Multnomah Athletic Club

Join us for a special breakfast talk with guest speaker Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard University, to explore How Immersion in Virtual and Augmented Worlds Helps Students in the Real World. Many people of different ages now participate in immersive virtual and augmented environments, from World of Warcraft to Pokemon Go. Mobile VR is now affordable and practical, adding full sensory immersion to this menu of possible interfaces. Their entertainment value is clear, but what are the strengths and limits of these and other immersive media for learning and assessment? What are the opportunities and challenges involved in incorporating these into teaching?

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$40 purchased in advance online

Event is organized by Concordia University Portland and promoted by the NW Education Cluster.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework for cross-border data transfers is inadequate. What are the implications for US companies who do business with individuals and entities in the EU, transact business in the cloud, or handle consumer data that crosses borders? How will this affect your company’s privacy policy and contractual relationships with customers and vendors? What are best practices for moving forward with model contract provisions, binding corporate rules, and/or reliance on derogations?

Speaker:

Dr. Dennis Voigt is a partner at Melchers, a German law firm with offices in Berlin, Frankfurt and Heidelberg. Dennis’s practice focuses on data protection, marketing, advertisement, distribution, and IT matters. His clients are software suppliers and software distributors, advertisement agencies, online-service providers, and insurers. In data protection matters, Dennis has been advising clients for more than a decade with a particular focus on the design and use of large databases, either for HR-administration or marketing purposes.

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When: Tuesday, November 10th Time: 7:30 - 9:00 am Where: Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 SW Salmon Street Cost: Members $25 | Nonmembers $45

Are you ready for growth? Is your business ready for growth? How will you scale to meet or exceed your customer needs?

Hear how other companies have planned (or not) for growth, what challenges they’ve faced, and what tools and resources they’ve used to facilitate the ups and downs of their business.

What Will You Learn?

• How their company planned to facilitate growth, what was successful, and what wasn’t
• The challenges (planned/unplanned) they have faced in growing their business
• Key learnings and outcomes while scaling their growth

Panel: Kent Lewis, Founder of Anvil Media Kent will share how Anvil Media has experienced steady growth since 2000 – what it takes, tools they used and challenges that they’ve faced

Chris Mike, VP Account Management at Chirpify Chris will share best practices in scaling a start-up including how venture capital firms are expecting their money to be spent and lessons learned along the way

Tim Tragesser, President at Polar Systems, Inc. Tim will discuss how since 1981, Polar Systems has been able to evolve through changing times and stay relevant for their customers

Michael Callier, Legal Process Strategist, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Michael Collier specializes in organizational efficiency and will discuss items such as developing your team while balancing your immediate needs

Moderator: Nate Ankenbrandt, Sr. Analyst at Salesforce.com Nate has a broad background in service operations support team growth and development. Connecting customers dots with people and technology.

Who Should Attend? Any person who is looking to grow or is planning for growth of their business, and is looking for solutions on how to scale, leverage resources, and hear about how others have done it.

Series Sponsors: Planar & Metal Toad

Intellectual Property is a vital part of a company's value. Not only are Patent and Trademark portfolios crucial to protecting a company's intellectual property asset but they can also be a key revenue generator.

With the large growth in IP transactions and deals, companies are now looking at creating stronger ROI from their IP portfolios. As a result, IP leaders are being held more accountable for the revenue generated from their portfolios and companies are looking for ways to monetize their patents that would otherwise sit on the shelf.

Some companies begin their monetization process by developing their portfolios. Techniques such as brainstorming, patent mapping, core technology charting, filing decisions and continuance planning are some of the methods used to prepare for an IP monetization strategy. These steps should be completed before attempting to monetize any part of the portfolio. This seminar will explain and address these techniques.

The seminar will also assist you in creating an IP monetization strategy that meets your business goals. This includes defensive planning.

