• Thu. Jul 3rd, 2008 @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
• West Suburban Chicago PHP Meetup
• Wheaton, IL
• Address: Panera Bread, 25 Rice Lake Square, Wheaton, IL. 60187
• Fee: 0
• RSVP @ meetup.com

This month, I\’ll be presenting Subversion, one of the leading version control systems out there. Even if you\’re a team of one, version control can save you numerous headaches. Come learn how you can put it to use!

Be sure to visit our website/blog at suburbanchicagophp.org!

Questions? Contact: http://php.meetup.com/381

• Wed. Jun 4th, 2008 @ 2:30am - 4:30am
• Bridge2Growth
• Intercontinental Hotel
• Address: 505 N. Michigan Ave Empire Room 7th Floor
• Fee: Free
• http://www.bridge2growth.com/register.html

The
British Midlands, the North American economic development agency
for central England, is bringing their Bridge2Growth
http://www.bridge2growth.com briefing to small and mid-sized Chicago
companies on June 4th. Bridge2Growth’s appeal is the bundle of free
offers being extended to companies in the Chicago area. We offer
information and value to those that are eventually thinking about
expanding into Western Europe or even the U.K.

Additional information follows. Can you pass this along to members and

others in your network? Thank you again and please let us know if you
have questions or need additional information. Thank you! Susan Harris

susan@bridge2growth.com

To register: http://www.bridge2growth.com/register.html

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• Wed. May 14th, 2008 @ 11:30am - Wed. Jun 25th, 2008 @ 1:00pm
• LeTip Chicago Power Lunch Network
• Club Lucky
• Address: 1840 W Wabansia
• Fee: First lunch is free
• You must RSVP first to ensure your category is open (email now).

We are a business referrals group that meets weekly to exchange qualified business leads. There is one person per business category, so there is no overlap in our businesses. We meet every Wednesday from 11:30am-1pm.

You must RSVP at info@gizmo-design.com to ensure your category is open. Your first lunch is free, but the second lunch is $ 15, and thereafter, we ask that guests submit an application for membership.

Please go to http://www.letipchicago.com to see our current open categorie, our listing of 24 members, and to learn more about LeTip!

Questions? Contact: info@gizmo-design.com

• Tue. May 6th, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 1:40am
• Business Network Chicago
• ITA Headquarters
• Address: 200 S. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606
• Fee: 5.00
• Sign up at 123Signup

We will review three quality entrepreneurial opportunities this month.

This group is led by Len Bland of Concept Equity Group (www.conceptequity.com) and David Carman of the BNC.

Business Network Chicago (BNC) is a professional networking and career development organization bringing together professionals to support members in all phases of their career.

Please bring your own lunch and drinks.

We meet the first Tuesday of every month. If you have a scheduling conflict, please join us for the next meeting on 6/3.

Questions? Contact: Len Bland: len_bland@conceptequity.com, 847-317-0656

• Tue. Apr 1st, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 1:30pm
• Business Network Chicago
• ITA Headquarters
• Address: 200 S. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606
• Fee: 5.00
• Sign up at 123Signup

ITA is hosting the monthly BNC Venture Capital networking group. This group is led by Len Bland of Concept Equity Group. David Carman is CEO & President of the BNC.

We will begin the meeting with networking and follow with a presentation from Sword Diagnostics.

Sword Diagnostics expects to save lives by enabling earlier detection of biomarkers that may be present for cancer, Alztheimer’s, and other diseases. They have been approved for 6 different clinical trials that should lead to revenue by the second quarter.

Headquartered near Chicago, IL, Sword Diagnostics is a leader in making diagnostic tests more sensitive. Sword\’s Saber Detection Systemâ�¢ is an extremely sensitive system, utilizing Raman Spectroscopy coupled with their patent-pending detection chemistry. Saber provides 1,000x increase in detection sensitivity, enabling scientists and clinicians to study and to quantify low-abundance biomarkers, as well as working with ever-decreasing sample volumes.

