Events

Upcoming events

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2025

Monday, July 21, 2025 - Sunday, July 27, 2025

A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community.

Cybersecurity Summer 2025 Capstone Project Showcase

Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

graphics of data analysis, data visualization and other data science tools

Data Science Summer 2025 Capstone Project Showcase

Thursday, August 14, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

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.

Previous events

Digital Divide or Digital Bridge: Can Information Technology Alleviate Poverty?

Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

A special panel discussion on technology and poverty, with Eric Brewer (UC Berkeley computer science), Megan Smith (Google.org), Kentaro Toyama (I School & Microsoft Research, India), & Wayan Vota (Inveneo).

Reception to follow.

Staying Together: People, Media, and Synchronous Connected Systems

Monday, April 4, 2011, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

How does sharing experiences shape how we understand the actual event? David Ayman Shamma of Yahoo! Research presents real-world applications to facilitate synchronous conversations while sharing media.

Design Futures Lecture: Chris Hecker

Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Chris Hecker is a game developer and an outspoken advocate for pushing the current boundaries of design and interactivity.

Health Care and the New Economy

Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Scott Young, M.D., discusses how the US health care system is responding to health care reform and the economic downturn with patient-centricity, health information technology, and integrated delivery systems.

Information Access Seminar: Phyllis Reuther, Sprint Labs

Friday, March 11, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Design Futures Lecture: How to Build a World

Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

This talk is a dispatch from the frontier of world building — future creation and communication — from one of its pioneers. Stuart Candy (a.k.a. the sceptical futuryst) is a designer, consultant, writer, educator, and activist, and the senior foresight and innovation specialist at Arup.

Towards a Citizen Internet: the Opportunity for Civic Software

Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Jennifer Pahlka, founder of Code for America, discusses how hackers and designers can help re-craft government and build a “citizen Internet.”

InfoCamp Berkeley 2011

Saturday, March 5, 2011, 9:00 am, – Sunday, March 6, 2011, 5:00 pm

InfoCamp Berkeley is an unconference for anyone interested in user experience, information architecture, interaction design, information management, information design, librarianship, online search, informatics, or related fields.

Technology, Information and Education Seminar

Thursday, March 3, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Technology & Regulation Symposium

Thursday, March 3, 2011, 8:00 am - 7:00 pm

The 15th annual Berkeley Center for Law & Technology–Berkeley Technology Law Journal Symposium will address the ways that technological developments are transforming the task of regulation.

Surveillance or Security? The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping Technologies

Monday, February 28, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Susan Landau is a fellow at Harvard University and the author of Surveillance or Security? and Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption.

The Development of Artistic Documents for the Global Village: The Development of Systems Tailored for the Global Village

Friday, February 25, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Lean Startup: Innovation Through Experimentation

Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology and the author of the popular entrepreneurship blog "Startup Lessons Learned".

The Brazilian Model for Free Access

Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Pablo Ortellado
Professor of Public Policy
University of São Paulo, Brazil

Open Bibliography

Friday, February 18, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Open Library, Collections, and Networks

Friday, February 11, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Social Networks and Archival Context Project

Friday, February 4, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Individualized Service Provision and Lessons from Special Education in Finland

Thursday, February 3, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Technology, Information & Education Seminar, with Dean AnnaLee Saxenian

Using Technology for Social Good

Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

What challenges and opportunities do grassroots civil society organizations face as they use technology to build their capacity, engage their community, and deliver needed programs?

The E-book Wars, Part 2

Friday, January 28, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm