What:
Silicon Valley is a dynamic entrepreneurial region that is the world's epicenter of innovation. Silicon Valley is a region at risk.
Curiously, both statements are true, and Russell Hancock will explore the reasons why in a conversation on November 3 at the
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company’s monthly community forum,
Brews and Views. Dr. Hancock is president and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley and a member of the public policy faculty at Stanford University. He will talk about Silicon Valley’s promising movement into cloud computing, mobile applications and clean technology; he will also talk about diminishing federal funding, creaking infrastructure, changing immigration patterns, and new models of corporate capitalism that are bringing fundamental changes to the region. The forum will be moderated by the co-founder and director of strategy for Creative Capital, Greg Galle.
When:
Thursday, November 3, 2011
6 to 8 p.m.
Where:
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
390 Capistrano Road
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Cost: Admission and snacks are complimentary. Beer, wine, and other beverages will be available for sale at the event. Ten percent of the proceeds from all dinner sales at Half Moon Bay Brewing Company for this event will be donated to the
Cabrillo Education Foundation.
For More Information:
Call 650-728-2739 or visit
www.hmbbrewingco.com
Speaker Biography:
Russell Hancock
President and CEO,
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
Russell Hancock is President & CEO of
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, a position he has held since 2003. In this role Dr. Hancock is best described variously: as a civic leader, community gatherer, institution builder, social entrepreneur, and outspoken advocate for regionalism. Since taking the helm of Joint Venture he has quadrupled the size of the organization; assembled a potent board filled with mayors, CEOs and university presidents; built strategic partnerships; recruited a highly talented staff; and launched initiatives that are delivering measurable results to the region.
Russell is also the founder of the annual State of the Valley conference, a “town hall” meeting attracting more than 1,500 leaders for a day spent in dialogue and discussion about the Valley’s opportunities. The conference features the release of Joint Venture’s Silicon Valley Index, a document now receiving national and international attention.
Dr. Hancock's leadership in the Silicon Valley region builds on earlier work he led as Vice President of the Bay Area Council (1994-1999). There, he spearheaded the campaign extending BART to the San Francisco Airport. He also directed a broadly-based effort which ultimately created the Bay Area Water Transit Authority, charged with delivering a high-speed ferry system to the San Francisco Bay.
Educated at Harvard in the field of government, Russell received a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University where he currently teaches in the Public Policy Program. Fluent in Japanese, Russell returned to Stanford in 2000 to become the inaugural director of the Shorenstein Forum for Asia-Pacific Studies, Stanford's gathering place for ranking officials, senior executives, journalists, and scholars who shape outcomes in the Pacific Rim. In 2008 Silicon Valley Business Journal named Russell to its annual list of Silicon Valley’s most influential “players.” Considered one of Silicon Valley's leading expositors, his interviews regularly appear in the
New York Times,
Wall Street Journal,
Business Week,
The Financial Times and
Forbes. He is also a frequent guest on
NBC Nightly News and
Bloomberg News, and hosts a radio program on Silicon Valley issues heard on KLIV.
Moderator Biography:
Greg Galle is co-founder and director of strategy for
Creative Capital, a firm that brings together strategy and design to generate big ideas, create powerful communications, and deliver compelling experiences that make change happen. He believes that design can change the world. Galle is currently engaged in projects that bring water to Malawi villagers, improve the availability and quality of health care around the world, reinvent primary care in the American health care system, improve teacher effectiveness American classrooms, protect the people and environment in the Peruvian Amazon from exploitation, increase diversity and inclusion in major corporations, and improve the economies and social structures of communities in rural Alabama, North Carolina, and Mississippi.
Galle serves on the board of Hope Street Group, a national organization focused on creating economic opportunity for all Americans, and the board of the Not For Sale Campaign, the movement to end slavery in our lifetime. His work has been recognized with awards from: The Clio Awards, Communication Arts Magazine, Critique Magazine, ID Magazine, NY Art Directors Club, New York Arts Festival, and Western Art Directors Club among others. The Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art has acquired his
Suicide Book for their permanent Book Arts collection. Galle has collaborated on and been cited in numerous books on design, communication, and reputation.
ABOUT BREWS & VIEWS
Brews and Views is the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company’s regular speakers series that tackles public issues that affect us all, from the Coastside of California to Washington, DC. Started by Lenny Mendonca, the founder of the Brewing Company and director at McKinsey & Company, Brews and Views serves as both a free public forum and fundraiser for Coastside nonprofit organizations (ten percent of all dinner proceeds are donated to a local nonprofit after each event). Previous notable guests include renowned forecaster Paul Saffo, managing director of foresight at Discern Analytics; Charles Kolb, president of the Committee for Economic Development; Mike McCurry, former press secretary for President Bill Clinton; Carla Marinucci,
San Francisco Chronicle’s political reporter; and California State Assemblyman Jerry Hill.
ABOUT THE HALF MOON BAY BREWING COMPANY
Recently selected by
Travel + Leisure magazine as one of
America’s Best Beach Bars, the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company is situated on picturesque Pillar Point Harbor overlooking the Marina in Princeton-by-the Sea. The Brewing Company is a casual coastal venue that has become an institution in the Half Moon Bay area for locals and visitors alike since opening in 2000. With its warm, wood-toned interior, expansive windows to the ocean, and walls dotted with surf memorabilia, the 6,000-square-foot restaurant and bar is reminiscent of a typical California surf shack. The Brewing Company expertly pairs a family-friendly, come-as-you-are atmosphere with a winning combination of fresh, sustainable seafood, home-brewed beers, live music and an expansive, dog-friendly patio area with blazing fire pits to keep patrons warm on the waterfront. Behind the restaurant lies the brewery, where hand-crafted beers are piped directly to the bar.
The Half Moon Bay Brewing Company is located at 390 Capistrano Road in Princeton-by-the-Sea, Calif. The hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. (restaurant) and 10 p.m. (bar); Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. (restaurant) and 11 p.m. (bar); Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (restaurant) and 11 p.m. (bar) and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. (restaurant) and 10 p.m. (bar). To book a reservation, please call 650-728-BREW (2739) or visit
OpenTable.com. Additional information may be found at
http://www.hmbbrewingco.com.
