Jonas Salk’s Centenary Year – a Vision for the Future Jonas Salk is an icon in the history of medicine.  The polio vaccine he and his research team developed in the early 1950s lifted a pervasive fear.  He is less well known for his earlier work on the first influenza vaccine, his founding of the…

Can Mobile Technology Completely Transform Healthcare? Remarkable advances in miniaturized computing power and connectivity over the last several decades have changed nearly every aspect of our lives, but they have yet to make a substantial impact on healthcare.  However, mobile health (mHealth) technologies currently being developed are capable of enabling unprecedented changes in the manner…

Guest speakers: Phil Blair, Co-owner and Executive Officer, Manpower Staffing Services & Jenni Prisk, Founder and CEO of Prisk Communication When we think about our net worth, we usually think of our financial investments. However, there’s another aspect of your worth...your  professional contacts.  Do your friends, family, colleagues and clients really know what you do? …

Drones in the Commercial Industry Darryl Anunciado, Chief Executive Officer of ActionDrone, Inc. will discuss the impact and upcoming changes small unmanned aerial vehicles, sUAVs (aka drones) will have on the commercial industry. Agriculture, public safety and military fields are just starting to harness the potential of this new technology. Details on how the sUAV…

Please join District Governor Janice Kurth as she visits with 30 of our Club committees during our annual Committee Showcase.  This is your opportunity to learn more about the various committees our club has to offer and learn about the many projects that are the substance of Rotary.  The showcase begins at 11:15. Our regular…

San Diego Humane Society: Inspiring Compassion Since 1880 Since 1880, San Diego Humane Society has inspired compassion by helping people and animals. Originally founded to protect children and horses, the organization has expanded to meet the needs of the region by rescuing animals in distress; saving companion pets, farm animals and wildlife; and, providing resources…

Betty Peabody The Past Presidents of San Diego Rotary have proudly selected Mrs. Betty Peabody as this year’s recipient of the 2015 Mrs. San Diego Award. Please join us on September 24th at the Liberty Station Conference Center to honor Betty for her leadership and contributions to the City of San Diego. Betty Peabody’s interests,…

Dr. James T. Harris, III, is the fourth president of the University of San Diego, which is a nationally preeminent Catholic university known for educating students who are globally competent, ethical leaders committed to the common good and empowered to engage a diverse and changing world. Before coming to USD, Dr. Harris served as president…

You may not know that the check you just deposited with your smartphone camera was enabled by Mitek's industry leading mobile imaging software. You can also use Mitek's secure mobile capture technology to read and authenticate your driver’s license, all with the snap of a smartphone photo. Today more than half of all the banks…

Building the galleon San Salvador: an American Origin Story After more than a century of imagining the galleon of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo as the iconic repository of San Diego’s origin story, the people of San Diego were recently able to see the nearly complete full-scale reproduction of this legendary ship operate on the waters of…