• 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.

• Tue. Nov 20th, 2007 @ 8:00am - 10:30am
• B2B Power Exchange
• Wishbone - Lincoln Northside
• Address: 3300 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL, 60657
• Fee: Non-members pay $ 30 which includes the cost of breakfast. Prepay by the Friday prior to the event and your price is $ 25. Members attend for free. For more information on membership fees and benefits, click http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com/fees.htm
• Please pre-register, because we try to limit attendance to 25 people per location.

B2B Power Exchange focuses on helping entrepreneurs, consultants and biz dev pros who sell to senior decision makers at companies with $ 10M or more in annual revenues. Our members focus on large, complex sales, so most lead groups and Chamber mixers don’t provide them with the resources they need. We’re different. We leverage our combined skills and executive contacts to expand our pipelines.

For locations and other information, please call 925.201.3410 or register online at http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com/application.asp

Agenda:
8:00 - 8:35am Registration and pre-meeting networking
8:35 - 8:40am Welcome, exchange business cards, order breakfast
8:40 - 9:55am Introductions including:
* Your elevator pitch
* A brief description of your services
* The sizes and types of companies you work with
* The titles of decision makers for your offering
* Types of companies you are interested in partnering with
* Specific requests
9:55 - 9:55am Sharing of local events that may be of interest to other members
9:55 - 10:30am Networking, lead exchange and appointment setting

For general information on the B2B Power Exchange, please visit http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com

Questions? Contact: info at b2bpowerexchange.com or 877.7.B2B.POWER

• Fri. Nov 9th, 2007 @ 12:00pm - 1:30pm
• Lunch 2.0
• Google Chicago
• Address: 20 W. Kinzie Street, Chicago, IL 60610
• Fee: Free w/ RSVP
• Email chi-lunch-2.0@google.com with your first and last name

Lunch 2.0, the popular Silicon Valley community event, is coming to Chicago for the first time, thanks to Google Chicago! Join the rest of the Chicago tech community for some free lunch at the Google Chicago office, courtesy of Google.

RSVP with your first and last name by emailing chi-lunch-2.0@google.com.

Also, since Lunch 2.0 is an idea and not an organization, feel free to share the tech love by hosting your own Lunch 2.0 at your own office!

More info on Lunch 2.0:
http://www.lunch20.com/about/

Help spread the word about this event!
http://www.lunch20.com/2007/10/31/lunch-20-google-in-chicago/
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/309719/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5894788778

Questions? Contact: chi-lunch-2.0@google.com

• Tue. Oct 16th, 2007 @ 8:00am - 10:30am
• B2B Power Exchange
• Wishbone - West Loop
• Address: 1001 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607
• Fee: Non-members pay $ 30 which includes the cost of breakfast. Prepay by the Friday prior to the event and your price is $ 25. Members attend for free. For more information on membership fees and benefits, click http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com/fees.htm
• Please pre-register, because we try to limit attendance to 25 people per location.

B2B Power Exchange focuses on helping entrepreneurs, consultants and biz dev pros who sell to senior decision makers at companies with $ 10M or more in annual revenues. Our members focus on large, complex sales and we leverage our combined skills and executive contacts to expand our pipelines. Please pre-register, because we try to limit attendance to 25 people per location.

For locations and other information, please call 877.7.B2B.POWER or register online at http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com/application.asp

Agenda:
8:00 - 8:35am Registration and pre-meeting networking
8:35 - 8:40am Welcome, exchange business cards, order breakfast
8:40 - 9:55am Introductions including:
* Your elevator pitch
* A brief description of your services
* The sizes and types of companies you work with

* The titles of decision makers for your offering

* Types of companies you are interested in partnering with
* Specific requests
9:55 - 9:55am Sharing of local events that may be of interest to other members
9:55 - 10:30am Networking, lead exchange and appointment setting

For general information on the B2B Power Exchange, please visit http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com

Questions? Contact: Chris Pareja, info@b2bpowerexchange.com

• Thu. Oct 4th, 2007 @ 8:00am - 11:30am
• The Technology Executives Club
• Milwaukee Athletic Club
• Address: 758 N. Braodway, Milwaukee
• Fee: $ 85 - $ 125
• Call Celine Seaback 847-837-3900 x4

How secure is your organization? Are you sure? Explore the latest security technologies, infrastructure and policies designed to protect the 24-7, zero-perimeter enterprise:

Local IT executives will review top security concerns and strategies facing their companies: Keynote Panel
Enabling business through IT security
Steps to building a comprehensive Information Security Management System
Managing identity and access
Strategies for securing the network

