Past Events
Blue Knot Presents: Bridging the Digital Divide Cisco Funded Program “Net@” Trains Disadvantaged Youth (Jews and Arabs) in Israel’s Periphery
Speaker: Jackie Barker, Cisco Systems, Daphna Lifshitz, Appleseeds Academy, Net@ students and Instructor
Blue Knot Presents: From Geek to Entrepreneur
Speaker: Jason Cohen, Smart Bear
Blue Knot Presents: Intellectual Property Fundamentals
Speaker: Stewart Mesher, Intellectual Propery Attorney
Blue Knot Presents: The Security Risks of Social Networks
Speaker: David Endler
Blue Knot Presents: Bazaarvoice Founder & CEO, Brett Hurt
Blue Knot Presents: Artificial Intelligence, Present and Future
Speaker: Dr. Peter Stone, University of Texas professor
Blue Knot Breakfast: Cloud Computing
Speaker: Mark Fern, IT Consultant
Blue Knot Presents: Jeff Dachis, The Dachis Group
Blue Knot presents: See the supercomputer!
Speaker: Melyssa Fratkin, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Blue Knot Presents: The Technology of Healthcare
Panelists: Evan S. Melrose, MD, Managing Director of PTV Sciences, Ron Ginor, MD, President of Becker Venture Services Group LLC, Joe Skraba, Vice President, Lab Now, Inc., Dean Skonieczny, Director of Product Management, Medical Present Value
Moderator: Walter Kalmans, President, Lontra Ventures
Blue Knot Breakfast: Staying Centered In Challenging Times
Chris Douglas, Quest Leadership Consulting
Blue Knot and The Texas Israel Chamber of Commerce Present: Israel - On top of the Tech World
Panelists: Daniel Artusi, Former CEO of Conexant Systems, Inc. and Independent Industry Consultant, Wayne Lieberman, Former CEO of Entorian Technologies, Roee Madai, Economic Consul, Government of Israel Economic Office, Robert O’Dell, EVP of Sales & Marketing at Wintegra, Richard Schwartz, Former CEO of SoloMio
Moderator: Doug Mangum, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Blue Knot Presents: Networking Strategies for a Down Economy
Speaker: Thom Singer
Blue Knot Presents: Can Technology Save The Planet?
Panelists: Joe Jones, President and CEO of Skyonic, Steve Meyers, President and Founder of Rational Energy Network, Ehud Ronn, Professor of Finance at the University of Texas at Austin, Steve Smaha, Acting Director of Austin Clean Energy Incubator
Blue Knot Breakfast Event: Career Development In A Soft Economy
Speaker: David Harap, Executive Search Consultant
Blue Knot Social/Networking event: The Technology of Beer at Independence Brewing Company
Blue Knot Presents Adam Dell, Venture Capitalist, Founder of Message One
Blue Knot Event Featuring Michel Mayer, Outgoing Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Blue Knot Inaugural Event: A Discussion of Technology and Entrepreneurship
Panelists: Mike Rosenfelt, EVP of MessageOne, Morris Miller, Rackspace founder, Jeff Seiden, TechBizDev, Inc
Moderator: Harvey Ring, Ring Investments