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Change #3604
2010-08-04
23:30:10

update Calagator::Event 1250458964 IEEE Workshop on The Smart Grid - from Appliance to Generator and Back Roll back

description *IEEE Workshop on The Smart Grid - from Appliance to Generator and Back* *Sponsors: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section Co-Sponsored by Oregon Power and Energy and Computer Society Chapters* *Date: September 8, 2010* *Venue: Ambridge Event Center, Portland, Oregon;* see "www.ambridgeevents.com":http://www.ambridgeevents.com/ *An IEEE Oregon “Smart Grid Week” (September 8-10) event* THIS EVENT WILL BE WEBCAST IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ARRANGE FOR YOUR GROUP TO RECEIVE THE WEBCAST CONTACT US READ "FULL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PDF":http://bit.ly/bQYhzE A one day workshop with reception of how the Smart Grid provides interactions between the end uses of electricity ("appliances" or industrial processes) and utilities, viewed from the perspective of the technologies, standards, and policies that will enable those interactions and foster innovation and interoperability. The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. *Learning Objectives:* Attendees will gain an understanding of the monitoring, communications, security and control systems of the Smart Grid, how they interact, the flow of data and control, and design and implementation considerations including: • Information requirements for optimal control of generating capacity, regional transmission grids, and municipal distribution grids to meet end user demands. • How generation, transmission and distribution control systems utilize digital information. • How suppliers and distributors of electricity use information to minimize costs while increasing reliability, flexibility, and security. • How usage monitoring and automation will allow end users to make informed decisions that reduce their electricity costs. • How to ensure grid security. • Balancing optimization of the grid’s subsystems and the grid as a whole. *Target Audience:* The target audience is engineers, policy makers, and entrepreneurs who want to understand the Smart Grid in order to make better professional, technical and business decisions. *Prerequisites:* Attendees should be generally familiar with the electric power system, software, or data communications concepts; a power engineering background is not required. *Registration:* "Register online here":http://www.regonline.com/ieee_smart_grid_workshop2010. Seats are limited. The workshop will be held Wednesday, September 8 at the Ambridge Event Center at 1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97232. On-site registration/check-in starts at 7:30 AM, and the workshop starts promptly at 8:00. On-site attendees will receive one electronic media with course materials, continental breakfast, breaks, lunch and reception (cash bar). The reception for the speakers and attendees will be held from 5-6pm. Lecture notes will provided to all attendees. In addition, 0.6 CEU’s (6 PDH) will be awarded upon completion of the on-site seminar. Details for webcast access will be provided upon registration. Webcast will be recorded and available for limited period (min. 90 days) replay/review by all attendees. No CEUs will be provided for webcast only and Student/Life Member/Unemployed registrations. |Fees|IEEE Member|Non-Member|Student/Life Member/Unemployed| |On-site|$225|$275|$75| |Webcast|$99|$150|$25| Limited free parking available. Ambridge is 2 blocks from Oregon Convention Center MAX stop. "Parking info":http://www.ambridgeevents.com/services-parking.php *NOTE:* The organizing committee reserves the right to substitute speakers, restrict size, change venues, or to cancel the seminar. In the event the seminar is canceled by the organizing committee, registration fees only will be fully refunded. Individuals canceling their registration prior to September 1 will receive a full refund. No refunds will be made to individuals who cancel their registration after September 1. Substitute attendees accepted. Attendance is limited. Registration will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis. Agenda: <table border="1"><caption>Workshop Agenda</caption><tbody><tr><td width="20%"><strong>Time</strong></td><td><strong>Topic</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> 7:30 - 8:00am</td><td>Doors open; check-in and continental breakfast</td></tr><tr><td> 8:00 - 8:05am</td><td>Opening Remarks: welcome, day plan </td></tr> <tr><td>8:05 – 8:50</td><td>Opening Keynote: The Smart Grid – What will it take to make it possible; <b>Saifur Rahman, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Virginia Tech</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>9:00 – 9:45</td><td>Controllability: The Challenge of Synchrophasors and Wide Area Control; <b>Dmitry Kosterev, BPA</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>9:45 – 10:15</td><td>Break </td></tr> <tr><td>10:15 – 11:00</td><td>Smart Grid Communications: You want how much bandwidth? And that little latency?; <b>Joe Andres, BPA</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>11:10 – 12:00</td><td>Managing Supply and Demand: Supply and demand control methods and control points; <b>Rob Pratt; PNNL</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>12:00 – 1:00pm</td><td>Lunch Keynote: Smart Grid policy; <b>Jeff Hammarlund, PSU</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>1:10 – 2:00</td><td>Smart Grid Security: can’t be giving personal info away or letting bad guys in; <b>Dave McKinnon, PNNL</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>2:10 – 3:00</td><td>Smart Grid Enabled Applications and Services: What’s the killer app (and for whom); <b>Linda Rankin, PSU </b></td></tr> <tr><td>3:00 – 3:30</td><td>Break </td></tr> <tr><td>3:30 – 4:20</td><td>Interoperability and Standards: What standards are needed/being developed to make the Smart Grid work; <b>Steve Widergren, PNNL</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>4:30 – 5:00</td><td>Panel Discussion: Q+A with the day’s speakers </td></tr> <tr><td>5:00 – 6:00pm</td><td>Reception and Networking </td></tr></tbody></table> Location: Bldg: Ambridge Event Center 1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd Portland 97232 <h2>IEEE Workshop on The Smart Grid - from Appliance to Generator and Back</h2> Sponsors: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section Co-Sponsored by Oregon Power and Energy and Computer Society Chapters <b>Date: September 8, 2010</b> Venue: Ambridge Event Center, Portland, Oregon; see <a href="http://www.ambridgeevents.com/">"www.ambridgeevents.com"</a> <b>An IEEE Oregon “Smart Grid Week” (September 8-10) event</b> <b>READ <a href="http://bit.ly/bQYhzE">"FULL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PDF"</a></b> A one day workshop with reception of how the Smart Grid provides interactions between the end uses of electricity ("appliances" or industrial processes) and utilities, viewed from the perspective of the technologies, standards, and policies that will enable those interactions and foster innovation and interoperability. The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. <b>Learning Objectives:</b> Attendees will gain an understanding of the monitoring, communications, security and control systems of the Smart Grid, how they interact, the flow of data and control, and design and implementation considerations including: </ul><li>Information requirements for optimal control of generating capacity, regional transmission grids, and municipal distribution grids to meet end user demands.</li> <li>How generation, transmission and distribution control systems utilize digital information.</li> <li>How suppliers and distributors of electricity use information to minimize costs while increasing reliability, flexibility, and security.</li> <li>How usage monitoring and automation will allow end users to make informed decisions that reduce their electricity costs.</li> <li>How to ensure grid security.</li> <li>Balancing optimization of the grid’s subsystems and the grid as a whole.</li></ul> <b>Target Audience:</b> The target audience is engineers, policy makers, and entrepreneurs who want to understand the Smart Grid in order to make better professional, technical and business decisions. <b>Prerequisites:</b> Attendees should be generally familiar with the electric power system, software, or data communications concepts; a power engineering background is not required. <b>Registration:</b> <a href="http://www.regonline.com/ieee_smart_grid_workshop2010">"Register online here"</a>. Seats are limited. The workshop will be held Wednesday, September 8 at the Ambridge Event Center at 1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97232. On-site registration/check-in starts at 7:30 AM, and the workshop starts promptly at 8:00. On-site attendees will receive one electronic media with course materials, continental breakfast, breaks, lunch and reception (cash bar). The reception for the speakers and attendees will be held from 5-6pm. Lecture notes will provided to all attendees. In addition, 0.6 CEU’s (6 PDH) will be awarded upon completion of the on-site seminar. Details for webcast access will be provided upon registration. Webcast will be recorded and available for limited period (min. 90 days) replay/review by all attendees. No CEUs will be provided for webcast only and Student/Life Member/Unemployed registrations. <b>Fees</b> IEEE Member onsite: $225; webcast $99 Non-Member onsite: $275; webcast $150 Student/Life Member/Unemployed onsite: $75; webcast $25<br /> <b>Parking</b> Limited free parking available. Ambridge is 2 blocks from Oregon Convention Center MAX stop. <a href="http://www.ambridgeevents.com/services-parking.php">"Parking info"</a> <b>NOTE:</b> The organizing committee reserves the right to substitute speakers, restrict size, change venues, or to cancel the seminar. In the event the seminar is canceled by the organizing committee, registration fees only will be fully refunded. Individuals canceling their registration prior to September 1 will receive a full refund. No refunds will be made to individuals who cancel their registration after September 1. Substitute attendees accepted. Attendance is limited. Registration will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis. Agenda: Workshop Agenda <b>Time Topic</b> 7:30 - 8:00am Doors open; check-in and continental breakfast 8:00 - 8:05am Opening Remarks: welcome, day plan 8:05 – 8:50 Opening Keynote: The Smart Grid – What will it take to make it possible; <b>Saifur Rahman, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Virginia Tech</b> 9:00 – 9:45 Controllability: The Challenge of Synchrophasors and Wide Area Control; <b>Dmitry Kosterev, BPA</b> 9:45 – 10:15 Break 10:15 – 11:00 Smart Grid Communications: You want how much bandwidth? And that little latency?; <b>Joe Andres, BPA</b> 11:10 – 12:00 Managing Supply and Demand: Supply and demand control methods and control points; <b>Rob Pratt; PNNL</b> 12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch Keynote: Smart Grid policy; <b>Jeff Hammarlund, PSU</b> 1:10 – 2:00 Smart Grid Security: can’t be giving personal info away or letting bad guys in; <b>Dave McKinnon, PNNL</b> 2:10 – 3:00 Smart Grid Enabled Applications and Services: What’s the killer app (and for whom); <b>Linda Rankin, PSU </b> 3:00 – 3:30 Break 3:30 – 4:20 Interoperability and Standards: What standards are needed/being developed to make the Smart Grid work; <b>Steve Widergren, PNNL</b> 4:30 – 5:00 Panel Discussion: Q+A with the day’s speakers 5:00 – 6:00pm Reception and Networking <b>Location: </b> Bldg: Ambridge Event Center 1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd Portland, 97232
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Change #3603
2010-08-04
23:17:40

