressing issue that the state of Rhode Island faces today than creating jobs and supporting struggling businesses. No matter what positive signs they’re seeing in the rest of America, Rhode Island is still in the middle of the worst of this recession. Our Number One priority must be creating, retaining, and training for jobs and providing the tools and support necessary to keep local businesses in business.

This event is intended to provide a wide array of resources for jobseekers and small businesses, including resume review, job training and educational programs, financial and technical advice for small businesses, and programs for workforce enhancement, among many other resources.

This event is free to the public and is a 100% working event. For jobseekers, there will be workshops on writing a winning resume, expunging or sealing records, and job training programs. For small businesses, there will be workshops on accessing tax credits and capital and training incumbent or new workers, to name a few.

Organizations and programs that will be represented at this event include First Source, NetworkRI, JobsNOW Providence, and the City of Providence; the SBA, PEDP, RI EDC, RI SBDC, and RICIE; the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Center for Women & Enterprise, the Providence Foundation and the RI Indian Council. Banks and financial services companies will be represented, as well as companies such as Isis Biopolymer, Alteris, InQuest Technologies, Runa, and Nabym Salem, and there will be full representation from area colleges and universities. Many other worker, business, and social support organizations will be represented as well.

Please contact event coordinator Ann Gooding at 401-351-4300 x 627 or via email at agooding@providenceri.com if you have any questions about the event.

Licensing Intellectual Property

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:26:45 -0500

When:
6 - 8pm Thursday, March 25, 2010

Where:
One Davol Square, Second Floor
Providence, RI 02903
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Intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, trade dress and designs) can be the foundation upon which companies are built and the basis for commercial success in the 21stcentury marketplace. Licensing intellectual property from others can jump-start a new company and has benefits for both the seller and the buyer. What happens, for example, when a company is founded on technology it licenses from a university or other research institution? Likewise, what benefits does an institution (or commercial company) derive when it licenses out its technology? Find out in this Forum, as our panel of experts tells us stories of license agreements that put both seller and buyer on the road to prosperity.

Pre-registration required.

Michael Rees: Digital art and the mind-body-spirit connection

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:52:31 -0500

When:
4 - 6pm Thursday, March 4, 2010

Where:
64 College St.
Providence, RI 02906
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Artist Michael Rees combines sculpture, animation, performance, video, installation and computer software programs to express his interest in the body and its connection to mind and spirit. He has shown at the Whitney Museum in the 1995 Biennial and in the 2001 exhibition BitStreams. He has had numerous exhibitions in the United States, Germany, Turkey and Spain. Rees, who teaches sculpture and digital media at William Paterson University, has also taught at Oberlin College, the Kansas City Art Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, New York Institute of Technology, and Rutgers University. Free and open to the public.

RI Nexus Open Coffee

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:42:53 -0500

When:
8 - 10am Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Where:
601 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02906
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RI Nexus Open Coffee is an informal get-together of technology entrepreneurs, a bi-weekly chance to talk shop, swap resources and connections, and get caffeinated. Whether you drop in for 15 minutes or are the last two at the tables, you'll get a unique chance to spend quality time with the best and brightest in the City-State startup community.

RI Nexus Open Coffee

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:39:07 -0500

When:
8 - 10am Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Where:
601 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02906
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Connecting New England's Creative Communities

CoreyCantrell — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:39:10 -0500

When:
8am - 12pm Thursday, March 11, 2010

Where:
11 Dorrance Street
Providence, RI 02903
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New England is at the forefront of the creative community building movement. Leaders from across New England will meet in Providence to share strategies for engaging the creative sector and to begin to develop a regional network of creative communities. Participants will discuss a regional approach for collectively promoting our creative communities through policy, research, programming, and resource development.

Come participate in this shared conversation about how cities, towns, and regions are leveraging creative community development to enhance their prosperity and quality of life.

Connecting New England's Creative Communities

CoreyCantrell — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:37:25 -0500

When:
8am - 6pm Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Where:
11 Dorrance Street
Providence, RI 029036
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New England is at the forefront of the creative community building movement. Leaders from across New England will meet in Providence to share strategies for engaging the creative sector and to begin to develop a regional network of creative communities. Participants will discuss a regional approach for collectively promoting our creative communities through policy, research, programming, and resource development.

Come participate in this shared conversation about how cities, towns, and regions are leveraging creative community development to enhance their prosperity and quality of life.

Technology Tuesday's

CoreyCantrell — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:23:20 -0500

When:
1 - 4pm Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Where:
315 Iron Horse Way, Suite 101
Providence, RI 02908
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FREE One-on-One Technology sessions at RIEDC with:

Stephen DePasquale, VP of Technology Solutions at CompUtopia in Warwick, RI. Stephen has been providing consulting services, networking, systems design, systems integration, website consulting, and website development services to clients since 1983 and;

Johna Krushnowski, a Business Consultant at CompUtopia in Warwick, RI. Johna has been providing consulting services, networking, systems design, systems integration, website consulting, and website development services to clients since 1994.

