Young Inventors International "Inventing the Future Conference"
Young
Inventors International (YII) invites students interested in innovation and
entrepreneurship to attend
YII's 5th Inventing the Future Conference
April 3rd and 4th, 2009
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Hosted by Project Olympus (olympus.cs.cmu.edu/)
Featuring
Regis McKenna as the opening keynote speaker.
The conference will consist of three interactive sessions:
1. Commercialization Marathon
Experts will offer students practical advice about intellectual property,
entrepreneurship and commercialization, raising funding, prototyping and
design, and market research. The knowledge will be useful for students
who want to become entrepreneurs or bring new technologies to market for their
employers.
2. Entrepreneurship Panel and Networking
Students will be invited to present elevator pitches for their ideas and
connect with experts and mentors. A panel of three young entrepreneurs
will talk about how they started their ventures from their dorm rooms and grew
them into successful enterprises.
3. BrainBuzz
Students will work together with experts, entrepreneurs, and potential mentors
to solve a series of brainstorming challenges - and network more meaningfully
with all of the participants. The technologies used in the BrainBuzz will
include technologies for the developing world from MIT's Innovations in
International Health group, and participants will have an opportunity to
improve these technologies to benefit those in need.
For more information, speaker updates, and registration, visit www.younginventors.org/conference.
Space is limited.
Benefits of attending:
- Access to hand-picked experts that can help you in commercializing your
technology.
- Opportunities to connect with potential investors, employers, and partners.
- Opportunities to learn about early stage commercialization of high-technology
inventions.
- Opportunities to advance your career as an entrepreneur, researcher, or young
professional.
- Connecting with 100+ other student innovators and entrepreneurs.
How is the YII conference unique?
- It's highly interactive, not a series of lectures.
- Connections are meant to be not just an exchange of business cards, but an
opportunity to find lifelong mentors and supporters.
- The focus is on practical advice that you can use immediately - and
throughout your career.
About YII
YII is a not-for-profit organization that works with more than 1,800 university
students in the United States and Canada to provide the students with skills
and networks to bring new technologies to market. YII has held
conferences at the University of Toronto and MIT, and has presented workshops
at more than 20 universities. For more information, visit www.younginventors.org.
Questions? Email Anne at anne@younginventors.org.
We look forward to seeing you!
Zimride
There's a new way to travel to and from
Stanford: Zimride's carpool
application on Facebook (http://apps.facebook.com/carpool/).
It helps you
arrange rides wherever you need to go. Leaving town for the weekend?
Zimride! Need to make a Costco run? Zimride! If you have a car, it's a
great way to split costs. If you don't have a car, find a ride now. Try
it
today, and post your next ride.
Stanford Carpool on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/carpool/
Asian Women in Business Scholarship
Asian
Women In Business (AWIB) will award scholarships in the amount of
$2,500 to select undergraduate female Asian
students who demonstrate a
commitment to scholarship, leadership, community
service, and/or
entrepreneurship. The deadline for applications
is June 15, 2009
To find out more about the scholarship award,
including a list of Frequently
Asked Questions along with profiles of past
winners, please go to:
awib.org/content_frames/ScholarshipFund.html
Founded in 1995, Asian Women In Business (AWIB)
is the only non-profit, tax-
exempt organization in the country with the
primary mission of assisting Asian
women entrepreneurs. AWIB also serves on various
tasks forces and boards to
promote the inclusion of minority and women
owned businesses and
professionals.
If you have further questions after reviewing
our website, email us at
Stanford International Women's Week 2009: Exploring Gender Rights
Stanford
International Women's Week was founded in March 2007, inspired by the
UN-sponsored International Women's Day on March 8th every year (starting in
1911). IWD was established as a major day of global celebration for the
economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.
CALENDAR
"1 in 3:" Amnesty Traveling Art Exhibit
Friday, Feb 27, 6:00pm for Kick-Off at Fire Truck House.
Exhibit runs Feb 27-March 3.
Free and
open to all.
Presented
by Stanford Amnesty as part of International Women’s Week 2009. Amnesty
chapters in 6 northern California locations will be hosting a traveling art
exhibit on women's rights called "1 in 3," reflecting the number of
women who face violence in their lifetime. The focus of this non-partisan
exhibit is public education about violence against women both in the US and
abroad. Co-sponsored by the Women’s Community Center and Promoting Women’s
Health & Human Rights.
