June 2010

Guns in Public : Exploring California's Open Carry Policy

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Thu, Jun 17 2010 - 6:30pm

Guns in Public: Exploring California's Open Carry Policy
Lori Saldana, California State Assembly Member; Author AB1934Karen Arntzen, California Chapter Services Coordinator, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun ViolenceYih-Chau Chang, Press Secretary, Responsible Citizens of CaliforniaAdnan Shahab,  Republican candidate for State Assembly; Open carry advocate Josh Richman, Politics and Legal Affairs Reporter, Oakland Tribune and Bay Area News Group - Moder Read more »

Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush

Thu, Jun 17 2010 - 6:00pm

Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush
Bernard von Bothmer, Author, Framing the Sixties; Historian; Professor, USF and Dominican University of California
In his insightful historical analysis of the 1960s, von Bothmer interviewed more than 120 key figures such as James A. Baker, Edwin Meese, Michael Dukakis, Bill Bradley, Robert Bork, Arthur Schlesinger, Noam Chomsky, Bob Woodward and others to explore how that decade continues to shape presidential politics. Read more »

Tony Hsieh

Thu, Jun 17 2010 - 6:30pm

Tony Hsieh
Author, Delivering Happiness; CEO, Zappos
In conversation with Geoffrey Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
This event is sold out. Standing-room tickets available for sale at the door.
Meet the man who built a business based on happiness. Hsieh co-founded LinkExchange and sold it to Microsoft for $265M in 1998. He then took Zappos from $1.6M in 2000 to more than $1 billion in 2008. Read more »

John Stumpf: Wells Fargo's Chairman on "What's Next? The Future of the Financial Services Industry"

Wed, Jun 16 2010 - 12:00pm

What's Next? The Future of the Financial Services Industry
John Stumpf, Chairman, President and CEO, Wells Fargo
Hear from the man at the helm of one of banking’s biggest powerhouses at a time of industry uncertainty. Stumpf became chairman of Wells Fargo & Company in January. He was named CEO in June 2007, elected to Wells Fargo's board of directors in June 2006, and has been president since August 2005. Read more »

California Higher Education in Peril?

Wed, Jun 16 2010 - 6:00pm

California Higher Education in Peril: The Future of Our Master Plan
Charles Reed, Chancellor, California State UniversityJack Scott, Chancellor, California Community CollegesMark Yudof, President, University of CaliforniaGloria Duffy, President and CEO, Commonwealth Club of California - Moderator
Has California’s beacon of educational hope burned out? 50 years ago, our state produced A Master Plan for Higher Education in California. Read more »

American Chinatown: A People's History

Tue, Jun 15 2010 - 6:00pm

Chinatown: A People’s History
Bonnie Tsui, Journalist, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Atlantic Monthly, Mother Jones
Tsui takes an affectionate, attentive look at the Chinatown that has bewitched her since childhood, when she eagerly awaited her grandfather’s return from the fortune cookie factory. Tsui visits the country’s four most famous Chinatowns – San Francisco, New York, LA and Honolulu – and makes her final stop in Las Vegas. Read more »

Bret Easton Ellis: Less Than Zero, the story continues...

Tue, Jun 15 2010 - 6:00pm

Bret Easton Ellis: Less Than Zero, The Story Continues…
Author, American Psycho, Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms
In conversation with Tom Barbash, Author, The Last Good Chance; Contributing Book Critic, The New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle
Since the publication of his best-selling novel Less Than Zero debuted to critical and commercial success, Ellis, a member of the literary Brat Pack, has become a cult icon. Read more »

Esther Dyson: Homebrew Health

Tue, Jun 15 2010 - 7:00pm

Homebrew Health
Esther Dyson, Chairman, EDventure    In conversation with Martine Paris, Editor, Content NOW
When famed venture capitalist Dyson starts exploring a new market, seasoned investors pay attention. In 1995, she wrote about the impact of the Internet on intellectual property and later invested in start-up companies sold to Symantec, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! Her most recent adventure was spending six months training as a cosmonaut in Russia. Read more »

Moth Spray Controversy Update: Business, Farmers and Consumers in Partnership

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Mon, Jun 14 2010 - 6:00pm

Moth Spray Controversy Update: Business, Farmers and Consumers in Partnership 
Caroline Cox, Research Director, Center for Environmental HealthPreston Maring, M.D., Associate Physician in Chief, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Chris Mittelstaedt, Founder and CEO, The Fruit Guys; Founder, Farm Steward ProgramRoy Upton, General Manager, Planetary Formulas; Author, LBAM Reclassification PetitionChristie Dames, CEO TechTalk / Studio – Moderator
The light brow Read more »

Make It: How to DIY

Mon, Jun 14 2010 - 6:30pm

Make It: How to DIY
Mark Frauenfelder, Editor, Make MagazineDale Dougherty, Publisher, Make Magazine; Co-founder, O'Reilly Media
In conversation with Adam Savage, Host, “Mythbusters”
You know that guy or girl who can make or fix anything? Yes, the same MacGyver wannabe who repairs a flat tire with an empty water bottle and a pen. You can now compete with these handy heroes. Read more »