SHPE Boston

cordially invites you to our annual

Come join us for a night of networking, fun, socializing and celebration of our heritage! Enjoy Latin cuisine, a trio playing Latin background music, a Cuban art exhibit, a DVD preview from WGBH about Latin Music, as well as great speakers.

Our keynote speaker is Lidiane Souza, a senior Program Manager of the Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid) team at Microsoft.

Our second speaker is Antonio Oliart, a Sound Production Engineer for WGBH radio.

ATTIRE is Business Casual

Peruvian Cuisine will be served from Macchu Picchu Restaurant.

Guitar Trio by Jose Allende, and Art Exhibit by Arts Amica.

Special Thanks to the Microsoft Corporation for hosting this event at:

Microsoft Corporation
1 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142

When:

Thursday, September 30th, 2010    
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Meter parking is FREE after 6pm.

Agenda

6:30 - 7:00 - Register, networking
7:00 - 8:00 - Welcome, speakers, mini clip from WGBH of Latin Music
8:00 - 9:00 - Enjoy the rest of the night while you network, listen to music, enjoy the art exhibit, enjoy the Boston view from Microsoft's patio

Don't miss out this opportunity to network and celebrate our heritage with your fellow members and Microsoft employees!!

More info:

Speakers

More about Lidiane Souza: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jennifer/archive/2008/04/18/featured-woman-in-technology-lidiane-souza.aspx

Antonio Oliart is a recording engineer at WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston.  His training includes a Masters of Music degree in flute performance from The Mannes College of Music in New York City.  He also holds a Masters Degree in Sound Recording from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.  He has produced several CD's for labels such as Analekta Records, Warner in Japan,  Centaur, Hungaroton and has worked for Philips, Erato, Teldec, Telarc, Koch International, Mack Avenue Records, Deutsche Grammophon and many other record companies as a recording engineer, editor and mastering engineer.  

As part of his responsibilities at WGBH, Antonio records concerts around New England for broadcast of major music ensembles including the Boston Philharmonic, Boston Baroque, New England String Ensemble, Boston Chamber Music Society. He is also in charge of  the technical set up and execution of national radio shows like Says You, Toast of the Nation and the Newport Jazz Festival. He also works in the studios at WGBH engineering live performances and doing post production for various radio shows and pod-casts.

Antonio has won several awards for his work at WGBH including 3 New England Emmy awards for outstanding  individual achievement in audio.

Art Exhibit

In the spring of 1996, L. Holliey White went with a humanitarian aid group to Cuba.  As was her custom, Holliey looked for art for her collection while she was there.  Among the artists she met, two in particular impressed her with their work, and most especially, their ambiance. 

In Cuba, hospitality is forthcoming on all fronts, but the husband and wife team of Contino and Maria Consuelo, both professors, brought that welcoming spirit to new heights.  After several hours in their home studio, hours of lively conversation and delicious coffee, they asked whether it would be possible for Holliey to exhibit  some of their works in Boston, and thus was born Arts Amica. 

Each subsequent trip to Cuba brought new artists aboard as word of Arts Amica's association with some of the masters of the Cuban art world spread.  Arts Amica exhibits art from Cuba around the New England region.

Music

We will have the pleasure of having background music from a Guitar Trio from Jose Allende http://www.joseallende.net/

Food

For this year's event we've chose Peruvian cuisine from Macchu Picchu Restaurant located in Somerville, MA http://www.machupicchuboston.com/