Film Screening: "Power and Passion: The Technology of
Orgasm"
Sunday, March 1, 7:00pm, Fire Truck House.
Free and
open to all.
Presented
by Alpha Epsilon Phi as part of International Women's Week 2009. Join AEPhi
Sorority for a screening on an informative and humorous documentary on the
history of vibrators: "Power and Passion: The Technology of Orgasm."
This screening will be followed by a conversation with the filmmaker, Wendy
Slick, on March 4. For more information on the project, you can visit the
website, http://www.technologyoforgasm.com/index.asp.
Co-sponsored by Promoting Women's Health and Human Rights (PWHRR) and Sexual
Health Peer Resource Center (SHPRC).
Combating Female Infanticide and Empowering Communities:
“India’s Missing Girls”
Monday, March 2, 8:00pm, 300-300.
Free and
open to all.
Presented
by Project Dosti as part of International Women’s Week 2009. "India's
Missing Girls" is a feature documentary film made by BBC's Ashok Prasad in
2007 that delves into the reality of female infanticide and boy preference in
India. Filmed in part at Aarti Home, where Stanford's Project Dosti sends
volunteers, the film also presents a glimpse into the lives of those working to
stop the cycle. Film to be introduced by relative of Aarti Home founder.
Co-sponsored by Promoting Women’s Health & Human Rights.
Film
Documentary and Panel Discussion: "Where the Water Meets the Sky"
Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 - 9:00pm, 260-113.
Free and
open to all.
Presented
by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research as part of International Women’s
Week 2009. This film documentary by Camfed International tells the inspiring
story of a group of women in rural Zambia who videographed their lives as a way
to speak out about the plight of young women orphaned by AIDS. A panel
discussion will follow with Brooke Hutchinson, Director of Camfed USA; Caitlin
Stanton, Senior Development Officer at the Global Fund for Women; Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert,
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Outcomes Research) at
Stanford; and Anne Firth Murray, Consulting Professor in Human Biology at
Stanford and author of From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health
and Justice.
Conversation with the Filmmaker: "Power and Passion:
The Technology of Orgasm"
Wednesday, March 4, 6:00pm, Fire Truck House.
Free and
open to all.
Presented
by Alpha Epsilon Phi as part of International Women's Week 2009. As a follow-up
to the screening of the documentary on March 1, AEPhi Sorority hosts speaker
Wendy Slick, creator of an informative and humorous film on the history of
vibrators: "Power and Passion: The Technology of Orgasm." For
more information on the project, you can visit the website, http://www.technologyoforgasm.com/index.asp.
Snacks will be provided. Co-sponsored by Promoting Women's Health and Human
Rights (PWHRR) and Sexual Health Peer Resource Center (SHPRC).
Dr. Nancy Robinson, UNICEF: Latin American Women at the
Crossroads
Thursday, March 5, 7:00pm, 320-105.
Free and
open to all.
Presented
by the Program in Feminist Studies and Promoting Women’s Health and Human
Rights as part of International Women’s Week 2009. This unique lecture by Dr.
Nancy Robinson (Stanford M.A. Latin American Studies) will examine the strides
that have taken place in Latin American women's political participation and the
challenges that are now being posed by the world economic crisis to these
advances in reaching the Millennium Development Goals, especially for
indigenous women and girls as well as those of African descent. Dr. Robinson is
Chief of Social Policy at UNICEF Guatemala. Dinner will be served.
Co-sponsored
by Stanford University Students for UNICEF, Dept. of Anthropology, Center for
Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity, Center for Latin American Studies,
MEChA de Stanford, Six Degrees Journal of Human Rights, Stanford Association
for International Development. Also supported by Black Community Services
Center, Central American Students at Stanford, REACH, and I-AM.
Celebration International Lunch featuring Karen Offen and
Marilyn Boxer
Friday, March 6, 11:30am-1:00pm, Bechtel International
Center.
Free and
open to all. Bring some food to share if you can.
Presented
by the Bechtel International Center as part of International Women's Week 2009.
