(Charlotte, N.C.)  Social Fresh, the social media education company that originated in Charlotte, NC, announced the next stop in its educational conference series, targeted to marketing professionals. Social Fresh Charlotte will take place September 6-7, 2011 at the University Hilton in Charlotte, North Carolina. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) Durham’s vibrant entrepreneurial community is being called upon to supply up to 40 teams of innovative participants for the first annual C.F.D {Creative Food Drive} to benefit the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina at Durham on Saturday, October 15. The teams being formed between now and the end of September will compete by designing and constructing any type of standalone “sculptures” they can conceptualize made out of non-perishable food items. The competition and food collection will take place at the Durham Farmers Market at 501 Foster Street, next to the historic Durham Bulls Stadium. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, announced today that executives from Gilt Groupe and FreshDirect will lead sessions on the use of customer analytics to drive marketing at CRM Evolution 2011. SAS, a platinum sponsor of CRM Evolution 2011, will demonstrate SAS® Social Media Analytics, SAS® Marketing Automation and SAS® for Customer Experience Analytics in Booth 517. CRM Evolution 2011 takes place Aug. 8-10 at the Hilton New York. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Entrepreneurs will gather in Uptown Charlotte Thursday, August 4th for “Lean Startup – Lessons Learned”.   The gathering will feature National serial entrepreneurs along with Local Charlotte startups in a presentation, panel and Q&A format to support entrepreneurial growth in Charlotte. Serial entrepreneurs David Hauser from Boston and Sanjay Parekh from Atlanta are featured panel speakers.  Hauser is co-founder of Grasshopper, Chargify, Grasshopper Labs and Return Path and founder of WebAds360.  Parekh is founder and organizer of Startup Riot and co-founding Partner at Shotput Ventures.  (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Calyptix Security will provide participants at this year’s CompTIA Breakaway event to be held August 1-4 in Washington, D.C a chance to see two new exciting developments. Calyptix will participate as an exhibitor and provide production environment demonstrations for the latest version 3.0 of its  AccessEnforcer™ all in one firewall as well as its new Single Pane of Glass management platform dubbed SPS version 1.0 as part of CompTIA’s Premier Education Event for the IT Channel. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Tranzyme Pharma (Nasdaq:TZYM), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that Vipin Garg, President and CEO, and Richard Eisenstadt, CFO, will present at the Canaccord Genuity Annual Growth Conference taking place in Boston August 9-11, 2011 at the InterContinental Hotel. Tranzyme’s presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, August 9 at 10:00 A.M. ET in the San Francisco Room. (more…)

(Badin, N.C.) Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the world’s largest recycler of electronic waste, and first tenant of the new Badin Business Park at the site of the former Alcoa aluminum smelting plant, will kick off its anticipated job fair this Saturday, July 16th, at 9:00 a.m. The job fair will take place at the Badin Fire Station, right across the street from the Badin Business Park. Prospective employees are welcome to come any time during the “meet-and-greet” style event, where ERI’s Human Resources director and Badin Regional Plant Manager will be on hand to describe the operation, answer questions and discuss potential positions. Interviews will not be taking place, but prospects are encouraged to bring résumés. All applicants selected for interviews will be contacted directly. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) MIX 101.5’s BackPack Buddies Food Drive is a joint effort between WRAL-FM and Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS).  The BackPack Buddies program provides weekend meals for children in need.  Last year WRAL-FM, their listeners and other donors helped IFFS add more than 193 children to IFFS’ BackPack Buddies program – a 22% increase. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) The North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA), the primary voice of the technology industry in North Carolina, opened nominations for its annual fall conference, titled “ThinkTech: How Technology Drives the New Economy.” The conference will be held on Thursday, Sept. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Hilton Charlotte Center City in Charlotte, N.C. (more…)

(Washington, D.C. & Raleigh, N.C.) The 2011 BIO International Convention, one of the most influential global tradeshows for biotechnology, wrapped-up its recent run in Washington, D.C. It boasted an attendance of 15,626, up slightly from 15,322 a year ago and 14,352 in 2009. International competition for developing business opportunities was tough: Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Korea, Belgium, China, Japan, Spain and Australia all sent large delegations to make important connections. The U.S. countered with many states — including North Carolina — hosting centralized pavilions at the event to generate publicity and drive partnering meetings for multiple exhibitors and sponsors. So how did North Carolina fare? (more…)

(Washington, D.C.) Major announcements from North Carolina companies were few and far between at the first full day of exhibits at the BIO International Convention 2011 in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Foot traffic overall seemed to be down from previous BIO International events, including at the North Carolina pavilion which featured many familiar faces and just a handful of new companies. While no major announcements were coming from the NC pavilion, several other states across the country were pushing hard to drive the spotlight to new and emerging life sciences operations. (more…)

(Washington, D.C.) High-level members of the Obama Administration will gather with leaders from the biopharmaceutical and global health communities at the Partnering for Global Health Forum on June 27 to discuss ways to speed the development of new medical tools — drugs, vaccines and diagnostics — to address the most persistent challenges in global health. Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, will deliver a keynote address on how ground-breaking innovations in biotechnology can save lives in the world’s poorest countries. Leading panelists from around the world will also offer insights on how life-saving products are transformed from ideas in the world’s laboratories to new drugs, vaccines and diagnostics for patients in developing countries. Speakers include Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of USAID, Dr. Regina Rabinovich, Director of the Infectious Diseases Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Dr. Hassan Mshinda, Director General of the Tanzanian Commission for Science and Technology. (more…)