Trade Shows, Seminars, and Conferences

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Many items contributed by Kevin Appert

Mechatronics Expo 2008: Tuesday - May 13, 2008; Santa Clara Convention Center

Electronics Flea Market @ De Anza College: The Electronics Flea Market "swap meet" is held on the second Saturday of each month, March through October. It takes place at De Anza College in the same area as the De Anza Flea Market which takes place the first Saturday of the month. However, the Electronics Flea Market is not affiliated with the De Anza Flea Market.

ACM, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter: The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), the First Society in Computing has a monthly program of meetings and Professional Development Seminars. The eetings are free and open to all who wish to attend.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics: AIAA SF holds monthly dinner meetings on topics of general interest to aerospace professionals.

Café Scientifique Silicon Valley: "Café Scientifique is a place where anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology. The Café provides a forum for debating science issues outside a traditional academic context. We are committed to promoting public engagement with science and to making science accountable - all spoken in plain English. There is no admission charge to attend our events. Building on its great success outside the United States, Café Scientifique Silicon Valley is the first such Café on the West Coast. We meet monthly to discuss a variety of science topics."

Computer History Museum - Speaker Series: The Computer History Museum is the world's largest and most significant history museum for preserving and presenting the computing revolution and its impact on the human experience. Come and discover how computing became the amplifier for our minds and changed the way we work, live and play. We hope your visit will be educational and entertaining, and that the legacy of these innovations will inspire you and many others for generations to come.; The Computer History Museum hosts public lectures on the history of computing. These lectures are respected by scholars as an important source in computing history and, in some cases, represent the only known recordings of important computer pioneers.

Fermented Fluid Mechanics Forum: An informal technical discussion series brought to you by the SF Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. FFMF events will usually be held on the first Friday of each month at "251 Castro" billiards club in Mountain View for technical professionals to enjoy some food, drink, and a maybe a couple of matches of every dynamicists favorite game (pool, of course!).

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Colloquia: The Palo Alto Colloquia are a long-standing tradition of public outreach that deliver information about aerospace research and development news to the local community. Presentations are scheduled on Thursdays at 4:15pm in the LM ATC Auditorium in Building 202 and last about an hour. Refreshments are available at 4:00pm. Visitors are welcome. Plans are underway to provide the complete presentations through the ATC web site. Stay tuned and stop by to find out the latest details about some fascinating science!

PARC Forum - Calendar of Events: PARC Forums are free and usually open to the public. Forum speakers include our own research leaders and other diverse experts in science, technology, arts, business, education, politics, and entertainment.

SLAC Colloquium Series: The SLAC Colloquium Series is the intellectual watering hole for the entire laboratory, where all staff can congregate to hear talks intended for a general audience on a wide variety of subjects. Many of the colloquia, naturally enough, are in areas related to SLAC's mission --- particle physics, astro-particle physics and cosmology, accelerator physics, and photon science. But there are frequently talks from such diverse fields as medicine, atomic and condensed-matter physics, planetary missions, history of science, energy research, education and public policy.

SLAC Public Lecture Series: The SLAC Public Lecture Series opens the doors to the inner workings of SLAC for the local nonscientific community. Find out what SLAC is all about: the research, the facilities, and the people that make this a world-class research institute. Hang around for refreshments after the talks. Physicists will be on hand to chat so bring your toughest questions to stump the professionals!

Technology and Society Committee: The Technology and Society Committee (TASC) is a group of engineers, scientists, computer professionals, other workers in technology related fields, and other citizens in the Santa Clara Valley, who share a common concern about the social consequences of technology. TASC engages in activities to raise social awareness among technical people, and in the community-at-large, about critical issues of technology and society. It also seeks to promote a greater public accountability and responsibility for social impacts of technology and technological change.

Bay Area Linux User Group: Various Dates; Installation Parties, Linux Events

Towel Day / Happy Adams Day: Celebrated either on the 42nd day of the year or on May 25th; Wikipedia; Towel Day; Why Towel Day is May 25th?