Science in the Triangle

Monday, May 24

Southern Capitol Ventures Entrepreneur’s Breakfast

8:00 - 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 25

Innovations in Sustainability (Tues. 5/25 - Thurs. 5/27)

8:00am - 5:00pm

Marriott City Center, 500 Fayetteville St., Downtown Raleigh, NC

The agenda includes panel discussions with practitioners and researchers from Bayer Crops Sciences, IBM, Novozymes North America, Next Right Decisions LLC, and CarbonNeutral.

Register and find more info here!

Separating the Snails from the Superstars

6:45 - 8:45pm

Wake Tech Northern Campus, 6600 Louisburg Rd, Bldg.D-Rm 310, Raleigh

Learn to recruit and hire the best for your small business. Class will cover 4-step hiring process, interviewing techniques, reference checking, salary negotiation and closing the deal.

Find out more here.

Wednesday, May 26

The State of Technology: Transforming the Way We Live, Work & Play

7:30am - 4:00pm

Sheraton Imperial Hotel, 4700 Emperor Blvd, Durham, NC

The State of Technology Conference will explore how innovation is impacting industries by improving processes and increasing efficiency, changing the way we do business.

Register online here.

Breakfast Science Cafe: Urban Evolution - Response to Human Disturbance

8:30 - 10:00am

Museum of Natural Sciences - 4th floor, Acro Cafe, 11 West Jones St. Raleigh, NC 27601

Why is it that some animals do better than others with human disturbances than others? Further, is it possible that we could change the course evolution of some species? Have we already?

FREE! Find out more here.

SCONC Author Scott Huler Reads From New Book “On The Grid”

7:00 - 9:00pm

Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27607

In “On the Grid”, Scott Huler takes the time to understand the systems that sustain our way of life, starting from his own quarter of an acre in North Carolina and traveling as far as Ancient Rome. Book out now!

More info here.

Thursday, May 27

RTRP 2010 State of the Research Triangle Region

7:00 - 8:00am

Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center

You are invited to join other regional business and community leaders at the seventh annual State of the Research Triangle Region, hosted by the Research Triangle Regional Partnership (RTRP).

Find out about registering here.

TGHC Breakfast: Effective Geographically-distributed Collaboration in Drug Research

7:30-9:00am

Congressional Conference Room, NC Biotechnology Center 15 TW Alexander Drive, RTP, NC

This discussion will begin with a review of the solutions offered by ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) web-based platforms, despite notable challenges, and the evolution of these platforms required to foster efficient virtual research efforts by geographically dispersed scientists.

Free. More here.

TechJournal South’s Deck Party

5:30 - 9:00pm

Solas, 419 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27603

The TechJournal’s semi-annual DeckParty event is the largest technology and life science networking event in North Carolina, attracting a typical crowd of over 500 technology executives and investors.

FREE! Must be over 21. RSVP here.

Saturday, May 29

Still the Spill: Get a Haircut, Save a Beach!

All day.

The Corner Tavern and Grill, 1301 NW Maynard Road, Cary, NC

Have your head shaved, get a haircut, or just have a trim! We want it all! Your hair will be made into booms to help absorb the oil that continues to leak into The Gulf of Mexico.

Haircuts free. More at sponsor Matter of Trust’s website.

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To view a complete calendar of RTP community events, please visit the Science in the Triangle calendar.