Questions? Contact: Celine Seback 847-837-3900 x4

• Wed. Sep 26th, 2007 @ 1:00am - 5:30pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd.
• Fee: $ 125 - $ 150
• Call Celine Seabck 847-837-3900 x4

In this seminar we’ll explore how project managers and top IT executives budget and track key IT projects and assets. Starting with the original budget process and ending with the year end ROI and review. We’ll explore top strategies and techniques in the major processes of Budgeting, Portfolio Management, Asset Management, Balanced Scorecards & Project Tracking. Here’s what you’ll learn at this event:

Learn from a Keynote Panel of CIO’s and Senior Project Managers how they budget & track their IT investment using budgeting & portfolio management processes.
Top Trends in the Budget Process.
How IT executives use Portfolio Management to balance investments in their overall portfolio of projects.
The increasing importance of Asset Management and why top IT executives are increasing their investments in this process.
Using the Balanced Scorecard Framework for project tracking & measurement.
Best Practices in IT departments tracking their projects and measuring their ROI.

Questions? Contact: Celine Seaback 847-837-3900 x4

• Thu. Jul 26th, 2007 @ 12:00pm - 1:30am
• BNC
• Weber Grill
• Address: 539 N State Street in Chicago (corner of State & Grand), Chicago, IL
• Fee: 18
• Sign Up On Line

Please join us for the next meeting of the BNC IT Special Interest Group. The purposes of this event are to give Chicago area Information Technology professionals opportunities to develop long term relationships with other IT professionals, to share & receive knowledge from your fellow networkers and to develop a group of individuals who can help each other professionally.

All attendees will be charged a fee of $18.00 which covers the cost of appetizers (veggie salad, Margarita pizza and Weber Sampler (Rib Fingers, Beer Can Chicken Tenders, Steak Skewers & BBQ Shrimp served on Onion Curls), your soft drink or tea/coffee and tax & tip. Payment will be collected on line at http://bncinfotechrsvp.eventbrite.com. Once you have paid the attendance fee, I will send you an email confirming your RSVP.

Space is limited so make your reservation early. Once we have filled all seats, your name will be put on the wait list. If someone cancels, people on the wait list will be sent directions on how to guarantee their RSVP. If you have made a reservation and cannot make it, please be sure to cancel so that someone on the waiting list can attend.

Like the last one, we will be doing Speed Networking after the first 30 minutes. The first 30 minutes will be used for networking and eating.

Please bring your business cards and/or hand bills which you can share with the other attendees when you move from table to table. Send me your contact information along with your purpose for attending the luncheon/meeting and an interesting factoid about yourself. This information will be included on the attendee list which is distributed to all attendees.

Questions? Contact: IT_luncheon@breakfastnetworkclub.org

• Wed. Jun 27th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $95-$150
• Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x 4

Flu pandemics, terrorism, hurricanes and other disasters dictate companies immediate response. Executives must plan for the worst while building enterprise resilience and managing costs. Join us and gain insight on these key issues:

Area IT executives best approaches to disaster recovery and business continuity planning:

Keynote Panel
Linking disaster recovery to business and compliance requirements
Business continuity and corporate governance synergies
The convergence of business continuity, security and emergency management trends

Questions? Contact: Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x4

• Thu. Jun 7th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $95-$150
• Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x 4

As outsourcing becomes more accepted within an enterprise, the company perspective of its own boundaries begin to change. Companies are now transforming themselves into an extended enterprise model, whereby many of the functions of the companies are performed outside the company itself. In this seminar we’ll explore how top CIO’s and IT executives support the extended enterprise model while maintaining control over their projects, budgets, compliance risks, & corporate objectives. Following are the sessions you’ll experience as a participant in the event:

Learn from a keynote panel of top CIO’s and IT executives how they successfully support the concept of the Extended Enterprise.

Receive an executive briefing on the top trends facing the Extended Enterprise today
Learn how companies manage the risk and complexity of compliant sourcing in an era where suppliers are willing to accept responsibility.

In a Framework for the Outsourcing Decision process, you’ll learn how to identify your companies core competencies and determine which areas to outsource.

In Making Global Work, Work you’ll learn how to take advantage of the opportunities of global outsourcing, while minimizing the risk

Questions? Contact: Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x4

• Wed. May 16th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Chicago
• Address: Union League Club 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $ 95 - $ 150
• Contact Maria Tuthill: 847-837-3900 x 1

How can converting application environments help you gain greater access and systems integration? New application development technologies hold big promise for data integration, virtualization, measurement and security. Join leading development teams and industry experts and discover how you can take advantage of these new tools and strategies.