update Calagator::Event 1250458959 Portland Perl Mongers: Relation DB vs Key-Value Store and Beyond Roll back

description Panel: Selena Deckelmann, Igal Koshevoy, Jeff Lavallee, David Wheeler This will be a panel discussion about the ups, downs, ins, and outs of relational, row, key-value, and hierarchical data stores (simplistic buzzwordiness: SQL vs NOSQL aka ACID CRUD.) The panel will discuss parallelism, scale, data integrity, normalization, business logic, ORMs, and maybe flat files. They might take questions from the audience. As always, the meeting will be followed by social hour at the Lucky Lab. Panel: Selena Deckelmann, Igal Koshevoy, Jeff Lavallee, David Wheeler This will be a panel discussion about the ups, downs, ins, and outs of relational, row, key-value, and hierarchical data stores (simplistic buzzwordiness: SQL vs NOSQL aka ACID CRUD.) The panel will discuss parallelism, scale, data integrity, normalization, business logic, ORMs, and performance. Some of the following might be addressed: * why do you want a relational DB? * why do you not want a relational DB? * Membase, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra * Tokyo Tyrant, CouchDB, old school K/V (zodb, bdb) * distinctions between "relational" and "row store" * how filesystem settings affect the database * how important is your data? * common errors in SQL schemas or usage * is count(*) supposed to be fast? * efficiency vs speed vs parallel cleverness * sharding * what is "scale" and do you need it? * massively denormalized, or massively normalized? * ORMs, materialized views, indexes, and the query planner * typical performance with small/large, simple/complex data sets As always, the meeting will be followed by social hour at the Lucky Lab.
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Change #3602
2010-08-04
23:10:15

update Calagator::Event 1250458965 IEEE Oregon Smart Grid Week Sep. 8-10 Roll back

