Events

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 UCTechNews@UCOP.edu

UPCOMING EVENTS

COMPLECS: Using Regular Expressions with Linux Tools

Thursday, November 6, 2025, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
UC San Diego Supercomputer Center

Is Your Career AI-Safe?

Thursday, November 6, 6-7 p.m.
UC Silicon Valley

UCLA Tech and Society Conference 2025

Friday, November 7, 2025, 8:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
UCLA Anderson School of Management

UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute: November Seminar: Finale Doshi-Velez, PhD, MSc – Interpretability and Human+AI Interaction for AI Decision Support in Health

Friday, November 7, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute

Governing the Machine: How to navigate the risks of AI and unlock its true potential

Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 10-11 a.m.
UC Berkeley Law, Executive Education

Public Sector Summit: Cyber Resilience in Government

December 10, 2025, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Rubrik
Note: Hear leading voices from Federal, State, and Local government, education, and industry to explore how organizations can strengthen their cyber defense posture, build resilience into critical infrastructure, and ensure continuity of operations even when prevention measures fall short. Please take a look at the agenda. Even if you can not attend the entire event please make sure to register for the ones that are of most interest.

Information Technology Policy and Security meeting

Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu or Wendy.Rager@UCOP.edu

UC Open Source Program Offices Fall Meet Up

Thursday, November 13, 2025
12-1:30 p.m.

UC Tech Marketing Community of Practice monthly meeting

Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

UC Regents Meeting

November 18 – 20, 2025 (Tuesday-Thursday)
Location: UCLA

New Perspectives in Advancing Graph Machine Learning

December 7, 2025
San Diego Convention Center

UC Tech Marketing Community of Practice monthly meeting

Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

Accelerating Digital Accessibility

February 24-26, 2026
Deque

UC Health Conference 2026

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 14-15, 2026
UC Health

UC Davis Information Security Symposium

Tuesday-Wednesday, May 12-13, 2026
UC Davis

UC Tech Conference 2026

TBD
UC Merced

PAST EVENTS

UCSF Innovation Ventures Showcase and Reception at JP Morgan 2025 – January 15 – REGISTER NOW [Registration full – join the mailing list]

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 5:30-9 p.m.
350 California Street, San Francisco, CA

UC Office of the President Staff Assembly Panel: IT Careers [Register now]

Thursday, January 16, 2025, 1-2 p.m.
UC Office of the President Staff Assembly:
Guests: Van Williams, Vice President of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer, UC, Shawn Aguilar, Executive Technology Support Analyst, IT Client Services, UCOP; Shirley Bittlingmeier, Executive Director, IT Client Services, UCOP; Richard Santos, Executive Technology Support Analyst, IT Client Services, UCOP; Connie Tremblay, Senior IT Recruiter, UCOP Human Resources

Streamline Your Work with AI

Thursday, January 16, 2025, 6 – 7 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) Silicon Valley

Regulatory Affairs and Medical Devices Info Session

Thursday, January 16, 2025, 6 – 7 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) Silicon Valley

Lunar New Year

January 29, 2025
#lunarnewyear

National Data Privacy Week

January 27-31, 2025
#DPW2025

Rethinking Clark Kerr: The Uses of the University in the Age of Generative AI

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

[Deep Tech] University of California – Los Alamos National Laboratory Entrepreneur Postdoc Accelerator Showcase

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 5:30-8:30
SVP Experience Center [prior registration required]

Precision Medicine World Conference

February 5-7, 2025
#PMWC25
Santa Clara, California

UC Love Data Week

Monday, February 10 – Friday, February 14, 2025

Computational Cancer Community (C3) Monthly Meeting

Monday, February 10, 2025
UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute

AI for the C-Suite

February 10-12, 2025
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, UC Berkeley School of Engineering

Black History Month Noon Speaker Series Event 1

Monday, February 10, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Guests: Bri Blue – Author, Orator, Women’s Right Advocate and Spoken Word Artist
Donielle Woods- African American Museum and Library, Oakland CA
Raesheemah Thornton – Dean of Enrollment Services (Merrit College), Oakland CA

Black History Month Noon Speaker Series Event 2

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Guest: Dr. Travis Bristol-Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Policy in Berkeley’s School of Education, Department of African Studies
Host: UC Office of the President Black Staff & Faculty Organization

2025 Business Career & Internship Fair

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 5-7 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) Silicon Valley

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 9 – 10 a.m.
Email Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu, 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.

