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APRIL & MAY 1996 EVENTS 
BY JOINT VENTURE: SILICON VALLEY NETWORK & ITS INITIATIVES

April 16
Smart Valley, Inc. SMART TALK series presents Magdalena Yesil, VP Marketing,
Cybercash, on "Cybercash: Secure Shopping on the Internet". 7:30 - 9 a.m.,
Holiday Inn, 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Admission is free to individual
members and all employees of Smart Valley member companies. Non-members are
charged a $5.00 fee (Note: individual memberships are non-transferable).
Reservations are required. Contact Isabel Sarkis at isabels@svi.org or (408)
562-7794.


April 16
Environmental Partnership presents: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTALISM: PAST, PRESENT
& FUTURE: FROM BHOPAL TO THE NATURL STEP.  Presenters are Charles McGlashan,
Executive Director of Environmental Partnership, and Gil Friend, President of
Gil Friend & Associates.  The event is free, no RSVPs necessary. 
Noon-1:30p.m. at Stanford University (room TBA).  For more information, call
the Environmental Partnership at 408-452-1621, or e-mail epsusan@aol.com.


April 22
The Silicon Valley Global Trading Center (GTC), in association with the U.S.
Department of Commerce, is sponsoring the HANNOVER FAIRS, GERMANY, CATALOG
SHOW, offering companies a chance to display and market their products at the
"Partner U.S.A. pavilion" by the Department of Commerce trade specialists.
Arrangements can also be made for company representatives to make one-on-one
business contacts at the show. For more information, call Allyson Johnson at
408-327-0424.


April 25
The American Electronics Association, supported by the Defense/Space
Consortium (DSC) and Silicon Valley Global Trading Center (GTC), is
co-sponsoring a one-day conference with Simcom called PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS
IN EUROPE: UNDERSTANDING THE EU'S EMC AND LOW VOLTAGE DIRECTIVES. This
conference will provide information on intellectual property, DIS/ISO 14000
and AEA member case studies. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Santa Clara Westin Hotel.
For more information or to register, call 202-682-9111.


May 7
Smart Valley, Inc. SMART TALK series presents Ted Kahn, Sr. Research
Scientist Institute for Research on Learning, on "Multimedia Makers Project:
Creating a Virtual Multimedia Design Studio for Kids and Schools". 6 - 8
p.m., location TBA. Admission is free to individual members and all employees
of Smart Valley member companies. Non-members are charged a $5.00 fee (Note:
individual memberships are non-transferable). Reservations are required.
Please RSVP to Isabel Sarkis at isabels@svi.org. or (408) 562-7794.


May 16
USING "THE NATURAL STEP" PROCESS TO PREVENT POLLUTION AND SAVE MONEY AT YOUR
COMPANY. Environmental Partnership and the Business Environmental Network
present "The Natural Step", an innovative pollution prevention process. The
breakfast presentation will be held from 7:45 to 9:30 a.m. at the Peninsula
Conservation Center, 3921 East Bayshore in Palo Alto. RSVP to the Business
Environmental Network (BEN) at 415-962-9876. The cost is $10 for BEN members,
$20 for non-members.


**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 contact Sharon Huntsman, EDT Program Manager:
jvsvbiz@aol.com, or 408-271-7229.


**Ongoing
ORIENTATION on Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and its Initiatives. For
more information, call Kris McCann at 408-271-7215, or e-mail 
joint_venture@vval.com

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Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
[a (c) (6) nonprofit organization]
San Jose, CA
Phone: 408-271-7213
Internet e-mail: jvsvoffice@aol.com
or joint_venture@vval.com
World Wide Web: http://www.svi.org/jointventure
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