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Upcoming Events
HCSV organizes professional, social, and community service events for 15,000+ Harvard alumni in the Silicon Valley area. Below is a list of our upcoming events. Please register in advance for events as they often sell out.
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HCSV Monthly Social: Come to learn about joining our board!
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Scotty's
548 Emerson St
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 561-4929
Our monthly social returns!
No speakers, no Q & A’s, and definitely no agenda. All Alums are welcome to come & enjoy connecting with fellow Harvard graduates.
This month, too, the HCSV Board will be on hand to answer any questions you have about getting involved and maybe even joining the board in the 2010-2011 Season.
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Quarterly Meeting of the Harvard Angels
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Plus and Play Tech Center
440 North Wolfe Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
The Harvard Angels Meet in the Peninsula for the first time!
Some terrific companies have been started – and outstanding investment opportunities found – even in challenging economic times. Come take a look at some promising ventures with your classmates as part of the "Harvard Angels".
The Harvard Angels will meet to hear presentations from 3 startups (with a preference for companies started by HBS and Harvard alumni entrepreneurs) that can benefit from our advice and/or investment as they seek early stage investors.
The format is simple: 15 minutes of presentation, 10 minutes Q&A, and 5 minutes of feedback for the entrepreneurs. Companies to be announced.
Note that to participate in a deal you must be an Accredited Investor. Attendees to the meeting are welcome to join whether or not they have made early stage investments previously.
For any questions, please contact Jeff Burkland at jburkland@sbcglobal.net or angelevents@hbsanc.org. If you're an entrepeneur, visit http://www.hbsanc.org/article.html?aid=328 to learn how you can send in an application.
Tickets Cost $50 at the door, so Buy Online Today!
Price: $40
Price for members: $25
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Cultural Dialogues: Harvard Grad Sara Houghteling (AB '99), Author of Pictures At An Exhibition
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Albert & Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall
Oshman Family JCC Campus
3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Drawn from copious research on wartime France, the early 20th century Parisian art scene and looting by the Nazi party, Ms. Houghteling’s novel is luminous with historical detail. The New York Times Book Review gave it a glowing assessment. Ms. Houghteling is a Harvard graduate and was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to Paris, a John Steinbeck Fellowship and first prize in the Hopwood Award for novels.
Price: $15
Price for members: $10
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HCSV Presents The Bella Trio
Sunday, Mar 21, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
13081 West Sunset Drive
Los Altos, CA 94022
The HCSV is pleased to present the Bella Trio (http://www.bellatrio.org/bios/), performing and discussing works by Dvorak, Piazzolla and Debussy, at a Los Altos home designed by the noted modernist architect Richard Neutra.
Share the passion of these talented San Francisco-based musicians in the intimate setting of a House Concert, the traditional venue in which chamber music was meant to be performed and enjoyed.
Refreshments will be served. Space is limited, so please RSVP.
Suggested donation: $20.
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Naval War College National Symposium: "Surges and Strategy- What's Next?"
Saturday, Mar 27, 2010
7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
College of San Mateo Theatre. Fine Arts Department, Building #3, Hillsdale Blvd.
Join us as the Naval War College Foundation presents presentations and dialog with Naval War College Faculty Members as they contemplate today's national security issues. Everyone with a sincere interest in an in-depth, insider look at national security issues – far beyond what you may learn from the NY Times or other media.
DATE & TIME: The Symposium runs both Saturday & Sunday, March 27-28, 2010: 7AM – 4:30PM each day. Continental Breakfast included . The program begins at 8:15AM.
SPEAKERS: Prof’s Dr. Tom Fedyszyn, Dr. Rick Norton, Dr. Al Shimkus and Colonel Doug Wadsworth, USMC.
Full Agenda Available at: http://www.nwcfoundation.org/Files/Admin/Documents/NSDM%20Agenda.pdf
RECOMMENDED READING: “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st. Century Sea Power” at http://www.navy.mil/maritime/MaritimeStrategy.pdf
DIRECTIONS TO SAN MATEO THEATRE: Located just west of Hwy. 92, between US-101 and I-280. Take the West Hillsdale Blvd. exit and follow the signs. Visitor parking is free on weekends; go to “Beethoven #2” lot on Hillsdale Blvd. at the top of the hill. Building #3 is very close to this lot.
HOW TO SIGN UP: Please send checks made payable to Naval War College Symposium to Mr. David Hunter, 312 Woodland Park Land, Mountain View, CA 94043. Please include your name, phone number and email address (so that you may be notified if changes occur; all information will be held in privacy).
Price: $50
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Cultural Dialogues: Jeffrey Zaslow, Author of The Girls From Ames
Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Albert & Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall
Oshman Family JCC Campus
3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Spend a girls night out at the OFJCC!
From the co-author of The Last Lecture, this moving tribute to female friendships is the inspiring true story of 11 girls and the women they became. Meet the Ames Girls: childhood friends who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa. Now spread across the country, they share a sweeping and moving story that will resonate with every woman!
Price: $20
Price for members: $15
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HCSV Annual Dinner, Featuring Tim O'Reilly
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Crowne Plaza Cabaña Palo Alto
4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Join us as at our Annual Dinner, with Special Guest Speaker Tim O'Reilly
Harvard Bio:
Tim graduated from Harvard College in 1975 with a B.A. cum laude in Classics. His honors thesis explored the tension between mysticism and logic in Plato's dialogues.
Professional Bio:
Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. In addition to Foo Camps ("Friends of O'Reilly" Camps, which gave rise to the "un-conference" movement), O'Reilly Media also hosts conferences on technology topics, including the Web 2.0 Summit, the Web 2.0 Expo, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the Gov 2.0 Summit, and the Gov 2.0 Expo. Tim's blog, the O'Reilly Radar, "watches the alpha geeks" to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. Tim's long-term vision for his company is to change the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators. In addition to O'Reilly Media, Tim is a founder of Safari Books Online, a pioneering subscription service for accessing books online, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, an early-stage venture firm.
Price: $75
Price for members: $50
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