Events for the UC Tech community help introduce new skills, resources, perspectives and people/network in support of your work and career. Mark your calendar with these upcoming events. To share events here, contact us.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Berkeley Institute for Data Science: Seminar with Tristan Chambers
Tuesday, November 30, 2023, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: Berkeley Institute for Data Science
Location: Zoom
The Data Science Toolbox with Collins Udanor, PhD
Thursday, November 30, 2023, 1 – 2 p.m.
Sponsor: George Obaido, PhD
Host: Berkeley Institute for Data Science
Location: Zoom
Building Conversational AI Applications
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Host: UCSC Silicon Valley Extension AI Program
Artificial Intelligence Across Biological Scales Symposium
Tuesday, December 5-6, 2023
Organizers: Drs. Nevan Krogan, Bruno Goud, Laura Cantini, Thomas Walter, Kliment Verba, Tanja Kortemme, the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) at the University of California, San Francisco, Institut Curie, PSL-QLife, and Institut Pasteur,
Location: UCSF
UC Health systemwide grand rounds on data science and AI
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 12 – 1 p.m
Speakers: Atul Butte, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Data Scientist, UC Health, Cora Han, J.D., Chief Health Data Officer, UC Health, Sara Murray, M.D., M.A.S., Vice President and Chief Health AI Officer, UCSF Health, and Karandeep Singh, M.D., M.M.Sc., Associate Chief Medical Information Officer of AI, Michigan Medicine & Incoming Chief AI Officer, UC San Diego Health
Host: UC Health
Location: Zoom registration
Health AI Symposium – French American Innovation Days
Wednesday, December 6 – Thursday, December 7, 2023
Hosts: The Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) at UCSF and the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States
State of the University Address
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 12 – 1 p.m.
Speakers: Sam Hawgood UCSF chancellor, Atul Butte, MD, PhD, and Sara Murray, MD, MAS
Host: UCSF
Location: Livestream link
Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Collider Cup XIII
Friday, December 8, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley SCET
Location: Banatao Auditorium – Sutardja Dai Hall Berkeley, CA 94720
The Collider Cup is SCET’s all-star showcase of promising student venture teams from the Fall 2023 semester. All are welcome to join us for the live and in-person event to watch the students pitch to win the Collider Cup! In addition, SCET will provide information about its courses and there will be networking with free food after the pitch event.
Festive Code – A UC Women in Tech Committee Festive Gathering
Monday, December 11, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Women in Tech
Location: Zoom registration
Join us for an hour of virtual connection, collaboration, and festive cheer at our UC Women in Tech Networking Event.
Networking Event: Database design for enduring relevance
Wednesday, Tuesday, December 12, 2-3 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Topics: Network and enjoy conversation led by Robert Krumm, UCSF, Ernesto Carrusco and Harold Shin, UCLA, and Kelsey Couzzo, Quantivly, followed by your perspectives and questions
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu
Registration: Zoom Registration Link
UC IT Marketing & Outreach sessions
Wednesday, December 13, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC IT blog news team
Location: Zoom link
Audience: Open to those interested in expanding outreach to the UC tech community, and/or about this community and their work to broader audiences.
Objective: 2024 content calendar
December Digital A11y Campaign Social Media & Accessibility
Wednesday, December 13, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Davis
Location: Zoom link
Contact: Joshua Hori jhori@ucdavis.edu
2024 CERSI Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Host: UCSF – Stanford CERSI Location: Robertson Auditorium, Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF, 1675 Owens St, San Francisco, CA
UC Tech Academy: IT Leadership Program
January 23 – January 24, 2024
Host: UC Office of the President
Location: UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Data Privacy Week [save-the-date]
January 24-28, 2024
UC Tech Academy: IT Leadership Program
April 16 – April 18, 2024
Host: UC Office of the President
Location: UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Process Palooza [Save-the-date]
Wednesday, August 21 – Thursday, August 22, 2024
Host: UC San Diego
UC Cyber Security Conference 2024 [Save-the-date]
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Host: UC Irvine
UC Tech Conference 2024 [Save-the-date]
Friday, October 27 – Sunday, October 29, 2024
Host: UC Davis, Sacramento Campus
Contact: Iris Chelaru – ichelaru@ucdavis.edu>
PAST EVENTS
Disrupting Prior Auth (Twitter Spaces)
Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 3 – 3:30 p.m.
Host: UCSF Center for Digital Health Innovation
Speaker: Aaron Neinstein, MD
Environmental Justice in the San Joaquin Valley
Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 12 – 1 p.m.
UC ANR Hispanic Heritage Month; Hosted by UC ANR (Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)
Speaker: Jose Pablo Ortiz-Partida, Ph.D.