Topics that will be addressed at the seminar:

• How to strategically build an IP Portfolio • Selection, analysis and valuation of targets and your IP portfolio • Options for monetization • Benchmarks of a strong monetization program • Limiting the risks of monetization • Defense posture and what you can do now to limit your target profile • What to do if you receive a “cease and desist or infringement letter” • Lowering legal and settlement costs

Presenters: * Steve Taylor , Principal, IPStrom * **Joe Shallenburger, Chief Patent Counsel, IPStrom

Who should attend? General Counsel, CTOs, VPs of Engineering and CEOs who are interested in changing their IP department from a cost center to a profit center.

Event Details: When: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Where: The Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR 97205 Time: 7:30 – 10:00 AM | 7:30 AM registration, networking, and breakfast | 8:00 AM Panels and Q&A Cost: $25 Members | $45 Nonmembers

Over the past year, we’ve seen several local technology companies hire executives from major digital centers such as San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Seattle. Companies’ ability to woo out-of-state candidates reflects a flourishing tech market in Oregon where career opportunities are abundant.

Typically, there are four elements at our disposal when trying to recruit a candidate: pay, perquisites, benefits, and culture. What are Oregon companies doing differently to attract candidates from all over the nation?

On November 20, learn from a panel of heads of HR, CFOs, recruiters, and compensation and benefits experts on creative ways to capture your candidate.

Panelists:

David Knopping , Partner on Compensation Consulting, Radford

Laura Stepp , Vice President of People and Culture, Puppet Labs

Mike Temple , Chief Financial Officer, Urban Airship

Moderator:

Suzanne Hanifin, Principal, Acumen Executive Search

Event Details:

When: Thursday, November 20, 2014 Time: 7:30 – 9:00 AM | 7:30 AM networking and breakfast | 8:00 panel discussion Where: Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland, OR Cost: $25 Members | $45 Nonmembers

We will be discussing O365 and Microsoft Azure applications

Are you ready for growth? Is your business ready for growth? How will you scale to meet or exceed your customer needs?

Hear how other companies have planned (or not) for growth, what challenges they’ve faced, and what tools and resources they’ve used to facilitate the ups and downs of their business.

What Will You Learn?

How their company planned to facilitate growth, what was successful, and what wasn’t The challenges (planned/unplanned) they have faced in growing their business *Key learnings and outcomes while scaling their growth

Panelists:

Kent Lewis , Founder of Anvil Media, an integrated marketing agency, providing analytics, search engine & social media marketing to clients. Anvil was listed as one of PBJ’s “Fastest Growing Private Companies” and Inc.’s “Most Philanthropic Small Companies”, and Kent has founded and co-founded numerous successful companies.

Chris Mike , VP Account Management at Chirpify, a technology company that activates #hashtags for brands and agencies who want to leverage social media for multi-channel marketing conversion. Chris has experience with technology startups and the challenges and successes they provide, as well as larger companies such as Nike and EA.

Tim Tragesser , President at Polar Systems, Inc., a Portland based managed services provider, offers a comprehensive suite of services focused around managing your IT environment, including IT project delivery and strategic IT consultation, including virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) services, cloud-based services, project management, network security, managed email, and business continuity and disaster recovery services. Polar has been in the MSP 500 and the CRN 250. Tim has a background in corporate finance and has spent the last 12 years providing industry thought leadership on leveraging best-in-class IT solutions to maintain a competitive advantage in various vertical markets.

Moderator:

Nate Ankenbrandt, Sr. Analyst at Salesforce.com Nate has a broad background in service operations support team growth and development. Connecting customers dots with people and technology.

Who Should Attend?

Any person who is looking to grow or is planning for growth of their business, and is looking for solutions on how to scale, leverage resources, and hear about how others have done it.

Please join us for a two-part panel on August 5th as we explore the growing trend of using social media in a service setting.

Panel 1: Using Social Media as a Client Service Strategy: The Legal, Employee and Business Risks and Rewards

Panel 2: Using Social Media as a Client Service Strategy: Best Practices - What to Adopt and What to Avoid when Implementing a Social Strategy

Panel I: The Legal, Employee and Business Risks and Rewards

There’s a lot of buzz around using social media to add a value to your service strategy, but it is not risk free. Do you know some companies consider "connecting" with a client on a social media site as a breach of confidence? When you work in a regulated industry bound by HIPAA etc but your customers want to share their private information, how do you balance their needs with the business need to adhere to regulation? How much risk are you willing to take as an organization? Are you even the right business to be adopting a social medial service strategy?

