A. Richard Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series
This lecture series recognizes the entrepreneurial vision of A. Richard Newton, Dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering from 2000 to 2007, by inviting distinguished innovators to share lessons from their own successes and failures. Hosted by the Pantas and Ting Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, the lectures take place at UC Berkeley on Tuesday evenings, 6:30pm - 8pm in Li Ka Shing Auditorium. Syllabus and course information available on bcourses. CLICK HERE to see the past speakers from previous semesters.
SCHEDULE
January 22, 2019
January 29, 2019
Yoky Matsuoka
Cal alum; MacArthur Fellow; VP Health at Google and HP Board member; Cofounder of Google X; Former CTO, Nest; Strategic advisor, Fracta
January 29, 2019
February 5, 2019
February 12, 2019
Chris Ategeka
Cal alum, award-winning serial-entrepreneur, engineer, TED Speaker, futurist, pragmatist and optimist. Founder/ CEO, UCOT Inc. [www.helloucot.com]. Forbes 30 Under 30
February 19, 2019
February 26, 2019
Guest Speaker & Interactive Exercise and Semester Paper/Project Overview
March 5, 2019
Nicole Johnson & Keil Murray
The Power and Secret of Telling Stories for Your New Venture with Nicole Johnson, founder and CEO, NicJohn Media and former Global Head, Hearsay Social in conversation with Kiel Murray, writer and Development Executive, Pixar Animation Studios(notable projects include Cars)
March 12, 2019
Vivienne Ming
Theoretical neuroscientist, technological pioneer, entrepreneur, and chairperson, Socos
March 19, 2019
Alison McCauley
Social scientist, emerging technology consultant and author; Unblocked: How BlockChains will Change Your Business
March 26, 2019
No class for spring break
April 2, 2019
Austin Gilbert
Cal grad and Director of Recruiting, Eaze. Eaze is an online marketplace and technology platform that helps provide legal access to cannabis through safe and convenient delivery. The company recently finished their Series C funding ($65M) with total funding of $165M.
April 9, 2019
Claire Hough
Cal grad and engineering leader at some of the Valley’s most disruptive companies including Netscape, Napster and Udemy . Currently VP, engineering for Apollo GraphQL
April 16, 2019
April 23, 2019
April 30, 2019
Scott Kupor
Managing partner, Andreessen Horowitz and author, Secrets of Sand Hill Road (6/19 release)
CLASS INFORMATION
INDENG 95 | 195 | 295
Academic Units: 1
Pass/No Pass
For additional questions, please email vhowell@berkeley.edu.