ATXPO 2022: 9th Annual Academic Technology Conference
Monday, October 3, 2022, 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hosted at UC Berkeley for UCSF, UC Berkeley and other Bay Area institutions of higher learning
Keynote workshop lead: Dr. Jenae Cohn
Accessibility and Security Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month; Hosted by UCSF
Panel Discussion led by: Cecile Puretz, Assistant Director of Disability Access & Inclusion, UCSF
State of Authentication, 2022
Wednesday, October 5, 2022, 12 – 1 p.m.
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month; Hosted by UC Santa Barbara
Speaker: Chad Spensky, Founder & CEO – Allthenticate
Healthy Living
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 12 – 1 p.m.
UC ANR Hispanic Heritage Month; Hosted by UC ANR (Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)
Speaker: Susana L. Matias Medrano, Ph.D., UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology at Berkeley
Annual University of California A.I. in Radiology Conference
Thursday, October 6, 2022, 8 am – 4:00 pm (in-person or online)
Hosted by UC San Diego
This one-day program will showcase multiple efforts and activities across multiple UC Campuses dealing with Artificial Intelligence projects and solutions
Mayan Pollinating Techniques
Wednesday, October 12, 12 noon – 1:00 pm
UC ANR Hispanic Heritage Month; Hosted by UC ANR (Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)
Speaker: Magda Argueta
UC Davis Campus Air Filtration*
Wednesday, October 12, 11 am – 12 noon
Disability Awareness Symposium; Hosted by UC Davis
Speaker: UC Davis Facilities Management
+For UC Davis immune compromised individuals to learn more about the air quality on campus
Tactile Audio Campus Map, or TAC Map
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 12 noon – 1 pm
Disability Awareness Symposium; Hosted by UC Davis
Speaker: TouchGraphics
Apple Accessibility
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 1 – 2 pm
Disability Awareness Symposium; Hosted by UC Davis
Speaker: Apple
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 9 am – 10:00 am
Email UC Office of the President, please contact Robert Smith, Systemwide IT Policy Director, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitatations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.
This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals, all UC Workforce members who have information security as a portion of their job responsibilities, and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
Baking Accessibility into Zoom
Thursday, October 13, 2022, 12:00 noon – 1 pm
Hosted by UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging DEI Committee
Speaker: Jill Wolters, Web Standards Program Manager, Digital Accessibility Program, UCSF IT-Web Services
Education Sector: Back-to-School for Cyber Criminals Too
Friday, October 14, 2022, 2-3:00 pm
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Hosted by UC Irvine
Speaker: Yu Chao, Cyber Threat Warning Analyst, California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC)
Privacy & Cybersecurity Law for All
Monday, October 17, 2022, 12:00 noon – 1 pm
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Hosted by UC Santa Barbara
Speaker: Reema Moussa
Climate Change Effects
Thursday, October 13, 2022, 1 pm – 2:00 pm
UC ANR Hispanic Heritage Month; Hosted by UC ANR (Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources)
Speaker: Samuel Sandoval Solis
The California Agricultural & Robotics Technology Forum (aka FIRA)
Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 8:00 am – 7:00 pm – Thursday, October 20, 7:00 am – 3:30 pm
Hosted by University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR)
Speakers: Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA); Ben Alfi, Co-Founder of Blue White Robotics; and others
Privacy 101 Workshop (Webinar)
Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 9 am – 12 noon
Hosted by UC San Diego Campus Privacy Office
We Like Your Product – Can You Pass Our 26-Page Security Assessment?
Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 12:00 noon – 1 pm
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Hosted by UC Santa Barbara
Speaker: John Green, VP and Chief Security Technologist at Aruba
Cyber Threats and Trends in 2022
Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 2-3:00 pm
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Hosted by UC Irvine
Speaker: Bryan Willett, Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), FBI
BICG Summit
Thursday, October 20, 2022, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Business Intelligence Collaboration Group (BICG) – inaugural, UC-wide event/initiative focusing on student data analytics. Hosted by UC Irvine
Speakers include: Tom Andriola, Larry Coon, Ryan Cherland, Tony Hwang and Ray Vadnais
Zoom Security & Awesome New Features
Friday, October 21, 2022, 10-11:00 am
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Hosted by UC Santa Barbara
Speaker: Giselle Brun, Zoom
Social Engineering
Monday, October 24, 2022, 10 – 11 am
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Hosted by UCSF
Speaker: Rosa L. Smothers, Senior Vice President of Cyber Operations at KnowBe4
Educause 2022
Tuesday, October 25 – Friday, October 28, 2022
Denver, Colorado
Human Hacking & Social Engingeering
Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 12 noon – 1 pm
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Hosted by UC Santa Barbara
Speaker: Chad Spensky, Founder & CEO – Allthenticatens at KnowBe4
“You are the Gatekeeper“
Thursday, October 27, 2-3:00 pm
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Hosted by UC Irvine
Speaker: Orange County District’s Office
Social Media Privacy and Security Best Practices
Friday, October 28, 2022, 12 noon – 1:30 pm
UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Hosted by UC Santa Cruz
Speakers: Researcher and PhD Candidate at Cornell University, Diana Freed; PhD student in Computer Science at University of Maryland, Julio Poveda; and UCSC ITS Compliance Coordinator, Cecilia Carrillo
The Great Digital Transformation – What’s in it For You?