PennAITech Collaboratory for Healthy Aging Webinar Series

Thursday, February 13, 2025, 9-10 a.m.
Featured guest: Anita Ho, UCSF

Black History Month Noon Speaker Series Event 3

Thursday, February 13, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Guest: Kamu Sadiki- Board of Director Member, Lead Instructor with DWP
Host: UC Office of the President Black Staff & Faculty Organization

UC Tech Awards Program – How to Apply – Webinar 4 [Registration Link]

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 11-11:30 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President

UC Womxn in Technology Presents Leading the Change: Womxn Driving DEI in Technology [Registration link]

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Host: UC Womxn in Technolgy

General Data Protection Regulation Workshop – REGISTER NOW

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 2-3:30 p.m.
Host: UC San Diego Privacy Office
Note: This session is recommended for those who have completed the Privacy 101 workshop and handle personal data of individuals within the European Union.
Contact: ucsdprivacy@ucsd.edu

Lodestar Speaker Series: The Geopolitics of AI & International Cooperation

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 6-8 p.m.
International House : Chevron Auditorium
Host: International House at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley Venture Capital Summit: AI’s Disruptive Role in Venture Capital

Thursday, February 27, 2025, 9-10 a.m.
Host: UC Berkeley
Contact: bcacioppo@berkeley.edu

Process Palooza – Call for Speakers

Friday, February 28, 2025 deadline
Process Palooza will take place at UC San Diego August 6-7, 2025 (Wed-Thursday)
Process Palooza 2025 website

Understanding DeepSeek and Open-Source Frontier Models: A Conversation with Tuhin Srivastava

Wednesday, March 1, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Center for Digital Transformation Digital IQ Series by the Paul Merage School of Business, Center for Digital Transformation

UC Tech Awards Applications Deadline – APPLY NOW

Monday, March 3, 2025
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@amanai
The UC Tech Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 26, during the UC Tech Conference (June 25-27, 2025 at UC Riverside)

Understanding DeepSeek and Open Source Frontier Models: A Conversation with Tuhin Srivastava [Registration link]

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Host: UC Irvine

AI in Higher Ed: What’s Changing & What No One Is Talking About

Thursday, March 6, 2025
Host: UCLA

2025 CENVAL-ARC Symposium

Friday, March 7, 2025 (in-person)
Monday, March 10, 2025 (virtual)
UC Merced Conference Center, and online

QBI Hackathon 2025: Main Event

Saturday, March 8, 2025
UCSF

Robotaxis and AI: Navigating Mobility Innovation and the Public Good

Friday, March 14, 3-4:30 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley Events
Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall

Genius DevCamp with Legendary Investor, Bill Tai

Friday, March 14, 5 p.m. – Sunday, March 16, 6 p.m.
UC Silicon Valley

Inaugural AI in Research Day at UCSF

Monday, March 17, 2025
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center
Details to follow

Women Educating and Inspiring Other Generations

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Panelists include: Dr. Marsha J. Treadwell, Professor In Residence, UCSF Department of Pediatrics/Division of Hematology; Co-Director, UCSF Sickle Cell Center of Excellence; Co-Chair, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Council, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Oakland
Contact: Joyce Price, joyce.price@ucop.edu

Responsible Tech – Earth Hour Celebration & Discussion [Registration link]

Thursday, March 20, 2025, 3-3:35 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Participants: Matthew St. Claire, Hilary Steinman and the UC Office of the President Sustainability Employee Resource Group
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

Earth Hour

Saturday, March 22, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
#earthhour

AI Workshop for Product Managers

Saturday, March 22, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. (in-person)
Location: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley

AI Application Development – Spring Info Session

Tuesday, March 25, 6-7 p.m.
Location: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley

University’s systemwide budget

Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 12 – 1 p.m. (in person/zoom)
Guest speaker: Cain Diaz, Associate Vice President Budget Analysis and Policy
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Joyce.price@ucop.edu or Patricia.Osorio-Odea@ucop.edu

