Science in the Triangle

Monday, June 7

6th Academic Medical Center Conference: Meaningful Privacy and Security

All day (Mon. 6/7 - Wed. 6/9)

The Friday Center, Chapel Hill

The 2010 conference is based on the principle that AMC privacy and security leaders gain great value from contact with their peers. Each session is led by panelists from AMCs across the country.

Register and find out more here.

TGHC Gender Working Group Series: Is Women’s Empowerment a Zero-Sum Game? Insights from Indian Urban Slums

5:30 - 7:oopm

Cox Multi-purpose Room at RTI International, 3040 East Cornwallis Road, RTP, NC 27709

Although considerable research has documented the widespread prevalence of gender-based violence in India, much remains to be learned about specific risk and protective factors. Speaker & Facilitator: Suneeta Krishnan, Senior Research Public Health Analyst with the Women’s Global Health Imperative at RTI International.

Must RSVP by end-of-business day Fri. 6/4. For more, go here.

Tuesday, June 8

Managing Intellectual Property Issues in Alliance Collaborations

11:45am - 1:30pm

Maggiano’s Restaurant at SouthPoint Mall

experienced panelists will discuss best practices in IP management and address key questions. Panelists: Marc C. Sedam, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Qualyst, Inc. (Moderator); Henry Nowak, Assistant Director of the Office of Technology Development, UNC; Chris Capel, Smith Anderson Law Firm; Laura Schoppe, President, Fuentek.

$30, covers lunch, panel, and networking. Sign up here.

Periodic Tables: Cleaning up the Gulf Coast Oil Spill

7:00 - 9:00pm

Broad Street Cafe, 1116 Broad Street, Durham, NC 27704

Speaker: Fred Pfaender, Retired Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Public Health, UNC. Come early to enjoy the fantastic appetizers, wood-fired pizza, burgers, salads, their 15 beers on tap and a full liquor bar.

Need more? Look no further.

Wednesday, June 9

Innovation@rtp: Kryosphere Co-Founders: We’re Freezing Your Assets Off Here

4:00 - 5:30pm

RTP HQ, 12 Davis Drive, RTP, NC 27709

As a leading full-service biomaterial management organization (BMO) and the Southeast’s only independent commercial biorepository, Kryosphere provides a timely and valuable solution for assuring and managing these irreplaceable research assets. Speaker: L. Eric Hallman, Ph.D., founder of Kryosphere.

RSVP.

Global Health in the Gardens: A Global Health Faculty and Medical Student Mixer!

5:30 - 7:00pm

Sarah P. Duke Gardens 426 Anderson Street, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

This event will allow medical students to ask critical questions about global health at Duke and explore fieldwork and research opportunities abroad.

Contact info and more.

SCONC Author Vanessa Woods Reads From Book “Bonobo Handshake”

7:30 - 9:30pm

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

In-Store Talk, Q&A and Signing. “Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo” comes out May 27th. More info here.

Thursday, June 10

Triangle AMA Social Media Boot Camp

8:30am - 5:30pm

The Solution Center in RTP, 1101 Slater Road, Suite 200, Brighton Hall, Durham, NC 27703

Everything you wanted to know about Social Media but were afraid to ask! Hear from an all-star lineup of some of the Triangle’s brightest and sharpest minds in Social Media marketing.

Sign up online.

Global Health Exchange: Stephen Rulisa - Malaria’s Effect on Birth Weight in Rwanda

11:00am - 12:00pm

Trent Hall, Rm 124, Duke Global Health Institute, 310 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Lecturer: Stephen Rulisa, MD,Kigali University Teaching Hospital/ National University of Rwanda. Dr. Rulisa will present his research focused on the effect of malaria on birth weight in Rwanda. He will also discuss Duke’s collaboration with the National University of Rwanda to implement practical, evidence-based training of maternal providers in Rwanda.

Here’s more.

Friday, June 11

2nd Friday Art Walk, Chapel Hill/Carrboro

6:30 - 9:30pm

Carrboro and Chapel Hill

Carrboro Creative Coworking participates and usually has live music and new art. All Free! Web.

Saturday, June 12 (thru Sun. June 13)

Silva Life System 2-Day Personal Development Seminar

9:00am - 5:00pm (Sat. 6/12 - Sun. 6/13)

Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport Hotel at Research Triangle Park

The Silva Life System is designed to provide you with the powerful, confident and assertive communication skills guaranteed to get your career-and your attitude-moving in the right direction. Special guest Suzette Foster.

Curious? Click here for more.

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