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 10-11:00 am
University of California Electronic Records Day. Hosted by UC Records Management Committee
Speakers: Christina Velazquez Fidler, Eric Kalmin, Jordan Thaw and Kent Wada
Educause 2022
Wednesday November 2 – Thursday, November 3, 2022
Online
University of Michigan Pivots with Professional Development
Thursday, November 3, 2022, from 11 am – 12 noon
Host: Kaltura
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, November 9, 2022, from 9 am – 10:00 am (final session for 2022)
Email UC Office of the President, please contact Robert Smith, Systemwide IT Policy Director, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitatations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.
This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals, all UC Workforce members who have information security as a portion of their job responsibilities, and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
Veterans Job Fair and Open House
Thursday, November 10, 2022, 1-3:30 pm
Host: UCSF
Speakers: Chancellor Sam Hawgood and Chief Human Resources Officer Corey Jackson
Veteran’s Day
Friday, November 11, 2022 (Federal holiday)
Join NAIPISA’s Native American Heritage Month events
UCOP Link News
Native American Heritage Month Events & Resources
UC Berkeley
UC Davis Native American Student Success Center
UC Irvine School of Physical Sciences
UCLA American Indian Studies Center
UCLA Center for Excellence in Engineering & Diversity
UC Merced
UC Office of the President
UC Santa Barbara Engineering
UCSF
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Privacy 101 Workshop
Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 1 pm-4 pm
Host: UC San Diego
Veteran’s Day: UC Veterans Events and Opportunities
Veteran’s Day Events and Veterans resources at the University of California
Source: UC Net covering UCLA, UCSF and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with UC
UC Net
November, 2022
Born in California Demo Days
Wednesday, November 16 – Thursday, November 17, 2022
Host: UC Beal Applied Innovation
Cybermed Summit [Wait List Only]
Friday, November 18 – Saturday, November 19, 2022, 8 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: UC San Diego
Speakers from the University of California include: Jeff Tully, UCSD Anesthesiology, Christian Dameff UCSD Emergency Medicine, Medical Director of Security, Kristina Spurgeon UCD Emergency Management, Grant Madden UCSD Emergency Management, Ana Arevalo UCSD Emergency Management, Nazanin Chinoforoushan UCSD Emergency Management, Anthony Earthen UCSD Biomedical Engineering
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR)
Sunday, November 20, 2023
Host: GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Leadership Development Opportunities Information Session
Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Building Conversational AI Applications
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Host: UCSC Silicon Valley Extension AI Program
Optimizing Qualitative Research in Public Health
Thursday, December 8, 2022, 1 pm – 2 pm
Host: UC Berkeley Cloud Computing Meetup, Berkeley Skydeck, Berkeley Computing, Data Science & Scoeity, Berkeley Lab, CITRIS Banatao Institute, Berkeley Information Services and Technology, Reserach IT at Berkeley
Speaker: Wan Naszeerah, Domain Consultant at Research IT & Doctor of Public Health Student at UC Berkeley
Gender Recognition & Lived Name Policy – Considerations for Implementation
Thursday, December 8, 2022, 11 am – 12 noon (Registration deadline 12/5/2022)
Host: UC Office of the President, Department of Graduate, Undergraduate and Equity Affairs (GUEA)
Webinar Contact: Jessica Heredia Jessica.heredia@ucop.edu
Access Lunch & Learn: How to Write Alt Text
Thursday, December 8, 2022, 12 noon – 1 pm
Host: UCSF
Privacy 101 Workshop
Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 1 pm-4 pm
Host: UC San Diego
UC Davis library website redesign presentation
Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 1 pm-4 pm
Host: UC User Experience (UCUX), a friendly community of design and design-curious staff; join the slack channel #UX-andor-design
Speaker: Kimmy Hescock, User Experience Designer, UC Davis
Reciting MLK’s “I have a dream” speech
Thursday, January 12, 2023, 2-2:45 pm
Host: Black Staff and Faculty Organization (BSFO), UC Office of the President
Speakers include UC President Michael V. Drake, MD; Rachael Nava, EVP/COO; Nathan Brostrom, EVP/CFO; Kristin Cordova, Chief of Staff, Information Technology Services, UC Office of the President (UCOP); Jayesh (Jay) Panchal, Chief Information Security Officer; Nancy Pluzdrak, Executive Director, Human Resources, UCOP; Monte Ratzlaff, Cyber Risk Program Manager, UCOP; Charles F. Robinson, VP/General Counsel; Lalitha Sankaran, Director, Office of Workplace Inclusion & Belonging, UCOP; Paul Williams, Associate VP/Chief Procurement Officer; and Van Williams, VP IT/Chief Information Officer.
