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Our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are an integral part of the SDForum community. These monthly gatherings facilitate networking, learning and expertise sharing amongst business and technology professionals. SIG Chair and Kim Murray.
SIG meetings take place in various locations around the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area. For a $15 charge, non-members are invited to attend any SIG meeting (note: Venture Finance SIG requires pre-registration and there is an additional fee). Depending on the SIG, each meeting attracts from 35 to 100 individuals who gather for peer networking and to hear industry experts speak on timely topics of interest. SIGs are organized and run by a group of member volunteers who arrange speakers and coordinate with staff on marketing and administration. If you feel you are qualified and wish to speak at a meeting, please contact the appropriate.
Find a group that matches your interests!
- Business Intelligence
Facilitates discussion of the growing opportunities software provides by using information to improve business management practices.
- Cloud Services & SOA
Cloud Computing allows programmers to write code in any language that can be used by other programmers also written in any language, on any operating system, running on any hardware platform over the Internet.
- Emerging Technology
Information you won't find anyplace else. Meeting once a month to discuss what's new, what's emerging, and what's important in the world of software.
- Engineering Leadership
The Engineering Leadership SIG enables engineering leaders to improve their effectiveness by providing a forum for sharing expertise, wisdom and experience in a collaborative and mutually beneficial context. Our members and participants will achieve a deeper understanding of the product, process and people aspects of engineering management that are critical to delivering successful business results in our challenging global environment.
- Java
Covers the latest trends in Java and related technologies from a developer perspective. Meetings are once a month, with two featured speakers.
- Marketing
Learn how to improve the quality of your marketing with better positioning, branding and promotional strategy.
- Mobile Internet
Representation from Wireless, Voice and MultiModal technologies. Our objectives are to highlight specific sectors of the industry’s value-chain* to our members.
- Search
The purpose of the SDForum Silicon Valley Search SIG is to offer a communication and collaboration platform to the Search ecosystem: search engines, marketers/advertisers, users and developers.
- Security
Informs software developers and business professionals the important issues and technologies in the arena of privacy and security.
- Semantic Web
The Semantic Web SIG provides a forum to educate local developer and the entrepreneur community about the potentials and opportunities in the emerging semantic web.
- SW & Modeling
The SIG focuses on two main areas: the roles and responsibilities of the software architect and related functions; and technical matters of interest to the architect/abstractionist/modeler.
- Start-up SIG
Introducing the Start-Up SIG, meeting on the third Monday of the month at Orrick in Menlo Park, and all (not just founders) are welcome! We'll continue our focus on founders' issues.
- Tech Women's Program
SDForum Tech Women's Program offers developmental activities focused on empowering women in technology and encouraging girls to pursue education in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) that will prepare them for a broad range of career opportunities.
- Venture Finance
Help entrepreneurs prepare their pitch and attract venture capital funding for their startup company.
- Virtual Worlds
Brings together the developers, programmers, and visionaries required to build virtual world platforms and their interconnected applications.
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