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SUMMARY:1st Annual Physician AI Hackathon\, by SoPE
DESCRIPTION:​The San Diego chapter of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE) is launching its first annual AI Hackathon as the chapter’s flagship “comeback” event. The half‐day\, in‐person gathering will bring clinicians\, engineers\, and students together to turn clinical ideas into working prototypes in under two hours\, showcasing the practical power of modern AI tooling in healthcare. NOTE: this event is in-person only. \n​Agenda \n☕️ 8AM – Welcome\, network\, form teams\n🎬 845AM – Keynotes: Bedirhan Keskin\, MD\, Gold Winner; Michał Nedoszytko MD\, PhD\, 3rd Place\, Anthropic Claude Code Hackathons\n🛠️ 9AM – Hackathon “Idea to App” in two hours\n💡 11AM – Presentations\n🏆 11:45AM – Winners announced \nAbout SoPE \n​The Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE) at https://www.sopenet.org  is a non-profit\, global\, international\, open biomedical and clinical innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem offering education and access to resources\, networks\, mentors\, experience\, peer support\, and non-clinical career guidance. Our mission is to help members help other members get their ideas to patients.
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/1st-annual-physician-ai-hackathon-by-sope/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking
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SUMMARY:Better By Design Showcase
DESCRIPTION:​🚀 Ready to show the world what you’ve made?\nJoin us for an end-of-year design showcase and competition featuring projects from students across campus. Whether it’s for a class\, personal passion\, or club—if it’s about building a better future\, it belongs here. \n​Walk through a vibrant exhibition of posters\, prototypes\, and interactive displays. Cheer on your peers\, meet creative changemakers\, and vote for your favorite projects! \n​🥇 Win prizes and merch\n🏆 Faculty-Judged Awards & Audience Choice\n🍕 Free Food + Great Vibes\n🤝 Open to all UCSD students or recent graduates\n🎨 Submit solo or with a team (up to 4 people) \n​✨ Got a project? Sign ups close 5/12 11:59 PM: https://forms.gle/Tn7hbhn9u49HqMBy8\nOne submission per team. Everyone should register on Luma individually. \n​Past\, current\, or in-progress—this is your space to share it.
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/better-by-design-showcase/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events & Conferences,Exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260504T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260504T180000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Smart Cities & AI
DESCRIPTION:​What is the event? \n\n\n​A workshop on how smart technology\, IoT and artificial intelligence are transforming urban systems \n\n\n\n\n​Focuses on key areas such as energy\, mobility\, water\, infrastructure\, and the environment \n\n\n\n\n​Explores opportunities and challenges for sustainable and resilient cities \n\n\n​Why should you come? \n\n\n​Learn how smart technology\, IoT and AI are shaping the future of cities and urban systems \n\n\n​Understand opportunities and challenges in using AI for sustainability and resilience \n\n\n​Explore the gap between AI innovation and real-world implementation \n\n\n​Learning Objectives \n\n\n​Understand how smart technology\, IoT and AI are transforming urban systems such as energy\, mobility\, water\, infrastructure\, and environmental management. \n\n\n​Identify opportunities and challenges of using smart technology\, IoT and AI to improve sustainability\, resilience\, and efficiency in cities. \n\n\n​Learn practical approaches to integrating AI into urban planning and design
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/the-future-of-smart-cities-ai/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:AI,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260430T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260430T180000
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SUMMARY:View From The Horizon: A Founder & Investor Conversation Series
DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy the View From The Horizon\, Horizon Accelerator’s premier conversation series. \n\n\n\n\nView From The Horizon is Horizon Accelerator’s premier conversation series\, bringing together founders\, investors\, and innovation leaders for candid\, moderated dialogue on the realities of building venture-backed companies. In each session\, founders and investors share what the capital journey actually looks like — the signals that matter\, the decisions that didn’t go as planned\, and the strategies that unlocked growth. These are not pitch events. They are working conversations designed to give early-stage founders an honest look at the path ahead. \nSession Focus: Corporate Venture Capital and the Founder’s Capital Journey\nHosted in partnership with Qualcomm Ventures\, Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs of Southern California and The Basement\, this installment brings together the Qualcomm Ventures team and a panel of portfolio founders — including representatives from Brain Corp — for a frank discussion on corporate venture capital strategy\, what investors look for at each stage\, and how founders have navigated key inflection points on the road to scale. \nThis series will be moderated by Pat Giblin of the Horizon Accelerator Advisory Board with guest speakers that include: \n\nRich Tapalaga\, Director\, Qualcomm Ventures\nAlbert Wang\, Senior Investment Director\, Qualcomm Ventures\nDavid Pinn\, CEO\, Brain Corp.