Monday November 10

VoiceCon San Francisco 2008
Host: TechWeb
Dates: November 10 – 13
Place: San Francisco, Moscone North
Cost: Exhibits only $100 – $2495

Tuesday November 11

ISPCon
Host: Jupiter Events
Dates: November 11 – 13
Place: San Jose
Cost: $50 – $695

Webcast:
Open Source at Microsoft: Opportunity or Threat?
Host: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
Time: 12.30 p.m.
Place: Web
Cost: Free

Wednesday November 12

Under the Radar
Host: Dealmaker Media
Dates: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Place: Mountain View, Microsoft Campus
Cost: $485 Members/$595 Non Members

Beyond the Web We Know — What Comes After 2.0?
Host: Commonwealth Club
Time: 6 – 8 p.m.
Place: San Francisco
Cost: $8 Members/$15 Non Members

Thursday November 13

Television Reinvented
Host: NewTeeVee
Time 8 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Place: San Francisco, Mission Center
Cost: $595

OpenSocial: 1st Birthday Celebration
Host: MySpace
Time: 10 a.m. – late
Place: San Francisco, MySpace Offices
Cost: Free

Friday November 14

AdRevenue 08
Host: Pubmatic
Time: 8.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Place: San Francisco, Presidio
Cost: $599 – $799

Public Media Barcamp
Host: Barcamp
Date: November 14 – 16
Place: Santa Cruz
Cost: Free

Saturday November 15

Convergence 08
Host: Computer History Museum
Dates: November 15 – 16
Place: Mountain View
Cost: $195

Information from:

Gary’s Guide
Tech Venue

If you’re interested in New York tech/Web events, check out CenterNetworks list.

Monday November 3

DreamForce
Host: Salesforce
Dates: November 2 – 5
Place: San Francisco, Moscone Center
Cost: $1,299

Widget Summit 2008
Host: Hat Trick Media
Dates: November 3 – 4
Place: San Francisco, Hotel Nikko
Cost: $895

Tuesday November 4

WCA’s 14th Annual International Symposium & Business Expo
Host: Wireless Communications Association International
Dates: November 4 – 6
Place: San Jose
Cost: $50 Exhibit only – $995 non members

South Bay Bloggers Meetup
Host: South Bay Bloggers
Time: 7 – 11 p.m.
Place: Cupertino
Cost: Free

GridGain 2.0 – Grid Computing Made Simple
Host: SDForum
Time: 6.45 – 9 p.m.
Place: Palo Alto
Cost: Free Members/$15 Non Members

Wednesday November 5

Web 2.0 Summit
Host: O’Reilly Conferences
Date: 5 – 7 November
Place: San Francisco, The Palace Hotel
Cost: By invitation only

Thursday November 6

Viacom vs. YouTube: The epic struggle for creative expression
Host: The Commonwealth Club
Time: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.
Place: Palo Alto, Four Seasons Hotel, Silicon Valley
Cost: $15 Members/$20 Non Members

Social Marketing Tips presented by SF WoW
Host: McCann Worldwide
Time: 6 – 9 p.m.
Place: San Francisco
Cost: $10

WEBCAST: The State of the U.S. Online Retail Economy
Host: comScore
Date: November 6,
Time: 2 – 3 p.m. EST
Cost: Free

Silicon Valley Business Expo V
Host: Every Circle and InfoBayArea
Time: 6 – 9 p.m.
Cost: $15 before 11/6, or $20 at door
Place: Santa Clara, Avalaon

Saturday November 8

Circuitry Class Engages Kids and Parents
Host: The Intel Museum
Time: 10.30 a.m. – 2.45 p.m.
Cost: Free
Place: Santa Clara
More Info: Email: museum@intel.com or Tel: 408-765-0889

Information from:

Gary’s Guide
Tech Venue
Info Bay Area

So, here are events planned for the Silicon Valley area; let me know if there are any that I’ve missed, and I’ll do my best to include them.

Monday 27th October

Design Thinking Morning Forum
Host: SVAMA
Time: 8.30 – 10 a.m.
Place: Palo Alto
Cost: $5 Members/$15 Non Members

Annual Future of Virtual Worlds
Host: SD Forum
Time: 6.30 – 9.30 p.m.
Place: Palo Alto
Cost: Free Members/$15 Non Members

International Congress of Nano-Bio Clean Tech 2008
Host: International Association of Nanotechnology
Time: Monday 27 – Thursday 30
Place: Burlingame
Cost: $795

Gallery of Serial Entrepreneurs
Host: Right-Hand Partners LLP
Time: 5.30 – 8 p.m.
Place: Mountain View
Cost: $50

Tuesday 28th October

Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series : IP and Legal Issues
Host: Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 p.m.
Place: UC Berkeley
Cost: $50

Web Services SIG: Financial Cloud Services
Host: SD Forum
Time: 6.30 – 9 p.m.
Place: Palo Alto
Cost: Members Free/Non Members $15

BlogWell: How big companies use social media
Host: GasPedal and the Blog Council
Time: 1 – 5 p.m.
Place: San Jose
Cost: $200

SNAP Summit3: All about the Social Web
Host: Room Full of People
Time: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Place: San Francisco
Cost: Student $99/General Admission $249
* Live video stream once the event begins

Innovating and Adapting in the Emerging 3.0 World
Host: New Voice of Business
Time: 5.30 – 7.30 p.m.
Place: San Francisco
Cost: $10 Members/$20 Non Members

Wednesday 29th October

Social Media Strategies Conference [Day 1]
Host: Web Guild Silicon Valley
Time: Wed October 29, 7 a.m. – Thursday October 30, 5 p.m.
Place: San Francisco
Cost: $875 Members/$975 Non Members

The Chronicles of Web Standard: the HTML 5, the Comet and the WebSocket
Host: Silicon Valley Web Builder
Time: 6.30 – 9.30 p.m.
Place: Google Campus, Mountain View
Cost: Free if register online

Lawrence Lessig Remix Book Party
Host: Stanford Law School
Time: 6.30 – 9 p.m.
Place: San Francisco
Cost: Free

Best of San Francisco Show 2008
Host: International Advertising Association (IAA) – West
Time: 6 – 9 p.m.
Place: Adobe, San Francisco
Cost: $25 Members/$35 Non Members/$10 Students with ID

Thursday 30th October

Social Media Strategies Conference [Day 2]

Special Gala Dinner: Distinguished Service Award Celebration
Honoring: Susan Decker, President Yahoo! Inc
Host: Institute of International Education
Time: 6-9 pm
Place: St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco
Cost: $250+

Ubuntu 8.10 Release Party: San Francisco
Time: 7.30 p.m.
Place: The Thirsty Bear, San Francisco
Cost: Free

The Next Generation of Advanced Media
Host: National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
Place: San Francisco
Cost: $10 Members/$30 Non Members

Cross-Cultural User-Experience Design
Host: AIGA
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 p.m.
Place: San Francisco, CA
Cost: Free

Politics 2008: Sound Bites, Spin, and the Search for the Facts
Host: The Churchill Club
Time: 6 – 9 p.m.
Cost: $64 Members / $78 Non Members
Place: Menlo Park

Friday – Halloween

New York Tech Web Events – Week of October 26