Arizona Telecom & Technology Events Calendar October 2006

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Arizona Telecommunications, Technology & Economic Development Events - October 2006

1 Arizona Chain Reaction (AZCR) - Jazz for Peace Concert 8PM $50-100 (Scottsdale), URL: http://azcr.org/events/view-event.php?id=90

3 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - Mastermind Roundtable 7:15-9AM Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

3 Intel - Premier IT Professional Program 8AM-1:30PM (Chandler), URL: https://www.itsharenet.org/apps/chandler06/register_contact.php

3 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA), Arizona Department of Revenue - Small Business Workshop 8:30AM-Noon Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

3 Phoenix Chapter of Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) - Compliance 11:30AM-5PM (Phoenix), Info: (rsvp4issa@yahoo.com), URL: http://www.issa.org/phoenix/

3 Refresh Phoenix - Meeting 6-8PM (Scottsdale), Info: Aaron Post (aaron@30secondrule.com), URL: http://refreshphoenix.org/

3 IEEE - Phoenix Section Executive Committee Meeting 6-8:30PM (Phoenix), Info: Rao Thallam 602-236-5481 (thallam@ieee.org), URL: http://www.ieee.org/phoenix/

3 Phoenix BSD Users Group (PhxBUG) - Monthly Meeting 7PM (Tempe), URL: http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/

4 Lorman Education Services - The Fundamentals of Construction Contracts: Understanding the Issues in Arizona, Speakers: J. Gregory Cahill, Denise H. Troy, Mariscal Weeks McIntyre & Friedlander PA, Scott Tidemann, PinnacleOne 8AM-4:30PM $319-329 (Phoenix), Info: 866-352-9539 (customerservice@lorman.com), URL: http://www.lorman.com/

4 Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC) - Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Debate 1-5PM (Phoenix), Info: 602-254-5887 (atic@researchedge.com), URL: http://www.arizonatele.com/atic/election/acc06.php

4 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - Business in a Box: Human Resources, Speaker: James Lewin, Emerging Entrepreneur Inc. 2-4PM Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

4 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - SBDC Workshop: Starting a Successful Business 2-4PM $10 (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

4 IEEE Computer Society, Phoenix Chapter - Cryptography/Encryption, Speaker: Jerry Crow, GIAC/GSEC, Network Engineer with EDS 6-8:30PM Free (Phoenix), Info: Cesar Vasquez-Carrera (C.Vasquez-Carrera@computer.org), URL: http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/phoenix/compsociety/

4 Arizona Software Developers Group (AZDG) - Meeting 6-9PM (Phoenix), URL: http://www.azdg.org/

4-5 NMS Communications - Connect 2006 (Scottsdale), URL: http://redir.targetx.com/cgi-bin/email/redir.cgi?id=0000334281-40074899

4-5 American Trainco - Generators & Emergency Power Seminar $395-790 (Phoenix), Info: 877-97-TRAIN (sales@americantrainco.com), URL: http://www.americantrainco.com/

5 Arizona Association of Contingency Planners (AZACP), National Bank of Arizona - Meeting 9-11AM (Phoenix), Info: Michael Staeuble 602-864-5460 (staeublemf@cox.net), URL: http://www.azacp.org/meetings.html

5 Tucson Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) - Meeting 5:30-7PM Free (Tucson), URL: http://www.tucsonspin.org/

6 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - SCORE Counseling 9AM-1PM Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

6 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - ASBA Toastmasters Noon-1:15PM Free (Phoenix), Info: Stuart Dille 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

6 Arizona Department of Commerce - Technology Commercialization Workshops, Speaker: Al Poskanzer, Senior Investigator, Foresight Science and Technology (Flagstaff), Info: Natascha Hebell-Fernando 602-771-1117 (NataschaH@AZcommerce.com)

7 West Valley Mayors, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix (BGCMP) - The 11th Annual Mayors’ Challenge Golf Tournament 6:30AM $300 (Litchfield Park), Info: L. Lesniak 602-954-8182 (llesniak@bgcmp.org), URL: http://www.bgcmp.org/newsletter/forms/2006mayors.pdf

7 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - SCORE Workshop: Start Smart Business Planning Seminar 9AM-Noon Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

