A Day of Party, Progress & Purpose
Come for the vibe. Leave with momentum.
Join 400 women for our Second Annual International Women’s Day Celebration in partnership with Julep venue—a high-energy, heart-forward experience where celebration meets conversation and connection turns into catalyst.
This is NOT a conference. This is a CELEBRATION & ultimate girls day!
This was last year! (watch reel!)
This is not a conference.
This is a room.
A room filled with entrepreneurs, executives, creatives, mothers, investors, leaders, and women in their becoming—laughing loudly, thinking deeply, and reminding each other what’s possible when we stop doing it alone.
Lean Essentials Sprint Series
Business & Professionals, Entrepreneurs, Virtual, WorkshopJoin us for a fast-paced series of workshops where you’ll learn the essential skills to kickstart your lean journey!
The Lean Essentials Sprint (LES) is an accelerator designed to help founders starting innovative, scalable companies discover their customer, validate that customer, establish the value proposition, and work through many other key components needed to launch and scale a successful business. The course is designed to accomplish three basic objectives:
Entrepreneurs must let go of their precious “ideas.” Ideas don’t make money, business models with customers make money, and teams that execute make money.
The answers are outside the building. Entrepreneurs must go get primary data directly from potential customers and partners in order to truly get insights into the idea, the model, and the viability of the business.
Business acumen matters. Startups must have a basic understanding of business models, pricing, costing, margins, market capacity, and product/service capacity in order to make good business decisions.
What to Expect:
Each week, the series will cover the following content, culminating in a final Demo Day for participants to practice their pitch in front of investors
Mission Valley Networking Luncheon
Business & Professionals, Community Building, Entrepreneurs, NetworkingWhy go it alone? It only takes one person to change our lives personally or professionally. Who will you meet at our next event?
Exceptional Entrepreneurs – Southern California’s largest non-exclusive category business networking referrals organization – has partnered with Business Network Connection to serve the local San Diego community of business professionals, entrepreneurs and investors with regular opportunities to connect face-to-face with other generous professionals. Nearly every one of our events has new, first-time attendees looking to make brand new connections.
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ALL business professions are welcome to attend!
First-time visitors should anticipate a positive and productive experience to increase business visibility among other supportive San Diego professionals.
Networking Tip: Bring plenty of business cards with you to the event.
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Meeting Fee: FREE. Restaurant purchase expected.
*** Complimentary Admission Available: for up to 35 attendees on Eventbrite ONLY. First-come, first served. Attendance no-show will risk the loss of privilege for complimentary admission in the future. Please cancel registration at least 1 day ahead of event if unavailable. ***
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Luncheon Meeting Agenda:
We end at 1:00pm sharp.
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Everyone loves The Business Network Connection (“BNC”) where our Mission is connecting attendees with the right people expand one’s endeavors and influence! We have quality speakers at each meeting to help those who attend grow both personally and professionally.
Exceptional Entrepreneurs was founded in November, 2008 by David & Gina Demangos. Since then, “EE” has become one of San Diego’s largest business networking organizations, due to the Demangos’ vision and leadership to provide “exceptional” opportunities for connecting local professionals. David Demangos is a eXp Real Estate agent in San Diego. For more information on David, please see: Awesome San Diego Real Estate:
http://www.awesomesandiegorealestate.com
“Effective networking is a learned skill. Exceptional Entrepreneurs are highly trusted professionals who share ideas and know that in order to receive you must first be willing to give.” – David Demangos
eMolecules Discovery Symposium 2026
AI, Innovation, SymposiumFrom virtual libraries to real-world hits
Today’s early drug discovery is highly transformed by computational science, AI, and molecular innovations. We bring this transformation to life with a world-class lineup of speakers. The program features a keynote by Prof. Phil Baran and high-level presentations from leading companies and research partners, each highlighting a unique perspective on how digital and experimental chemistry are converging to accelerate today’s real-world discovery.