Pre-registration required

Technology Tuesday's

CoreyCantrell — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:20:38 -0500

When:
1 - 4pm Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Where:
315 Iron Horse Way, Suite 101
Providence, RI 02908
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FREE One-on-One Technology sessions at RIEDC with:

Stephen DePasquale, VP of Technology Solutions at CompUtopia in Warwick, RI. Stephen has been providing consulting services, networking, systems design, systems integration, website consulting, and website development services to clients since 1983 and;

Johna Krushnowski, a Business Consultant at CompUtopia in Warwick, RI. Johna has been providing consulting services, networking, systems design, systems integration, website consulting, and website development services to clients since 1994.

Pre-registration required

Get Real: 10 in 20 with Stanley Hainsworth

CoreyCantrell — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:53:49 -0500

When:
6 - 8pm Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Where:
One Old Ferry Road, Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI
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Join Stanley Hainsworth for a fun and inspirational evening of life lessons for students young and old. After leading the creative visions for Nike, Lego and Starbucks, Stanley is now operating his own agency – Tether – in Seattle working with leading brands. He says “Our profession is redefining itself, and I couldn’t be more excited.” During his presentation, you’ll find out his other life lessons regarding design and business.

Business by Design: Luncheon with Stanley Hainsworth

CoreyCantrell — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:48:59 -0500

When:
11am - 1pm Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Where:
21 Atwells Avenue
Providence, RI 02903
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Join us for a hearty luncheon – food, inspiration, and conversation open to any in the business and design community.

Design can create emotional connections with consumers, creating brand fans and lifelong customers. Stanley Hainsworth will share his best practices leading the creative visions for Nike, Lego and Starbucks over the years and now his own agency – Tether – in Seattle working with leading brands. In addition to being a current AIGA national board member, he has been a strategic partner with business leaders to create memorable, distinctive brands that resonate with consumers. Event targeted to design professionals, their clients, and business leaders.

Connecting New England's Creative Communities

CoreyCantrell — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:03:31 -0500

When:
5:30 - 7pm Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Where:
11 Dorrance Street
Providence, RI 02903
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New England is at the forefront of the creative community building movement. Leaders from across New England will meet in Providence to share strategies for engaging the creative sector and to begin to develop a regional network of creative communities. Participants will discuss a regional approach for collectively promoting our creative communities through policy, research, programming, and resource development.

Come participate in this shared conversation about how cities, towns, and regions are leveraging creative community development to enhance their prosperity and quality of life.

Israel- A Leader in Innovation & Technology

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:54:35 -0500

When:
7 - 9pm Thursday, March 4, 2010

Where:
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
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Find out how Rhode Island can utilize Israel's resources, expertise and knowledge in technology and innovation to build our economy. With speaker Yair Shiran, Israel Economic Minister of North America and other experts in environmental science, life science, communications, and IT.

For more information contact: Marty Cooper at 401.421.4111 or mcooper@jfri.org

Victor Gama: Presentation and Performance with MEME Students

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:47:34 -0500

When:
8 - 9:30pm Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Where:
Hope Street and Young Orchard Avenue
Providence, RI 02912
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As part of the MEME Visiting Artist Series 2010, Victor Gama presents “Taking Stock: The Challenges and Opportunities of Interactive Technology in Performance and Installation.” Born in Angola and currently based in Sintra, Portugal, Gama is a composer, performer, designer of innovative musical instruments and an electronics engineer. His work explores new acoustic territories by incorporating the act of designing musical instruments into the composition process. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Department of Music, the Multimedia and Electronic Music Experiments program, the Creative Arts Council, and the Watson Institute for International Studies.

Artist Michael Rees to discuss digital art and the mind-body-spirit connection

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:43:53 -0500

When:
4 - 5:30pm Thursday, March 4, 2010

Where:
64 College St.
Providence, RI 02912
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Artist Michael Rees combines sculpture, animation, performance, video, installation and computer software programs to express his interest in the body and its connection to mind and spirit. He has shown at the Whitney Museum in the 1995 Biennial and in the 2001 exhibition BitStreams. He has had numerous exhibitions in the United States, Germany, Turkey and Spain. Rees, who teaches sculpture and digital media at William Paterson University, has also taught at Oberlin College, the Kansas City Art Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, New York Institute of Technology, and Rutgers University.

Teens and texting, technology and friendship

CoreyCantrell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:40:32 -0500

When:
5 - 6:30pm Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Where:
College Green, De Ciccio Family Auditorium
Providence, RI 02906
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Today’s teenagers have grown up with social network technologies that affect how they think about privacy, companionship and the nature of friendship. Sherry Turkle, MIT’s Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, will speak about intimacy without privacy, democracy without privacy. With such technology, are we more together or alone? A reception and book signing will follow the 5 p.m. lecture in the Salomon Center for Teaching, De Ciccio Family Auditorium.

