RTP Week Ahead, May 10-14
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Southern Capitol Venture (SVC) Entrepreneur’s Breakfast
8:00am – 9:15am
Southern Capitol Ventures, 21 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 105, Raleigh, NC
Want to start a company? Starting a company? Already an entrepreneur? Come join us for bagels and coffee. Meet some of your peers.
FREE! Register Here.
Tuesday, May 11
BookLaunch Reception: Pharmaceutical Project Management
5:30pm – 8:00pm
The Solution Centre, RTP
During a complimentary buffet with full bar service, the event will offer the opportunity to network with the book’s editor as well as with senior colleagues from other RTP based life sciences companies.
Apply for an invitation! More info here.
Periodic Tables: Learn why baboons debunk the myth of deadbeat dads (and drink beer while you’re at it)
7pm – 9pm
Broad Street Cafe, Durham
Speaker: Dr. Susan Alberts, biologist at Duke University and Assoc. Dir. @ NESCent
More info here.
Wednesday, May 12
Innovation in RTP Speaker Series: Video Interpretation Technologies
4:00pm – 5:30pm
RTP Headquarters, 12 Davis Drive
Presenter: Ben Weinberger, co-founder of Digitalsmiths. Come and learn how Digitalsmiths enables Paramount to create a ‘digital blueprint’ of their entire film library.
RSVP here.
Launch Days: Durham
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Bay 7, American Tobacco Campus, 318 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC
Start up companies discussing their latest launches and attendees. Speaker: Jim Tobin (CEO, Ignite Social Media).
More info here.
Thursday, May 13
2nd Annual Cree Small Business Supplier Fair
10am – 4pm
Cree Auditorium, 4600 Silicon Drive, RTP, NC 27703
“Promoting a Vibrant Cross-Industry Small Business Environment”. Series of workshops and activities related to growing small business.
Contact Debra Giles for more info: (919) 287-7727
STREAK!
3pm – 5pm
CED Entrepreneurship Center, 100 Capitola Drive, Suite 106, Durham, NC 27713
Helps early-stage, high-growth life sciences and technology companies prepare for fundraising by allowing them to have their investor presentation critiqued by a seasoned panel of investors, entrepreneurs, financial and marketing experts.
Presenting fee: $100*. CED membership required. More info here.
Friday, May 14
HealthCamp RDU
8am – 5pm
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina UP2 Building, 4727 University Drive, Durham NC, 27707
Aims to be a highly-collaborative, day-long conference with a focus on issues and opportunities related to the changing face of healthcare.
More info here.
Second Friday Art Walk, Chapel Hill/Carrboro
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Carrboro and Chapel Hill
Carrboro Creative Coworking participates and usually has live music and new art. All FREE!
More info here.
To view a complete calendar of RTP community events, please visit the Science in the Triangle calendar.