AI & Third-Party Risk: Best Practices for Evaluating and Procuring AI Solutions [Learn More & Register now]

Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Panelists: Lisa Ho, Bethanie Brown, Sajjad Matin, Gigi Capuyan
Host: UC AI Council
Contact: aicouncil@ucop.edu

Web Analytics Isn’t Enough: How to Diagnose & Fix Poor Conversions with Siteimprove

Thursday, March 27, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: UC Systemwide Procurement

This Is Wong-Kim Ark

Thursday, March 27, 2025, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association Event for UCOP

Women in IT Leadership Panel Discussion [postponed]

Thursday, March 27, 2025, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UCSF

Submit a Session Proposal for the UC Tech Conference 2025 – March 27 Deadline

Thursday, March 27, 2025
Host: UC Riverside

Cesar Chavez Day

Monday, March 31, 2025
#cesarchavez

AI Speaker Series: Introducing Rocky & Aggie AI with Neeraj Chauhan and Jose Boveda [Event Zoom link]

Monday, March 31, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Speakers: Neeraj Chauhan, Associate CIO of IET Enterprise Infrastructure Services, and Jose Boveda, Application Delivery Manager. Find more UC Davis AI Speaker Series events and recordings.
Host: UC Davis Information and Educational Technology (IET)
Contact: sljarosz@ucdavis.edu

CUCSA Town Hall with Regent Maria Anguiano [Zoom link included in this Link News article]

Tuesday, April 1, 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
UC Office of the President

Andenet Emiru, Director of External Partnerships and Projects Center for Data-Driven Insights and Innovation (CDI2)

Tuesday, April 8, 2-3 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President Black Staff and Faculty Organization
Contact: Roni.Wilson@UCOP.edu

Artificial Writing, Artificial Thinking: A Conversation with Jaron Lanier

Tuesday, April 8, 5-6:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, April 9, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
This systemwide group is open to anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.
Contact: Wendy.Rager@UCOP.edu

AI in Action: UC AI Innovation Virtual Share Fair [Learn More & Register now]

Wednesday, April 9, 2025,12-1 p.m.
Panelists: Jennifer Lofthus, Diana Cox, Adam Getchell, Stefan Tomic, Anna Ahearn, Krithik Udayashankar
Host: UC AI Council
Contact: aicouncil@ucop.edu

Technology Marketing and Communications Community of Practice

Wednesday, April 9, 3-3:45 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
This systemwide group is open to anyone at UC who is interested in showcasing advances in tech at the University of California. Join the mailing list and/or meet your colleagues each month to discuss synergies and best practices in tech marketing.
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

Product Career & Growth – Fireside Chat with TikTok PM Sunny Sun

Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 5-7 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship

Regent Sarris in conversation with Provost Newman in Oakland Broadway Conference Center and via Zoom

Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President

Privacy 101 Seminar (available to the public):

Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: UC San Diego

RSVP to AI Summit: I-House X S… | Partiful

Wednesday, April 16, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley – International House at UC Berkeley, Lodestar Executive Director Speaker Series

Sustainable Innovation Day

Thursday, April 17, 2025, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Location: Berkeley Haas

Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) Town Hall with UC Regents Vice Chair Maria Anguiano

Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: Systemwide team – Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA)

AI Technology Workshop Series: For the User Experience Professional

Tuesday, April 1 and Tuesday, April 8, 6-8:30 p.m.
Location: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley

AI Workshop Series: Large Multimodal Models LMM (hybrid)

Saturday, April 12, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Host:

Privacy 101 Workshop – REGISTER NOW

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Host: UC San Diego

AI Workshop for Instructors and Educators (hybrid)

Saturday, April 19, 2025, 1- 4 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley

UC LAUNCH Demo Day

Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Berkeley Haas

UC Tech Community Earth Hour Celebration & Discussion – How AI Will Shape Definitions of Responsible Technology [Registration Link]

Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 10 – 11 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

UC OSPO Network – University of California Open Summit (UC Open) 2025

Wednesday, April 23 – Thursday, April 24, 2025, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., followed by networking
Host: UC Open Source Office (OSO) Program Network
Location: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus
Travel Cost: Travel grant funding available for UC affiliates outside the bay area

