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Our vision is to be a catalyst for innovation, mobilizing a global community of women entrepreneurs seeking to advance the world through technology.

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Gaming & Mobile Entrepreneurship Party
Thursday, February 11th, 2010, 6pm - 8pm
Horatius, San Francisco, CA

It is time for another Gaming & Mobile Entrepreneurship (GAME) get-together, the first one in San Francisco! Folks from the Palm team will be onsite to tell us more about Palm webOS and what it has to offer as a robust game development platform. Palm also recently announced that their new smartphones, Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will be available exclusively on Verizon Wireless on January 25th. The idea is simple: get together on a regular basis people who are interested in gaming, mobile and entrepreneurship. For more info and to register, click here.

SuperHappyDevHouse
Saturday, February 13th, 2010, 1pm
Rainbow Mansion, Cupertino, CA

It's time to hack at the DevHouse once again! This time we'll be at the secret NASA think tank: Rainbow Mansion! SuperHappyDevHouse is the premier monthly hackathon event that combines serious and not-so-serious productivity with a fun and exciting party atmosphere. SuperHappyDevHouse is a non-exclusive event intended for creative and curious people interested in technology. We're about knowledge sharing, technology exploration, and ad-hoc collaboration. Come to have fun, build things, learn things, and meet new people. It's called hacker culture, and we're here to encourage it. For more info and to register, click here.

Finance4Founders
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010, 6pm - 9pm
San Francisco, CA

Finance4Founders is a group of Silicon Valley geeks, entrepreneurs, & investors dedicated to educating and helping the next generation of internet startups around issues of fund raising, option pools, and term sheets. We meet monthly over dinner to discuss relevant topics in raising capital, working with investors, and compensating great teams. This month's talk will be on how to manage advisors, investors and board members. To request an invite, click here.

Startup Riot 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia

Registration is now open to both attend and present at Startup Riot on February 17, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. So have at it and apply right away. We have added attendance spots but they are limited for the demand we know we'll see. Presentation spots are still limited to 50 companies. REMEMBER there will never be a fee charged to presenting entrepreneurs at Startup Riot. This year presenting companies will have booths as well as an opportunity to win some valuable prizes (details soon). So what are you waiting for? For more info and to register, click here.

Bottlenotes presents "Around the World in 80 Sips"
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 6pm-9pm
Crushpad, San Francisco, CA
Cost: Women 2.0 members save $10 with discount code "WOMENTWO"

Come taste wines from around the globe as Bottlenotes takes you Around the World in 80 Sips™! Join us and Bay Area wine enthusiasts at Crushpad, San Francisco's very own "urban winery." Enjoy 80+ wines plus award winning cheeses from Artisanal Premium Cheese. For more info and to register, click here.

Dare 2B Digital: A Conference on Careers for Young Women Using Computing Technology
Saturday, February 27th, 2010, 9am – 3:30pm
Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA

The conference, designed for girls in middle and high school and their parents is presented in partnership with Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Symantec, Google, Intuit, Foothill College, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, the Association for Computing Machinery – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, the Silicon Valley Education Foundation and TechBridge. The conference features two inspirational keynote sessions, more than 20 hands-on workshops led by computing experts, and four educational workshops for parents. Registration is $20 per person. For more information and to register, click here.

FailChat #1: The Pivot
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, 6pm - 9:30pm
PariSoma, San Francisco, CA

What do Flickr, YouTube, and Nintendo all have in common? They each went through a pivot: the act of a company drastically changing their product and/or business plan to attract a larger and/or more profitable market to avoid bankruptcy or business failure. With proper planning, good advisers, and loyal users, it can still be an excellent way for any startup to bounce back. Come meet and network with industry leaders, founders, and more, then join in our panel discussion on how and when to pivot, what it entails, what to expect, and more! Women 2.0 members get 10% off tickets when you register here with discount code "women20".

SDForum presents Clean Tech Breakfast “Green Buildings – Design and Control Analysis”
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010, 8am - 10am
Nixon Peabody, San Francisco, CA
Cost: Women 2.0 save with discount code "CLEAN05"

Predicting building energy usage is incredibly complex due to the large number of influencing factors. A number of software companies (and governmental organizations) have taken on the monumental task of simplifying this analysis so more engineers and architects can design energy efficient buildings. With strict enforcements of Title 24, what technologies will be part of the “green” buildings of tomorrow? Speakers include Michael R. D'Amour (Lumenergi), Matt Denesuk (IBM), Gary Dillabough (Westly Group), Scott Hublou (EcoFactor). For more info and to register, click here.

Women Entrepreneurs Inspire Conference
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010, 8am - 5pm
Cox Convention Center, Oaklahoma City, OK

The Riata Center for Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University is pleased to present the first annual Women Entrepreneurs Inspire Conference in Oklahoma City at the Cox Convention Center. Get inspired by successful women entrepreneurs from across the country, and learn tools to help you start and grow a business. Network with other women entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs. For more info and to register, click here.

TEDxBerkeley
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
UC Berkeley campus, Berkeley, CA

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx, a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. On April 3rd, 2010, 700 remarkable people will descend on the UC Berkeley campus for a full-day immersion of TEDtalks and live talks by some of the Bay Area’s most accomplished people. For more info and to apply for your spot, click here.

The Invent Your Future Conference for Women
Monday, April 19th and Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA

Nationally-recognized speakers, best-selling authors, thought leaders and business experts will offer informative seminars, clinics, roundtable discussions and keynote sessions showcasing tools and techniques to accelerate women’s career advancement. The 2009 conference featured nationally-recognized keynote speakers, including media personalities Cokie Roberts, and Rachel Maddow, in addition to William Watkins, former CEO, Seagate. 2009 attendees came from companies such as Symantec, SAP Labs, Apple, Genentech, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Hewlett-Packard, Robert Half International, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Arts, Gap and Cisco. Corporate attendees include corporate executives, senior managers and engineers. For more info and to register, click here.

Inside Social Apps
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010, 9am - 6pm
San Francisco, CA

Inside Social Apps 2010 brings together today's leading developers of social apps and games for a one-day intensive summit on the future of app and game monetization on social platforms. Talks and panels will tackle key issues and explore new opportunities facing social apps and games monetizing through virtual goods on the Facebook Platform and beyond. For more info and to register, click here.

Future of Money and Technology Summit
Monday, April 26th, 2010, 9am - 6pm
Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco, CA

The Future of Money & Technology Summit will bring together the best and brightest thinkers around money, including visionaries, entrepreneurial business people, developers, press, investors, authors, solution providers, service providers, and organizations who work with them at the convergence of cash and commerce. We meet to discuss the evolving money ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment. For more info and to register, click here.

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