Rhode Island Visual Effects Group

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:32:52 -0500

When:
7 - 8pm Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Where:
236 Westminster St, The Alice Building, Studio 705
Providence, RI 02906
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Bring your questions, works-in-progress, and any cool bits of visual effects knowledge to share. Last month’s exploration of After Effects was fun and productive! Thanks to Dennis Hlynsky for coming by and sharing some high level smoke-simulation techniques.

Matt Paquin will be moderating as usual. After last month's reaction to his Photoshop paintings, Matt will be focusing more on that, as well as some cool new photo merging tricks for matte paintings.

Design by Night with Stanley Hainsworth

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:04:38 -0500

When:
6 - 8pm Monday, March 1, 2010

Design by Night (DxN) is AIGA RI’s monthly informal get together held the 1st Monday of every month at a local Providence venue. Event is FREE, unless otherwise noted.

Each month our goal is to provide an opportunity for creatives to join the conversation in 2010 to continue to build our local creative community. Some months we’ll have a theme, others we might have an out of town guest or feature a local design firm. DxN is an opportunity to chat with fellow designers and non-designers in a comfortable after-work environment. Everyone is welcome to attend and encouraged to participate.

Financing to Start and Grow Your Small Business

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:57:17 -0500

When:
6:30 - 9pm Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Where:
555 Valley Street
Providence, RI 02908
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What you will learn: The secret formula for earning substantially higher profits; how to slash your taxes; why most businesses waste their advertising dollars; how to price your product (or service); how to start with very little cash; the 10 Hottest Businesses - and much more! Free 12 page work book included.

Presented by SCORE Volunteer counselors:
Dave Lucier, CPA and David Nash, President of Engage Marketing

Providence Web Development Lunch Hour March Meetup

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:48:31 -0500

When:
12 - 1pm Thursday, March 11, 2010

Code monkeys, pixel pushers and web heads unite! Join us each month for an informal get-together to discuss web development trends, tools and techniques. These lunch-hour meetings, hosted at Providence area restaurants, will give you the chance to examine such topics as web design, semantics, standards, accessibility, usability, servers, clients (as in software or as in people), popular trends, and any other topics that our members are interested in.

Raising Your Information Security Knowledge

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:35:29 -0500

When:
11am - 1:30pm Thursday, March 4, 2010

Where:
11 Dorrance St.
Providence, RI 02903
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Few people realize how much money is tied up in their network. Not just in the hardware and software but the information too. Even fewer people know that all of their valuable data can be compromised...or lost altogether.

This FREE luncheon will teach you the most effective ways to proetct your information. You can't afford to miss it!

RI Nexus Open Coffee

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:31:59 -0500

When:
8 - 10am Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Where:
601 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02906
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International Trade Seminar: Negotiating and Structuring International

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:11:20 -0500

When:
8:30am - 12pm Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Where:
555 Valley Street
Providence, RI 02908
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This seminar will provide guidance for negotiating and structuring contracts with overseas partners, ensuring that the best interests of the exporter are protected. This program will include real-world examples and best practices from one of the region’s leading exporters – New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. and legal do's and don'ts from an experienced international contracts attorney.

Specific issues to be discussed:
- Achieving a win-win agreement and relationship with your overseas partners
- Using exclusivity as a motivational tool
- Protecting yourself against underperforming partners
- Getting buy-in from exporter top management and overseas partners
- Setting sales and performance requirements
- Understanding legal issues and dispute resolution

Fee: $50

Speaker(s): - Ekene Ofodile, International Sales Operations Manager New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. & Neal White, Senior Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, a premier international law firm

Co-Sponsor(s): RI Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) & John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University

RI-CIE Office Hours Program

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:54:52 -0500

When:
3 - 5pm Friday, March 26, 2010

Where:
One Davol Square
Providence, RI 02903
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RI-CIE Office Hours will provide an accessible, informal opportunity for RI-based entrepreneurs to get advice and guidance on issues related to starting and/or running a new venture. This program is ideally suited for faculty, students and entrepreneurs in "knowledge-economy" fields such as life sciences, technology, design, engineering and the environment.

RI-CIE Office Hours Program

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:51:24 -0500

When:
3 - 5pm Friday, March 12, 2010

Where:
One Davol Square
Providence, RI 02903
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RI-CIE Office Hours will provide an accessible, informal opportunity for RI-based entrepreneurs to get advice and guidance on issues related to starting and/or running a new venture. This program is ideally suited for faculty, students and entrepreneurs in "knowledge-economy" fields such as life sciences, technology, design, engineering and the environment.

RI-CIE Office Hours Program

CoreyCantrell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:48:31 -0500

When:
3 - 5pm Friday, February 26, 2010

Where:
One Davol Square
Providence, RI 02903
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RI-CIE Office Hours will provide an accessible, informal opportunity for RI-based entrepreneurs to get advice and guidance on issues related to starting and/or running a new venture. This program is ideally suited for faculty, students and entrepreneurs in "knowledge-economy" fields such as life sciences, technology, design, engineering and the environment.