Questions? Contact: Celine Seaback the Member Services Associate: phone # 847-837-3900 x4 or cseaback@technologyexecutivesclub.com

• Thu. Apr 26th, 2007 @ 6:00pm - 8:30pm
• Young Professionals of Chicago
• Kasbeer Hall - 15th Floor
• Address: 25 E Pearson St
• Fee: $ 10 YPC members in advance ($ 15 non-members)

Are you tired of busting out 60-hour work weeks for someone else’s benefit? Perhaps you feel like your ideas are ignored and your enthusiasm rendered irrelevant by your company’s culture? Maybe you know that you have the insight and drive to be successful in your own business…if you only knew how to get started.

On April 26, YPC and Loyola University’s School of Business Administration invite you a seminar with three fascinating local entrepreneurs. Jim Oberweis, Seattle Sutton and Frank Sacks all launched businesses driven by passion and were rewarded with substantial profit. They will share their experiences and insights, and perhaps even offer the inspiration you need to take the entrepreneurial plunge!

YPC Members pay a discounted rate, but only with advance registration. Prepay below and Save!

Members Prepay Here for $10

Non-Members Prepay Here for $15

RSVP to professional@ypchicago.org by 4/24 to secure your spot at this great event.

• Tue. Feb 13th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 9:30pm
• organization"s website
• Lincoln Park Cafe
• Address: 2413 N. Clark St.
• RSVP website

Personal Computing as we know it today can be traced back to a few key moments in the late 70s where a few hobbyists got together to play with very crude computers at the homebrew computer club in Silicon Valley.

It has been a great ride, but we are coming to a point where the last 10 years of the PC experience is largely unchanged.

This isn’t about old computers, Microsoft, web 2.0, Google, Linux, or Apple. It is about starting off with a clean whiteboard, a crazy idea and what you would like to see the next 20 years of computing look like.

• Thu. Jan 25th, 2007 @ 10:00am - Sun. Jan 28th, 2007 @ 12:00am
• MGChicago
• downtown chicago
• Address: various
• Fee: various
• RSVP website

Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2007
The Premier Midwestern Event catering to 3D and Compositing Effects
January 25-28th 2007, various locations downtown Chicago

This four-day festival pairs daily educational opportunities
with nightly industry events.

[ Thr ] Screen Magazine’s Star Awards (see the nominees)
[ Fri ] Motion Graphics Interactive Mixer @ Bridges Media Group
[ Sat ] Two Hi-Def Screenings of Festival Winners @ the Chicago Cultural Center
[ Sun ] Forward thinking online event in the virtual worlds of SecondLife.com

The educational conference hosts workshop, lectures, panels and classes on all four days.
Check the website for a complete list of topics and presenters.

Festival Badges and individual tickets on sale now!

Also, Join us Wednesday night for our free informational
Pre-party and DVD launch –> Onomatopoeia Wednesday
Jan 24th @ Dulcenea, 1431 N. Milwaukee Ave. from 7pm - 12am

www.MGChicago.com

Questions? Contact: mason dixon, 312.375.5379

• Thu. Jan 18th, 2007 @ 5:00pm - 7:00pm
• ChiSUG
• 190 S. LaSalle St. Chicago, IL
• Address: Nexum, Inc.
• Secure your spot now by sending your name (for security check-in) to: rwagner [a t] transunion {d o t} com

Happy New Year ChiSUG members — it looks like we get to start 2007 with a bang.

For our January meeting, noted security researcher and consultant, Raven Alder, will present to the Chicago Snort Users Group

Don’t keep the pig all to yourselves - pass this invite on to other security minded peers (no loose cannons, please).

• Fri. Dec 22nd, 2006 @ 7:00am - 9:00am
• TECHcoffee
• Caribou Coffee at LaSalle & Lake.
• Fee: Buy something to drink and get 1 hour free wifi, $ 1.50 purchases /additional hours

TechCoffee is an idea that’s part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon.

Get up early like a running club and work on fun, independent, non-work-related projects. Open source is great, but everyone is invited. Spend a few hours with some of Chicago’s most dedicated software developers.

What languages are allowed?
Whatever floats your Blub. Season One saw Python, Perl, Lisp, Ruby, Javascript, and Java (at least). Oh, and some OCaml. Work on what you’re working on. Everyone’s welcome.

• Fri. Nov 17th, 2006 @ 7:00am - 9:00am
• TECHcoffee
• Caribou Coffee on LaSalle and Lake
• Fee: just buy some coffee

TechCoffee is an idea that’s part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon.