description Co-sponsored by: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section <h2>Smart Grid Week September 8-10, 2010</h2><p> A set of three 1-day events about the Smart Grid organized by the Oregon Section.</p><p>The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. </p><ul><li><strong>The Workshop - Sept. 8.</strong> Sponsored by Region 6 and the Oregon Section. It will cover the Smart Grid as a system. “Smart grid” means many things to different audiences, we have brought together a distinguished set of thought leaders and subject matter experts who will present the architecture, operation and implementation of the Smart Grid, with a focus on the technologies and enabling standards that will make it work. It will be webcast to all of Region 6. See <a href="http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801" target="_blank">http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801</a> for full details and registration.</li><br /><li><strong>The Tutorials - Sept. 9 and 10.</strong> IEEE Oregon has partnered with TADA Training for two Smart Grid tutorials on wireless technologies for Smart Grid and Smart Grid metering. These workshops are targeted for the embedded systems engineer (hardware and/or software) and managers at the Intermediate / Advanced level. <strong>Prerequisites: </strong>knowledge of embedded systems concepts and development, including rudimentary C language coding. Each runs from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Pacific Time), at ITT Technical Institute, on Cascades Parkway in Portland. <strong>Special Smart Grid Week IEEE member rate: $249.00.</strong> For full details and registration, go to <a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid</a>.</li></ul><br /><p>&nbsp;</p> Agenda: Smart Grid Week Schedule<br /> <table border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><strong> Date</strong><br /></td><td><strong>Event</strong><br /></td></tr><tr><td>Wednesday Sept. 8</td><td> <a href="http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801" target="_blank">IEEE Smart Grid Workshop: From Appliance to Generator and Back</a> <br /></td></tr><tr><td>Thursday Sept. 9</td><td> Tutorial - "<a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">ZigBee Wireless and Smart Grid</a>", TADA Training<br /></td></tr><tr><td>Friday Sept. 10</td><td> Tutorial - "<a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">Metering Design for Embedded Systems</a>", TADA Training</td></tr></tbody></table> Location: Portland Co-sponsored by: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section <h2>Smart Grid Week September 8-10, 2010</h2><p> A set of three 1-day events about the Smart Grid organized by the Oregon Section.</p><p>The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. </p><ul><li><strong>The Workshop - Sept. 8.</strong> Sponsored by Region 6 and the Oregon Section. It will cover the Smart Grid as a system. “Smart grid” means many things to different audiences, we have brought together a distinguished set of thought leaders and subject matter experts who will present the architecture, operation and implementation of the Smart Grid, with a focus on the technologies and enabling standards that will make it work. It will be webcast to all of Region 6. See <a href="http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801" target="_blank">http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801</a> for full details and registration.</li><br /><li><strong>The Tutorials - Sept. 9 and 10.</strong> IEEE Oregon has partnered with TADA Training for two Smart Grid tutorials on wireless technologies for Smart Grid and Smart Grid metering. These workshops are targeted for the embedded systems engineer (hardware and/or software) and managers at the Intermediate / Advanced level. <strong>Prerequisites: </strong>knowledge of embedded systems concepts and development, including rudimentary C language coding. Each runs from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Pacific Time), at ITT Technical Institute, on Cascades Parkway in Portland. <strong>Special Smart Grid Week IEEE member rate: $249.00.</strong> For full details and registration, go to <a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid</a>.</li></ul><br /><p>&nbsp;</p> Location: Portland, Ambridge Event Center (Workshop); ITT Technical Institute (Tutorials)
Change #3601
2010-08-04
23:07:16

update Calagator::Venue 202391021 City: Portland Ambidge Event Center and ITT Technical Institute Roll back

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Change #3600
2010-08-04
23:07:01

update Calagator::Event 1250458965 IEEE Oregon Smart Grid Week Sep. 8-10 Roll back

description Co-sponsored by: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section <h2>Smart Grid Week September 8-10, 2010</h2><p> A set of three 1-day events about the Smart Grid organized by the Oregon Section.</p><p>The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. </p><ul><li><strong>The Workshop - Sept. 8.</strong> Sponsored by Region 6 and the Oregon Section. It will cover the Smart Grid as a system. “Smart grid” means many things to different audiences, we have brought together a distinguished set of thought leaders and subject matter experts who will present the architecture, operation and implementation of the Smart Grid, with a focus on the technologies and enabling standards that will make it work. It will be webcast to all of Region 6. See <a href="http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801" target="_blank">http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801</a> for full details and registration.</li><br /><li><strong>The Tutorials - Sept. 9 and 10.</strong> IEEE Oregon has partnered with TADA Training for two Smart Grid tutorials on wireless technologies for Smart Grid and Smart Grid metering. These workshops are targeted for the embedded systems engineer (hardware and/or software) and managers at the Intermediate / Advanced level. <strong>Prerequisites: </strong>knowledge of embedded systems concepts and development, including rudimentary C language coding. Each runs from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Pacific Time), at ITT Technical Institute, on Cascades Parkway in Portland. <strong>Special Smart Grid Week IEEE member rate: $249.00.</strong> For full details and registration, go to <a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid</a>.</li></ul><br /><p>&nbsp;</p> Agenda: Smart Grid Week Schedule<br /> <table border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><strong> Date</strong><br /></td><td><strong>Event</strong><br /></td></tr><tr><td>Wednesday Sept. 8</td><td> <a href="http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801" target="_blank">IEEE Smart Grid Workshop: From Appliance to Generator and Back</a> <br /></td></tr><tr><td>Thursday Sept. 9</td><td> Tutorial - "<a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">ZigBee Wireless and Smart Grid</a>", TADA Training<br /></td></tr><tr><td>Friday Sept. 10</td><td> Tutorial - "<a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">Metering Design for Embedded Systems</a>", TADA Training</td></tr></tbody></table> Location: Portland Co-sponsored by: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section <h2>Smart Grid Week September 8-10, 2010</h2><p> A set of three 1-day events about the Smart Grid organized by the Oregon Section.</p><p>The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. </p><ul><li><strong>The Workshop - Sept. 8.</strong> Sponsored by Region 6 and the Oregon Section. It will cover the Smart Grid as a system. “Smart grid” means many things to different audiences, we have brought together a distinguished set of thought leaders and subject matter experts who will present the architecture, operation and implementation of the Smart Grid, with a focus on the technologies and enabling standards that will make it work. It will be webcast to all of Region 6. See <a href="http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801" target="_blank">http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801</a> for full details and registration.</li><br /><li><strong>The Tutorials - Sept. 9 and 10.</strong> IEEE Oregon has partnered with TADA Training for two Smart Grid tutorials on wireless technologies for Smart Grid and Smart Grid metering. These workshops are targeted for the embedded systems engineer (hardware and/or software) and managers at the Intermediate / Advanced level. <strong>Prerequisites: </strong>knowledge of embedded systems concepts and development, including rudimentary C language coding. Each runs from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Pacific Time), at ITT Technical Institute, on Cascades Parkway in Portland. <strong>Special Smart Grid Week IEEE member rate: $249.00.</strong> For full details and registration, go to <a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid</a>.</li></ul><br /><p>&nbsp;</p> Agenda: Smart Grid Week Schedule<br /> <table border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><strong> Date</strong><br /></td><td><strong>Event</strong><br /></td></tr><tr><td>Wednesday Sept. 8</td><td> <a href="http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801" target="_blank">IEEE Smart Grid Workshop: From Appliance to Generator and Back</a> <br /></td></tr><tr><td>Thursday Sept. 9</td><td> Tutorial - "<a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">ZigBee Wireless and Smart Grid</a>", TADA Training<br /></td></tr><tr><td>Friday Sept. 10</td><td> Tutorial - "<a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">Metering Design for Embedded Systems</a>", TADA Training</td></tr></tbody></table> Location: Portland
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Change #3599
2010-08-04
23:07:01

create Calagator::Venue 202391021 City: Portland Ambidge Event Center and ITT Technical Institute Roll back

