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April 30th , 2008
There are many wonderful networking opportunities this spring. Visit http://www.thompsonsearch.com/newsletter daily to view the most current events and changes. Should you have any questions or requests to be added to the distribution, please email info@jtaa.net or call 858.452.1200 ext. 110.  I will be happy to assist you.  The next list will be distributed out on Wednesday, May 14th. Mina Sisouvong.
MAY 2008
13th
Tues
National Human Resources Association - NHRA: "Off the Record"
Speakers: Belinda LeDoux, Dept. of Fair Employment & Housing, State of California
Anna Park, Regional Attorney, L.A. District Office, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Grace Delizo, Area Manager, Cal/OSHA Consultation Service
Bruce Darby, State of California Hearing Office
Ken Morrison, District Director, US Dept. of Labor's Wage
Debra Baker, Manager, San Jose Office of Littler Global
Time: 7:15 am - 7:45 am - Registration, Networking & Breakfast
7:45 am - 9:30 am - Program
  Location: La Jolla Sheraton, 3299 Holiday Court, La Jolla
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.humanresources.org
13th
Tues
Association of Bioscience Financial Officers - ABFO: "Your Money and Your Life, Personal Financial Planning"
Speaker: Dave Humphrey, CPA, Watershed Financial Strategies
Time: 7:30 am - 8:00 am - Networking
8:00 am - 9:00 am - Program
  Location: Arena Pharmaceuticals, 6150 Nancy Ridge Drive, San Diego
  RSVP: Emily Schaeffer at emily.schaeffer@ey.com by May 9th.
  Website: www.abfointernational.org
13th
Tues
CONNECT Entrepreneur Frameworks Workshop: "Legal Basics: A Guide to Building and Operating a Business"
Presenters: Bruce O'Brien, Partner & Member, Tax, Corp. & Securities Practice Groups, Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP’s
James Peterson, Partner & Chair, Business Litigation Dept., Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP
Paul Leeds,Partner & Member, Business Litigation Dept., Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP
Charles Reidelbach, Partner & Chair, Intellectual Property Group, Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP
Jorge Sanchez, CTO & Co-Founder, CEYX® Technologies
Time: 7:30 am - Registration
8:00 am - 11:00 am - Program
  Location: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, 10905 Road to the Cure San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.connect.org
13th
Tues
The Institute of Internal Auditors - IIA: "Quality Assessments and the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing"
Speaker: Vicki McIntyre, CPA
Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
  Location: Handlery Hotel & Resort
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.theiia.org
13th
Tues
ATHENA Technology Affinity Group - TAG: "Reinventing Yourself: By Choice or Necessity"
Speaker: Kim Doren, Author, "That's Outside My Boat"
Time: 4:30 pm
  Location: Fish & Richardson, 12390 El Camino Real, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.athena.ucsd.edu
14th
Wed
AeA San Diego: "Environmental Sustainability From an Operations Perspective"
Presenter: Pamela Gordon, Founder, Technology Forecasters
Time: 7:00 am - Registration
7:30 am - 9:00 am - Program
  Location: Arrow Electronics, 10089 Willow Creek Road , Suite 250, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.aeanet.org
14th
Wed
Association of Government Accountants San Diego Chapter - AGA: "Contract Close Outs"
Speaker: Diane Peluso, Owner, DMP Consulting
Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
  Location: General Atomics, Room 07-217, 3550 General Atomics Court, San Diego
  RSVP: Email Susan Shelton at susan.shelton@gat.com
  Website: www.sdaga.org
14th
Wed
San Diego Business Journal - SDBJ: "2008 CFO of the Year Awards"
Time: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  Location: Marriott & Marina Hotel, 333 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.sdbj.com
14th
Wed
International Association of Business Communicators - IABC: "Networking Event"
Speaker: Mindy Selinger, Link System Trainer
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
  Location: Dave & Buster's, 2931 Camino del Rio North, San Diego
  RSVP: Stephanie Grant at Stephanie.E.Grant@wellsfargo.com
  Website: www.iabc-sd.org
15th-
16th
Project Management Institute San Diego - PMI: "2008 Annual Conference (2 Days) "
Time: 7:00 am - 7:00 pm
  Location: Handlery Hotel & Resort
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.pmi-sd.org
15th
Thur
San Diego Venture Group - SDVG: "Putting Wireless to Work for Healthcare"
Moderator: Nagraj Kashyap, Senior Director, Qualcomm Ventures
Panelists: Thomas G. Klopak, CEO, IntelliDOT Corporation
James Sweeney, Executive Chairman, CardioNet
Tom Watlington, CEO, Triage Wireless
Time: 7:00am - Registration & Networking
7:30am - Sit-Down Breakfast
8:00am - Program Content
9:00am - End
  Location: Hyatt Regency La Jolla
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.sdvg.org
15th
Thur
Association for Strategic Planning - ASP: "State-of-the-Art Best Practices Research Report: Part III Leading Strategic & Cultural Change"
Speaker: Stephen Haines, Founder & CEO, Haines Centre for Strategic Management
Time: 7:30 am - 8:00 am - Registration & Networking
8:00 am - 10:30 am - Breakfast & Presentation
  Location: Courtyard by Marriott, 8651 Spectrum Center Boulevard, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.strategyplus.org
15th
Thur
San Diego Chapter of the American Society of Women Accountants - ASWA: "Public Relations Dinner"
Speaker: Ely Wilhide, The Anthony Robbins Company
Time: 5:30 pm - Registration
6:15 pm - Dinner
  Location: Harbor House, 831 West Harbor Drive, San Diego
  RSVP: Email aswasandiego@yahoo.com
  Website: www.aswasandiego.org
16th
Fri
Accountants in Transition: "Hosted by Brad Janik of Judy Thompson & Associates"
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
  Location: Judy Thompson & Associates , 5080 Shoreham Place, Suite 204 (University City)
  RSVP: Call 858.452.1200 or email Mina at mina@jtaa.net
Please RSVP before 12:00 pm on Thursday, May 15th.