Martin Luther King Celebrations at UC San Diego
Saturday, January 14 -Sunday, January 15, 2023
Host: UC San Diego
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, January 16, 2023
National Data Privacy Week – Events and Resources
Sunday, January 22 – Saturday, January 28, 2023
Source: UC San Diego
Council of UC Staff Assemblies Chats: Black Staff Leadership Panel
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 11:05AM – 11:50AM
Host: Council of UC Staff Assemblies
Becoming an Anti-Racist Campus Virtual Symposium
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 9AM – 2PM
Host: UC Berkeley
UC Tech 2023 Proposals: Info Session
Thursday, February 7, 2023, 8:35 – 9am on Zoom
Host: UCSF
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, February 8, 2023, from 9 am – 10:00 am (the 2nd Wed of each month)
Email UC Office of the President, Robert Smith, Systemwide IT Policy Director, to be added to mailing list.
Host: UC Office of the President
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Path to Assessment
Thursday, February 8, 2023, 11 am – 12 noon
Host: Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP)
Seeing Like an Algorithmic Error: What are Algorithmic Mistakes, Why Do They Matter, How Might They Be Public Problems?
Friday, February 10, 2023
Host: UCI Department of Informatics
Information from the Individual’s Perspective
Friday, February 10, 2023, 3:10-5 pm
Host: UC Berkeley
UC Tech 2023 Conference Presentation Proposals: Info Sessions
Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 12:35 – 1 p.m. on Zoom
Host: UC Berkeley and UCSF
UC Love Data Week
Monday, February 13 – Friday, February 17, 2023
Host: University of California
UC Tech 2023 Conference Presentation Proposals: Info Sessions
Friday, February 17, 2023, 2:05 – 2:30 p.m. on Zoom
Host: UC Berkeley and UCSF
Leading Toward Equity
Wednesday, February 15, 1-2 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Speakers include: Van Williams, VP IT and CIO University of California, Pamela Brown, VP Institutional Research & Academic Planning, UC Office of the President, and Andenet Emiru, director of external partnerships and projects at the Center for Data-driven Insights and Innovation at University of California Health and a member of the UCOP EDI and Anti Racism Advisory Group
Blacks in Tech (Zoom link)
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 1 – 2 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President, Black Staff & Faculty Organization
Panelists: Marsha Evans, Office of Information Technology, UC Merced; and Marie Sylla-Dixon, Amazon Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Accessible PowerPoint Presentations 101
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 12-1 p.m.
Host: UCSF
Contact: Cecile Puretz cecile.puretz@ucsf.edu
Version Control with Git and GitHub
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 9-11 a.m. on Zoom
Host: UCLA
National Engineers Week
Saturday, February 22, 2023 – February 24, 2023
Host: UC Santa Cruz
Save the date for a UC Town Hall with President Drake
Friday, February 24, 2023, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hosted by UC Office of the President
Contact: Cecile Puretz cecile.puretz@ucsf.edu
Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) 25th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, February 25, 2023, 4 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley
Smarter Tech for a Resilient Future
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Host: CITRIS Banatao Institute, Edge in Tech (TM) Initiative at University of California, Berkeley Engineering
Berkeley Center for Law and Technology Speaker Series
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Host: Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
22nd Annual Developmental Disabilities: An Update for Health Professionals, Live Stream Virtual Conference
Thursday, March 2, 2023 – Friday, March 3, 2023
Host: UCSF
Authentically Me? Microstreamers on Twitch and the Challenge of Being Real, Live Seminar Series
Friday, March 3, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00 p.m.
Host: UCI Department of Informatics
User Research Tactics: Using Dovetail
Friday, March 3, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00 p.m.
Host: UC User Experience Group
Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 9 a.m. – 4:15 pm
Host: UC Berkeley
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 9 a.m. – 10:00 am
Email UC Office of the President, please contact Robert Smith, Systemwide IT Policy Director, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals, all UC Workforce members who have information security as a portion of their job responsibilities, and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
Sustainable Secure Simple Pairing (SSP)? Automate your Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Efforts with ChatGPT
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 11 a.m. – 12:00 pm
Host: Regulated Research Community of Practice
Towards High-Efficiency and High-Usability Hardware Acceleration
Friday, March 17, 2023, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Host: UCI Department of Informatics
Broadening Software Quality Assurance: From Improving Machine Learning Models to Making Software Accessible Seminar Series
Friday, March 17, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m
Host: UCI Department of Informatics
EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Call for Proposals
Monday, March 20, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
When your Identity is Inherently “Unprofessional” – Navigating Dominant Culture Definitions of Professionalism for LGBTQ+ Staff
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 12 p.m. – 1:30 pm
Host: UC Berkeley
Panelists: Melissa Charles, Elisa Diana Huerta PhD, Harris Mojadedi, Victor A. Sanchez and Liat Wexler; Moderator: Em C. Huang (see bios.)