8 AniZona - General Membership Meeting 4PM (Mesa), Info: David (chair@anizona.org), URL: http://www.anizona.org/

8 Community Christian Church - The Feast Multi-Ethnic Storytelling and Dinner 6PM $5 (Tempe), Info: Doug Bland 480-967-5266 ( doug.bland@tempeccc.com), URL: http://www.tempeccc.com/

9 Phoenix Ruby Users Group - Meeting 6:15-8:30PM (Phoenix), Info: James Britt (j.g.britt@gmail.com), URL: http://rubyaz.org/groups/prug/

9-11 American Management Association (AMA) - Fundamentals of Finance & Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers Seminar $1,795-1,995 (Scottsdale), Info: 800-262-9699, URL: http://www.amanet.org/

9-11 American Management Association (AMA) - Coaching Seminar $1,995-2,195 (Scottsdale), Info: 800-262-9699, URL: http://www.amanet.org/

10 Phoenix AM - Meeting 7-8:30AM (Phoenix), Info: 480-727-5266 (asulectures@asu.edu), URL: http://uc.asu.edu/

10 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - Mastermind Roundtable 7:15-9AM Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

10 ASU JACMET - Pressure Measurement 8:30AM-4:30PM $250-350 (Phoenix), URL: http://webapp.poly.asu.edu/jacmet/courses.htm

10 Data Management Association (DAMA) Phoenix - Meeting 1-5PM (Tempe), Info: Susan Moore (susan.moor@asu.edu), URL: http://www.dama.org/

10 Arizona State University, Technopolis, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLC - Doing Business Globally Seminar 2:30-5PM $30 (Tempe), Info: Karen Katzorke (karen.katzorke@asu.edu), URL: http://www.asutechnopolis.org/

10 ASU Fulton School of Engineering, City of Tempe - Discovery Series: Materials Behavior Laboratory, Speaker: Nik Chawla 4-5:30PM (Tempe), Info: Cathy Panella, 480-965-5608 (catherine.panella@asu.edu)

10 Society for Technical Communication (STC) Phoenix Chapter - Meeting 5:30PM $15 (Phoenix), Info: Aiessa Moyna 602-537-1228 (stcphoenix@yahoo.com), URL: http://www.stc-phoenix.com/

10 Tempe Tech Oasis - Tempe Techie Tuesday Tech Oasis Night, Speakers: Colleen Brophy, Beth Furnish, AzERx 5:30PM (Tempe), URL: http://www.acteva.com/go/techoasis/

10 Franklin Covey - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People $1,095-1,495 (Phoenix), Info: 877-552-2948, URL: www.franklincovey.com/habits

10-17 ASU JACMET - Strain Gage 8:30AM-4:30PM $500-700 (Phoenix), URL: http://webapp.poly.asu.edu/jacmet/courses.htm

11 AzSalesPros - Meeting 7-9AM $12 (Scottsdale), URL: http://www.azsalespros.com/

11 Arizona Quality Alliance (AQA) - ISO in Healthcare: ISO-9000 and IWA-1: Laying the Foundation for Organizational Excellence Workshop, Instructor: John Harrison, RN, MHSA, Manager of Quality Improvement, United Community Health Center Inc. 8AM-5PM $149/$199 (Phoenix), Info: 602-364-7082, URL: http://www.arizona-excellence.com/

11 Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC) - Board Meeting Noon-2PM (Phoenix), URL: http://www.arizonatele.com/atic/board.html

11 Arizona State University (ASU) - Third Annual School of Life Sciences, Career, Internship, and Graduate School Fair 10AM-2PM (Tempe), URL: http://sols.asu.edu/ugrad/internships.php

11 SQL Server User Group (AZSQL) - Meeting 4:30-6:30PM (Phoenix), URL: http://www.azsqlserver.com/

11 TiE-AZ (The IndUS Entrepreneurs) - Fifth Annual Venture Capitalist Roundtable, Panelists: Sangam Pant, Sr. Mg. Director of Evercore Ventures, Robert Kibble, Managing Partner of Mission Ventures, Stephanie Spong, Wasatch Ventures and Bob Curtis, Avant Ventures 6-9PM (Phoenix), Info : Srini Vasan 602-674-3528 (srini@tie-arizona.org), URL: http://www.tie-arizona.org/

