The event Bay Area Health Care Breakfast Club: Breakfast with David Druker, M.D. will take place on December 19, 2006 at The Bankers Club, 555 California Street, in Palo Alto, CA. This event is a look at the inside of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation with CEO Dave Druker.

The event Red Hot Holiday Party will take place on December 13, 2006, from 5:30 -8:30 p.m. at Offices of Fish & Richardson,
12390 El Camino Real, in San Diego (Carmel Valley), CA. Join the Association for Corporate Growth, San Diego along with San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum, NanoBioNexus and Women in Technology International, San Diego for festive networking evening. Please bring one unwrapped toy valued at $10 or more for donation to Becky’s House.

Information: http://www.sdmitforum.org/

The event Attracting Equity Investors and Lessons Learned (Dublin)
will take place on December 13, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Radisson Hotel Dublin, 6680 Regional Street in Dublin, CA. This session discusses the developing relationships with investors, intellectual property, security issues, term sheets and the art and techniques of negotiation.

Information: http://www.baybio.org/wt/page/calendar_bayarea

The event Annual Holiday Party will take place on December 12, 2006, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Il Fornaio Restaurant,
1555 Camino Del Mar, Suite 301  (top floor of Del Mar Plaza) in
Del Mar, CA. LES holiday celebration.

Information:
http://www.ilfornaio.com/?page=138&restaurant_id=3148

The event Advisory Boards: Increase Your Sales and Profits for Privately Held, and Family-Owned Businesses will take place on December 12, 2006, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Silicon Valley Capital Club, 50 West San Fernando, in San Jose, CA.
Sponsored by NAWBO, this event features guest speaker, Charlene Miller, Founder & Managing Director Global Associates, LLC, will discuss how she put together an early-stage technology company starting with the Advisory board, the management, and how she raised the first million dollars in six months.

Information: http://www.nawbo-sv.org/

The event Attracting Equity Investors and Lessons Learned will take place on December 12, 2006 from 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Fenwick & West LLP Office, 801 California Street, in Mountain View, CA. This session discusses the developing relationships with investors, intellectual property, security issues, term sheets and the art and techniques of negotiation.

Information: http://www.techventures.org/events/index.php?eventID=288

The event Venture Capital Litigation: When Entrepreneurs Attack!
will take place December 12, 2006 from 8 – 10:30 a.m. at Quadrus Conference Center, 2400 Sand Hill Road, in Menlo Park, CA.
This discussion concerns how even the most powerful VCs are now having to go to court to defend their decisions in the face of actions brought by unhappy portfolio company entrepreneurs and shareholders.

Information:
http://www.vctaskforce.com/content/view/333/

The event BayBio Holiday Soiree for the Life Science Community will take place on December 12, 2006 from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. at Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Road, in San Carlos, CA. Networking event with new and old friends. Meet BayBio’s newest board members.www.baybio.org/wt/home/BayBio_Holiday_Soiree_2006

The event Kurisu Forum: San Diego Forum and Holiday Brunch will take place on December 14, 2006 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at The Marriott Del Mar, 11966 El Camino Real, in San Diego, CA

The event "LICENSING: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW" will take place on December 7, 2006, from 7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at Offices of CONNECT, 8950 Villa La Jolla Drive, Ste. A124, in La Jolla, CA.

Information:
http://www.connect.org/programs/rta/index.htm