This annual International Women's Day potluck lunch offers a chance to meet
international women on campus, and will feature speakers Karen Offen (founder
of the International Federation for Research in Women's History, and serves on
the Board of Directors of the International Museum of Women) and keynote Dr.
Marilyn Boxer (Prof. Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University).
Co-sponsored by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
Children of War Symposium
Saturday, March 7, 9:00am-12:00pm, Rm. 190 –
Stanford Law School.
Free and
open to the public.
Presented
by the International Human Rights Clinic at the Stanford Law School as part of
International Women’s Week 2009. This unique symposium brings together four
internationally known speakers to discuss the psychological and physical
effects of war on children and efforts to alleviate the plight of children. For
more information and to register, please see www.law.stanford.edu/childrenofwar or
contact Esther Ng of the IHRC at Stanford Law (esng@law.stanford.edu).
Co-sponsored
by the American Red Cross, The John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service
and Public Interest Law, the Mills International Human Rights Clinic, Stanford
International Human Rights Law Association, The Center for African Studies,
Promoting Women's Health & Human Rights, Organization of International
Health, Children’s Public Health Initiative, Stanford Amnesty International,
and Muslim Student Awareness Network.
5th Annual Stanford Women in Sports Luncheon
Saturday, March 7, 9:30-12 noon, Arrillaga Family Sports
Center.
$40
admission, includes basketball ticket. RSVP required.
Presented
by the Buck/Cardinal Club as part of International Women’s Week 2009. Join the
Buck/Cardinal Club for brunch and a conversation with special guest speaker
Julie Foudy, '94. Foudy is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2004) and
two-time FIFA World Cup champion (1991, 1999) in women's soccer. Admission for
this event includes brunch as well as a ticket to the Stanford women's
basketball game vs. Arizona State, 12:30 at Maples Pavilion. For more
information, please contact Kellie Utsumi at (650) 723-1008 or kutsumi@stanford.edu.
KZSU Radio Lunch Special with Prof. Estelle Freedman
Monday, March 9, 12-1pm
Presented
by KZSU as part of International Women’s Week 2009. Tune into KZSU at 90.1 FM
to hear a special International Women's Day broadcast of historical and
political music co-hosted by Professor Estelle Freedman, Stanford Department of
History. Freedman is co-founder and former director of the Stanford Program in
Feminist Studies and author of No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the
Future of Women.
Stanford College Ambassador Position
ActionPartners is looking for a Stanford College
Embassador to manage the day-to-day marketing efforts of a great beverage
on the Stanford campus and surrounding area. This position will require
ongoing brand representation, daily guerilla sampling and organized sampling
events.
Overview: High energy spring semester
college ambassador wanted to manage the day-to-day marketing efforts of a great
beverage on the Stanford campus and surrounding area. This position will
require ongoing brand representation, daily guerilla sampling and organized
sampling events.
Timing:
Spring Semester, 2.5 month commitment
Job Responsibilities:
Be the
face of our product in the Palo Alto market
Utilize
provided program elements to sample product and build awareness of brand daily
On-the-fly
ability to fulfill product requests and coordinate events
Intimate
working relationship with marketing team and managing support staff when needed
Weekly
reporting with measured distribution and photo capture
Ongoing
social networking activity for brand
Ability
to heavy lift, 30+ pounds and provide flexible storage arrangements
Approx. 10-20 hours or work/week
Professional Qualifications:
Marketing
experience or current business field of study
Expert
knowledge of Palo Alto market (lived in for several years)
Great
planning, event management and staff collaboration skills
Strong
writing skills and technologically savvy
Previous work with beverage products a plus
Character Expectations:
Energetic
self-starter, efficient, organized and flexible
Reliable,
proactive, ready to work flexible hours throughout the day and night (including
some weekends)
Connected
to both on-campus and in-college community
Outstanding
time management skills with ability to multi-task and create own schedule
Passionate
people that enjoy person-to-person interaction, have a solid work ethic, and
are willing to take initiative
Driven
to be creative, unique and ready for adventure
Must
have a driver’s license, own vehicle and have a clean driving record
Must be a current student of Stanford University
To Apply: Interested applicants are encouraged
to email cover letter, resume, monthly salary expectations and copy of college
ID to College@actionpartners.com.Please reference "Stanford University
College Ambassador" in the subject line of all your correspondence.