Get up early — like a running club — and work on fun, independent, non-work-related projects. Open source is great, but everyone is invited. Spend a few hours with some of Chicago’s most dedicated software developers.

• Tue. Oct 17th, 2006 @ 6:00pm - 8:30pm
• Chicago Java Users Group (CJUG)
• Orbitz Building (Olgilvie Metra Stn), 8th floor break room
• Address: 500 West Madison, Chicago, IL 60661
• Fee: Free for first timers, membership is cheap
• RSVP to get through security and for food

Determining how your application will respond to real-world situations is not an easy task. What happens when the disk fills up, the network becomes unavailable or its latency increases, or a system administrator inadvertently removes a necessary file? Writing repeatable tests that create these scenarios can be tedious and error prone at best.

This presentation introduces fault injection as a very powerful technique for any developer to have in their toolkit. A brief introduction to Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) and other similar technologies such as Javassist is provided.

About the Speaker: Rob Grzywinski is an accomplished chief architect and senior developer with expertise in leading projects with short development cycles and limited resources. His focus is on producing quality software that incurs minimal maintenance costs and grows to meet future needs. Rob has run the gamut from content management with the Tribune Company to security with RSA and from rich clients from to embedded devices.

Enter at the Visitor desk - the third floor just one level up the escalators above the train level.

• Tue. Oct 17th, 2006 @ 5:00pm - 8:30pm
• MIT Enterprise Forum
• Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP, 37th floor
• Address: 191 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606
• Fee: free for members, $ 30 non members
• RSVP website

On the subject of technology and innovation, Chicago is as notorious for its self-deprecation and untapped potential as Silicon Valley is for its economic vibrancy.

The focus is the intersection of technology and learning. Hear six inspired leaders share the opportunities for innovation that they see, discover actions you can take to make an immediate impact, and let our local political candidates in on the future we are expecting them to help us create.

• DePaul University Coleman Entrepreneurship Center
• kNetworking for kNowledge
• Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:30am - 9:00am
• DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson, 8th Floor, Room 8012
• Each Session: $20 Registration fee ($15 for DEN Members) Register here for this session
• Package of 5 Sessions: $80 package ($50 for DEN Members) Buy the 5 session package here

Networking can and should be more that just an exchange of business cards and contact information. At our previous networking events, attendees have said they get the most out of networking when they have the chance to build a relationship through sharing information, resources, and what they have learned through experience. So we’ve designed a structured networking program for entrepreneurs to begin building those relationships. This program is called kNetworking for kNowledge.

It gives you the ability to grow your network using knowledge (giving or getting), which can translate into new leads, referrals, greater awareness, and a reputation as an expert. For those who are aspiring or emerging entrepreneurs, it provides an opportunity to learn directly from the experienced ones.

If you’ve attended any of our programs and seminars, you might have noticed that the content is often delivered by a panel of entrepreneurs. That’s because we recognize that entrepreneurs become experts at certain aspects of their businesses.

It’s likely that you are, too. Perhaps you have:

• developed systems or procedures that streamline operations
• found effective strategies to expand to new markets
• overcome serious start-up challenges
• learned how to network effectively

Because the “school of hard knocks” doesn’t really offer any classes, there are few opportunities for entrepreneurs to learn from others’ experiences beyond speaker-based events or formal mentoring.

kNetworking for kNowledge gives you a chance to be a resource for other entrepreneurs and, at the same time, to gain knowledge about what others have learned thorough their experiences, further helping you grow your business . Giving your expertise, or learning from another’s experience, can be the first step in building a valuable relationship with other entrepreneurs, a relationship that you and your business could benefit from for years to come.

• Tech Geeks Unite at Milwaukee’s First BarCamp “Un-Conference”
• Sept. 30, 2006 10am - Oct 1, 2006 5pm
• Bucketworks, 1319 N. Martin Luther King Drive, Milwaukee
• For more information and to pre-register for the event, please visit barcampmilwaukee.com or contact Pete Prodoehl at pete@2xlnetworks.com or 262-490-4531.

Calling all tech-geeks! The city will be buzzing with robots, PDAs and remote controlled go-carts as Milwaukee welcomes its first BarCampMilwaukee, an un-conference dedicated to learning, sharing and participation. Yes, an un-conference — a conference where the participants create and lead the content of the sessions instead of having a single organizer or group.

“We want to shine a bright light on the technology industry in Milwaukee,” says organizer Pete Prodoehl. “There are great opportunities in this city, it’s just a matter of making all the interesting people aware of each other.”