Contact: Claudia Gey, Program Manager at UC Berkeley, Institute of International Studies Center on the Politics of Development cgey@berkeley.edu.
Digital Accessibility Office Hours
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Host: UCSF
UC Berkeley Extension’s “Future of Work: A Better Workplace for Tomorrow”
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley
Location: UC Berkeley Extension San Francisco Campus
UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development
Nominations due: Friday, March 24, 2023
Sponsor: UC Office of the President and Systemwide Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (SACSW)
Earth Hour
Saturday, March 25, 2023, 8:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Process Palooza
Tuesday, March 28 – Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Host: UC San Diego
Waypoints Symposium
Thursday, March 30, 2023 – March 31, 2023
Host: UC Irvine
How Not to Destroy the World with AI with Stuart Russell
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 12:00 p.m. – 1 pm
Host: UC Berkeley
UC Tech Awards Program Applications & Nominations Info Sessions
Thursday, April 6, 11-11:45 a.m. [Zoom link]
Friday, April 21, 3:00-3:45 p.m. [Zoom link]
Thursday, April 27, 8:30-9:15 a.m. [Zoom link]
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: laurel.skurko@ucop.edu
Emerging Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific: Innovation in an Era of Strategic Competition
Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 4:10 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley School of Information
Testing Websites with Users with Disabilities
Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Host: UCSF
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 9 a.m. – 10:00 am
Email UC Office of the President, please contact Robert Smith, Systemwide IT Policy Director, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals, all UC Workforce members who have information security as a portion of their job responsibilities, and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
Imitation and Innovation in AI with Alison Gopnik
Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 12:00 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Host: The CITRIS Research Exchange and Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab (BAIR)
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Tools from University Use Case panel
Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 11:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: Regulated Research Community of Practice (RRCoP)
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Global Health Conference & Exhibition
Monday, April 17, 2023 – Friday, April, 21, 2023
Location: McCormick Place Convention Center
UC Cyber Security Summit
Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Host: UC Cyber-Risk Coordination Center (C3)
Location: UCLA
Returning to “Rumoring” for Understanding and Responding to Misleading Content Online
Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 4:10 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley
ReINVENT at UCI Merage
Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 4:10 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Host: UCI Merage School of Business
How AI Fails Us, and How Economics Can Help with Michael I. Jordan
Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Host: CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Location: Banatao Auditorium, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley AI Policy Research Symposium
Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: AI Policy Hub
Marketing your event to disability communities
Thursday, April 20, 2022, 12 p.m. – 1 pm
Host: UCSF
Contact: Cecile Puretz cecile.puretz@ucsf.edu
Earth Week
Friday, April 14 – Saturday, April 22, 2023
Volunteer Recognition Day
Thursday, April 20, 2023
UC Tech Awards Program applications & nominations info sessions
Friday, April 21, 3:00-3:45 p.m. [Zoom link]
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: laurel.skurko@ucop.edu
Earth Day
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Privacy 101 Workshop
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 9 a.m. -12 pm
Host: UC San Diego
If a UC member requires the training prior to or outside of April 25 and September 26, they can email aarivera@ucsd.edu for special provisions and registration.
Generative AI Meets Copyright with Pamela Samuelson
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 12:00 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Host: CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
UC Tech Awards Program applications & nominations info session
Thursday, April 27, 8:30-9:15 a.m. [Zoom link]
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: laurel.skurko@ucop.edu
Location: Banatao Auditorium, UC Berkeley
Lunch-n-Learn with InfoSec Webinar: Fight the Phish!
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz
15th Annual Chancellor’s Leadership Forum on Diversity and Inclusion
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Host: UCSF
UC Berkeley Cloud Meetup 042: Generative AI – A Critical Conversation
Thursday, April 27, 2023 1 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. [Zoom link]
Host: UC Berkeley
Panel moderated by Anthony Suen, Director of Data Science Discovery Program at the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society; Panelists include: Camille Crittenden, Executive Director of CITRIS’ Jenae Cohn, Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning; and Greg Merritt, DevOps Lead of C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute
Latinx Staff Leadership Panel
Friday, Apr 28, 2023, 11:05 a.m.