  Website: www.jtaa.net
20th
Tues
San Diego Association for Corporate Growth - ACG: "Acquisition of an Action Sports Company "
Time: 7:00 am - 7:40 am - Registration & Networking
7:40 am - 9:00 am - Breakfast & Presentation
  Location: DoubleTree Hotel, The Ball Room, 7450 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.acgsd.org
20th
Tues
CONNECT Entrepreneur FrameWorks Workshops: "Building a Company from the Ground Up - An Employer's Perspective"
Speakers: B. Allison Borkenheim and Wendy Tucker, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch
Time: 7:30 am - Registration
8:00 am - 11:00 am - Program
  Location: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, 10905 Road to the Cure, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.connect.org
21st
Wed
BIOCOM: "Ernst & Young 2008 State of the Biotech Industry Report"
Speakers: Rich Mejia, Partner, Ernst & Young
Dan Kleeburg, Partner, Ernst & Young
Time: 7:00 am - 9:00 am
  Location: La Jolla Marriott
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.biocom.org
21st
Wed
Institute of Management Consultants San Diego Chapter - IMC: "How to Boost Your Consulting Practice Using White Papers"
Speaker: Michael Stelzner, Founder & Principal, Stelzner Consulting
Time: 7:00 am - 7:30 am - Networking
7:30 am - 9:00 am - Presentation
  Location: Courtyard by Marriott, 8651 Spectrum Center Boulevard, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.imcsd.org
21st
Wed
CONNECT Public Policy: "Federal Healthcare and Biotech Policy Outlook: Insider Perspectives"
Speakers: Bill Thomas, Senior Advisor, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney; Former Congressman & Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
Alex Brill, Economic Policy Advisor, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney; Former Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisors
Hank Nordhoff, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Gen-Probe
Time: 8:30 am - Registration
9:00 am - 11 am - Program
  Location: AMN Healthcare, 12400 High Bluff Drive, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.connect.org
21st
Wed
Women in Technology International - WITI: "Valuations of Early Stage Technology Companies'
Speaker: Mark J. Benedyk, Ph.D., Head, The Pfizer Incubator
Time: 11:45 am - 1:30 pm
  Location: Fish & Richardson, 12390 El Camino Real, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.witi.com
21st
Wed
MIT Enterprise Forum of San Diego - MITEF: "Pick a Strategy and Just Add Water – The Biostability Company Seeks a Stable Winning Approach "
Speakers: Dr. Judy Cohn-Muller, President & CEO, Biomatrica
Dr. Rolf Muller, Chief Scientific Officer, Biomatrica
Time: 5:00 pm - Networking Reception
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Presentation & Q&A
  Location: The Salk Institute, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.sdmitforum.org
21st
Wed
Athena at the Rady School of Management: "Bioscience Affinity Event: Doing Business in China"
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Registration & Networking
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Panel
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm - Questions & Answers
7:15 pm - 8:00 pm - Networking
  Location: Biogen Idec, 5200 Research Place San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.athena.ucsd.edu
22nd
Thur
AeA Marketing & Sales Roundtable: "Planning, Making and Winning Appointments, Leads, Sales, and Business Development Progress Using The Telephone"
Speaker: Tonnia Strand, Seasoned Marketing Veteran
Time: 7:00 am - Registration
7:30 am - 9:00 am - Program
  Location: UCSD, Sorrento Mesa Center, 6925 Lusk Boulevard, 1st Floor, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.aeanet.org
22nd
Thur
CONNECT FrameWorks Workshops: "Selecting and Managing Your Facilities"
Time: 8:00 am - 11:00 am
  Location: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center 10905 Road to the Cure San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.connect.org
22nd
Thur
Chartered Financial Analyst Society of San Diego - CFASSD: "Neuroeconomics: Your Brain in the Market"
Speaker: Dr. Paul Zak, Director, Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, Claremont Graduate University
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  Location: Del Mar Marriott
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.cfassd.org
22nd
Thur
National Association of Women Business Owners San Diego - NAWBO: "NAWBO Bravo! Awards Dinner Gala"
Speaker: Bettie Youngs, Ph.D., Ed.D, Author & Pulitzer Nominee
Emcee: Michelle Bergquist, Smart Business Results, Inc.