BarCamp occurs nationwide as an ad-hoc gathering fueled by people who want to learn and share in an open environment. Technology and creativity focused discussions, demos and interaction will form an intense 24+ hour event. BarCampMilwaukee is FREE, but there’s a catch. “Campers” must participate in some aspect of the event, whether it be leading a session, helping with a session, setting up before the event or cleaning up afterward. This powerful participation dynamic creates a unique, technology-focused gathering.

Campers will expand their minds, share their passions and have an unforgettable time. BarCampMilwaukee will take place at Bucketworks.

• Tues. Sept. 26th; 7:00am - 9:00am
• Speaker: Craig S. Donohue, CEO of CME
• Location: Mid-Day Club 21 S. Clark 56th Floor, Chicago, IL
• Free for Members, $25 for Non-Members, $15 for CME Employees
• RSVP: professional (at) ypchicago.org

What does it take to become an industry standard? How does one break down barriers in order to globalize one’s business? How do you lead a team that will become the model for others to follow?

Craig S. Donohue, Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and his team did just that when they transformed CME into the first publicly traded financial exchange in the United States. In December 2002 when CME held its IPO, the stock price of the exchange registered at $35. Since then, the stock has increased thirteen-fold! Craig and his team have built the largest and most diverse financial exchange in the world. In August, CME became the first exchange to be named to the S&P 500; it is the first exchange to be named to the InformationWeek 500; and the first to be named to Computerworld Magazine’s ‘100 Best Places to Work in IT.’ As the Chicago Tribune headlined last year, “CME is the Model for NYSE to follow.”

Join us at our CEO Breakfast on Tuesday, Sept. 26th, as Craig discusses CME’s overall success, his leadership methodologies, and personal insights with us. Non-members and employees of CME, prepay below and save $5.

CEO Breakfast are free to members.

Non-Members Prepay Here for $20

CME Employees Prepay Here for $10

If you are a member or you would like to pay more at the door, please RSVP to professional@ypchicago.org to secure your spot.

• TiE Trends: Wireless Market
• Thursday, September, 21 2006
• 6:00 PM -� 6:30 PM Registration, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and networking
• 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Program
• Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP 191 North Wacker Drive Suite 3700 Chicago, Illinois 60606-1698 Telephone: 312.569.1000
• TiE Midwest Members: no charge, Non-Members: $20.00
• Parking for event attendees is available for $9. You must use the parking garage at Lake and Wacker.
• Register here� prior to September 15th

The event will consist of 10 small discussion groups and will provide a unique networking and speaking opportunity for all participants.� �
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Prior to the event, participants will be asked to review a list of questions.� � A leader of a small group discussion will facilitate the interaction and synthesize the groups conclusions for the larger audience.� � The purpose of the event is to extract meaningful insights from the collective knowledge of the audience that can be informational to a large company like Motorola as well as a technology advocacy group like the Mayors Council of Technology Advisors (MCTA).�

TiE Midwest will capture the best thoughts from the event, publicly post them to the website, and share them with Motorola and the MCTA.
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Small group discussion leaders will include:

• Bob Zieserl, Managing Director, KB Partners
• Larry Roches, CEO, DBS Communications
• Jai Shekhawat, CEO Fieldglass
• Art Roldan, CEO, SecurePipe
• Michael Krauss, Managing Principal, Market Strategy Group
• Deepti Arora, Senior Director, Motorola
• Christine Mason, CEO, SpringCM
• Ian Robertson, Director IT Americas, Wm Wrigley Jr. Co.
• Sunil Gaitonde, CEO, GS-Lab�

Registration will be limited and on a first-come-first-serve basis.� Registration is now open and will close on September 15.� Please mark your calendars to ensure a reservation during the open registration period.
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For further information contact
TiE - Midwest
Email: tiemidwest@gmail.com
http://www.tie-midwest.org
or call Revathi Rao, Assistant Director of TiE Midwest, at (630) 353-1900 x10

• MIT Enterprise Forum of Chicago
• September 19, 2006 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• Speaker: Walter Herbst, Chairman & Founder of Herbst Lazar Bell Inc.
• Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP 191 N. Wacker Drive, 37th floor Chicago, IL 60606
• Register now

The September 19 event will feature Walter Herbst, chairman and founding partner of Herbst Lazar Bell (HLB) the largest independently owned design firm in the country.� Mr. Herbst holds over 85 patents in hardware, housewares and medical products. He is a frequent contributor of articles in various trade journals and is a co-author of the PDMA Handbook of Product Development, which has become the industry standard.