Host: Council of UC Staff Assemblies
DeBugging Black Death in the Digital: How Black Youth Survive, Resist and Redesign Anti-Black Technologies Towards Collective Change
Friday, Apr 28, 2023, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Host: UCI Department of Informatics
Grad Slam
Friday, May 5, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Host: UC Grad Slam
Cognitive Science Conference at UC Davis
Saturday, May 6, 2023, 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Host: UC Davis
UC Risk Summit 2023
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 – Wednesday, May 10, 2023 (Optional workshop on Monday, May 8, 2023)
Host: UC Office of the President, Office of Risk Services
Location: Anaheim, CA
Contact: RiskServices@amanai
Leading Toward Equity
Wednesday, May 10, 1-2 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
This Leading Toward Equity conversation will feature Rachael Nava, executive vice president and chief operating officer and Paul Williams, associate vice president and chief procurement officer. Shirley Bittlingmeier, executive director, IT Client Services, Information Technology Services (ITS), will moderate.
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 2023 9 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Email UC Office of the President, please contact Robert Smith, Systemwide IT Policy Director, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals, all UC Workforce members who have information security as a portion of their job responsibilities, and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
56th Annual Faculty Research Lecture, given by Distinguished Professor J.J. Garcia Luna Aceves
Thursday, May 11, 2023, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz
Confronting Differential Power in Data – Designing Futures of Public Technologies
Friday, May 12, 2023, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Host: UCI Department of Informatics
UC GAAD Day 2023 Webinar [Registration link]
Thursday, May 18, 2023, 10-11:30 a.m.
Host: UC Electronic Accessibility Committee
Note: The webinar will be live-captioned and include American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. Contact: Stephanie Nielsen – smniel@ucsc.edu. Please submit accommodations requests by May 11, 2023.
BruinTech 2023 Conference
Tuesday, May 23 – Thursday, May 25
Host: UCLA
Professional Cultures and Inequality in STEM
Friday, May 26, 2023, 12:10 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Davis
Women & Philanthropy: STEM, Stories & Sheroes: Impacting the Next Generation
Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Davis
Education Outcome Area Working Group – State Digital Equity Planning
Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 3 p.m.
Host: Broadband For All
TEDxUCR Talk: Beyond Limits
Thursday, May 18, 2023, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Host: UC Riverside
R for Everyone – Part 1
Friday, June 2, 2023, 11:05 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: UCSF Library
Instructor: Albert Lee, Instructional Designer and Analyst for the Data Science Initiative, UCSF Library
Including Disability and Accessibility in Computing Education
Friday, June 2, 2023, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Host: UCI Department of Informatics
UCUX Usability Workshop Summit 2023
Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Host: UC User Experience
R for Everyone – Part 2
Friday, June 9, 2023, 11:05 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: UCSF Library
Instructor: Albert Lee, Instructional Designer and Analyst for the Data Science Initiative, UCSF Library
Black Staff and Faculty Organization (BSFO) Juneteenth Celebration
Monday, June 12 – 16, 2023
Host: Black Staff and Faculty Organization (BSFO)
Contact: BSFO-L@LISTSERV.UCOP.EDU
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 9 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President,
Contact: Robert Smith, Systemwide IT Policy Director, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This systemwide group is open to anyone at the university who is interested in cybersecurity.
UCSF: SummeR of LeaRning – Learn R Programming
Every Friday, June 16-August 18 11:05 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: UCSF Data Science Initiative (DSI)
UCUX: UX Meetup
Monday, June 17, 2023, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley
Information Security Symposium [Registration now open]
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 – Wednesday, June 21, 2023 8 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Host: UC Davis Information and Educational Technology (IET)
Contact: infosecsymposium@ucdavis.edu
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Primer
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 2 p.m. – 3:30 pm
Host: UC San Diego Privacy Office
Digital Accessibility Office Hours
Thursday, June 22, 2023, 9 – 10:20 a.m.
Host: UCSF Information Technology
Digital Health Humanities Symposium
Friday, June 23, 2023
Host: UCSF Digital Health Humanities
What is Generative AI and How It Can Transform Business Process Management: from ChatGPT to ProcessGPT?
Wednesday, July 7, 2023, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Host: UCSF
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 9 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Email UC Office of the President, please contact Robert Smith, Systemwide IT Policy Director, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals, all UC Workforce members who have information security as a portion of their job responsibilities, and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
Testing Websites with Users with Disabilities
Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Host: UCSF
UCSF at AIDS Walk San Francisco
Saturday, July 16, 2023, 8:30 a.m. – 3 pm
Host: UCSF
UC Tech Conference 2023 [Registration closed]
Monday, July 17 – Wednesday, Jul 19, 2023
Host: UC Berkeley
Hybrid
Contact: uctech@berkeley.edu
UC IT Marketing & Outreach Session: Birds of a Feather Presentation
Monday, July 17, 9 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Location: MLK Student Union, “Tilden,” MLK Student Union is located at 2495 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, with a parking garage in the building.
Host: UC Tech Conference
Audience: For in-person UC Tech 2023 Conference registered guests only
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu
UC Tech Awards Ceremony and Dinner [Online and in-person elements for UC Tech Conference registered attendees]
Tuesday, July 18, 6-9 p.m.
