: ' susan lucas-conwell'

Energy high at SV Clean Energy Conference

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues A capacity crowd packed Sun Microsystem’s historic Santa Clara campus auditorium last Friday.  After introductions by hosts Susan Lucas Conwell of SDForum and Linda Holroyd of FountainBlue, a rousing [...]

Ann Winblad talks Kool-Aid, green tech and Bill Gates

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues (12 minutes) Download Fresh Dialogues with Ann Winblad I talked to celebrated tech leader and VC  Ann Winblad at Hummer Winblad on December 5th. New jobless figures had just been released, and [...]

Green Tech Careers Evening – SDForum

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Last Wednesday, SDForum, the energetic and prolific nonprofit for techies, hosted an excellent program for those considering a move to the Green and Clean business world. Jennifer McFarlane [...]

Silicon Valley’s Visionaries – Oscar party for techies

The only things missing were the red carpet and the paparazzi at last Wednesday’s SDForum’s Visionary Awards ceremony. It had all the trappings of the Oscars: glitz and glamor, champagne and cocktail dresses. OK, there were more business [...]

Teens plugged in! – SDForum showcases stars

(Sejal Hathi)    Yesterday’s Teens Plugged In Conference, organized by SDForum, Silicon Valley’s excellent networking and relationship builder, was a feast of youthful exuberance. HP’s auditorium in Palo Alto was overrun with young geeks from 14 to 21 who [...]