\n\nMore About Our Host: Patrick Giblin is a builder\, operator and investor who has spent his career at the intersection of early-stage company formation and venture capital. As a founder\, he scaled 451 Degrees Inc. with backing from Andreessen Horowitz\, Social Capital\, and 8VC\, and holds multiple patents in AI/ML. He serves as an Advisory Board Member at the UC San Diego Entrepreneurship Center\, where he advises within the Horizon Accelerator — a pre-seed program built on the belief that the best advisors are operators who have lived the hard parts of building a company. He is also a Founding Managing Partner of the Cooper Fund\, a UC San Diego-focused venture vehicle designed to close the capital gap for UC San Diego staff\, students and alumni while also anchoring economic value in San Diego. Patrick brings a practitioner’s perspective to every conversation — one shaped as much by failure and recovery as by success. \nRichard Tapalaga focuses his investments in XR\, connected devices\, robotics\, gaming and logistics. He joined Qualcomm Ventures in 2008 and serves as a Board Member/Board Observer for investments including Airspace\, Brain Corp\, Netradyne\, Nothing\, Survios\, ThatGameCompany and various strategic investments. Prior to joining Qualcomm\, Richard had over seven years of investment banking experience at Merrill Lynch & Co and Société Générale. As a Vice President at Société Générale\, Richard led the leveraged finance deal teams in the Gaming\, Lodging\, Leisure and Media & Telecom sectors. \nAlbert Wang is a Senior Investment Director at Qualcomm Ventures\, which is Qualcomm’s corporate venture fund with $3B AUM. Albert’s current investment focuses are enterprise software and data & AI infrastructures. Some of Albert’s portfolio companies are: Anthropic\, Cerebras\, Horizon3 AI\, SiFive\, Plume\, Ring\, and Mountain Digital\, which went IPO last year. \nDavid Pinn assumed the role of CEO at Brain Corp in 2022\, where he has held various executive positions since joining in 2017\, including Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer. During his tenure\, Pinn was instrumental in leading Brain Corp’s transformation from a robotics hardware company to a software as a service (SaaS) provider. He played a pivotal role in securing over $100 million in funding from prominent investors such as the SoftBank Vision Fund\, Qualcomm Ventures\, Hercules Capital\, ClearBridge Investments\, and Satwik Ventures. \nMore About Our Partner: Founded in 2018\, Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs of Southern California is building a trusted community where Stanford-affiliated founders\, investors\, and innovators come together to imagine\, collaborate\, and shape the future. Through events\, pitch sessions\, and mentorship programs\, it aims to foster an environment that nurtures innovation\, accelerates growth\, and transforms the region’s entrepreneurial landscape. \nLocation: Design & Innovation Building\, The Basement\, First Floor \nGetting here: https://dib.ucsd.edu/about/getting-here.html
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/view-from-the-horizon-a-founder-investor-conversation-series/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conversation,Investors & Funding,Startups & Founders
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260427T163000
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SUMMARY:Nature-Inspired Cities: A Biomimicry Workshop for Designing the Future
DESCRIPTION:​What is the event? \n\n\n​A workshop introducing biomimicry as a design approach inspired by nature \n\n\n​Explores how natural systems can inform the design of cities\, buildings\, infrastructure\, and materials \n\n\n​Focuses on applying principles shaped by 3.8 billion years of natural evolution \n\n\n​Includes real-world case studies and applied learning activities \n\n\n\n\n​Why should you come? \n\n\n​Learn how nature can be used as a model for solving real-world design challenges \n\n\n​Understand how biomimicry applies to urban planning\, architecture\, and systems thinking \n\n\n​Explore practical tools for analyzing natural patterns as design strategies \n\n\n\n\n​Learning Objectives: \n\n\n​Explain natural patterns and forms as design blueprints for resilient built environments. \n\n\n​Summarize how biomimicry methodology applies to urban planning\, design\, architecture\, and systems thinking. \n\n\n​Identify how biomimicry principles can be incorporated into design solutions that overcome environmental challenges.
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/nature-inspired-cities-a-biomimicry-workshop-for-designing-the-future/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260424T190000
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SUMMARY:Breaking into Design Student Panel
DESCRIPTION:​Are you feeling anxious about the future of design in an AI-driven tech industry? Not sure whether grad school is the move or how to land a job in today’s market? 🤔🤔 \nCome get your questions answered directly by UCSD students who’ve secured 2026 design internships\, worked at startups\, and gotten into grad school using the same resources available to you at school. \nJoin us Friday\, April 24th to ask your questions\, get real advice\, and see what’s possible for your own path. 🥰🥰🥳 \nDinner and snacks will be provided 🥪🧃 \nSpeakers coming soon and timeline will be posted in the next few days!!
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/breaking-into-design-student-panel/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:AI,Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T034357
CREATED:20260421T075230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T075230Z
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SUMMARY:Framer x Design for America
DESCRIPTION:​​Part 1: 7PM \n​​Framer Fundamentals + Tutorials (40 min) \n​​- Intended for an audience that is completely unfamiliar with Framer so that everyone starts on the same page \n​​Break: Q&A\, Icebreakers \n​​Part 2: 7:45PM \n​​How to start building in Framer\, Framer Tips\, Portfolio Tips (15 min) \n​​(Optional) Open studio build\, Troubleshooting (30 min)
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/framer-x-design-for-america/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events & Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260416T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260416T170000
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CREATED:20260415T082701Z
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SUMMARY:UC San Diego Sensor Palooza: Find Your Next Collaborator!