AI and Climate Symposium: From Cutting-Edge Research to Commercialization

Wednesday, April 23 – Friday, April 25, 2025, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley ClimatEnginuity Hub, Bakar Climate Labs powered by QB3, and UC Berkeley Bakar Institute for Digital Materials for the Planet

UC Health Conference

April 24-25, 2025
UC Irvine

Frontiers in Computational Health

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Host: Computational Precision Health, UCSF and UC Berkeley

Artificial Insecurity: Why AI Will Worsen Social Fragility and How Business Leaders Must Act to Narrow the Gap

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 12 – 1 p.m.
UC Irvine Center for Digital Transformation

GTP Client Webinar: Dissecting the Role of the Enterprise Cloud Architect

May 8, 2025, 12-12:45 p.m.
Target audience: Gartner for Technical Professionals license holders
Host: Gartner

Younger Lagoon Reserve Tours

Saturday, May 10, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Seymour Marine Discovery Center
Host: UC Santa Cruz

Google I/O – Building Agentic Apps

Now through May 14, 2025 (self-paced online course)
Google I/O

ITPS Monthly Community of Practice Meeting

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 9-10 a.m. (recurring meeting the first Wednesday of the month)
Target Audience: UC Employees interested in security
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Wendy.Rager@UCOP.edu

Tech Marketing and Communications Community of Practice Meeting

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 3-3:45 (recurring meeting the first Wednesday of the month)
Target Audience: UC employees interested in tech marketing
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

GAAD 2025: From Compliance to Inclusion [Registration link]

May 15, 2025, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
Host: UC Electronic Accessibility Committee
Contact for accommodation requests by May 12: infohelp@ucop.edu
Note: The event will be recorded and will feature live-captioning and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation.

GTP Client Webinar: Preparing for Microsoft Exchange Server End of Support

May 15, 2025, 11 – 11:45 a.m.
Target audience: Gartner for Technical Professionals license holders
Host: Gartner

Understanding the New Title II Digital Accessibility Regulation

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 12 – 1 p.m.
Speakers: Trevor Finneman, UC Legal, and Jennifer Lofthus, Ethics, Compliance, and Audit Services
Host: Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services (ECAS) in collaboration with UC Legal

AI and the Future of Work Webinar – with a Fabulous Twist

Friday, May 16, 2025, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: UC Procurement

UC Risk Summit 2025

Tuesday, May 19-21, 2025, Monday – Wednesday
San Diego, CA
Host: UC Office of the President, Office of Risk Services
Location: Virtual
Contact: RiskServices@ucop.edu

Build an AI-Ready Workforce to Amplify Your Business Impact

Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: Gartner
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

Generative AI and the Art of the Possible: Upskilling for the Future [Learn More & Register now]

Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Panelists: Sesh Murthy, Frederick Wehrle, Rolin Moe, Kristina Markman, Tamara Tate, Tina Austin, Eric Van Dusen
Host: UC AI Council
Contact: aicouncil@UCOP.edu

Navigating Tech Careers at UC – Fireside Chat [Registration link]

Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 10 – 11 a.m.
Panelists: Moderator: Beena Albert (UC Office of the President) with Charron Andrus (UC Berkeley), Dennis McIver and Emily Weaver (UC Office of the President)
Host: UC Office of the President
Location: Hybrid – UCOP staff are welcomed to join us at UCOP, 1111 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA, 5th floor, ITS Event Space near room 5031
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@ucop.edu

GTP Client Webinar: From Data to Decisions: Transform Product Management With Generative AI

May 29, 2025, 11-11:45
Target audience: Gartner for Technical Professionals license holders
Host: Gartner

Safe Handling of UC Data in Generative AI Applications [Learn More & Register now]

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Panelists: Sesh Murthy, Shea Lovan, Lisa Ho
Host: UC AI Council
Contact: aicouncil@UCOP.edu

Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards for Education – May 30 deadline

Deadline: Friday May 30, 2025
Host: Gartner

UC Systemwide Academic Freedom Congress

June 2, 2025, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
UC Office of the President