Among his numerous design awards, he was recognized by Business Week magazine and the Industrial Design Society of America as one of the “Best of the Decade” for his design work.

HLB is consistently named one of the top ten design firms in the world by BusinessWeek magazine and the Industrial Designer’s Society of America (IDSA). For more than a decade, HLB has ranked among the top winners in the Industrial Design Excellence Awards, Medical Design Excellence Awards, ID Annual Design Review, Good Design - Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, Appliance Manufacturer Excellence in Design, and numerous other internationally recognized design and engineering competitions.

HLB has also partnered with two other renowned product development firms in a strategic alliance known as “Technology Partners.” This alliance combines the product design expertise of HLB with the production equipment development capabilities of Foster-Miller, and the leading-edge biosensor technology strength of Nova Biomedical. Among the recent products to come out of this partnership are the Nova Biomedical BD Logic Glucose Monitor, and the Medtronic Paradigm Link Glucose meter.

• Google’s Chicago office 20 West Kinzie Street, 9th Floor Chicago, IL 60610 map
• Thurs. September 14, 2006. 7pm
• RSVP: In order to enter in the building, you must send Brian Fitzpatrik your name, (fitz at google dot com)
• Free. Pizza and refreshments will be served

Topics:

• Google Code (Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman): In their own words they will, “yammer on a bit at the next meeting about the Google Code stuff we’ve been working on (which was finally released in July). We’d talk about what it does and as much as we can about the Google technologies we used to build it (plus, of course, Python, natch).”
• Trac + Subversion + doctests (Garrett Smith)
• Special method names for operator overloading (Brian Ray)
• More information is at http://chipy.org

Location description:

• “18 story glass and steel building on the Northwest corner of Dearborn and Kinzie.”
• “Across the street from Harry Carey’s”
• “Upstairs from Keefer’s restaurant”

Enter via the lobby on the South side of the building, between Keefer’s restaurant and Keefer’s cafe.

Street (meter) parking is kinda sorta available in the area. Garage and lot parking is also available Southwest and East of our building.

• Wednesday Aug 30, 6 - 7:15 pm
• North end of Grant park between Monroe and Jackson and Lakeshore and Columbia - map
• Free, just show up to play
• Skill optional, frisbees provided

Join a bunch of web 2.0, software, startup, and consulting people to play Ultimate Frisbee in the Park. We play most Wednesdays, and you don’t even need to know how to play to show up. Usually between 6 and 12 people play a few games.

• August 29th, 7:00 pm
• Red Lion Pub for drinks
• Free, try to RSVP at nextChicago.org

The tech folks, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists of nextChicago will be congregating once again on Tuesday, August 29th at 7:00pm. This time we’ll be getting together at Red Lion Pub, on 2446 N. Lincoln Avenue, a great English pub. Rumor has it the place is haunted, which means we could consider it a community service project as well – teaching the dead about all things Web 2.0.

nextChicago is a fun way to connect both socially and professionally with young people who have a stake in future of tech and new media in Chicago. Participants generally have less than ten years experience and we especially welcome recent graduates who are just starting their careers.

• Topic: Direct Marketing
• August 28th, 6-9pm
• Room 166 of the Dan and Ada Rice Campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, located at 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton,IL.
• website: jerryrmitchell.com
• All the seminars are free, if you rsvp: bootstrapping@jerryrmitchellandassoc.com

Direct Marketing is a direct communication to a customer or business that is designed to generate a response in the form of an order, a request for further information, or a visit to a store or other place of business. (Also called Direct Response Advertising)

This month’s seminar will deal with direct marketing.

You’ll learn what is or is not legal to send via email and fax, how to save money� in direct mail campaigns, and what works - or fails - in direct mail, fax, email, and integrated campaigns.

Direct marketing differs from general marketing in that the result of a promotion is measurable in terms of response. Direct marketing is also largely dependent upon the use of customer files and lists. Direct marketing is utilized by virtually every type of business and organization. However, the primary users are magazine publishers, catalog houses, political campaign organizations and financial institutions.

E-mail and Internet marketing may be attracting buzz, but there are still strong incentives to send printed messages directly to customers whom you select. Direct mail gives you complete control over who sees your marketing, in contrast to advertising in print, online-mail, Web sites, or television.

For small businesses, where sales leads and customer contact information so often fall through the cracks, being able to market pinpointed prospects with postcards, flyers, catalogs, or personalized notes is a terrific opportunity. A well-crafted, road-tested direct mail package represents a cost-effective sales cycle all on its own, including advertising message, presentation, special offer, call to action and, ultimately, deal closer.