DESCRIPTION:Meet awesome folks and spark epic collabs at UCSD Sensor Palooza—your next project awaits! \n\n\n\n\nUC San Diego Sensor Palooza: Find Your Next Collaborator!\nGeneral registration deadline: April 9 \nPresenter expression of interest deadline: March 18 – CLOSED \nDescription \nHave a new sensor and looking for uses you haven’t thought of? Or need a sensor for your work? Come to this faculty event for an afternoon of connecting with potential collaborators\, including keynote talks\, lightning talks\, and a networking reception. Reception includes appetizers and drinks! \nCash prizes post-event to the Pls that subsequently write the most compelling white paper for next steps.
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/uc-san-diego-sensor-palooza-find-your-next-collaborator/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Collaboration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T034357
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SUMMARY:Figma Make-a-thon
DESCRIPTION:​Join us at our Figma Make-a-thon where we’ll be creating solutions using Figma Make. \nWhere: Room 208\, Design and Innovation Building\nWhen: Friday\, November 14th from 5:00pm-8:00pm \nConfirm your team here (1-4 people): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtXKB9jYJ5q6GXFeXziON3dd-nXxhKCbp7FGBqp2szSx0F5w/viewform?usp=header
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/figma-make-a-thon/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events & Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T180000
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CREATED:20251113T064319Z
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SUMMARY:Horizon Open House at the UC San Diego Entrepreneurship Center
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy workshops with industry partners\, investor insights\, and find your way in the UC San Diego innovation ecosystem.\n\n\n\nHorizon Open House at UC San Diego Entrepreneurship Center \nJoin us for an exciting open house at the UC San Diego Entrepreneurship Center! Discover the vibrant startup ecosystem in our building and connect with the innovators shaping the future. \nEvent Highlights: \n\nExpert Insights: Informational session by Fisher Phillips on key legal considerations for startups\nFinancial Perspectives: Learn from Stifel Bank about financing strategies and banking solutions for entrepreneurs\nPatents Discussion: Explore the world of intellectual property and patent fundamentals with Priya Sinha Cloutier\, OIC’s Director of Intellectual Property.\nInvestor Connections: Meet investors from NuFund and explore funding opportunities\nEcosystem Networking: Connect with our ecosystem partners\, resident startups\, and fellow entrepreneurs\n\nWhether you’re launching your first venture\, scaling your startup\, or exploring the entrepreneurial landscape\, this open house offers valuable insights and networking opportunities. Come tour our space\, meet our community\, and see how the Horizon can support your entrepreneurial journey along with other partners on campus. \nRefreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there! \nMeet some of the companies: \nhttps://dib.ucsd.edu/entrepreneurship-center/resident-startups.html \nGetting here: https://dib.ucsd.edu/about/getting-here.html
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/horizon-open-house-at-the-uc-san-diego-entrepreneurship-center/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussions,Entrepreneurs,Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T190000
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CREATED:20251021T054019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T054019Z
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SUMMARY:Cafe Figma
DESCRIPTION:​Join us on October 21st for Cafe Figma! \nWe’ll be serving free drinks\, designing cup sleeves\, and doing merch giveaways. Stay posted on what the merch will be. \nUPDATED Location: DIB 330 (Design and Innovation Building) \nSee you there! \nGet all the updates on our Instagram: @figmaatucsd
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/cafe-figma/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251018T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251018T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T034357
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SUMMARY:Meet the Makers\, Founders & Doers - The Power of UC San Diego Entrepreneurs
DESCRIPTION:Step into the world of innovation and discover how bold ideas turn into real-world impact. Meet student founders\, startup teams\, and creative thinkers who are building the future right here on campus. Learn how the Entrepreneurship Center helps ideas grow through mentorship\, funding\, and a vibrant community that turns vision into action. \nYou can also take part in a hands-on ideation activity using creative tools and a big challenge question: What’s one everyday problem your family faces\, and how might you solve it with a new product\, service\, or technology? \nMeet some of the companies: \nhttps://dib.ucsd.edu/entrepreneurship-center/resident-startups.html \nGetting here: https://dib.ucsd.edu/about/getting-here.html
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/meet-the-makers-founders-doers-the-power-of-uc-san-diego-entrepreneurs/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Innovation,Innovators,Startups & Founders
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251010T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251010T130000
DTSTAMP:20260614T034357
CREATED:20251010T085809Z
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SUMMARY:Know your Customers!
DESCRIPTION:Know Your Customers Unblocking the riskiest parts of your business (with AI) \nEvery startup founder has heard “talk to your customers.” Customer discovery and validation are critical to avoiding common pitfalls and moving fast in today’s AI-driven world. But\, how do you do it effectively without getting bogged down\, or misled by hallucinations? This session shows how to go from risky assumptions and noisy chatter to grounded decisions that move your business forward. We’ll frame the right business questions\, reveal common traps teams fall into\, and practice together how to uncover evidence that drives smarter choices. Expect stories\, laughs\, and a clear playbook you can use right away.
URL:https://sdtechscene.org/event/know-your-customers/
LOCATION:Design and Innovation Building\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:AI,Startups & Founders
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