11 Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) - GPEC 2006 Annual Dinner, Speaker: Wayne Cotter (Phoenix), URL: http://www.gpec.org/

11-13 American Management Association (AMA) - Developing Executive Leadership Seminar $1,995-2,195 (Scottsdale), Info: 800-262-9699, URL: http://www.amanet.org/

12 The Business Journal - How to Make Money with The Business Journal, Speakers: Don Henninger, Publisher, Ilana Ruber Lowery, Editor 7:15-9AM (Phoenix), UR: http://events.bizjournals.com/phoenix/

12 Arizona Technology Council - Cultural Computing: Novel Intellect and Future Markets Council Connect, Speaker: Rikakis, Director and Professor of the Arts, Media, Engineering Program at Arizona State University 7-9AM $35-60 (Tempe), Info: Mariana Crone 602-343-8324x104 (mcrone@aztechcouncil.org), URL: http://www.aztechcouncil.org/

12 Main Street Angels - Entrepreneur Presentations to Accredited Investors 5:30-8PM (Phoenix), Info: Bob Magnum 602-264-2671 (bob@bobmagnum.com), URL: http://www.bobmagnum.com/

12 American Society for Quality (ASQ) Valley of the Sun Chapter - Program TBA, Speaker: Todd King, VitalSmarts 6:15-8:30PM $18-$27 (Phoenix), URL: http://www.asq-0704.org/

12 IEEE Phoenix Area Consultants Network (PACN) - Basics of Financial Reporting and Analysis Meeting, Speaker: David Everett, CPA, 6:30PM (Scottsdale), Info: Vaughn Treude (vaughn@nakota-software.com) 602-750-3662, URL: http://www.ieeepacn.com/

12-13 Arizona Department of Commerce - The 21st National Hispanic Women’s Conference (Phoenix),URL: http://www.hispanicwomen.org/

12-13 Paton Press - Process Mapping & Process Improvement $895-995 (Phoenix), Info: 530-342-5480x106, URL: http://www.patonprofessional.com/

12-19 ASU JACMET - Secrets of Speaking & Presentation Skills for Engineering & Technology Workforce 8:30AM-4:30PM $375-525 (Phoenix), URL: http://webapp.poly.asu.edu/jacmet/courses.htm

13 IMC AZ - Meeting 7:15AM-10AM $15-25 (Phoenix), Info: 480-423-0263, URL: http://www.imcaz.org/

13 American Society for Training & Development - Valley of the Sun (ASTD-VOS) Chapter - Fall Conference 7:30AM-4:30PM (Phoenix), Info: 480-471-3800, URL: http://www.astd-vos.org/

13 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - ASBA Toastmasters Noon-1:15PM Free (Phoenix), Info: Stuart Dille 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

13 Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society (CASFS) - Monthly Meeting 8PM (Phoenix), Info: Stephanie Bannon (laetitia@doverkeep.com), URL: http://www.casfs.org/

13 Society for Technical Communication, Southern Arizona Chapter (STC-SAZ) - Visual Interactivity through Relational Presentation, Speaker: Bob Lane (Tucson), URL: http://www.stc-saz.org/

13-15 Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society (CASFS) - HexaCon 16 $15-20 (Phoenix), URL: http://www.hexacon.org/

13-18 Southwest Users Group (SWUG), Northern Arizona University (NAU) - SWUG 2006: The Southwest Users Group Conference 2006 (Flagstaff), Info: (conference@swuggis.org), URL: http://www.swuggis.org/

14 American Society for Quality (ASQ) - Inaugural Southwestern Regional Conference, Speaker: Tom Pyzdek, Renowned Author (Casa Grande), URL: http://www.asq-0704.org/

14 New Foundation - Inaugural Arizona Celebrity Dance Challenge Gala, Guests: Alfredo Molina, Michael Carbajal, Blaise Lantana 6PM-12:30AM $150 (Phoenix), Info: Steve Conrad 480-945-3302x116, URL: http://www.thenewfoundation.org/

14-18 ESRI Southwest Users Group - SWUG 2006: Beyond the Plateau $210 (Flagstaff), Info: (conference@swuggis.org), URL: http://www.swuggis.org/

