A large percentage of graduating engineering students at public universities start their engineering education at a local community college and engineering transfer students have the highest success rate of all majors. Professors Armen Toorian and Chris Hereweth will showcase some of the many resources and opportunities that Glendale Community College has to offer to beginning engineering students. Join us after the presentation for a tour of the Robotics Lab! This event is free to the public and does not require a Glendale Tech Week Badge. Students are welcomed! Space is limited. RSVP is recommended to ensure entry to the event.

Join us for a panel discussion as part of Glendale Tech Week as we hear three perspectives on how the strategies of engaging three different audiences - customers, readers and residents - has evolved as technology and its platforms have changed. The speakers include: Edward Barrera, media relations and public relations consultant, is a former journalist and editor whose work was published in the Los Angeles Daily News, the New York Daily News and other newspapers and online sites. He later joined a California-based social media startup as founding content editor and social media strategist. He will guide us through...

Join us for an outdoor celebration of innovation with Rolling Robots, Space Matters: A Pedestrian Perspective, food, art, and fun. Check out what the Maryland Paseo has to offer while listening to the The Robbie Davis Band perform. The Robbie Davis Band can be heard performing original music at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, The Viper Room, The Mint, The Roxy, and other top music venues. Prior to touring with the band, Robbie served as host of the famed Blue Bird Café in Nashville. When is not performing music or acting in commercials and films, he guides trail...

The bestselling book and blockbuster film The Martian takes the work NASA's Mars exploration and extends it into fiction set in the 2030s, when NASA astronauts are regularly traveling to Mars and living on the surface. NASA collaborated on this film with 20th Century Fox Entertainment, providing guidance on production design and supplying technical consultants. One of those consults includes Dr. Jim Green, Director of NASA's Planetary Science Division. Please join us to hear Dr. Green describe his experience as an advisor to the film and how the science depicted relates to our understanding of conditions on Mars.

Join us for this panel at Glendale Tech Week as we hear panelists discuss how design has the potential to shape community and inspire innovation. Three perspectives on design are offered by: Alan Loomis, Deputy Director of Urban Design and Mobility, as he discusses an ambitious freeway cap project, called Space 134,over the 134 Freeway. Andy Stevens, Community Sales Lead at WeWork, as he discusses the spirit of collaboration and community that has developed within the wall of WeWork through design, beer and coffee. Debra Gerod, Partner at Gruen Associates, as she discusses her latest undertaking in designing a Maker...

To gain access to this event you must purchase a VIP All-Access Pass and present a valid Glendale Tech Week Badge. Passes can be purchased here.

THE DOORS’ iconic guitarist launches THE MUSIC PATH Celebrity friends join Robby Krieger for the first in a series of concerts to raise funds for his non-profit The Music Path (TMP), created to promote engaging contemporary music education in our public High Schools. The September 16th launch at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale California, will include Robby and his special friends, including Stone Temple Pilots bassist Robert DeLeo, performing the songs of The Doors. Also performing will be Glendale’s own The Bots, voted most likely to succeed byRolling Stone Magazine in 2014.  More Artists will be announced soon, please...

The first annual Open Arts & Music Festival (OAM) navigates a city in transition. In recent years, the City of Glendale has become increasingly diverse – both economically and culturally. On Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 12 PM to 10 PM at Glendale Central Park, the Open Arts & Music Festival will highlight the range, influence, and growth of changing city by inviting artists, performers, local businesses and vendors to activate Downtown Glendale. Through music performances, arts markets and a public art installation, activities for children, and featured businesses, the Open Arts & Music Festival creates an immersive, engaging, and...