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Change #3598
2010-08-04
23:05:37

create Calagator::Event 1250458965 IEEE Oregon Smart Grid Week Sep. 8-10 Roll back

description nil Co-sponsored by: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section <h2>Smart Grid Week September 8-10, 2010</h2><p> A set of three 1-day events about the Smart Grid organized by the Oregon Section.</p><p>The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. </p><ul><li><strong>The Workshop - Sept. 8.</strong> Sponsored by Region 6 and the Oregon Section. It will cover the Smart Grid as a system. “Smart grid” means many things to different audiences, we have brought together a distinguished set of thought leaders and subject matter experts who will present the architecture, operation and implementation of the Smart Grid, with a focus on the technologies and enabling standards that will make it work. It will be webcast to all of Region 6. See <a href="http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801" target="_blank">http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801</a> for full details and registration.</li><br /><li><strong>The Tutorials - Sept. 9 and 10.</strong> IEEE Oregon has partnered with TADA Training for two Smart Grid tutorials on wireless technologies for Smart Grid and Smart Grid metering. These workshops are targeted for the embedded systems engineer (hardware and/or software) and managers at the Intermediate / Advanced level. <strong>Prerequisites: </strong>knowledge of embedded systems concepts and development, including rudimentary C language coding. Each runs from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Pacific Time), at ITT Technical Institute, on Cascades Parkway in Portland. <strong>Special Smart Grid Week IEEE member rate: $249.00.</strong> For full details and registration, go to <a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid</a>.</li></ul><br /><p>&nbsp;</p> Agenda: Smart Grid Week Schedule<br /> <table border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><strong> Date</strong><br /></td><td><strong>Event</strong><br /></td></tr><tr><td>Wednesday Sept. 8</td><td> <a href="http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801" target="_blank">IEEE Smart Grid Workshop: From Appliance to Generator and Back</a> <br /></td></tr><tr><td>Thursday Sept. 9</td><td> Tutorial - "<a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">ZigBee Wireless and Smart Grid</a>", TADA Training<br /></td></tr><tr><td>Friday Sept. 10</td><td> Tutorial - "<a href="http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid" target="_blank">Metering Design for Embedded Systems</a>", TADA Training</td></tr></tbody></table> Location: Portland
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Change #3597
2010-08-04
23:05:36

create Calagator::Venue 202390081 Portland Art Museum Roll back

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Change #3596
2010-08-04
23:05:34

create Calagator::Event 1250458964 IEEE Workshop on The Smart Grid - from Appliance to Generator and Back Roll back

description nil *IEEE Workshop on The Smart Grid - from Appliance to Generator and Back* *Sponsors: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section Co-Sponsored by Oregon Power and Energy and Computer Society Chapters* *Date: September 8, 2010* *Venue: Ambridge Event Center, Portland, Oregon;* see "www.ambridgeevents.com":http://www.ambridgeevents.com/ *An IEEE Oregon “Smart Grid Week” (September 8-10) event* THIS EVENT WILL BE WEBCAST IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ARRANGE FOR YOUR GROUP TO RECEIVE THE WEBCAST CONTACT US READ "FULL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PDF":http://bit.ly/bQYhzE A one day workshop with reception of how the Smart Grid provides interactions between the end uses of electricity ("appliances" or industrial processes) and utilities, viewed from the perspective of the technologies, standards, and policies that will enable those interactions and foster innovation and interoperability. The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. *Learning Objectives:* Attendees will gain an understanding of the monitoring, communications, security and control systems of the Smart Grid, how they interact, the flow of data and control, and design and implementation considerations including: • Information requirements for optimal control of generating capacity, regional transmission grids, and municipal distribution grids to meet end user demands. • How generation, transmission and distribution control systems utilize digital information. • How suppliers and distributors of electricity use information to minimize costs while increasing reliability, flexibility, and security. • How usage monitoring and automation will allow end users to make informed decisions that reduce their electricity costs. • How to ensure grid security. • Balancing optimization of the grid’s subsystems and the grid as a whole. *Target Audience:* The target audience is engineers, policy makers, and entrepreneurs who want to understand the Smart Grid in order to make better professional, technical and business decisions. *Prerequisites:* Attendees should be generally familiar with the electric power system, software, or data communications concepts; a power engineering background is not required. *Registration:* "Register online here":http://www.regonline.com/ieee_smart_grid_workshop2010. Seats are limited. The workshop will be held Wednesday, September 8 at the Ambridge Event Center at 1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97232. On-site registration/check-in starts at 7:30 AM, and the workshop starts promptly at 8:00. On-site attendees will receive one electronic media with course materials, continental breakfast, breaks, lunch and reception (cash bar). The reception for the speakers and attendees will be held from 5-6pm. Lecture notes will provided to all attendees. In addition, 0.6 CEU’s (6 PDH) will be awarded upon completion of the on-site seminar. Details for webcast access will be provided upon registration. Webcast will be recorded and available for limited period (min. 90 days) replay/review by all attendees. No CEUs will be provided for webcast only and Student/Life Member/Unemployed registrations. |Fees|IEEE Member|Non-Member|Student/Life Member/Unemployed| |On-site|$225|$275|$75| |Webcast|$99|$150|$25| Limited free parking available. Ambridge is 2 blocks from Oregon Convention Center MAX stop. "Parking info":http://www.ambridgeevents.com/services-parking.php *NOTE:* The organizing committee reserves the right to substitute speakers, restrict size, change venues, or to cancel the seminar. In the event the seminar is canceled by the organizing committee, registration fees only will be fully refunded. Individuals canceling their registration prior to September 1 will receive a full refund. No refunds will be made to individuals who cancel their registration after September 1. Substitute attendees accepted. Attendance is limited. Registration will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis. Agenda: <table border="1"><caption>Workshop Agenda</caption><tbody><tr><td width="20%"><strong>Time</strong></td><td><strong>Topic</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> 7:30 - 8:00am</td><td>Doors open; check-in and continental breakfast</td></tr><tr><td> 8:00 - 8:05am</td><td>Opening Remarks: welcome, day plan </td></tr> <tr><td>8:05 – 8:50</td><td>Opening Keynote: The Smart Grid – What will it take to make it possible; <b>Saifur Rahman, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Virginia Tech</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>9:00 – 9:45</td><td>Controllability: The Challenge of Synchrophasors and Wide Area Control; <b>Dmitry Kosterev, BPA</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>9:45 – 10:15</td><td>Break </td></tr> <tr><td>10:15 – 11:00</td><td>Smart Grid Communications: You want how much bandwidth? And that little latency?; <b>Joe Andres, BPA</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>11:10 – 12:00</td><td>Managing Supply and Demand: Supply and demand control methods and control points; <b>Rob Pratt; PNNL</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>12:00 – 1:00pm</td><td>Lunch Keynote: Smart Grid policy; <b>Jeff Hammarlund, PSU</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>1:10 – 2:00</td><td>Smart Grid Security: can’t be giving personal info away or letting bad guys in; <b>Dave McKinnon, PNNL</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>2:10 – 3:00</td><td>Smart Grid Enabled Applications and Services: What’s the killer app (and for whom); <b>Linda Rankin, PSU </b></td></tr> <tr><td>3:00 – 3:30</td><td>Break </td></tr> <tr><td>3:30 – 4:20</td><td>Interoperability and Standards: What standards are needed/being developed to make the Smart Grid work; <b>Steve Widergren, PNNL</b> </td></tr> <tr><td>4:30 – 5:00</td><td>Panel Discussion: Q+A with the day’s speakers </td></tr> <tr><td>5:00 – 6:00pm</td><td>Reception and Networking </td></tr></tbody></table> Location: Bldg: Ambridge Event Center 1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd Portland 97232
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Change #3595
2010-08-04
23:05:34