15 Boy Scout Troop 446 - Computer Swap Meet 6-10:30AM (Scottsdale), Info: 480-752-7410, URL: http://www.scoutscomputerswapmeet.com/

16 FBI Phoenix and Phoenix InfraGard - IT Sector Meeting 2-4PM (Tempe), Info: Tom Liffiton (william.t.liffiton@infragard.org), URL: http://www.phoenixinfragard.net/

16 PostgreSQL - Meeting 6:30PM (Phoenix), Info: Trent Shipley (trent_shipley@yahoo.com)

16 South Mountain Community College (SMCC) Storytelling Institute - Myth Informed Series: Stories from the Scottish Otherworld, Teller: LynAnn Wojciechowicz 6:30-8:30PM Free (Phoenix), Info: LynAnn Wojciechowicz 602-243-8022 (lynnann.woj@smcmail.maricopa.edu), URL: http://eport.maricopa.edu/storytelling/

16-18 American Management Association (AMA) - Negotiating to Win Seminar $1,795-1,995 (Scottsdale), Info: 800-262-9699, URL: http://www.amanet.org/

17 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - Mastermind Roundtable 7:15-9AM Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

17 SkillPath Seminars - The Complete Guide to Poised & Powerful Public Speaking $189-199 (Tempe), Info: 800-873-7545 (enroll@skillpath.net), URL: http://www.compumaster.net/

17-24 ASU JACMET - Decision-Oriented Risk Management 8:30AM-4:30PM $500-700 (Phoenix), URL: http://webapp.poly.asu.edu/jacmet/courses.htm

18 Society for Information Management, Arizona Chapter (AZSIMNET) - Breakfast Meeting, Speaker: Paul Glen (Phoenix), Info: Brian Knapp (bknapp@mdigroup.com), URL: http://www.azsimnet.org/

18 Tucson Macintosh Users Group (TMUG) - Meeting, Speakers: John Nemerovski, Jerry Cederquist, Bob Wood, Jason Tolis 6-9PM (Tucson), Info: 520-298-7165, URL: http://tmug.com/newsite/meeting.php

18 Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix (BGCMP) - Back in the Day Basketball Tournament: Alumni vs. Members (Phoenix), Info: 602-954-8182 (alumni@bgcmp.org), URL: http://www.bgcmp.org/

18-19 Arizona Grantmakers Forum (AGF) - 2006 Philanthropy in Arizona Conference: Maximizing Philanthropic Impact, New Ideas, Innovative Tools (Scottsdale), URL: http://www.arizonagrantmakersforum.org/

19 Enterprise Network (EN) - Executive Seminar & Dinner Forum, Speaker: Thomas Lewis, Owner & CEO, T. W. Lewis 4:30-8PM (Phoenix), Info: 480-496-4408, URL: http://www.en.org/

19 Semico Research Corporation - Semi Arizona Happy Hour 5-7PM (Phoenix), Info: Julie Patch 602-997-0337x111 (juliep@semico.com), URL: http://www.semi.com/

19 Arizona Rational Users Group (AZRUG) - Meeting 5:45-7PM (Phoenix), URL: http://www.azrug.org/

19 CompuMaster - Mastering Macromedia Dreamweaver $199 (Tucson), Info: 800-867-4340 (enroll@skillpath.net), URL: http://www.compumaster.net/

19-20 AMIT Manufacturing Network - The Global Manufacturing Leadership Summit & Golf Tournament, Speaker: Peter Alexander, VP Worldwide Commercial Marketing, Cisco Systems Inc. $39-375 (Tucson), Info: (justin@amit-az.org), URL: http://www.amit-az.org/

20 ASU College of Law - OSHA Law: How to Handle OSHA Compliance and Inspections 8-10AM $30 (Tempe), Info: Anna Sylvester 480-727-7398 (anna.sylvester@asu.edu), URL: https://www.law.asu.edu/legalclinics

20 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - ASBA Toastmasters Noon-1:15PM Free (Phoenix), Info: Stuart Dille 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

20 The Irish Cultural Center (ICC) - Scary Irish Stories for Halloween, Tellers: Sean Buvala, Sandy Oglesby, Cari Knarr & Liz Warren 7PM $5 (Phoenix), Info: 602-258-0109, URL: http://www.azirish.org/main.shtml

