Presented by Mark Wyllie of Flagship Solutions Group

Cloud computing is an already proven technology that leverages the Internet and Virtualization to generate the computing power you need to run your business.

* How do you move from your traditional data center to the “Cloud”?
* What should you move first? Last?
* What about “Hybrid” solutions?

Gain control of the costs, performance and security of your
data center. Learn how to migrate to the clouds.

For more information or to RSVP for the event, please visit:
http://www.sherstaff.com/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=751

University of Miami School of Business / School of Communication
CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT

presents

Branding & Differentiation - How to Communicate Your Organization’s Unique Role

Presented by Refresh Lauderdale

Learn from Stefani Whylie about the things you need to keep in mind when running your small business. Things she will be covering include deductions you can make for your business, how to handle employees, and more. This should help you get your business in the right direction and prepared for tax season.

Any designer, developer, or entrepreneur will benefit from this meet up.

Location:
Sun Sentinel Building
200 East Las Olas Boulevard #120
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

For more information or to RSVP for the event, please visit:

The University of Miami School of Business Administration Entrepreneur in Residence Eric Kriss will host a weekly practicum series about starting a new venture over the course of the Spring semester. The practicum will focus on issues such as forming the entity, developing an ownership structure, making a web presence, and various other critical topics.

In “Forming the Entity,” Eric will discuss the pros and cons of various legal forms for one’s new venture from an entrepreneur’s perspective, as well as several other important considerations. Topics will include:

Workshop: Where To Draw The Line? The Monetary Panorama

Sponsored by The Launch Pad and SCORE

The bottom line is not necessarily the…bottom line! Understanding small business success must concurrently focus on two areas: Financial Health and Financial Performance. Financial Health - reflecting on the culture of the business, its strategic positioning and thinking by providing an insight as to the nature of characters and personalities of its leadership. Financial Performance - assessing past performances utilizing financial rations and the industry’s benchmark data.

The University of Miami School of Business Administration Entrepreneur in Residence Eric Kriss will host a weekly practicum series about starting a new venture over the course of the Spring semester. The practicum will focus on issues such as forming the entity, developing an ownership structure, making a web presence, and various other critical topics.

This session is titled “Structuring Ownership.” Topics will include:

1. Debt vs equity
2. Three C's of equity
3. Dilution
4. Stock options
5. Sweat equity

The practicum is free and open to the public. RSVP is not required.

IPLS - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SOCIETY
Presents
ROCK BAND v GUITAR HERO
A discussion of patents, trademarks, and copyrights

Friday, February 19, 2010
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Room 352
Reception to Follow
4th Floor Faculty Lounge in the Library

SPEAKERS
Jeffrey H. Kamenetsky, Christopher & Weisberg
Jaime Rich Vining, Lott & Friedland
Leslie Jose Zigel, Ziglaw

3 CLE Credits Pending Approval
www.umiplaw.blogspot.com / umiplaw@gmail.com
Sponsored by L.A.F.A.C.

The cutting-edge intellectual property issues surrounding the video games “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero” will be the focus of the first annual Intellectual Property Law Symposium (IPLS). Speakers will include patent speaker Jeffrey H. Kamenetsky, Christopher & Weisberg, who will discuss patients; Jaime Rich Vining, Lott & Friedland, who will discuss trademarks;and Leslie Jose Zigel, Ziglaw, who will discuss copyrights.

Join students, faculty, and local IP attorneys at the symposium on Friday, February 19 at 4 p.m. at the School of Law, Room E352.

WordCamp Miami is a day event for passionate WordPress users, developers, designers and anyone else who is interested in learning all about WordPress. We're hoping this event will be a fun, relaxing and educational event for everyone who attends.

The event will be hosting over 20 speakers from across the country and South Florida.

WordCamp Miami is worth your time if you are:

* Someone who wants to learn how to setup their own blog
* Someone who wants to learn more about blogging, writing, legal issues, etc.

Presented by Carsonified

22-24 February, 2010

For Web Developers, Designers and Entrepeneurs and anyone with an interest in the power of the web.

A whole day of eating, learning and relaxing on the beach on Feb 22nd, followed by a day jam packed with talks from some of the industry's leading minds, followed by a day of top notch, hands on workshops designed to help you make your web app kick ass.

Speakers:
Fred Wilson, John Resig, Neil Patel, Steve Huffman, Mike McDerment, Alex Payne, Tara Hunt, Dion Almaer, Aaron Patzer, Molly Holzschlag, Alex Hunter, Kevin Hale.

International Business Expo

Sponsored by the Broward County and South Florida Chambers of Commerce, Florida foreign Trade Association, and numerous other business organizations.