Please bring your own lunch and drinks.

We meet the first Tuesday of every month. If you have a scheduling conflict, please join us for the next meeting on 5/6.

Questions? Contact: Len Bland: len_bland@conceptequity.com

• Tue. Mar 4th, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 1:30am
• Business Network Chicago
• ITA Headquarters
• Address: 200 S. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606
• Fee: 5.00
• Sign up at 123Signup

BNC Venture Capital Group

We will begin the meeting with networking and follow with a presentation from Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc. http://www.hevt.com/

Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc. (HEVT) Increases the fuel efficiency improvement of a transit bus (in hybrid mode) by 40% while reducing CO2 emissions.
They are an early-stage technology venture specializing in the design and development of plug-in hybrid electric conversions for transit buses. HEVT’s mission is to lead the way toward sustainable transportation by providing the best adaptive control unit and integrated electro-mechanical drive train for plug-in hybrid electric transit buses.
Located at the University Tech Park on Illinois Institute of Technology’s campus in Chicago, HEVT has exclusive rights to the intellectual property, patents, and patents-pending developed by Professor Ali Emadi and his research laboratory at IIT.
Please bring your own lunch and drinks.

Call Len Bland at 847-317-0656 with questions. Other investors welcome.

We meet the first Tuesday of every month. If you have a scheduling conflict, please join us for the next meeting on 4/1.

Questions? Contact: Len Bland: len_bland@conceptequity.com

• Fri. Feb 29th, 2008 @ 9:00am - 4:00pm
• Chicago GSB High Tech Group
• University of Chicago GSB Harper Center
• Address: 5807 South Woodlawn Ave Chicago, IL 60637
• Fee: 45
• Register at TechVision2008.com

The University of Chicago business school\’s annual TechVision conference will feature panels on cleantech, corporate wireless venturing and new Internet business models. Keynotes include Desh Dashpande, namesake of MIT’s Technology Innovation Center. Panel guests include Ruby-on-Rails maker 37 Signals, Navteq, Motorola and Nokia Ventures. Please visit www.TechVision2008.com for details and registration info. Event is open to the public.

Questions? Contact: Kevin Cabral kcabral@g_deletethis_mail.com

• Tue. Feb 12th, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 1:30am
• Business Network Chicago
• ITA Headquarters
• Address: 200 S. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606
• Fee: 5.00
• Sign up at 123Signup

BNC Venture Capital Group

Business Network Chicago (BNC) is a professional networking and career development organization bringing together professionals to support members in all phases of their career whether looking for a job, clients, talent, capital, strategic alliances, or innovative ideas.

ITA is hosting the monthly BNC Venture Capital networking group. This group is led by Len Bland of Concept Equity Group. David Carman is CEO & President of the BNC.

We will begin the meeting with networking and follow with a presentation from Brogan Pharmaceuticals.

Brogan Pharmaceuticals is decreasing the time and increasing the number of drug products used to diagnose and treat rare diseases via the federal Orphan Drug Act in the US. The drug products produced are superior to current technologies, are used in grossly underserved markets, and are desperately sought by physicians and patients with rare diseases. Orphan drug products offer 7 years exclusivity, tax credits, and development assistance from the FDA. BP operates a 9,000 sq ft. FDA cGMP manufacturing facility used for the launch of drug product I, contract manufacturing and drug product development activities. Core competencies in FDA manufacturing, regulatory, and pharmaceutical formulation development are leveraged at the facility generating revenues outside of the orphan product development space. Ancillary operations include contract manufacturing and drug product development for research and development clients, orphan drug developers, and virtual pharmaceutical firms in support of their clinical trials. The mission is to be a vertically integrated, developer, manufacturer, and distributor of six to eight small market, low demand, orphan drug products each generating annualized revenues of $ 50-150MM.

Please bring your own lunch and drinks.

Call Len Bland at 847-317-0656 with questions.
Other investors welcome.