Location: UC CIO Council and UC Tech 2023 Conference organisers
Hybrid (7-7:30 pm awards ceremony will be streaming)
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu
Social Mobility and Adjusting to an Office Culture
Tuesday, July 18, 2023, 12 p.m. – 1:15 pm
Host: UC Alumni Career Network
Bayesian Latent Variable Models for Mortality Surveillance
Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 1 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering
UC Service Now User Group (UC SNUG)
Thursday, July 20 – Friday, Jul 21, 2023
Host: UC Berkeley
Hybrid
Contact: uc-snug+managers@ucsc.edu
UC IT Marketing & Outreach for UC Tech Colleagues
Thursday, July 27, 3-3:45 p.m.
Host: UC IT news blog team
Location: Zoom link
Audience: Open to all members of the UC tech community interested in expanding outreach to the UC tech community
AI: A World of Possibilities and Perils
Friday, July 28, 2023, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 9 – 10 a.m.
Email Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu, Director, Cyberrisk Coordination Center, UC Office of the President, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
Professional Etiquette Post Pandemic
Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 12-1 p.m.
Host: UC Alumni Career Network
Marketing & Outreach Session for IT (2nd Wednesday of each month)
Wednesday, August 9, 3-3:45 p.m.
Host: UC IT blog news team
Location: Zoom link
Audience: Open to all members of the UC tech community interested in expanding outreach to the UC tech community
Objective: UC tech community outreach scorecard – the the results of recent communications (ROI)
Cybersecurity Summer 2023 Project Showcase
Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 4 – 6:30 p.m.
Host: Berkeley School of Information
TECHTalks: Sara Danford, Jonathan Whitman, David Hutches, Student Information System
Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Host: UC San Diego Information Technology Services
Data Science 2023 Capstone Project Showcase
Thursday, August 17, 2023, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley School of Information
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Email Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu, Director, Cyberrisk Coordination Center, UC Office of the President, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
A Tutorial for Ansys Products with Application to Cross-Platform Programming
Wednesday, September 13, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Host: UCLA Advanced Research Computing
Data Dignity and the Inversion of AI – Jaron Lanier
Wednesday, September 13, 12-1 p.m.
Sponsors: CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science and Society, and BAIR
Location: UC Berkeley
Marketing & Outreach Session for IT (2nd Wednesday of each month)
Wednesday, September 13, 3-3:45 p.m.
Host: UC IT blog news team
Location: Zoom link
Audience: Open to all members of the UC tech community interested in expanding outreach to the UC tech community
Objective: See UC IT blog survey results (both “tech” and “all-UC” audiences) and provide your feedback; Learn about best-practices in information sharing across the UC.
Preparing for the AI Future
Wednesday, September 13, 6-7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension
TECHTalks: Alex Wu, Application Development Environment
Wednesday, September 20, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Host: UC San Diego TECHTalks
Understanding Large Language Models and Breaking Down the AI Hype
Wednesday, September 20, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Host: The Privacy Whisperer
Privacy 101 Workshop
Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 1 – 4 p.m.
Host: UC San Diego
Ethics in the Age of AI Health Monitoring
Thursday, September 28, 2023, 4 – 8 p.m.
Host: UCSF
AI Agents That Do What We Want: Progress and Open Challenges – Anca Dragan
Wednesday, October 4, 12-1 p.m.
Sponsors: CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science and Society, and BAIR
Location: UC Berkeley
Protecting Your Identity Online in the Age of Big Data and AI
Thursday, October 5, 2023 11 a.m. -12 p.m. PDT
Host: UC Santa Cruz
Educause Conference 2023
In Person: October 9-12, 2023
Online: October 18-19, 2023
Host: EDUCAUSE
K1st World Industrial AI Conference
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 9 a.m. – Thursday, October 12, 2023 6 p.m.
A generous alumni has offered to sponsor 90% of the attendance cost (~$100) for the first 20 members of the UC community who register for K1st World via this link: See #events on the UC Tech Slack.
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Email Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu, Director, Cyberrisk Coordination Center, UC Office of the President, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
Computer Security and Privacy Research: The Past, the Present, and the Future
Wednesday, October 11, 12:10 – 1:30 p.m.
Location: 210 South Hall, Berkeley, CA 94704
Host: UC Berkeley School of Information
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Protect Your Digital Life – Be CyberSafe
October, 2023
Contact: Cecelia Finney: cecelia.finney@ucop.edu
Gartner IT Symposium
October 16-19, 2023
Gartner Conferences
Manual Accessibility Testing with Lucy (Lunch and Learn)
Wednesday, October 18, 12 – 12:50 p.m.