20 CompuMaster - Mastering Macromedia Dreamweaver $199 (Phoenix), Info: 800-867-4340 (enroll@skillpath.net), URL: http://www.compumaster.net/

21 Arizona Chain Reaction (AZCR) - Women’s Care Clinic (Men, Too) 9AM-4PM Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-569-4930, URL: http://azcr.org/events/view-event.php?id=91

23 Arizona Health IT Accelerator (AHITA) - Meeting 1-2:30PM (Phoenix), Info: Byron Davies (bdavies@ahita.org), URL: http://www.ahita.org/

23 AZ Security Practitioners’ Forum - Meeting 6:30-8:30PM (Phoenix), URL: http://www.azspf.org/

23-25 IEEE Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society - The 15th Topical Meeting on Electrical Performance on Electronic Packaging (Scottsdale), Info: Moises Cases (cases@us.ibm.com), Paul Franzon (paulf@ncsu.edu), Kelly Sutton (epd@engr.arizona.edu), URL: http://www.epep.org/

23-27 Technical Training Group (T2G) - How to Perform an Arc Flash Study I & II, Speaker: Jim Phillips (Scottsdale), Info: 800-874-8883, URL: http://www.brainfiller.com/

24 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - Mastermind Roundtable 7:15-9AM Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

24 ASU Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering & Technology (CRESMET) - Competing in a “Flat World” Economy: Getting & Keeping Arizona Students in the Math & Science They Need to Succeed, Speakers: Gail Hackett, Judy Bowers 8:30AM-3:30PM $25 (Glendale), URL: http://www.cresmet.asu.edu/

24 Society for Technical Communication, Southern Arizona Chapter (STC -SAZ) - Monthly Planning Meeting 6PM (Tucson), URL: http://www.stc-saz.org/

24-25 IP3 Inc. - The Professional Education and Training for the Working Professional: Strategy to Reality IT Security Seminar $895 (Phoenix), Info: Arjun Thusu 989-771- 1007 (athusu@ip3inc.com), URL: http://www.ip3security.com/

24-25 CompuMaster - Advanced Troubleshooting, Maintaining & Upgrading PCs $795-895 (Phoenix), Info: 800-867-4340 (enroll@skillpath.net), URL: http://www.compumaster.net/

24-26 Excel Communications - Achieving Excellence: Premier Summit for Telecom Dealers (Phoenix), Info: 877-778-6649, URL: http://www.excelevents2006.com/

25 Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce - The 19th Annual Athena Awards Event 11:15AM-1:30PM (Phoenix), Info: 602-495-2182, URL: http://www.phoenixchamber.com/

27 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - ASBA Toastmasters Noon-1:15PM Free (Phoenix), Info: Stuart Dille 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/

27-28 City of Mesa - Mesa Storytelling Festival, MCs: Don Doyle & Liz Warren, Featuring Donald Davis, Rex Ellis, Andy Offutt Irwin, Dan Keding, Angela Lloyd, Milbre Burch, Jeannine Pasini Beekman & Leeny Del Seamonds (Mesa), Info: 480-644-6500, URL: http://mesaartscenter.com/pa_festival.htm

28 The Irish Cultural Center (ICC) - 6th Annual Arizona Irish Festival 10AM-5PM (Phoenix), Info: 602-258-0109, URL: http://www.azirish.org/main.shtml or http://festival.azirish.org/

28 Western Speculative Fiction Society (WSFS) - ConRunners 15 10AM-6PM (Phoenix), Info: (conrunners@westernsfa.org), URL: http://www.westernsfa.org/

28 AOIA - AOIA Board Meeting 4-5:30PM (Tucson), Info: 520-721-0500x102

28 Arizona Irish Festival - The 6th Annual Arizona Irish Festival Free-$10 (Phoenix), Info: 602-308-4601, URL: http://www.azirishfestival.org/

30-31 ASU JACMET - Decision-Oriented Risk Management 8:30AM-4:30PM $500-700 (Phoenix), URL: http://webapp.poly.asu.edu/jacmet/courses.htm

31 Arizona Small Business Association (ASBA) - Mastermind Roundtable 7:15-9AM Free (Phoenix), Info: 602-265-4563 (rsvp@asba.com), URL: http://www.asba.com/