create Calagator::Venue 202390081 Portland Art Museum Roll back

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Change #3594
2010-08-04
21:21:47

create Calagator::Event 1250458966 Portland R User Group Roll back

description nil We are the local R user group for Portland, Oregon. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org/ ). Our goal is to support and share R experience and knowledge among its users in the Portland community. We would like to hear how you use and enjoy the R language and statistical programming environment. At our initial meeting, we'll see how many people in the area use R and where your interests and backgrounds lie. Once we've made contact, our meetings may grow to include presentations or tutorials. Come and tell us what you'd like from your local R user group!
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Change #3593
2010-08-04
20:53:47

create Calagator::Event 1250458962 PDXPUG Roll back

description nil Jonathan Leto will be talking about "PL/Parrot and PL/Perl6 - Parrots and Butterflies in your Database". Beer afterwards at the SE Lucky Lab.
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Change #3592
2010-08-04
20:09:50

update Calagator::Event 1250458954 PDX Lean Startup - Neil Patel from KISSmetrics In Person Roll back

description Neil Patel from KISSmetrics will be in person to talk to us about his insights on Lean Startups and more! About Neil Neil Patel is the co-founder of 2 Internet companies: Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. Through his entrepreneurial career Neil has helped large corporations such as Amazon, AOL, GM, HP and Viacom make more money from the web. By the age of 21 not only was Neil named a top 100 blogger by Technorati, but he was also one of the top influencers on the web according to the Wall Street Journal. More Information http://www.neilpatel.com/ http://www.kissmetrics.com/ Agenda 6:00 - 6:30 Meet and Greet [b](Meeting starts at 6:30)[/b] 6:30 - 8:00 Neil will talk to us re: his experience with Lean Startup techniques in his startup ventures including KISSmetrics. 8:00 - ? For those that are up to it, a beverage/snack at Veritable Quandary Neil Patel from KISSmetrics will be in person to talk to us about his insights on Lean Startups and more! About Neil Neil Patel is the co-founder of 2 Internet companies: Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. Through his entrepreneurial career Neil has helped large corporations such as Amazon, AOL, GM, HP and Viacom make more money from the web. By the age of 21 not only was Neil named a top 100 blogger by Technorati, but he was also one of the top influencers on the web according to the Wall Street Journal. More Information http://www.neilpatel.com/ http://www.kissmetrics.com/ Agenda 6:00 - 6:30 Meet and Greet (Meeting starts at 6:30) 6:30 - 8:00 Neil will talk to us re: his experience with Lean Startup techniques in his startup ventures including KISSmetrics. 8:00 - ? For those that are up to it, a beverage/snack at Veritable Quandary
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Change #3591
2010-08-04
20:08:55

update Calagator::Event 1250458954 PDX Lean Startup - KISSmetrics Roll back

description Neil Patel from KISSmetrics will be in person to talk to us about his insights on Lean Startups and more! About Neil Neil Patel is the co-founder of 2 Internet companies: Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. Through his entrepreneurial career Neil has helped large corporations such as Amazon, AOL, GM, HP and Viacom make more money from the web. By the age of 21 not only was Neil named a top 100 blogger by Technorati, but he was also one of the top influencers on the web according to the Wall Street Journal. More Information http://www.neilpatel.com/ http://www.kissmetrics.com/ Agenda 6:00 - 6:30 Meet and Greet [b](Meeting starts at 6:30)[/b] 6:30 - 8:00 Neil will talk to us re: his experience with Lean Startup techniques in his startup ventures including KISSmetrics. 8:00 - ? For those that are up to it, a beverage/snack at Veritable Quandary
title PDX Lean Startup - KISSmetrics PDX Lean Startup - Neil Patel from KISSmetrics In Person
Change #3590
2010-08-04
17:54:37

update Calagator::Event 1250458951 Portland Linux/Unix Group: Server Sky - Data Centers in Orbit Roll back