If you take the time to do it right, direct marketing can generate gratifying and measurable results.

As you establish and build your brand awareness among your key audiences, direct marketing provides you with the opportunity to ask these key audiences to DO something.

Direct marketing, in one form or another, is part of all our lives. It’s used by just about every business and non-profit. on church bulletins and utility bills, menus left under doors, coupon ads in newspapers and magazines, inserts with your bills-even the ads on back of grocery receipts and matchbooks. And, almost all direct marketing can be done better.

Come prepared to ask questions because all meetings are interactive.

2006 schedule:

September 25� Strategic Alliances / Strategic Partnerships
October 30� � � � � � Distribution channels
November 27� � Financing a Company “What are your options”

Detailed directions to the Rice Campus:

The campus is just North of Butterfield Road (Rt 56) and a half-mile East of Naperville Road.� You can take East-West toll road (I-88) West to the Naperville Road exit.� Go North on Naperville Road to Butterfield Road (Rt 56) and turn right [East].� Turn left [North] at East Loop Road, the first stoplight on Butterfield Road.� The IIT building is a short distance ahead on your right.

• Mon. Aug 28, 6-8am at Caribou Coffee at Lake/LaSalle.
• Location: Caribou Coffee (Northwest corner Lake/La Salle)
• Read more and RSVP at: http://TechCoffee.com

Every Monday morning this summer, open source hackers meet somewhere in downtown Chicago and work on the projects that interest them. It can reduce your temptation to just loaf around and read Slashdot.

All developers and technologists are welcome: Pythonizers, Rubyists, Perl Mongers, PHPimps, and Javanauts are welcome. Even Lispers, Schemers, OCamlists, Haskellians, Eiffelers, HyperTalkers, and Stegosauruses (COBOL programmers), too.

• Wednesday Aug 16, 6 - 7:15 pm
• North end of Grant park between Monroe and Jackson and Lakeshore and Columbia - map
• Free, just show up to play
• Skill optional, frisbees provided

Join a bunch of web 2.0, software, startup, and consulting people to play Ultimate Frisbee in the Park. We play most Wednesdays, and you don’t even need to know how to play to show up. Usually between 6 and 8 people play one 45 min to 1 hour long game.

It’s exhaustingly awesome! Just show up.

I’ve spoken with many of you about our idea of creating a workspace where entrepreneurs, hackers, and tech geeks, can consistently meet and get work done together. Something like this, for Chicago.

We’re currently are looking for a permanent physical space. In the mean time, we can meet up regularly at coffee shops.

CoWorking is going to throw an informal working session Tuesday Aug. 22 from noon to 5pm at Argo Tea on Randolph and State. You show up and work in an environment of other tech geeks and entrepreneurs. It’s a community and productive thing, combined.

Place a yellow post it note on your laptop monitor so others can recognize you as a co-working person.

This is short notice, but Keith had to work tomorrow and we thought some of you might enjoy each others’ company and productive energies.
-Jonathan

• Mobile Web 2.0 - who put the mobile in it? how? and why is it important?
• August 21st, 6:00 PM
• ThoughtWorks: Suite 600 (6th floor) 651 W Washiington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60661
• Pizza and pop will be served, rsvp with number attending to kiran [aT] momochicago [.] com

Neal Ford is our guest speaker for this Mobile Monday. Neal is the author of many books - Developing with Delphi: Object-Oriented Techniques, JBuilder 3 Unleashed, Art of Java Web Development, and The 2006 No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology. He is also an internationally acclaimed speaker, having spoken at numerous developers conferences worldwide - you might have heard him more rexently at the NFJS series.

We are also going to have a sneak preview of the Neuros OSD platform. (first MoMo to demo this worldwide and probably one of the first previews of the Neuros ever!). Neuros is a TI/Linux multimedia platform that uses open source applications, and is community supported.

• Thurs, Aug. 10 at 7pm
• ThoughtWorks 651 West Washington Blvd., 6th floor Chicago, IL 60661
• Free and pizza will be served (bring a buck or three if they pass the hat to cover costs)
• chipy.org for more information

Topics

• Adrian Holovaty’s new Django Add-on for quickly publishing websites.
• John Melesky on AppScript
• Sir Galahad on Python 2.5 (beta 3) in a nutshell
• BarCamp review and hangovers
• Lighting talks: MD5,…

Call jason at 3 1 2 - 3 7 3 . 8 5 5 6 if you get locked out or lost. The external doors should be open, but be sure to enter on the “east” side (Desplaines). Street (meter) parking is available in the area. Shoot for “free” (no meters) parking on the South side of the building if you’re lucky. And be sure to feed those meters; Brother Leader Daley collects tons of cash from meter fines in this area. Garage parking is also available across the street (technically across the interstate) at the very tall SkyBridge condo building.
This will be our best meeting yet! For folks who want to help setup, arrive at 6:30 and get first dibs on pizza-compliments of Uncle Roy (Singham)

• Wednesday Aug 9, 6 - 7:15 pm
• North end of Grant park between Monroe and Jackson and Lakeshore and Columbia - map
• Free, please RSVP to JAW [at] TechSocial.com
• Skill optional, frisbees provided.

