Events

Upcoming events

Friday, January 24, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

The recovery of of biographical pages webpages for a hundred North American pioneers of Information

Friday, January 31, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Clifford Lynch is the director of the Coalition for Networked Information and an adjunct professor at the School of Information.

The Politics of the Chips Act, or how to think about the manufacturing of advanced integrated circuits

Friday, February 7, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

The Chips Act subsidizes US and Taiwanese chip manufacturers to locate new facilities in the United States. What are the prospects for success?

Corporate Whitewashing

Friday, February 14, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Paul Duguid recently retired as an adjunct professor at the School of Information.

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State of Secure Communications in 2025

Thursday, February 20, 2025, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm PST

As cybersecurity threats and the digital landscape evolve, secure communication has never been more critical. A panel of industry professionals, consultants, and journalists share their experiences and insights.

Information Access Seminar: Howard Besser

Friday, March 7, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Information Access Seminar: Suzanne Wones, University Librarian

Friday, April 4, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

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Berkeley Center for New Media 20th Anniversary Alumni Conference

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - Friday, April 11, 2025

A two-day conference examining the field of new media and celebrating the work of BCNM alumni in computer vision, human-computer interaction, algorithms, race and popular media, urban space, and new media art.

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Data Are Made, Not Found

Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Speaker danah boyd looks behind the scenes at the data required to power today’s AI models, exploring the ecology that has emerged to gobble up data produced for other purposes and contexts.

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School of Information 2025 Commencement

Monday, May 19, 2025, 7:00 pm

Honor the class of 2025 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

Previous events

AI Race(s) to the Bottom?

Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

AI policy experts discuss the surprising ways that industries are approaching AI development more cautiously and cooperatively.

The Social Networks and Archival Context Cooperative (SNAC): What, Who, and How

Friday, October 23, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

An overview of the Social Networks and Archival Context Cooperative, its past, and its future.

What’s at Stake in Digital Fragmentation?

Thursday, October 22, 2020, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

A conversation with Josh Kallmer, head of global public policy and government relations at Zoom

InfoCamp 2020

Saturday, October 17, 2020, 9:30 am, – Sunday, October 18, 2020, 1:30 pm

The 11th annual InfoCamp is themed around living through a unique time in history. The two-day event, led by IMSA, features an ideathon and a speaker series. The event is free and open to everyone in the information community.

The Re-emergence of Scientific Nationalism, The Growth of Supra-Institutional Collaborations, and Implications for Scholarly Communication: Conflicting Trends

Friday, October 16, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

CTSP Social Impact Un-Pitch Day

Thursday, October 15, 2020, 5:10 pm - 6:00 pm

Join CTSP and IMSA to brainstorm ideas for projects that address the challenges of technology, society, and policy.

The Refusal Conference

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 12:00 am, – Friday, October 16, 2020, 12:00 am

A virtual conference exploring organized technology refusal from historical and contemporary vantage points

Conspiracy in the Time of Corona: An Automated Pipeline for Narrative Framework Discovery on COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories

Friday, October 9, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist

Thursday, October 8, 2020, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

A typical day in the life of a data scientist, with a demo of data engineering, data analysis, and data science using Spark SQL, Spark ML, Delta, and Redash.

Continuity of the Research Enterprise During the Pandemic

Friday, October 2, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

102nd Birthday Celebration: a Virtual Celebration of Women Leaders Past, Present, and Future

Friday, September 25, 2020, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Join us to celebrate the history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

The Impact, Priorities and Prospects for Sustained Infrastructure Investment in Scholarly Communication

Friday, September 18, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Contexts

Friday, September 11, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information access seminar, with Wayne de Fremery and Michael Buckland

Lifecycle Planning and Cost Estimation for Biomedical Data, and Implications for Repository Strategies

Friday, August 28, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

An inside look at the US National Academies committee and their report

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Data Science Summer 2020 Capstone Project Showcase

Thursday, August 13, 2020, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.