Need an excuse to attend one of the many events below? It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week – get out, network, explore and learn from the entrepreneurs in your own community. Below are six events happening in Omaha this week.

For more, check out our events page, and if you think you have one to add, please contact info@siliconprairienews.com.

Tuesday, November 16, 5-9 p.m. – Beer && Code

Omaha – Brazen Head Irish Pub (319 North 78th Street)

Beer && Code is a time for programmers to either socialize about programming or actually conduct the act of programing; while having a tasty drink. Preferably both, but some people can’t do both. If you don’t drink alcohol, no problem most places have N/A beers, Root Beers, soda, etc.

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Learn more about Beer && Code: Q&A with Beer && Code creator Andy Peters

Follow Beer && Code on Twitter at @BeerCodeOmaha

Wednesday, November 17, 5-6:45 p.m. – BioVenture 2010

Omaha – Creighton University’s Harper Center (2500 California Plaza)

Please join us for BioVenture 2010, Creighton’s NSF-funded Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program annual business plan competition. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 17 from 5-6:45 p.m. in Creighton’s Harper Center. The tax deductible price of admission is $100 ($20 for students), which you will be asked to present to the team whose project you feel is most likely to succeed, based on their presentations. Cocktails and light refreshments will be served during the poster question and answer session.

This year’s students from science, law, business and health science will be presenting plans for the following local bioscience inventions:

• MedLetters – a user-friendly, web-based tool for doctors to communicate diagnoses, treatment plans, and followup instructions to patients and their families
• Transgenomics/Cold PCR – a new, less invasive cancer diagnostic tool that can potentially replace current diagnostics such as mammograms for breast cancer
• Kizer gastronasal tube – improvement to make feeding tubes currently used in hospitals, nursing homes and elsewhere less miserable in terms of insertion and long-term use

Please RSVP no later than Friday, November 12, to vyomaacharya@creighton.edu.

Learn more at creighton.edu/business.

Thursday, November 18, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Cornstalks

Omaha – Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce (1301 Harney Street)

Schedule to be attained. Look for an update or a separate announcement post.

Friday, November 19, 1 p.m. – Invest Nebraska East-2-West New Venture Competition

Omaha – Old Mattress Factory (501 North 13th Street)

The East-2-West Nebraska Venture Competition is open to entrepreneurs and business owners in Nebraska and those willing to locate in Nebraska. The annual competition is for a capital investment of $50,000.

Learn more at investnebraska.com.

Friday, November 19, 7 p.m. – BarCamp Omaha Opening Party – Grasshopper Group Evening Party

Omaha – Nomad Lounge (1013 Jones Street)

Show up, relax, meet the other BarCampers and have a drink on Grasshopper Group, our opening party sponsor!

Learn more at barcampomaha.org.

Saturday, November 20, 9 a.m. – evening – BarCamp Omaha

Omaha – Nomad Lounge (1013 Jones Street)

BarCamp is an “un-conference,” or rather a conference without a speaker list, without a fixed schedule, and without remorse. Our open format offers attendees the unique opportunity to network, learn, and communicate about what they are most passionate about.

Learn more at barcampomaha.org.