January 20, 2016 Entrepreneurship Workshop:  Alternative Financing Approaches for Entrepreneur Opportunities 6:30 to 8:30 PM Presenter:  Jerry Knotts Register and pay at www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2016-01-workshop Abstract Angel investors and Venture Capital groups are not the only sources of financing for entrepreneur startups and growth companies. There is a cornucopia of approaches available to viable entrepreneur opportunities. Over… Read more →

The second annual IEEE Rising Stars Conference will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino on January 2-4, 2016. The goal of this conference is to connect and inspire students and young professionals through networking, tech talks, and professional development workshops. There is a large diversity of topics that will… Read more →

The San Fernando Section has announced an upcoming EMBS meeting, on August 27: Characterizing Parameter Uncertainty in an Artificial Pancreas System for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Where:  Medtronic Diabetes, 18000 Devonshire St, Northridge, CA 91325 When:   Thursday, August 27, 2015               6:00 – 7:00 PM: Dinner & Networking 7:00 – 8:00 PM:… Read more →

Dr. Deborah Bass, Manager for the Mission Systems Engineering Section at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was welcomed by a full auditorium at CLU on July 16, 2015. Dr. Bass talked about her work at JPL on the Mars 2020 Rover that is being designed to advance high-priority science goals for Mars exploration. More than 95 people heard… Read more →

Close to 100 IEEE members, friends, and new faces came to the CLU Huddle Entrepreneurship Center to participate in the Buenaventura Ventura Summer Mixer. With appetizers and a meal grilled on site by Nana’s Kitchen, the event took rapidly a festive atmosphere . Mike Panasi, CLU host of the event welcomed everyone, Bridge Carney and Nathalie Gosset talked about… Read more →

Video available – the Entrepreneurship Workshop on SBIR / STTR Funding by Jerry Knotts Jerry Knotts, President/CEO of Central Coast Venture Fund  and “Entrepreneur Whisperer,” shared the recipe to secure a grant from the Small Business Innovation Research (or SBIR) program or from the Small Business Technology Transfer program (STTR) that grant financial support to… Read more →

California Lutheran University has graciously offered some of our chapters a meeting site in Swenson 101, an attractive, new LEED-certified building on the southern edge of campus.  Please check the meeting announcement for specific meeting location. Directions from Ventura: Take the Ventura Freeway 101 South. Take Lynn Road Exit, turn left, drive 2.9 miles. Lynn… Read more →

62 IEEE members and guests attended the May 14 Spring mixer, Rising Stars and Old Nebulas at the Huddle Entrepreneurship Center in Westlake Village. In an atmosphere of camaraderie, we gathered in the heart of the Huddle Entrepreneurship Center, a local startup heaven and a bit of ‘Google’ type creative environment here in the Conejo… Read more →

  The IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) Steering Committee is inviting applications for project funding support. SIGHT groups’ major goal is to create opportunities for members to devote time and talents to humanitarian work consistent with IEEE’s Constitution to “bring the benefits of technology to the entire world.” IEEE SIGHT will support… Read more →

The first meeting of the new Electromagnetic Compliance / Consumer Electronics Chapter will be held on May 5 at CLU – please see the Chapter Page or download the meeting flyer! Congratulations to Mike Nicholls and the new officers of our newest chapter!