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Events

Upcoming events

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.
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.
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.
Friday, March 11, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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.
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.”
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.
Thursday, March 3, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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.

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.

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

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

Friday, February 18, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, February 11, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday, February 4, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thursday, February 3, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Technology, Information & Education Seminar, with Dean AnnaLee Saxenian

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