In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. LA CTO Forum Dealmaker Media Digital Family Reunion Startups Uncensored Social Media Club, LA Twiistup Mindshare LA LA Hadoop Meetup Dorkbot Geek Dinners LA Cloud Computing LA Web Application Developers LA PHP Developers In addition to these, I'd recommend looking at: Technology Council of Southern California – Surprised John didn't mention this one.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 -- MIT Enterprise Forum San Diego. Networking event. This has become the chapter's signature event, and is widely recognized as the premier networking event for San Diego's technology and biotechnology community. With more than 500 founders and executives of growth companies, business development personnel, investors, service providers, this industry networking social creates an opportunity for technology sector leaders and entrepreneurs across all

have also attended Thursday Lunch ( thursdaylunch.com ), Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum , and Digital LA . Lou is a friend and colleague from UCLA Anderson. Tell Rod about the LA CTO Forum . Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller ).

Saturday, November 14, 2009 -- Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Platforms for Mobile Computing Producers: Ashish Soni, Ira Moskatel, Rogelio Nochebuena, Stephanie Yanchinski. See http://www.entforum.caltech.edu... mor

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 -- Can Good PR and an "A" Team Create Success? MIT Enterprise Forum of San Diego. See http://www.sdmitforum.org/events.shtm... mor

Saturday, October 10, 2009 -- Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Profile of a Successful Entrepreneur/New Leadership Models: What it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Producers: Andy Wilson, Ira Moskatel, Ashish Soni. See http://www.entforum.caltech.edu...

Review: None Added 11/8/09 by Todd Zebert Name: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum Sites: www.entforum.caltech.edu , twitter.com/CaltechMITForum Self-description: " About the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum The Caltech/MIT Enterprise forum is a joint venture of Caltech's Industrial Relations Center, Caltech’s Office of Technology Transfer, the Caltech Alumni Association and the MIT Alumni Association. Mission The mission of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in

Saturday, February 7, 2009 -- "Neurons on the Run: Brain, Brawn and Algorithms" Caltech/MIT enterprise Forum. The Caltech MIT Enterprise Forum will examine the progress in neural interactive medical devices, whether implantable or external, and the place of the entrepreneur in this captivating field. We will discuss the progress-to-date, the promise for the future, present priorities, the opportunities for entrepreneurs, and the prospects for private capital to fund promising companies. See http://entforum.caltech.edu/...

Saturday, December 12, 2009 -- Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Richard Feynman and Nanotechnology (celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Feynman's seminal talk "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", where he first envisioned nanotechnology). Producers: Lynn Foster, Michael Krieger. See http://www.entforum.caltech.edu...

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 -- Track Calls Like Clicks A Case Presentation by RingRevenue. MIT Enterprise Forum. Presenter: Jason Spievak, CEO, RingRevenue. Panelist: William A. Benjamin, Founder, The Benjamin Group and Author, Successful Startups; Panelist: Lex Sisney, Co-founder, Current Analytics; Moderator: Sejal Hall, Industry Partners Program Manager, Institute for Energy Efficiency, UCSB.