Intro to Hugging Face: For Open Computer AI Agents

Monday, June 2, 2025, 6-7 p.m.
UC Silicon Valley Extension

How to Be Simply Irresistible: Personal Branding Strategies to Get Highly Paid Doing Work You Love

June 3, 2025, 5-6 p.m.
UC Silicon Valley Extension

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Faculty Panel Discussion

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Host: UC Office of the President

Information Technology Policy and Security meeting [Canceled]

Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu or Wendy.Rager@UCOP.edu

UC Tech Marketing Community of Practice monthly meeting

Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

UCUX Summit

Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 1-2 p.m.
Host: UCUX

Separating the Signal from the Noise: AI in Biology

June 17-18, 2025, Tuesday-Wednesday
Location: UCSF Mission Bay
Host: UCSF QBI, Quantitative Biosciences Institute
Registration link

Conversation with Ben Buchanan

Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 10-10:45 a.m.
Host: UC Berkeley Law Executive Education
Guest: Ben Buchanan, White House Special Advisor for AI

UC Holiday – Juneteenth

Thursday, June 19, 2025

UCUX Usability Meetup 2025

Wednesday, June 25, 2-4 p.m.
Location: UC Riverside, hybrid
Host: UCUX

UC Tech Conference 2025

June 25-27, 2025 (Wednesday-Friday)
Host: UC Riverside

UC Tech Awards Ceremony 2025 – What To Expect Guide

June 26, 2025, 7 – 8 p.m.
Location: UC Riverside Convention Center
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

UC Navigates Tariff Tides with Customs Broker ACS

Friday, June 27, 10-11 a.m.

UCOP Holiday – Independence Day

Friday, July 4, 2025

Information Technology Policy and Security meeting

Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu or Wendy.Rager@UCOP.edu

Agentic AI: AI’s Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Moment

Thursday, July 10, 2025, 5:00–5:30 p.m.
Location: Online
Host: UC Berkeley Begin
Registration link

UC Regents

Tuesday, July 15-17, 2025 (Tuesday-Thursday)
Location: UCLA

UC Tech Marketing Community of Practice monthly meeting

Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Day / N’l Disability Independence Day

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Conversation with Tom Lue, VP for Frontier AI Global Affairs at Google DeepMind

Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Online
Host: UC Berkeley Law Executive Education
Registration Link

Process Palooza

Wednesday-Thursday, August 6-7, 2025
UC San Diego

UC Tech Marketing Community of Practice monthly meeting

Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

AI Workshop: Spiking Neural Networks

Saturday, August 16, 2025, 9:00 – 12:00 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension (in-person or live-remote)
Host: UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
Registration Link

Information Technology Policy and Security meeting

Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu or Wendy.Rager@UCOP.edu

Model Context Protocol: Why It Matters

Monday, August 18, 2025, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Online
Hosted by UCSC Silicon Valley Extension, AI Program
Register here

A Decade of Impact: Celebrating Atul Butte & Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute

Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 1-5 p.m., including a reception from 4-5 p.m.
Host: UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute (UCSF BCSHI)
Location: UCSF and live streaming TBD
Registration link

Programming with Rust

Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Online
Hosted by UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
Register here

UC Cyber Security Summit (Virtual)

Tuesday, August 19 – Wednesday, August 20, 2025 (9 a.m. – 12 p.m. both days)
Host: UC Office of the President
Event location: Virtual

General Data Protection Regulation Workshop

Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
Location: Online
Host: UC San Diego Privacy Office
Registration link

Emerging Tech Management Info Session

Thursday, August 21, 2025, 8:30-9 a.m.

Regulatory Affairs and Medical Device Quality and Design – Fall Info Session

Thursday, August 21, 2025, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Online
Host: UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
Registration Link

Learn to build AI Applications

Date: Monday, August 25, 2025, 6–7 p.m.
Location: Online
Host: UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
Registration Link

Conversation with Benjamin Prudhomme

Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 10–10:45 a.m.
Location: Online
Host: UC Berkeley School of Law – Executive Education
Registration Link

Data Science and Data Analytics Fall Info Session

Thursday, August 28, 2025, 6–7 p.m.
Location: Online
Host: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension
Registration Link

Procurement Exchange: The Five Whys

Friday, August 29, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Host: UC Systemwide Procurement