We meet the first Tuesday of every month. If you have a scheduling conflict, please join us for the next meeting on 3/4.

Questions? Contact: Len Bland: len_bland@conceptequity.com

• Thu. Jan 31st, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Jason Green - Intelestream
• Please RSVP first
• Fee: Free
• Register for the event at meetup.com

Meet with others in the Chicagoland area to share knowledge about SugarCRM. Learn from SugarCRM experts and hear others present their lessons learned across all areas of SugarCRM.

Member Profiles: Business Users of SugarCRM, Devlopers of SugarCRM, Prospects/Customers of SugarCRM, and Partners of SugarCRM. Both Open Source and Commercial Versions will be included in discussions.

If you are already using SugarCRM or just looking to learn more about SugarCRM before making your CRM decision, the Chicagoland SugarCRM meetup is for you!

Questions? Contact: stafford (at) intelestream.net

• Tue. Dec 11th, 2007 @ 5:30pm - 9:00pm
• Independent Computer Consultants Association - Chicago Chapter
• Pompei Pizza
• Address: 17 W. 744 22nd Street, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
• Fee: With RSVP by December 10th: Members $ 30, Non-Members $ 35; Without RSVP (at door) $ 35
• By Website: http://www.icca-chicago.org/pay.asp; By E-Mail: loribmcclellan@comcast.net; By phone: 877-804-ICCA (4222)

These days, every business is faced with continually delivering products and services in faster, better and cheaper ways. Information Technology often is the key to doing so. Meanwhile, an increasing portion of the value of any business is more and more likely to be its intangible assets, such as brands, trade secrets, know-how, patents, websites, networks, information systems and, even, customer relationships. Similarly, technology now drives many major sales, purchases, alliances, ventures and investments. And the growing use of email and the Internet in the workplace presents unique employment issues.

How does this affect your business? The key takeaway is that every business manager should understand the basic legal issues encountered as a result of these long-term trends. Our speaker, Larry Zanger, will discuss a variety of legal topics including how you can create stronger contracts which address and protect both your clients and your business interests, how to protect your valuable intellectual property, and other important legal issues which you need to consider for both starting and maintaining a successful consulting business.

Larry Zanger is a partner in the Business Law Section at the law firm of Holland & Knight in Chicago and focuses his practice on corporate and computer law matters. Mr. Zanger has substantial experience in the representation of a variety of businesses in the computer industry and those involved with electronic commerce. Representative activities include acting as outside general counsel for computer software developers, computer consultants, systems integrators and software and hardware distributors and dealers, with matters also involving international distribution and the ownership of foreign subsidiaries.

Questions? Contact: Jeffrey Ring, Chapter President: jeffrey_ring@exponentialtech.com

• Mon. Dec 3rd, 2007 @ 5:30pm - 9:00pm
• Midwest Entrepreneurs Forum (MEF)
• Chicago Union League Club - 2nd Floor Lounge
• Address: 65 West Jackson Chicago, IL
• Fee: Online Registration with Credit Card before November 26th will be $ 20 for MEF Members and $ 30 for Non-Members; At the Door and after November 26th will be $ 30 for MEF Members and $ 40 for Non-Members.
• For Online Registration Please go to: www.MidwestEntrepreneursForum.Org. CLICK ON CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND SELECT NETWORKING EVENT

Do do not miss Chicago Well-Known Entrepreneurial Networking Event of the Year

The Midwest Entrepreneurs’ Forum Monday December 3rd Networking Event

Date: Monday December 3, 2007
Time: 5:30 - 9:00 PM
Location: Union League Club - 2nd Floor Lounge 65 West Jackson Chicago, Il.

Cost Online Registration with Credit Card before November 26th will be $ 20 for MEF Members and $ 30 for Non-Members.

Admission at the Door and after November 26th will be $ 30 for MEF Members and $ 40 for Non-Members.

We are asking you to please preregister so we can better plan on the food and other services we must order ahead of time in order to have a successful event.