Learn about some of these risks and rewards as you embark or enhance your service strategy as it relates to social media.

Panelists:

Jean Ohman Back, Attorney, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt- As a member of Schwabe’s Litigation Section and the Labor and Employment practice group, Jean advises employers about state and federal employment laws.

Jean will discuss the legal risks for employers based on employee use of social media and how to mitigate risks when employees are not trained to understand the guidelines of what's appropriate. She will also share examples of where employees have misfired and what employers have done to manage damage control and avoid future risks.

Jeremy Solly, Social Media Manager, Cambia Health Solutions – As an experienced marketing strategist with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for utilizing innovative technology, Jeremy has spent his 7 years in online content curation, web development, email marketing, SEO, key account sales, social media strategy, and marketing and public relations for both the B2C and B2B industries.

Jeremy will discuss why it’s important to give your customers the choice to use social as a vehicle to engage with your service department, even in industries with tight regulations and controls on data, such as the health care industry.

David Kastendick, Social Customer Delivery Manager with Adobe Systems - As a leader within Adobe's Customer Care group, David has focused on evangelizing the use of social media as a support engagement platform.

David will discuss the factors that must be considered when an enterprise chooses to start supporting customers via social channels.

Moderator: Claire Hernandez, Client Services Consultant

Panel 2: Best Practices - What to Adopt and What to Avoid when Implementing a Social Strategy

Now that you've decided to add social to your overall services strategy, how do you implement it effectively? Find out what measurements make sense to track and how to get your employees ready. Hear how to engage your customers and find out how to reduce call volume while increasing customer satisfaction. Learn from a panel of services department executives on what's worked, what hasn't, and the overall impact on their customers and their companies.

Panelists:

Adam Mertz, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Jive Software - Adam has worked with hundreds of companies as they plan and implement social strategies. Adam leads Jive's go-to-market plans for the JiveX customer and partner community platform, and also works analysts focused on social for prospect, customer, partner and employee uses.

Adam will discuss the enormous rewards that can come from changing the way companies engage customers. Adam will provide examples of companies effectively turning their customers into an extension of their support team, and in the process achieving double-digit percentage improvements in 3 key areas: 1) Lower support calls and cases 2) Higher customer satisfaction 3) Accelerated new and repeat sales.

Michelle Mattson, Sr. Manager - Social Customer Support, T-Mobile - T-Mobile has been busy disrupting the marketplace by making Un-carrier moves that are forcing the other guys to try to compete with its strong data network, no contracts, and Un-carrier pricing. With each Un-carrier move, it is imperative that T-Mobile is ready to answer questions, resolve issues and engage with the excitement across its social media properties.

Michelle will cover how T-Mobile’s social customer support (T-Force) team has evolved in the social media space over the past 2 years and how they’re more focused now than ever with companies bold Un-carrier movement.

Moderator: Chris Adamek, Managing Director, ACME Business Consulting

When: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 Time: 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM Where: The Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR 97205 Cost: $35 Members, $55 Nonmembers

Series Sponsor: HealthSparq

Sponsorships available. Contact [email protected].

Join us on August 21st as we welcome Senator Merkley who will give the opening remarks on patent reform and solicit ideas from you, the local technology community that he can bring back to Washington DC. In addition, an esteemed panel will answer questions regarding the current patent system, give insight on what the future could hold, and give sound advice on valuation, monetization, and patent strategies for you and your company. Panelists:

Joel Meyer, Executive Vice President IP, Digimarc - With thousands of Digimarc patents to manage, Joel will share his insight on the current patent system and give sound advice on how to get the most out of your patents.

Andrew Green, Counsel, United States Senate - Andrew serves as Legislative Counsel to Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), where he is focused on the Senator’s patent work, trade and business law matters.

Check back for a complete list of panelists

Event Details: When: Thursday, August 21st Time: 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM Where: Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 SW Salmon St., Portland, OR 97205 Cost: $25 Members | $55 Nonmembers