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| 9 | 7:00-8:00am | East Bay & Silicon Valley CIO Roundtables: Ralph Loura, CIO-HP, Mike Kobayashi, CIO-RossStores, Sheila Jordan, CIO-Symantec: “What should a CIO do in the first 100 days of 2015?” | San Jose | Fisher | more info |
| 15 | 7:00-8:00am | San Francisco CIO Forum: Dave McCandless, CIO of Navis, “Cloud Bursting: How to realize the elastic value of on-demand Cloud resources” |
San Francisco | Fisher | more info |
| 15 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Sandra Black, Univ. of Texas: “Does Grief Transfer Across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes” |
Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 16 | all day | Conference: Berkeley Roundtable for Applied Innovation and Design |
Napa | Haas@Work | more info |
| 22 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Leonardo Burstyn, UCLA: “How does Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investments?” |
Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 23 | noon-2:00 | Chief Innovation Officer Roundtable: B. Mathews, Autodesk: “The Future of Making Things” |
San Francisco | Garwood | more info |
| 26 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: Welcome and Organizing Meeting | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 29 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Tomas Rau, PUC-Chile: “The Children of the Missed Pill: Unintended Consequences of Price Collusion in the Chilean Pharmaceutical Industry” | Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 30 | all day | Venture Capital Investment Competition | Wells Fargo | Lester | more info |
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| 2 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: Neil Kay, Univ. of Edinburgh, “Extending the Open Innovation framework from Inside-In to Outside-Out” |
Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 3 | 7:00-8:00am | Silicon Valley CIO Roundtable: Dave McCandless, CIO of Navis, “Cloud Bursting: How to realize the elastic value of on-demand Cloud resources” |
San Jose | Fisher | more info |
| 5 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Thomas Fujiwara, Princeton: “The Runner-up Effect” |
Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 9 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: Xianjun Li (Tsinghua Univ.) and Henry Chesbrough (UCB), “Innovation Trajectories of Firms in Chinese Automotive and Semiconductor Sectors“ | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 11 | 7:00-8:00am | East Bay CIO Roundtable: Three pre-IPO start-ups: a moderated panel regarding their products and where they fit in the IT ecosystem (and why) |
Walnut Creek | Fisher | more info |
| 12 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Johanna Rickne, Columbia: “Work-Life Balance in Politics” |
Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 12 | 6:30-8:30 | Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: John Danner and Mark Coopersmith, Berkeley-Haas: “The Other F Word: Failure and How Successful Leaders Put It to Work” | Andersen Auditorium | Lester | more info |
| 16-18 | all day | Insider Entrepreneurship: Executive Program | Haas | Lester/CEE | more info |
| 18 | 6:30-9:00 | Startup Networking Night (Haas/iSchool/Engineering) | San Francisco | Lester | more info |
| 19 | 7:00-8:00am | San Francisco CIO Forum: Jag Randhawa, CIO of Camico, “Role of IT in improving customer service” |
San Francisco | Fisher | more info |
| 19 | 7:00-8:30 | Founder.org Kickoff Event | Berkeley | Lester | more info |
| 23 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: Kathleen Diener, Aachen University: “Cost of collaboration in open innovation: The mediating role of search strategy” | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 25 | 6:30-8:30 | Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series: Brady Berg, Mintz Levin: “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Term Sheets (But Were Afraid to Ask)” | Wells Fargo | Lester | more info |
| 26 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Marianne Bertrand, Univ. of Chicago-Booth: “What Determines Bureaucratic Effectiveness: Evidence from the Indian Administrative Service” | Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
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| 2 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: André Alves, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul: “Bounded Capabilities and Technological Interfaces: Industrial Organization Dynamics in the Brazilian Shipbuilding and Offshore Industry” | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 2 | 6:30-8:30 | Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series: Matt Kirmayer, Lowenstein Sandler: “Startup War Stories” |
Wells Fargo | Lester | more info |
| 3 | 7:00-8:00am | Silicon Valley CIO Roundtable: ex CIO of Trimble, Rich Arnold, ex CFO of Schwab, “Improving the use of IT talent via a WaaS product” | San Jose | Fisher | more info |
| 5 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Claudio Ferraz, PUC – Rio: “Electoral Registration, Disenfranchisement and Public Service Provision” | Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 6 | noon-2:00 | Chief Innovation Officer Roundtable: Jim Spohrer, IBM: “Knowledge Platforms for Emerging Business Models” |
Haas S522 | Garwood | more info |
| 9 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: Todd Schofield, Standard Chartered Bank: “Accelerating Corporate Innovation Through Facilitated Startup Engagement” | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 11 | 7:00-8:00am | East Bay CIO Roundtable | Walnut Creek | Fisher | more info |
| 12 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Asim Khwaja, Harvard: “Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools” | Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 16 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: Elena M. Gimenez Fernandez Complutense University of Madrid, “Understanding Different Forms of Openness: A Dynamic Capability Approach of Inbound Open Innovation” |
Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 16 | 6:00-8:00 | Lester Center/Founder.org Special Event: “The Eight Secrets to Building a Billion Dollar Company at UC Berkeley” |
Haas | Lester | more info |
| 19 | 7:00-8:00am | San Francisco CIO Forum: Vincent Phillips, CIO of Copart, Inc., “Intersection of Marketing and Technology” |
San Francisco | Fisher | more info |
| 19 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Navin Kartik, Columbia: “Muddled Information” |
Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 30 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: Catherine Equey, Haute Ecole de Gestion, “European Academic Network for Open Innovation” | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
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| 2 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: David Yanagizawa-Drott, Harvard: “From Father to Son: The Intergenerational Transmission of War” |
Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 2 | 6:30-8:30 | Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series: Ashwin Gokhale & Joe Wyatt of Wilmer Hale: “Positioning Your Start-up For Success” | Wells Fargo | Lester | more info |
| 6 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: Dirk Lüttgens, Aachen University, “How firms develop capabilities in crowdsourcing: Evidence from a mixed-method study” | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 7 | 7:00-8:00am | Silicon Valley CIO Roundtable: Nick Reddall and Elise Olding of Gartner Group, “Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining IT Talent” |
San Jose | Fisher | more info |
| 8 | 7:00-8:00am | East Bay CIO Roundtable | Walnut Creek | Fisher | more info |
| 9 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Erik Hurst, Univ. of Chicago-Booth: “Regional Redistribution Through the U.S. Mortgage Market” | Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 10 | 4:10-6:00 | Global Social Venture Competition Finals and Awards Dinner | TBD | Lester | more info |
| 10-11 | all day | Berkeley-Paris Organizational Economics Workshop | Haas | Institute | more info |
| 13 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar: Dirk Lüttgens, Aachen University: “How firms develop capabilities in crowdsourcing: Evidence from a mixed-method study” | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 16 | 7:00-8:00am | San Francisco CIO Forum: David Beckerman, CIO of The Pasha Co., & Peter Weis, CIO of Matson, “CIO Effectiveness” |
San Francisco | Fisher | more info |
| 16 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Francesco Trebbi, Univ. of British Columbia, “Insurgency and Small Wars: Estimation of Unobserved Coalition Structures” | Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 20 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 21-23 | all day | Berkeley Innovation Forum, hosted by Goodyear | Akron, OH | Garwood | more info |
| 22 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: David Autor, MIT, ““Gentrification and Crime: Evidence from Rent Deregulation” |
Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 27 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 29 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: Monica Martinez Bravo, CEMFI: “An Empirical Investigation of the Legacies of Non-Democratic Regimes: The Case of Suharto’s Mayors in Indonesia” |
Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 30 | 5:00-7:30 | Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: Finals of LAUNCH: UC Berkeley Business Competition |
BofA Forum | Lester | more info |
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| 4 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 5 | 7:00-8:00am | Silicon Valley CIO Roundtable: Coby Dunn Haas MBA 1976, “The Ins, outs, and Realities of IT Governance” |
San Jose | Fisher | more info |
| 6 | 6:00-9:00 | Lester Center Annual Awards Dinner | Haas | Lester | more info |
| 7 | 4:10-6:00 | Williamson Seminar: David Vogel, Berkeley-Haas: “Why the Golden State Became Green” |
Haas C325 | Institute | more info |
| 11 | 11:00-12:30 | Management of Innovation Seminar | Haas C132 | Garwood | more info |
| 11 | 4:10-6:00 | Richard Nelson Prize Award Ceremony | Berkeley | Institute | more info |
| 11-15 | all day | Venture Capital Executive Program | Haas | Lester/CEE | more info |
| 13 | 7:00-8:00am | East Bay CIO Roundtable | Walnut Creek | Fisher | more info |
| 16 | 7:00-8:00am | San Francisco CIO Forum | San Francisco | Fisher | more info |
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| 2 | 4:00-8:30pm | Berkeley Founder’s Program | Emeryville | Lester | more info |
| 3 | 4:00-8:30pm | National Renewable Energy Lab Event for CleanTech Startups | Berkeley | Lester | more info |
| 7 | 7:00-8:00am | Silicon Valley CIO Roundtable | San Jose | Fisher | more info |
| 18 | 7:00-8:00am | San Francisco CIO Forum | San Francisco | Fisher | more info |
| 18-20 | all day | NSF I-Corps Regional Program | Haas | Lester | more info |
| 22-26 | all day | The Innovative Organization: Executive Program | Haas | Lester/CEE | more info |
| 24 | 7:00-8:00am | East Bay CIO Roundtable | Walnut Creek | Fisher | more info |
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| Jun 30 – Jul 2 |
all day | Corporate Business Model Innovation: Executive Program | Haas | Garwood /CEE |
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| 14 | all day | Tusher Inaugural Conference on Intellectual Property | Haas | Tusher | more info |
| 20-30 | all day | Summer Institute in Competitive Strategy | Haas | Institute | more info |
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| 4 | 7:00-8:00am | Silicon Valley CIO Roundtable | San Jose | Fisher | more info |
| 4-5 | all day | NSF I-Corps Regional Program | Haas | Lester | more info |
| 20 | 7:00-8:00am | San Francisco CIO Forum | San Francisco | Fisher | more info |
| 26 | 7:00-8:00am | East Bay CIO Roundtable | Walnut Creek | Fisher | more info |