The Miami Free Zone
2305 NW 107th Ave.
Doral, FL 33172

Free Seminars:
3:30 - 4:00pm: "Why Doral" by Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera, Economic Development Coordinator, City of Doral
4:00 - 4:30pm: "Fundamentals of Free Trade Zone & Potential Custom Duties, Fees, and Tax Savings" by Arcelio Gerardo, General Manager, Miami Free Zone

Engineering Innovations in Healthcare - A Panel Discussion

Presented by the College of Engineering – in collaboration with both the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM)

February 25, 2010
1:30pm - 5:00pm Panel discussion
5:00pm - 6:00pm Reception
Storer Auditorium, Coral Gables campus

Sponsored by The Launch Pad at the University of Miami

Interested in meeting early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Florida?

Then register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, February 25, 2010, at The University of Miami

FundingPost has hosted 160+ sold-out venture events in 18 cities over the past 7 years. At our next event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing:

Presented by South Florida Technology Alliance

Do you want to get your head out of the virtual cloud? Attend the virtual server, storage, backup, and disaster recovery event of the year.

Join DataCore Software's Brooks Butler to discuss how customers are using the cloud for storage with integrity, availability and performance being critical to the operations of their business. You will learn the success of cloud computing ultimately hinges on the underlying storage virtualization platform and how it provides the following:

* Hardware platform independence

The University of Miami School of Business Administration Entrepreneur in Residence Eric Kriss is hosting a weekly practicum series about starting a new venture over the course of the Spring semester. The next session is entitled “Developing a Web Presence,” Topics will include:

1. Shared hosting, URLs, registrars
2. Open source & open formats
3. Web intensity
4. Site design
5. Launching your site

The practicum is free and open to the public.

Please join us on Friday, February 26, 2010, at 12:00 PM in the Aresty Graduate Business Building, AGB 331. Brown bag welcome.

Code Camp is a FREE one day GEEK FEST held on Saturday February 27, 2010. This is the fifth year for South Florida Code Camp. The event will have speakers from the local community and beyond. Speakers will be presenting some of the most requested topics like ASP.NET AJAX, Visual Studio 2008, MVC Framework, Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation, Sharepoint 2007 and SQL Server 2005. This event is like Tech-Ed for Free but it's community driven by a group of dedicated volunteers and speakers. Breakfast and lunch is included!

Location:
Devry University
2300 SW 145th Avenue

South Florida Code Camp
Location: Devry University 2300 SW 145th Ave Miramar, FL

Location: Topple Career Center

Desk jobs aren’t for everyone. If you’re interested in a more nontraditional career path, then this program is for you. Chances are you can make a living doing something you love, whether you love working with animals or creating art. Attend this program to see how others have put their passion to work. For more info, email ToppelPeers@miami.edu

Location: Toppel Career Center

In a special tribute to all of the successful women who have made history, the Toppel Career Center, 85 Broads: Women in Business, and the Yellow Rose Society are hosting a panel of women leaders in the South Florida community. Hear about their accomplishments, career paths, and get great advice about being a leader in a variety of fields including law, business, entrepreneurship, and government. For more information, contact ToppelPeers@miami.edu.

The MIT Enterprise Forum of South Florida and The Launch Pad

Present an All-Star Panel Discussion

When Worlds Collide: How IT is Changing the Face of Healthcare Delivery

Location:
Lois Pope Center Auditorium
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
1095 Northwest 14th Terrace
Miami, FL 33136
(305) 243-2088

Parking is available at Dominion Tower parking lot located immediately east of the intersection of NW 14th Street and NW 11th Avenue. Park Plaza West Parking Garage is located on 14th Terrace. There are also meters available along 14th Terrace.

The University of Miami School of Business Administration Entrepreneur in Residence Eric Kriss is hosting a weekly practicum series about starting a new venture over the course of the Spring semester. The next session is entitled “Dealing with Uncertainty,” Topics will include:

• Estimation models
• Validation
• Extrapolation
• Penetration curves
• Law of Unintended Consequences

The practicum is free and open to the public.

Please join us on Friday, March 5, 2010, at 12:00 PM in the Aresty Graduate Business Building, AGB 331. Brown bag welcome.

Sponsored by The Commonwealth Institute and The Launch Pad

Please join National Bestselling Author Marianna Olszewski as she discusses her new book:

"Live It, Love It, Earn It: A Woman's Life to Financial Freedom"

Agile South Florida
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL

Agile South Florida is a group of Software Development professionals who meet every month to exchange ideas and experiences on the implementation of the Agile software development methodology and Scrum. Look us up on FB (Agile South Florida) and at www.agilesouthflorida.com. Join us at our next meeting scheduled for the second Thursday in March, 2010!!

Log on to http://www.agilesouthflorida.com and register at no cost.

The University of Miami School of Business Administration Entrepreneur in Residence Eric Kriss will host a weekly practicum series about starting a new venture over the course of the Spring semester. The practicum will focus on issues such as forming the entity, developing an ownership structure, making a web presence, and various other critical topics.

The practicum is free and open to the public.

Please join us on Friday, March 12, 2010, at 12:00 PM in the Aresty Graduate Business Building, AGB 331. Brown bag welcome.