Host: UCSF
Facilitator: Lucy Greco, UC Berkeley’s Web Accessibility Evangelist
Location: Zoom [use this link for registration]
Marketing & Outreach Session for IT (2nd Wednesday of each month)
Wednesday, October 18, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC IT blog news team
Location: Zoom link
Audience: Open to all members of the UC tech community interested in expanding outreach to the UC tech community
Objective: 10th anniversary of UC IT blog – be a part of bold new plans shaping the year ahead
Cybersecurity Futures 2030: Global Insights to Anticipate and Address Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity Challenges
Friday, October 20, 3:10 – 5 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley School of Information
Location: 107 South Hall, Berkeley, CA and online via Zoom
Optimizing the Student Experience for University of California
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: Genesys & Carahsoft
Independent Community-rooted AI Research – Timnit Gebru (postponed)
Wednesday, October 25, 12 – 1 p.m.
Sponsors: CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science and Society, and BAIR
Location: UC Berkeley
UC Tech Discussion Session on the recent “Future of AI” distinguished speaker series
Wednesday, October 25, 2 – 2:45 p.m.
Host: UC Tech news blog team
Guest: Camille Crittenden
Location: Zoom [use this registration link]
UC Cyber Leadership Panel Discussion with Van Williams
Thursday, October 26, 12- 1 p.m.
Host: UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Panel: Moderator: Van Williams, other panelists will include: Mary Morshed, Pegah Parsi, Troy Wright, and Frank Fimbrez
Location: Zoom Registration Link
Audience: Open to all members of the UC tech community interested in cybersecurity
Contact: Cecilia Finney, Cecelia.Finney@ucop.edu
Cybersecurity Futures 2030: Global Insights to Anticipate and Address Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity Challenges
Friday, October 27, 3:10 – 5 p.m.
Location: 210 South Hall, Berkeley, CA 94704 or via zoom
Host: UC Berkeley School of Information
UC Electronic Records Day webinar: Mark as Read, Managing Email Overload
Wednesday, November 1, 10 – 11 a.m.
Host: UC Records Management Committee
Achieving Shared Prosperity in The Age Of AI: A Conversation with Simon Johnson
Wednesday, November 1, 5:30 p.m.
Host: UC Irvine
Fireside chat with Van Williams, VP and CIO, University of California [Zoom Registration link]
Monday, November 6, 2023, 2 – 3 p.m. Facilitator: Charron Andrus, associate CISO and co-founder of Black Leadership Alliance Council at the University of California (BLAC@UC)
Hosts: Black Leadership Alliance Council and the UC Tech Community
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Workshop (open to public)
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Host: UC San Diego
Contact: Anita Rivera, aarivera@ucsd.edu
Digital Accessibility Program
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 12 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley
Presenter: Suzanne Harrison, Digital Accessibility Program Manager, Campus IT Experience, Berkeley IT
Toward Algorithmic Justice in Precision Medicine
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Host: Precision Medicine at UCSF
Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Email Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu, Director, Cyber-Risk Coordination Center,(C3), UC Office of the President, to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to this meeting, which occurs on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
Veterans Job Fair and Open House 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023 1 – 4 p.m.
Host: UCSF
Gaddys 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023 6 – 8 p.m.
Location: 1155 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Host: The GAAD Foundation
Spotlight on the Healthcare Industry
Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 5 – 6 p.m.
Host: UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business
Location: Zoom
“Ask Me Anything” session with Uma Karmarkar, PhD on communicating polished professionalism
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: UC San Diego Health
Contact: Leiya Shan: ljshan@health.ucsd.edu
UC IT Marketing & Outreach sessions
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC Tech blog news team
Audiences: Open to all interested in exchanging insights about the recent impact of outreach regarding the UC Tech community news, events and jobs.
Location: Virtual
The events listed here are hosted by, and/or feature, the UC tech community. They are provided by University of California colleagues. We work to ensure they are current. Please let us know if you have additional events to provide the UC Tech community for the purpose of learning new skills and perspectives and/or as an occasion to meet/network with colleagues. Contact us
Transgender Day of Remembrance/Día de los Muertos Altar
Tuesday November 21, 2023, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Hosts: Women of Color Collective, Berkeley Immigration Group, La Alianza – Law Students of Latin American Descent, Law Students of African Descent (LSAD), California Asylum Representation Clinic, Berkeley Law Queer Caucus, Queers United In Revolutionary Subversion (QUIRS)
Location: UC Berkeley Law (Centennial Lobby (outside Booth) 2778 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
The digitization of ancient Egyptian coffins and their shareability in museum and academic environments
Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Host: Berkeley Institute for Data Science, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Location: Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley
[Photo caption: Amy Neeser, Research IT, UC Berkeley and Kelly Rowland, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, at the UC Tech Conference. They are pictured here discussing the Women in High Performance Computing Bay Area Chapter which they co-founded]