The hustle and bustle of summer begins to pick up on Wednesday of this week as SITKAS and ACG hosts breakfast gatherings in Overland Park, Kan. and Omaha, respectively. On Friday, another Red Nova Labs Venture Friday will bring the startup community in and around Kansas City together, and on Saturday, Maker Faire: Kansas City will bring together individuals who enjoy creating things, whether its “slow-made” foods, gadgets or software.
Details from the event websites are below followed by links to sites where you can learn more. Find more upcoming events on our event page, siliconprairienews.com/events, and submit an event for consideration to info@siliconprairienews.com.
Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – KC IT Professionals Summer Career Fair
Overland Park, Kan. – Johnson County Community College (12345 College Boulevard)
Companies hiring for: Developers (.NET/Java/PHP/etc), Database gurus (SQL, SSRS, Oracle, etc), Systems Engineers, IT Project Managers, Business Analysts, Security Analysts, QA Analysts, Senior Infrastructure Engineers & more!
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Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. – SITAKS Breakfast: IP Due Diligence
Overland Park, Kan. – Arsalon Technologies (10605 W 84th Ter)
Join Tom Luebbering and Scott Brown from Hovey Williams LLP as they explore strategies for avoiding expensive and time consuming IP-related litigation. Tom and Scott will discuss the most common lawsuits and other IP disputes experienced by start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike and will offer cost-effective strategies for preventing such disputes from happening in the first place.
SITAKS Member – Free. Nonmember – $10.00
Register by June 21
Thursday, 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. ACG Nebraska Breakfast Meeting
Omaha – Happy Hollow Country Club (1701 South 105th St)
The Association for Corporate Growth June Breakfast with featured presenter: Bruce Lauritzen
Mr. Lauritzen’s primary business occupation is Chairman of First National Bank of Omaha, its holding company, First National of Nebraska, and Lauritzen Corporation. He is principal shareholder of banks and bank holding companies operating in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, and Texas. The combined organizations have 17 billion in assets, and 5000 employees.
Learn more at acg.org
Friday, 4 p.m. – Venture Fridays
Westwood, Kan. – Offices of Red Nova Labs (4830 Rainbow Boulevard)
Ready to come out of the entrepreneurial closet and meet like-minds in KC?
Red Nova Labs is pleased and eager to be part of a Midwest startup “uprising” proving that web/tech/app/game/mktg advances and success do not solely happen in the well-funded ‘burbs of Silicon Valley. Being a web/tech/app/game/mktg startup in the Midwest isn’t an easy feat. By bringing knowledge of technology startups to the farmbelt, we hope support a future beyond our own. That’s why we’re hosting “Venture Fridays.”
Learn more at meetup.com/venturefridays
Saturday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – Maker Faire: Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri – Union Station (30 West Pershing Road)
Maker Faire: Kansas City celebrates things people create themselves — from new technology and electronic gizmos to urban farming and “slow-made” foods to homemade clothes, quilts and sculptures. This family-friendly event demonstrates what and how people are inventing, making and creating. It brings together Makers, Crafters, Inventors, Hackers, Scientists and Artists for a faire full of fun and inspiration. Come see what others are making and be inspired to tap into your own creativity!
$10 pre-order (buy online) per person
Learn more at makerfairekc.com
Sunday, 1 – 6:30 p.m. TEDxDesMoines
Des Moines – State of Iowa Historical Building (600 East Locust St)
TEDxDesMoines is an independently organized event licensed under the TED conference. The event is focused on bringing together thought leaders in Des Moines to share their ideas worth spreading.
Learn more at ted.com/tedx