description PRESENTATION Server Sky - Data Centers in Orbit Power for computation on a Moore's Law schedule Keith Lofstrom, http://server-sky.com The EPA estimates US data centers (not including desktops) consumed 1.5% of total US electrical consumption in 2006. They predict a doubling to 3% of base load by 2011. Our work as programmers and technologists continues this runaway exponential growth, and we will be stopped by environmental and resource limits soon. Server sky is a proposal to use newly emerging solid state technologies to build large arrays of 3 gram paper-thin solar-powered computation satellites in 6400km Earth orbits. A single server-sat replaces 15 watts of ground-based electrical generation, cooling, and power conversion, as well as the computation and communication hardware itself. Orbital server farms may start out as expensive as current approaches, but design improvement and cheaper launch will decrease costs exponentially over time, much as transistor cost has plummeted over the last four decades. This is open technology, responsive to public input, and the project needs volunteer software and engineering help to stay that way. Eventually, Server Sky will create thousands of open technology jobs in the Portland area, and permit unbounded computation growth in space, while reducing energy demand and environmental damage on Earth. Earth can return to what it is good at green and growing things while we fill space with gray and computing things. PRESENTATION Server Sky - Data Centers in Orbit Power for computation on a Moore's Law schedule Keith Lofstrom, http://server-sky.com The EPA estimates US data centers (not including desktops) consumed 1.5% of total US electrical consumption in 2006. They predict a doubling to 3% of base load by 2011. Our work as programmers and technologists continues this runaway exponential growth, and we will be stopped by environmental and resource limits soon. Server sky is a proposal to use newly emerging solid state technologies to build large arrays of 3 gram paper-thin solar-powered computation satellites in 6400km Earth orbits. A single server-sat replaces 15 watts of ground-based electrical generation, cooling, and power conversion, as well as the computation and communication hardware itself. Orbital server farms may start out as expensive as current approaches, but design improvement and cheaper launch will decrease costs exponentially over time, much as transistor cost has plummeted over the last four decades. This is open technology, responsive to public input, and the project needs volunteer software and engineering help to stay that way. Eventually, Server Sky will create thousands of open technology jobs in the Portland area, and permit unbounded computation growth in space, while reducing energy demand and environmental damage on Earth. Earth can return to what it is good at green and growing things while we fill space with gray and computing things.
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Change #3589
2010-08-04
17:52:19

update Calagator::Event 1250458721 DFRWS 2010 Roll back

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Change #3588
2010-08-04
15:36:03

update Calagator::Venue 202394635 The Governor Hotel Roll back

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Change #3587
2010-08-04
15:27:17

destroy Calagator::Event 1250458941 OEN PubTalk™ Seed Oregon 2010 - Round 1 Roll back

Change #3586
2010-08-04
15:26:40

destroy Calagator::Event 1250458942 Business Plan Development Seminar - August Roll back

Change #3585
2010-08-04
15:26:28

destroy Calagator::Event 1250458940 OEN SwapMeet - September Roll back

Change #3584
2010-08-04
15:26:11

destroy Calagator::Event 1250458939 OEN Member Orientation - Leveraging Your OEN Membership - September Roll back

Change #3583
2010-08-04
15:25:36

destroy Calagator::Event 1250458938 2010 OEN Tom Holce Entrepreneurship Awards Celebration Roll back

Change #3582
2010-08-04
15:24:59

destroy Calagator::Event 1250458943 OEN Workshop: What's your company worth? Everything you need to know about company valuation Roll back

Change #3581
2010-08-03
23:34:07

create Calagator::Event 1250458961 Portland Werewolf - August Gathering Roll back

description nil Come out and play at our monthly game of werewolf at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne. Check out the site for details (http://www.portlandwerewolf.com). Event starts at 6p. Game starts at 7p. If you are planning on coming and want to play please respond with "attending". That way we know who is coming and you are guaranteed to play. Ticket Info: Donations appreciated, for the room rental.
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title nil Portland Werewolf - August Gathering
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Change #3580
2010-08-03
17:39:53

create Calagator::Event 1250458960 Portland Functional Programming Study Group Roll back

description nil <i>ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.</i>
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Change #3579
2010-08-03
17:37:46

update Calagator::Event 1250458959 Portland Perl Mongers: SQL, NoSQL, Key-Value store, etc. panel Roll back

description Topic: Relation DB vs Key-Value Store and Beyond Panel: Selena Deckelmann, Igal Koshevoy, Jeff Lavallee, David Wheeler This will be a panel discussion about the ups, downs, ins, and outs of relational, row, key-value, and hierarchical data stores (simplistic buzzwordiness: SQL vs NOSQL aka ACID CRUD.) The panel will discuss parallelism, scale, data integrity, normalization, business logic, ORMs, and maybe flat files. They might take questions from the audience. As always, the meeting will be followed by social hour at the Lucky Lab. Panel: Selena Deckelmann, Igal Koshevoy, Jeff Lavallee, David Wheeler This will be a panel discussion about the ups, downs, ins, and outs of relational, row, key-value, and hierarchical data stores (simplistic buzzwordiness: SQL vs NOSQL aka ACID CRUD.) The panel will discuss parallelism, scale, data integrity, normalization, business logic, ORMs, and maybe flat files. They might take questions from the audience. As always, the meeting will be followed by social hour at the Lucky Lab.
title Portland Perl Mongers: SQL, NoSQL, Key-Value store, etc. panel Portland Perl Mongers: Relation DB vs Key-Value Store and Beyond
Change #3578
2010-08-03
17:35:02

create Calagator::Event 1250458959 Portland Perl Mongers: SQL, NoSQL, Key-Value store, etc. panel Roll back

description nil Topic: Relation DB vs Key-Value Store and Beyond Panel: Selena Deckelmann, Igal Koshevoy, Jeff Lavallee, David Wheeler This will be a panel discussion about the ups, downs, ins, and outs of relational, row, key-value, and hierarchical data stores (simplistic buzzwordiness: SQL vs NOSQL aka ACID CRUD.) The panel will discuss parallelism, scale, data integrity, normalization, business logic, ORMs, and maybe flat files. They might take questions from the audience. As always, the meeting will be followed by social hour at the Lucky Lab.
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start_time nil 2010-08-11 18:53:00 -0700
title nil Portland Perl Mongers: SQL, NoSQL, Key-Value store, etc. panel
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Change #3577
2010-08-03
17:32:08

create Calagator::Event 1250458958 Pythonic Summer Social Hour! Roll back

description nil The next PDX Python meeting is just over a week away, and since the Webtrends space is not available the plan is to meet at Produce Row around 6:30pm. The pub is open to all ages until 9pm, so I hope everyone will be able to join us for an evening on their new patio. They've actually redone the entire interior, as well. I went there tonight to make sure they'd be able to accommodate us next week, and it looks awesome! Thanks a ton to everyone who offered to host us this month. I hope we can take a raincheck for the next time we need a place to meet. :)
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start_time nil 2010-08-10 18:30:00 -0700
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Change #3576
2010-08-03
17:21:19