Time: 5:00 pm - Registration
5:30 pm - Cocktails
6:00 pm - Dinner Gala Begins
  Location: Catamaran Resort, Kon Tiki Ballroom, 3999 Mission Boulevard, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.nawbo-sd.org
27th
Tues
TiE San Diego: "The Software Industry Landscape"
Moderator: Robert Kibble, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Mission Ventures
Panelists: Gregg Brett, CEO, MeetingSense Software Corporation
Kerry Shih, Chief Strategist & Founder, Communicado Inc
Steve Tomlin, CEO and Founder, Chumby
Time: 6:00 pm - Registration/Networking
6:45 pm - Indian Dinner
7:15 pm - Panel
8:30 pm - Q&A
8:55 pm - Closing Remarks
  Location: La Jolla Woman's Club, 715 Silverado Street, La Jolla
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.sandiego.tie.org
28th
Wed
San Diego Society for Human Resource Management - SHRM: ""Extreme Makeover-HR Edition - A Professional Development Conference"
Time: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
  Location: DoubleTree, 7450 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.sdshrm.org
28th
Wed
International Association of Business Communicators - IABC: "The Nonverbal Advantage: Body Language at Work"
Speaker: Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D., Executive Coach, Author, "This Isn't the Company I Joined"
Time: 11:30 am - Registration
11:45 am - Buffet Opens
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Program
  Location: Handlery Hotel & Resort
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.iabc-sd.org
28th
Wed
Project Management Institute San Diego - PMI: "Project Partnering: A Team Building Tool for Project Managers"
Speaker: Dennis Erickson
Time: 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm - Registration & Networking
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm - Dinner & Networking
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm - PMI & APICS Announcements
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Guest Speaker
  Location: Handlery Resort and Hotel
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.pmi-sd.org
28th
Wed
Women's Global Network San Diego - Young Professional Group - YPG: "Buying Real Estate and Getting a Mortgage in Today's Market"
Speaker: Micah Hatcher & Vicki Campbell
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  Location: Rockin Baja Lobster, 3890 Twiggs Street, Old Town
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.wgn-global.com
29th
Thur
San Diego Speed Networking - SDSN: "Create Instantaneous Business Connections with Professionals, Organizations, and Entrepreneurs."
Moderators: Melodie Tao & Dennis-Michael Broussard, Founders, San Diego Speed Networking
Speaker: Marc Carignan, CEO, Life Success Strategies, Inc
Time: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  Location: University of San Diego, Institute for Peace and Justice, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.sandiegospeednetworking.com
JUNE 2008
1st -
4th
American Society for Training and Development - ASTD: "2008 International Conference & Exposition"
Speakers: Malcolm Gladwell, Author, "Blink," "The Tipping Point"
Patrick Lencioni, Founder & President, The Table Group
Kay Koplovitz, Founder, USA Network
  Location: San Diego Convention Center
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.astdsandiego.org
3rd- 6th The Association of Bioscience Financial Officers - ABFO National Conference: "Financial Leadership: Managing Success and Change"
  Location: Omni Hotel, 675 L Street, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.abfointernational.org
3rd
Tues
The Financial Executives Networking Group - The FENG: “Performance Management: Putting Action into Business Intelligence”
Speaker: Daniel Upton, Neudesic, LLC
Time: 7:30 am - 9:30 am
  Location: Lee Hecht Harrison, 4370 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 310, San Diego
  Website: www.thefengsd.org
5th
Thur
Corporate Finance Council - CFC: "San Diego Real Estate Market and Associated Issues and Drivers"
Speaker: Gary London, President, The London Group Realty Advisors
Time: 5:30 pm - Cocktails
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm - Dinner & Speaker
  Location: La Jolla Marriott
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.corporatefinancecouncil.org
5th
Thur
Institute of Management Consultants San Diego - IMC: "Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants"
Speaker: Mike McLaughlin, Co-author, "Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants"
Time: 3:30 pm
  Location: La Jolla Marriott
  RSVP: Email Clint Burdett at imc.sd.rsvp@gmail.com or call (760) 789-7848
  Website: www.imcsd.org
6th
Fri
Executives in Transition: "Hosted by Judy Thompson of BrownThompson Executive Search"
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
  Location: BrownThompson Executive Search, 5080 Shoreham Place, Suite 204 (University City)
  RSVP: Call: 858.452.0100 or email
Dee at dee@btexecutivesearch.com
Please RSVP before 12:00 pm on Thursday, June 5th.