Designing Digital Health for Intermittent Use
NetworkingTraditional digital design assumes continuous engagement, but human behavior is inherently intermittent—shaped by context, capacity, and life’s natural rhythms. Designing for intermittent use of digital health tools is a transformative and needed approach that honors how people actually live and connect.
Rather than nudging constant interaction, intermittent design creates breathing space for reflection, reduces cognitive burden, and builds trust through respectful boundaries. This approach reimagines engagement frameworks around the natural rhythm of human health behavior, specifically the ebb and flow of motivation and the seasonal nature of growth, to foster deeper, long-lasting change.
By designing for intentional stop-start patterns, people will engage (or reengage) willingly rather than reluctantly. This creates authentic connections between people and technology that honors both individual autonomy and collective well-being.
AGENDA
OUR VENUE SPONSOR
✨ Cooley LLP
Cooley’s lawyers solve legal issues for startups, investors, financial institutions and established companies with an emphasis on technology, life sciences and other high-growth industries. Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation. The firm has nearly 1,400 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States, Asia and Europe.
LOCATION & PARKING
Cooley San Diego Office
There will be free parking on site.
If the main lot is full, park on the opposite side of the courtyard (requires going around to the building).
Please note: guests are not allowed to park in electric vehicle spots.
Investor Readiness Bootcamp
Bootcamp, Investors & Funding, Pitches📢Become part of the Big Pitch with $250K in non-equity awards!
What’s Inside (4-Week Program)
🔸Built for Healthcare and Life Science start-ups
🔸Designed for investor connections
🔸Lessons from 200+ pitches and company evaluations
🔸56% discount available (offset by Big Tree sponsors)
🔸Ideal for Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Medtech, Biotech & Digital Health founders
Get hands-on, practical guidance to showcase the strongest version of your company
An International Women’s Day Celebration – THE GROUP CHAT IRL
Community Building, Entrepreneurs, Investors & FundingA Day of Party, Progress & Purpose
Come for the vibe. Leave with momentum.
Join 400 women for our Second Annual International Women’s Day Celebration in partnership with Julep venue—a high-energy, heart-forward experience where celebration meets conversation and connection turns into catalyst.
This is NOT a conference. This is a CELEBRATION & ultimate girls day!
This was last year! (watch reel!)
This is not a conference.
This is a room.
A room filled with entrepreneurs, executives, creatives, mothers, investors, leaders, and women in their becoming—laughing loudly, thinking deeply, and reminding each other what’s possible when we stop doing it alone.
FigBuild Work Session
WorkshopCome join Figma at UC San Diego for a work session for FigBuild 2026. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering
Engineering & Developers, FestivalThank you for your continued support of the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering! Your enthusiasm and curiosity are what make this event a huge success, and we are grateful for your support in celebrating the wonders of STEAM. We hope to create an inspiring and educational experience every year, and we can’t wait to see you again this year for even more exciting discoveries.
Mark your calendar for this year’s festival March 7, 2026!
Learn more about our year-round STEAM education and experiences at generationsteam.org.
AI Talks and ML News — In-Person & Hybrid
AI, Discussions, Hybrid, NetworkingJoin us for our monthly event about short presentations, ML papers, and recent AI news. People are welcome to stay after the talks for networking.
We currently have a partial agenda lined up:
* How Large Language Models are Designed to Hallucinate and Reason
* An overview of Galaxy and Zapier tools
* AI news
Please message Ted if you have a paper or other topic you can share in a future lightning talk.
* Please make sure to read the instructions for joining the event below.
Agenda:
Links to notes/slides and videos of prior meetups are available on the SDML GitHub repo https://github.com/SanDiegoMachineLearning/talks
Location:
We are meeting at our new location at Aquillius in Rancho Bernardo.
Please Note: There are two steps required to join the online meetup:
Community:
Join our slack channel for questions and discussion about what’s new in ML:
https://join.slack.com/t/sdmachinelearning/shared_invite/zt-34vyls6jn-3cREuo8EoPmo6AKwTEgGgA
International Women’s Day Brunch
Community Building