update Calagator::Event 1250458841 Portland Semantic Web Interest Group Roll back

description Brian Panulla will present "Goodbye, Semantic HTML - Retraining Your Web Standards Brain" The Web Standards movement pushed us to banish non-semantic presentational markup from our HTML. As a result, we struggled over meaningless decisions - should I use a list or a table? NO TABLE BAD! It's time to rethink what we mean be semantics in our markup. The new W3C standard RDFa (RDF in Attributes) can make our lives as Web and technology professionals easier and more sensible, without angst over whether or not to use tables. Brian Panulla will present "Goodbye, Semantic HTML - Retraining Your Web Standards Brain" The Web Standards movement pushed us to banish non-semantic presentational markup from our HTML. As a result, we struggled over meaningless decisions - should I use a list or a table? NO TABLE BAD! It's time to rethink what we mean be semantics in our markup. The new W3C standard RDFa (RDF in Attributes) can make our lives as Web and technology professionals easier and more sensible, without angst over whether or not to use tables.
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Change #3575
2010-08-03
15:27:47

destroy Calagator::Event 1250458956 2010 Portland Scrapbook EXPO Roll back

Change #3574
2010-08-03
13:19:58

create Calagator::Event 1250458957 WhereCampPDX Meeting & Geo- Happy Hour Roll back

description nil Come help plan this year's WhereCampPDX, an unconference for geography and technology! Show up early or stay late to chat with your fellow geo-geeks. The planning meeting will start at 7pm and run until we're out of business to discuss.
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Change #3573
2010-08-03
09:31:08

create Calagator::Event 1250458956 2010 Portland Scrapbook EXPO Roll back

description nil Scrapbook EXPO Whether you're a novice or a seasoned scrapbooker. Scrapbook EXPO is the place you want to be! Scrapbook EXPO offers you the opportunity to learn all the newest and hottest scrapbooking techniques! Top-notch workshops and basic classes taught by experts. Exciting events, make & takes, contests, crop nights and more! Scrapbook EXPO invites you to be one of the many guests who visit our #1 rated shows each year.Please visit our website to view the most updated information and to pre-register. See you at the EXPO.
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title nil 2010 Portland Scrapbook EXPO
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Change #3572
2010-08-03
06:54:28

update Calagator::Event 1250458954 PDX Lean Startup - KISSmetrics Roll back

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Change #3571
2010-08-03
06:53:31

create Calagator::Event 1250458955 PDX Lean Startup - True Ventures' Puneet Agarwal - An Early Stage VC's Perspective Roll back

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start_time nil 2010-09-28 18:00:00 -0700
title nil PDX Lean Startup - True Ventures' Puneet Agarwal - An Early Stage VC's Perspective
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Change #3570
2010-08-03
06:52:00

create Calagator::Event 1250458954 PDX Lean Startup - KISSmetrics Roll back

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Change #3569
2010-08-02
20:17:44

create Calagator::Event 1250458953 BarCamp 4 Volunteer / Planning Meetup Roll back

description nil Interested in helping make BarCamp 4 happen? Join us for an informal planning meeting. Can't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form: http://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer What is BarCamp? BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.
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venue_id nil 202392001
Change #3568
2010-08-02
14:29:35

update Calagator::Event 1250458774 Portland Functional Programming Study Group Roll back

description <i>ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month. VENUE: This meeting will be in the events room. If you enter the pub through the front door on Hawthorne, the events room will be on your right on the hallway leading to the main room. There will be a 'pdxfunc' sign on the door.</i> <i>ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month. VENUE: This meeting will be in the Lucky Lab Brew Pub's events room. If you enter the pub through the front door on Hawthorne, the events room will be on your right on the hallway leading to the main room. There will be a 'pdxfunc' sign on the door.</i>
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Change #3567
2010-08-02
14:28:42

update Calagator::Event 1250458774 Portland Functional Programming Study Group Roll back

description <i>ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.</i> <i>ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month. VENUE: This meeting will be in the events room. If you enter the pub through the front door on Hawthorne, the events room will be on your right on the hallway leading to the main room. There will be a 'pdxfunc' sign on the door.</i>
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Change #3566
2010-08-02
12:44:57

create Calagator::Event 1250458952 NWAV Showcase Roll back

description nil Join us Saturday, August 7th for a special showcase of audiovisual performance and interactive art. 8pm-11pm at theSlate cultural incubator in Northwest Portland. Free and open to all. The schedule: <ul> <li>Live Glitch-Folk and Visuals by one-man-band <a href="http://midlman.com">Midlman</a></li> <li>Create 15-bit graffiti with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/momo_the_monster/4851182810/">Bridge Invaders</a></li> <li>Live multitouch peformance by <a href="http://www.bannister-design.nu/blog/">Christian Bannister</a></li> <li>Paint on a virtual canvas with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHxa7PIKxyc">Friispray</a></li> <li>Plus a screening of contemporary audiovisual work including a new piece by local artist <a href="http://www.dwayneerickson.com/">Dwayne Erickson</a></li> </ul> Event page: <a href="http://nwav.org/2010/08/nwav-showcase-august-7th-in-portland/">ttp://nwav.org/2010/08/nwav-showcase-august-7th-in-portland/</a>
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Change #3565
2010-08-02
12:44:57

create Calagator::Venue 202392120 2001 NW 19th Avenue Roll back

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Change #3564
2010-08-02
12:06:47

create Calagator::Event 1250458951 Portland Linux/Unix Group: Server Sky - Data Centers in Orbit Roll back

description nil PRESENTATION Server Sky - Data Centers in Orbit Power for computation on a Moore's Law schedule Keith Lofstrom, http://server-sky.com The EPA estimates US data centers (not including desktops) consumed 1.5% of total US electrical consumption in 2006. They predict a doubling to 3% of base load by 2011. Our work as programmers and technologists continues this runaway exponential growth, and we will be stopped by environmental and resource limits soon. Server sky is a proposal to use newly emerging solid state technologies to build large arrays of 3 gram paper-thin solar-powered computation satellites in 6400km Earth orbits. A single server-sat replaces 15 watts of ground-based electrical generation, cooling, and power conversion, as well as the computation and communication hardware itself. Orbital server farms may start out as expensive as current approaches, but design improvement and cheaper launch will decrease costs exponentially over time, much as transistor cost has plummeted over the last four decades. This is open technology, responsive to public input, and the project needs volunteer software and engineering help to stay that way. Eventually, Server Sky will create thousands of open technology jobs in the Portland area, and permit unbounded computation growth in space, while reducing energy demand and environmental damage on Earth. Earth can return to what it is good at green and growing things while we fill space with gray and computing things.
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Change #3563
2010-08-02
10:58:51

update Calagator::Event 1250458924 Portland Ten's Skill Development Workshop 18: Sales Roll back