  Website: www.btexecutivesearch.com
10th
Tues
National Human Resources Association - NHRA: " Sanity Management in Today's Environment"
Speaker: Fiona Forrest, MBA, Executive Coach
Time: 7:15 am - 7:45 am - Registration, Networking & Breakfast
7:45 am - 9:30 am - Program
  Location: La Jolla Sheraton, 3299 Holiday Court, La Jolla
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.humanresources.org
11th
Wed
CommNexus San Diego: "Valuations of IP Portfolios for Acquisition or Licensing"
Speaker: Jonathan Barney, Managing Director, Ocean Tomo, LLC
Time: 7:00 am - 9:00 am
  Location: Cooley Godward, 4401 Eastgate Mall, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.commnexus.org
11th
Wed
Chartered Financial Analyst Society of San Diego - CFASSD: "Asia and America: The Coming Transformation of Asian Geopolitics"
Speaker: Dr. William H. Overholt, Asia Policy Research Chair & Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy.
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  Location: Del Mar Marriott
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.cfassd.org
11th
Wed
Women’s Global Network - WGN: "Understanding Cross Generational Workplace Issues"
Panelists: Judy Thompson, President, Judy Thompson & Associates, Financial Executive Search (Baby Boomer)
Sandra Fichter, President, Fichter Silva Consulting, Human Resources & Training (Baby Boomer)
Becky Lee, Operations Associate, Center for Creative Leadership (Gen Y)
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  Location: Morgan Run, 5690 Cancha de Golf, Rancho Santa Fe
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.wgn-global.com
12th
Thur
San Diego Venture Group - SDVG: "Sixth Annual Venture Summit"
Speaker: Mark Anderson, CEO, Strategic News Service (SNS)
Panelists: Dr. Herbert Boyer, Co-founder, Genentech
Jim Armstrong, Clearstone Ventures
Mark Mahaney, Citigroup
Karsten Weide, IDC
Time: 8:00 am - 8:30 am - Registration & Networking
8:30 am - 9:00 am - Sit-down Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am - Keynote panel
10:00 am - 10:20 am - Power Networking Coffee Break
10:20 am - 11:30 am - Industry Panels
  Location: Hard Rock Hotel, Downtown San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.sdvg.org
17th -20th
BIOCOM: "2008 BIO International Convention"
Keynote Speakers: General Colin L. Powell
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Dr. J. Craig Venter
  Location: San Diego Convention Center
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.biocom.org
18th
Wed
Association for Strategic Planning - ASP: "Strategic Change in a Time of Crisis"
Speaker: Keith Slotter, Special Agent-in-Charge, FBI
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  Location: Courtyard by Marriott, 8651 Spectrum Center Boulevard,. San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.strategyplus.org
18th
Wed
San Diego Business Journal - SDBJ: "1st Annual HR Professional of the Year Awards"
Time: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  Location: Sheraton, 1590 Harbor Island Drive, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.sdbj.com
20th
Fri
Accountants in Transition: "Hosted by Brad Janik of Judy Thompson & Associates"
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
  Location: Judy Thompson & Associates , 5080 Shoreham Place, Suite 204 (University City)
  RSVP: Call 858.452.1200 or email Mina at mina@jtaa.net
Please RSVP before 12:00 pm on Thursday, June 19th.
  Website: www.jtaa.net
21st
Sat
Women's Global Network San Diego - Young Professional Group - YPG: "Fun in the Sun - Summer Hike & Picnic Networking"
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
  Location: Torrey Pines State Preserve
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.wgn-global.com
25th
Wed
American Society for Training and Development - North County - ASTD: "Making Good on Promises: Training & HPI at Harrah’s Rincon"
Speaker: Kathy Box, Training & Development Manager, Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort in Valley Center.
Time: 11:00 am - 11:30 am - New Member Orientation
11:00 am - 11:45 am - Networking & Registration
11:45 am - 1:00 pm - Meeting
  Location: Handlery Hotel & Resort
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.astdsandiego.org
25th
Wed
Connect with CONNECT: "Bi-Annual Networking Event"
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  Location: Mintz Levin, 3590 Carmel Mountain Road, San Diego
  RSVP: Click Here
  Website: www.connect.org