Stanford
Club of Singapore Internship Program
The Stanford Club of Singapore is proud to
present to you the Stanford Club of Singapore Internship Program.
Since the financial turmoil began in the US last
year, global markets have shrunk, along with the job and internship market. We
believe that Asia will be among the earliest regions to recover from the
recession and that some working experience in Asia will offer an invaluable
global perspective to Stanford students. The Stanford Club of Singapore has
hence partnered with a few Singapore-based companies to offer Stanford students
a unique 2009 summer internship experience in Singapore.
The internship opportunities available are
listed below. If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to
contact Secretary Eng Yew at eyyeoh@gmail.com, and Mr Richard Hartung, our Club President, atrlhartung@stanfordalumni.org
For all Stanford students
Schlumberger Business Consulting is part of a leading oilfield services
provider that helps oil & gas companies achieve fast and sustainable
performance improvements. It has interest to explore internship opportunities
with Stanford students and to recruit Business Analysts - a junior consultant
position.
http://www.slb.com/content/services/consulting/business/index.asp
Keppel Offshore & Marine is a global leader in many offshore and
marine services. It has internship opportunities at the Engineering and Operations
Departments for Engineering students who are taking up the Electrical /
Mechanical / Civil Engineering modules at the intermediate level.
[Remuneration is $610 per month]
http://www.keppelom.com/home/default.asp
Opportunities At Engineering:
exposed
to functions related to Electrical / Mechanical / Civil Engineering;
exposed
to Engineering, Commercial and Project Management;
learn
how Engineering sections work with both internal & external customers;
work on
blueprints and drawings from start to end;
work on
equipment specifications for Builder Furnished Equipment (BFE) and Owner
Furnished equipments (OFE) when necessary; and
involved in equipment inspections.
Opportunities at Operations:
exposed
to various Operational functions;
exposed
to Engineering, Commercial and Project Management;
learn
how the various OFE/BFE equipments are being installed on vessels;
learn
how the team works with clients and both internal & external customers;
exposed
to the various types of BFE and OFE used in the project; and
learn how equipment specifications are
interpreted and how equipment inspection is carried out at both the factory
level and in the yard.
The Neat Company is a Philadelphia-based company
specializing in paper management solutions. It has internships for software
programmers.
http://www.neatco.asia/company/
Description:
- Design and Development of applications for the
Web and the Windows OS
Requirements:
- Familiarity in developing for Microsoft
Windows Environment.
- Strong development skills in any object
oriented language (JAVA or C# preferred).
- Experience in algorithm design, data structure
processing and application development preferred.
- Strong communication and leadership skills.
- Ability to work independently.
Scholars’ Village is a talent development centre that offers
tutoring, Olympiad training and university/career advisory programs to students
from elementary school to university. It has internship opportunities for
Stanford students to lead projects that will deepen its edge as a leading
education services provider in Singapore and globally.
[Remuneration is dependent on performance.]
http://www.scholarsvillage.com/
Starhub is a fully-integrated info-communication
company based in Singapore, offering a full range of information,
communications and entertainment services to both consumer and corporate
markets. It has product management summer internships in its core businesses -
mobile, broadband, cable TV, fixed voice and convergent services.
[likely unpaid internship]
For Singaporeans @ Stanford only
Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies
(CSIT) is an
agency under the Ministry of Defence of Singapore, which focuses on R&D and
solutions development in information and communications technologies to fulfill
the strategic needs of Singapore. Internships for Singaporean students from the
following disciplines:
Electrical
and Electronics Engineering
Computer
Engineering
Computer
Science
Mathematics
http://www.csit.gov.sg/08-careers/02-Internship-IAProj.htm
Note that interested candidates should focus on
the projects with durations of less than 6 months.
Defence Science Organisation (DSO) is a national laboratory that advances
defence technology and national security. Its Aeronautics Lab has two
internships for Singaporean students interested in aeronautics (wind tunnel
testing, aircraft design, aircraft structural analysis, flight mechanics).
Preferably 3rd or 4th year students.
http://www.dso.org.sg/home/index.aspx
If you have
any questions regarding the newsletter, please contact Natalie Cox at
natmcox@gmail.com