Sandor Schoichet said that he is excited about a new technology called controlled environment agriculture, or CEA, which, he explained, is poised to revolutionize key elements of farming. This is the focus of the VLAB panel “Indoor AgTech: Planting the Seeds of a Better Food Supply” on May 27. An alum of MIT and University [...]
Dr. Sara Fernandez, PhD, is chairing the VLAB panel Breakthroughs in Diabetes on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at the Stanford Faculty Club. I was lucky enough to spend a few minutes with this prominent Silicon Valley “woman in STEM” (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to get her take on the artificial pancreas — which she describes as almost [...]
Mathlete and Supply Chain Expert Ksenia (pronounced “Senia”) Zvyagintseva is chairing VLAB’s Jan. 22, 2019 evening panel called Young Entrepreneurs: Meet the New Generation of World-Changers at the Stanford Faculty Club. She is quite the impressive woman in STEM (science technology engineering and mathematics): Ms. Zvyagintseva, 24, holds a combination degree in mathematics and computer [...]
While perusing the results of an internet search of “2019 tech trends” it was hard to miss the multitudinous quantum computing mentions. Upon further research, I learned that it will mean massive advances in molecular biology, financial modeling, weather forecasting, artificial intelligence and more: it just may create the most prodigious fundamental change in the [...]
Avery P. Hamm, a graduate of Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business, recently volunteered as a VLAB Event Chair for the panel titled “The Impact of Technology on Clinical Trials: Will AI and Mobile Create Cures Faster?” which is taking place at Stanford Faculty Club on October 15. It was a smart move on [...]
VISIT OUR EVENT PAGE FOR DETAILS AND TICKETS Can't make it to Menlo Park? LIVESTREAM TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE, TOO! Immunotherapy is getting a lot of attention in the news as rapid research and development are speeding new discoveries to clinical trials and to market. While most of the focus seems to be on cancer treatment, [...]
We’re thrilled to welcome Bilal Zuberi, Partner at Lux Capital, to our next event, “AR/VR: Where Virtual and Physical Worlds Converge,” on Tuesday, October 18, 2016.VLAB event. Zuberi is passionate about bold ideas, disruptive innovation, and startups with technically ambitious solutions. As an early-stage investor, Zuberi often leads investments that break new ground and solve [...]
Parents are often the source of inspiration that leads to success. This was the case for prominent venture capitalist Ann Winblad, Founding Partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Winblad was the oldest daughter of a winning coach. When asked about her hero, she named her father, a high school basketball coach who passed away five [...]
An Interview with Smart Building Event Co-Chair Josh Bradshaw Monique Hodgkinson, VLAB Marketing Co-Chair, recently caught up with Josh Bradshaw, Co-chair for the VLAB Smart Building event on Feb 16, 2016, to talk about the event. Monique: First, some background. How long have you been involved with VLAB? Josh: The first VLAB event [...]
Adam Draper is no stranger to startups; he is a fourth generation venture capitalist. His experience in the financial world has helped sculpt his view of what it means to be an entrepreneur, and how a startup works internally. We are pleased to welcome Adam back to the VLAB stage as the moderator for "Young [...]