Join a bunch of web 2.0, software, startup, and consulting people to play Ultimate Frisbee in the Park. We play most Wednesdays, and you don’t even need to know how to play to show up. Usually between 6 and 8 people play one 45 min to 1 hour long game.

It’s exhaustingly awesome! Email me today if you’re going to show up ( JAW [at] TechSocial.com ).

This message was listed incorrectly. There is NO meeting for ACM in August.

• Aug. 9th, 5:30 - 8:00 pm

Founded in 1947, ACM is a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide. Today, our 75,000 members and the public turn to ACM for the industry’s leading Portal to Computing Literature, authoritative publications and pioneering conferences, providing leadership for the 21st century.

This message was listed incorrectly. There is NO meeting for ACM in August.

Sorry for the confusion.

This is an informal event where you can meet with other php developers and entrepreneurs. I’ve attended several of their formal meetings and have consistently been impressed.

• 1:00 - 3:00 pm
• Uncommon Ground 3800 North Clark, Chicago, IL
• No Cost (just buy yourself lunch or a drink)

website: chiphpug.php.net� contact: Richard Lynch 773-252-8914 chiphpug@l-i-e.com

We host this social event (except January and July) at 1 pm at Uncommon Ground (3800 Clark). Our formal meetings are the third Wednesday at 6 pm of each month.

Business Cards Optional

• Mon. July 17, 6-8am at Caribou Coffee at Lake/LaSalle.
• Location: Caribou Coffee (Northwest corner Lake/La Salle)
• Read more and RSVP at: http://TechCoffee.com

Every Monday morning this summer, open source hackers meet somewhere in downtown Chicago and work on the projects that interest them. It can reduce your temptation to just loaf around and read Slashdot.

All developers and technologists are welcome: Pythonizers, Rubyists, Perl Mongers, PHPimps, and Javanauts are welcome. Even Lispers, Schemers, OCamlists, Haskellians, Eiffelers, HyperTalkers, and Stegosauruses (COBOL programmers), too.

This Monday is the first TechCoffee for the summer: 6-8am at Caribou Coffee at Lake/LaSalle.
The proposal is that every Monday morning from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., open source hackers meet somewhere in downtown Chicago and work on the projects that interest them. We could even setup projectors and let bystanders help find bugs on the big screen… or having a big screen would just serve to bystanders as a window into the wacky world of non-paid software development. It can reduce your temptation to just loaf around and read Slashdot….

All developers and technologists are welcome: Pythonizers, Rubyists, Perl Mongers, PHPimps, and Javanauts are welcome. Even Lispers, Schemers, OCamlists, Haskellians, Eiffelers, HyperTalkers, and Stegosauruses (COBOL programmers), too.

• The first TECHcoffee will be on Monday, June 19th, 6-8 a.m. in the Loop. Location: Caribou Coffee (Northwest corner Lake/La Salle)
• Read more and RSVP at: http://TechCoffee.com

June 8, 2006 7pm (pre-meeting announced on mailing list)
Monadnock Building, downtown Chicago
53 W Jackson Blvd at Dearborn, room 826
$3-$5 donation for room and board

Please confirm attendance by 3 PM June 8 by email to mtobis att gmail dott com; in theory you will need ID to get past building security.

The Monadnock is very convenient to all CTA lines and a short walk from the terminus of most RTA lines or the second to last stop (Van Buren) on the South Shore and Electric RTA lines.

Relatively inexpensive parking is available less than 1/2 mile away at State and Harrison, or on Plymouth between Harrison and Polk.

** There will probably be a pre-meeting at a nearby cafe (like
Intelligentsia) for early arrivals. Check the mailing list for more.

Topics
* Python Image Library (PIL) to rip the Unicode glyphs to create wall-sized ascii-art (Peter Harkins)
* UserDict (some Ian Bicking guy?)
* StdLib Roundup (everyone)

About ChiPy
ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs.
Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago.
Also, ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational
efforts in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info.

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