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SEPTEMBER 1995 EVENTS 
BY JOINT VENTURE: SILICON VALLEY NETWORK & ITS INITIATIVES

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September 7
SILICON VALLEY FAST 50 will recognize the fastest growing companies in
Silicon Valley.  Bill Davidow, principal of Mohr/Davidow Ventures and
celebrated Silicon Valley author, will be the keynote speaker. Co-sponsored
by Deloitte & Touche, the Business Journal, and Joint Venture's Economic
Development Team. 7 - 9 p.m. at the San Jose Fairmont, downtown San Jose.
Tickets are $75 per person, $500 for a table. For more information, call
Kathy Gaddy, Deloitte & Touche, 408-993-4344.

September 7
Smart Talk "SECURE TRANSACTIONS OVER THE INTERNET: SECURE SOCKETS VS. SECURE
HTTP". Panal: Jim Bidzos of RSA, Mike Homer of Netscape, Cathy Medich of
CommerceNet and Allan Schiffman of Terisa Systems. Moderator: Harry Saal of
Smart Valley, Inc. 6 - 8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 625 El Camino Real, Palo
Alto. Smart Talks are free to Smart Valley individual members and employees
of member companies. Admission is $5.00 for non-members. To reserve your
place, or for more information, contact Leslie Kareckas, 415-843-2103 or
lesliek@svi.org

September 12
Community meeting to discuss creating an easily accessible INFORMATION AND
REFERRAL (I & R) SYSTEM FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in Santa Clara County.
Come discuss the need for a central data bank to serve providers, schools,
employers, libraries and government. 8:30-10:30 a.m. at 1922 the Alameda, San
Jose. If you would like information on the meeting or to RSVP, fax 408
984-5248 or e-mail jvsvhealth@aol.com

September 13
The Global Breakfast series, sponsored by the Silicon Valley Global Trading
Center, presents Neil Bonke, CEO of Electroglass, speaking on

 "Restructuring the Global Corporation: Productivity and Shareholder Profit
in the International Age." A light breakfast begins at 7:15 a.m. At the
Decathlon Club, 3250 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, between Bowers and
Corwin. Non-members - $25.00 per person; members - $20 per person. Payment
can be made at the door, but pre-registration is reccommended. E-mail:
allysonaj@aol.com

**Ongoing
ORIENTATION on Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and its initiatives.
Every other Monday evening, 5 - 6:30 p.m. at the JVSV office, 99 Almaden
Blvd., Suite 620, Downtown San Jose. For more information or to RSVP, call
Kris McCann at 408-271-7215, or e-mail jvsvoffice@aol.com

**Ongoing
Applications for the next round of proposals from schools for participation
in Joint Venture's CHALLENGE 2000 program are now available. The 21st Century
Education Initiative plans to accept the next round of proposals in
mid-January 1996. Fall workshops to answer questions and provide guidance in
preparing proposals are now being planned. For more information, see the 21st
Century Education folder in the JVSV area on America On-line, or e-mail
jvsvcarol.

**Ongoing
The ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE of the Economic Development Team meets
monthly to discuss and educate one another on issues of regional importance.
For more information, please contact Sharon Huntsman, Program Manager
408-271-7229, or e-mail jvsvsharon@aol.com

To learn more about Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, we invite you to
explore our on-line areas:

Mercury Center/America Online
To access our Mercury Center area, you need an AOL account:  log on to your
AOL account, go to the Mercury Center (which is produced by the San Jose
Mercury News), and click on the business icon. You will see a pointer to the
Joint Venture area.

Virtual Valley Community Network
This local First Class Client bulletin board is produced by Metro Newspapers.
To 
access our Virtual Valley area, log on to VV --  the Joint Venture area is
under the "Virtual Valley" map\NEON Village icon\Business Groups. 

You can also call us at 408 - 271 - 7213 
or, outside the 408 area code,  (800) 573-JVSV
or e-mail us:
On Virtual Valley: Joint Venture
On the Internet: jvsvoffice@aol.com

version: Aug. 16, 1995

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