Technology for good: how nonprofit leaders are using software and data to solve our most pressing social problems

Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 5:30-7 p.m.
Host: Commonwealth Club of California, featured guest, Jim Fruchterman, in conversation with Camille Crittenden, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Conference: UC Berkeley Law AI Institute

September 9–11, 2025, Tuesday–Thursday
Location: UC Berkeley & Online
Host: UC Berkeley School of Law
Registration link

Information Technology Policy and Security meeting

Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu or Wendy.Rager@UCOP.edu

UC Tech Marketing Community of Practice monthly meeting

Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

Save the Date: An Evening of Networking and Insights with AI & Semiconductor Industry Experts

September 15, 2025, 5:30-8 p.m.
UC Silicon Valley Extension

Grow your network throughout UC with UC Peer Connections

September 15 – December 12, 2025
UC Systemwide

Networking and Insights with AI & Semiconductor Industry Experts

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 5:30–8:00 p.m.
Location: UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
Host: UC Santa Cruz
Registration link

Fortinet Unified SASE Summit

September 16, 2025, Tuesday
Host: Fortinet (Virtual Event)
🔗 Register here

UC Regents Meeting

September 16-18, 2025 (Tuesday-Thursday)
Location: UCSF

Privacy 101 Workshop

Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Location: Online
Host: UC San Diego Campus Privacy Office
Registration link

Move faster & think bigger with AI: Elevate your work with Smartsheet

September 18, 2025, Thursday
Host: Smartsheet (Virtual Event)
🔗 Register here

2025 Data Transfer Innovations Workshop

September 18, 2025, Thursday
Location: San Diego Supercomputer Center (UC San Diego)
🔗 Register here

Science Beyond Borders 2025

September 19, 2025, Friday
Location: French Consul General Resident – San Francisco

UC ANR virtual Hispanic Heritage Month events continue this week

September 24 – October 15, 2025
University of California

Innovator Network: Medical Technology

September 25, 2025, Thursday
Host: UC Davis
🔗 Register here

3 Intention-Setting Strategies to Unlock Greater Career Fulfillment and Success

September 25, 2025, Thursday
Host: UC Santa Cruz Extension
🔗 Register here

Pilipinx American History Month

September 30, 2025, Tuesday
Host: UC Office of the President

Building and Governing the AI Frontier

October 3, Friday
European Union in the US, Consulate, San Francisco

Beyond the Myth: How Regulation Fuels Smarter Innovation in an AI World

October 6, Monday, 9:15-10 a.m.
Commonwealth Club of San Francisco

COMPLECS: Interactive Computing

October 9, 2025, Thursday, 11-12:30
Host: San Diego Super Computer Center

PMI Silicon Valley Symposium

October 10, 2025, Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz Extension

Black Staff and Faculty Organization: In converation with Marsha Treadwell, MD, UCSF Sickle Cell Center of Excellence

Tuesday, October 14, 12-1 p.m.
UC Office of the President
Contact: bsfo-ucop@UCOP.edu

Black Staff and Faculty Organization: In converation with Yvette Gullatt, Vice President and Vice Provost, GUEA – Graduate, Undergraduate and Equity, UC Office of the President

Tuesdsay, October 14, 2-3 p.m.
UC Office of the President
Contact: bsfo-ucop@ucop.edu

Black Staff and Faculty Organization: In converation with Ola Popoola, – Procurement Strategic Transformation & Operations

Wednesday, October 15, 12-1 p.m.
UC Office of the President
Contact: bsfo-ucop@UCOP.edu

UCLA UX Fall Quarter Meeting

Tuesday, October 14, 2-3 p.m.
UCLA

Information Technology Policy and Security meeting

Wednesday, October 18, 2025, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu or Wendy.Rager@UCOP.edu

UC Tech Marketing Community of Practice monthly meeting

Wednesday, October 18, 2025, 3 – 3:45 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

Celebrate Diwali

Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 1-3 p.m.
UC Office of the President

Council of UC Staff Assembly October Town Hall – UC Employee Benefits

Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
UC Council of Staff Assembly

Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity 2025 Academic Symposium

October 27-28, 2025
UC San Diego Health