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Change #3562
2010-08-02
10:09:18

create Calagator::Event 1250458908 OEN PubTalk™: So You Think You Can Pitch? Roll back

description nil Come see four companies put it all on the line in a speed pitching competition. In this competition both the judges and the audience will tell the competitors if they’ve got what it takes to be a fundable company. A winner will be selected by the judges who will advance to the first round of OEN's Seed Oregon. The audience favorite will be mentioned on the OEN blog. After the judges select the winner by voting with OEN Dollars, the judges will give feedback on each presentation, explain how they chose the winner, and answer questions from the audience and the contestants. The judges: Nick Stanley Diane Fraiman Kathleen A. Sego Interested in Competing? There is no fee to apply to compete, however, you must be an OEN member to be eligible. If you are not an OEN Member, join here or call Rori Homme, OEN's Director of Membership, at 503-222-2270 x 13 to join. To apply to "So You Think You Can Pitch?" visit the OEN website and submit your materials by Monday, August 2nd, 2010. There you will need to submit the following information: (1) A copy of your executive summary (no need for secret sauce or specific numbers, simply publish what you are willing to present in public) (2) A brief explanation (no more than 1 page, 12 pt font, single spaced) of why you think your company is a promising investment Items For Purchase Click here to use your OEN Member Login Information to register for the OEN Member items. (Please note that if the item is grayed out it means you have not yet logged in) Available Items Price Qty OEN Member Registration: $15.00 * Non-Member Registration: $25.00 *
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Change #3561
2010-08-02
09:19:22

update Calagator::Event 1250458923 Portland Ten's Skill Development Workshop 17: Debt Financing Roll back

description Join Ron Sherman, Senior Relationship Manager with Silicon Valley Bank. His workshop will help you gain a better understanding of the current funding environment, and in particular, debt financing for your business. Workshops will be held at the Willamette University Portland Center (1120 NW Couch, suite 450) every Tuesday from 3-5pm and every Friday from 4-6pm until Friday, August 27. Passes for the workshops can be purchased at the door before each workshop. A pass for any single workshop can be purchased for $20, a pass for a series of three workshops can be purchased for $50, and a pass to attend the complete summer series of workshops can be purchased for $200. Following workshops will be instructed by: Steve Davis - Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Diane Fraiman - Voyager Capital David Uslan - Perkins & Company Jim Mcconnell - Private Forecasting Consultant Pam Abrahamsson - Stephenson Group Al Nodarse - Private Sales Consultant Amy Winkelman - Private Product Management Consultant Kelley Pecis - Herd Freed Hartz Executive Search Partners Todd Hardy - Silicon Valley Bank Jerry Ketel - Leopold Ketel Kathy McAllister - Insider Marketing/Technology Agency For details about future workshops and other Portland Ten programs please visit: www.portlandten.com. Sincerely, The Portland Ten Staff Join Ron Sherman, Senior Relationship Manager with Silicon Valley Bank. His workshop will help you gain a better understanding of the current funding environment, and in particular, debt financing for your business. Workshops will be held at the Willamette University Portland Center (1120 NW Couch, suite 450) every Tuesday from 3-5pm and every Friday from 4-6pm until Friday, August 27. Passes for the workshops can be purchased at the door before each workshop. A pass for any single workshop can be purchased for $20, a pass for a series of three workshops can be purchased for $50, and a pass to attend the complete summer series of workshops can be purchased for $200. Following workshops will be instructed by: Steve Davis - Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Diane Fraiman - Voyager Capital David Uslan - Perkins & Company Jim Mcconnell - Private Forecasting Consultant Pam Abrahamsson - Stephenson Group Al Nodarse - Private Sales Consultant Amy Winkelman - Private Product Management Consultant Kelley Pecis - Herd Freed Hartz Executive Search Partners Todd Hardy - Silicon Valley Bank Jerry Ketel - Leopold Ketel Kathy McAllister - Insider Marketing/Technology Agency For details about future workshops and other Portland Ten programs please visit: www.portlandten.com. Sincerely, The Portland Ten Staff
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Change #3560
2010-08-02
09:15:24

update Calagator::Event 1250458924 Portland Ten's Skill Development Workshop 18: Sales Roll back

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Change #3559
2010-08-02
09:14:44

update Calagator::Venue 202392119 Portland Ten Roll back

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Change #3558
2010-08-02
09:13:48

update Calagator::Event 1250458924 Portland Ten's Skill Development Workshop 18: Sales Roll back

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Change #3557
2010-08-02
09:13:48

create Calagator::Venue 202392119 Portland Ten Roll back

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Change #3556
2010-08-02
08:53:10

create Calagator::Event 1250458949 PDX TechCoffee Roll back

description nil Season 3, episode 4 Get up early and work on your side projects with some like-minded geeks! TechCoffee is part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon. It's hard to work on all of your amazing ideas after a long workday, so instead we get up early. And we get together, so we have the reinforcement of other people up early, too. A couple hours a week can make a big difference. So bring your laptops and your work ethic to PDX TechCoffee. Or, if you can't be there in person, join us on IRC at #techcoffee on freenode. One commit a week is all we ask.
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Change #3555
2010-08-01
12:32:08

create Calagator::Event 1250458948 Certified ScrumMaster Training Roll back

description nil Delivered by SolutionsIQ’s world-renowned Certified ScrumMaster Trainers, this course shares time-tested practices for managing Product Backlogs, planning your releases and iterations (Sprints), and tracking and reporting progress. You’ll learn how to lead Sprint Planning meetings, Daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Review meetings, Sprint Retrospectives, and much more. Agenda: * Introduction to Agile * Origins of Scrum * The Scrum process * Roles and responsibilities * Product Backlog * Estimating Product Backlog items * Scaling Scrum * Scrum in detail * Sprints * Sprint planning meeting * Daily standup meeting * Burndown charts and project reporting * Sprint review and retrospective * Getting started with Scrum * Graduation and closing
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