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

The “We Give Blood” Drive

Deadline: Monday, November 18, 2024
Sponsor: Abbott and the Big 10

UC Geographic Information System (GIS) Week – Learn more

Tuesday, November 19 – Thursday 21, 2024
Register for UC GIS Week

UC Womxn in Technology (WIT) Fall Fireside Chat with Rachael Nava [Register now]

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 1 – 2 p.m.
Host: UC Womxn in Technology
Special guest: Rachael Nava, UC Office of the President; Moderator: Charron Andrus; Assistance by: Jeané Blunt, UC Berekely, and Lily Dimitrova, UC Office of the President

UC Office of the President Diwali Celebration – REGISTER NOW

Tueday, November 19, 2024, 2 – 4 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Special guests include: Nathan Brostrom

RISE Up and Become a Part of the UCSF Rosenman Institute Community

Deadline: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Target audience: entrepreneurs from groups that are underrepresented in healthtech
Host: UCSF Rosenman Institute

Accessible Event Champion Certificate Program

Deadline: Friday, December 20, 2024
Host: UCSF

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

Thursday, January 16 2024, 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

Precision Medicine World Conference

February 5-7, 2025
Santa Clara, California

AI for the C-Suite [Registration Deadline, January 15, 2025]

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

UC Risk Summit 2025 Save-the-Date

Tuesday, May 19 – 21, 2025, Monday – Wednesday

Call for proposals deadline: Monday, December 2, 2024
Host: UC Office of the President, Office of Risk Services
Location: Town and Country Resort in San Diego, CA
Contact: RiskServices@ucop.edu

PAST EVENTS

Getting Your Data Ready for the Age of AI

August 20, 2024
Doors open at 10 a.m.

Process Palooza

Wednesday, August 21 – Thursday, August 22, 2024
Host: UC San Diego

UC Parent Prep Admissions Webinar

Thursday, Aug. 15, 6-7:30 p.m. PT
Register for the English webinar
Register for the Spanish webinar
Cost: free
Contact: oep@ucop.edu.

IdeaLabs – ATXpo

Call for proposals by August 16, 2024

Accessibility Independence Day and Learning a New Skill – REGISTER NOW

Friday, July 26, 2024, 11:30 am – 12 noon
Zoom registration link
Host: UC Office of the President
Featured guest: Judy Thai, UC Office of the President
Recommended preparation: Consider taking this important LinkedIn Learning Course, (1hr 52 min) “Accessibility for Managers and Non-Designers”

Notice of Regents Meeting

July 16-18, 2024

National Disability Independence Day discussion and LinkedIn Learning course [Registration link]

Friday, July 26, 2024, 11:30 am – 12 noon
Host: UC Office of the President
Featured guest: Judy Thai, UC Office of the President
Recommended preparation: Consider taking this important LinkedIn Learning Course, (1hr 52 min) “Accessibility for Managers and Non-Designers”

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@ucop.edu

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

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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

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

Tuesday, December 12, 2-3 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Topics: Network and enjoy conversation led by Robert Krumm, UCSF, Ernesto Carrasco 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

Staffbase Lunch & Learn

Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 1-2 p.m.
Host: Staffbase, Leading Employee Communications Platform

Process Palooza (August 21-22, 2024)  – Speakers and presenter application form

Host: UC San Diego
Deadline Jan 5, 2023

2024 CERSI Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit

Sunday, January 7, 2024, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Host: UCSF – Stanford CERSI Location: Robertson Auditorium, Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF, 1675 Owens St, San Francisco, CA

UCSF Innovation Showcase and Reception at JP Morgan 2024: Jan 9, 5-8 p.m. – Register now

Tuesday, January 9, 5 – 8 p.m. (live presentation 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
350 California Street, San Francisco
Host: UCSF

AI Info Session: Implications on job skills needed in the future

Tuesday, January 9, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz – Silicon Valley Extension
Location: via Zoom

Learn How to Recruit for your Dream Job in Generative AI

Wednesday, January 10, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz – Silicon Valley Extension
Location: via Zoom

A Life in Bioethics: Celebrating the Career of Barbara Koenig, PhD

Monday, January 22, 2024, 2 – 5 p.m.
Host: UCSF Bioethics
Location: HSW-303 Auditorium

UC Tech Marketing and Outreach [Zoom link]

Wednesday, January 24, 2023, 3-3:45
Host: UC Office of the President
Audiences: Anyone interested in best practices regarding communicating about tech on behalf of the university and/or reaching tech employees at the university.
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

UC Tech Academy: IT Leadership Program

January 23 – January 24, 2024
Host: UC Office of the President
Location: UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

University of California’s Healthcare Landscape: A Digital Experience Revolution

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: Carahsoft – Genesys

Data Privacy Week

January 24-28, 2024

Women in Technology at UCI Applause Nominations [deadline]

Friday, January 26, 2024, at 5 p.m.
Think about a scenario in your professional life where someone you or someone you know has felt heard, seen, and appreciated. Recall a situation in which a colleague went the extra mile to cultivate an inclusive, supportive, and motivational work environment. Consider those who have empowered or inspired someone you know. Does this sound familiar to you? You can use the form below to nominate a colleague for an Applause Award in recognition of their contributions.

CASPA Winter Symposium: The Power of AI

Saturday, January 27, 2024, 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Hosts: Chinese American Semiconductor Professor Association (CAPSA) and UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension
Location: 3175 Bowers Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95054 and by Zoom

Artificial Intelligence in the Academic and For Profit Environments

Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz 
Location: Silicon Valley Campus

“Introducing an Open-source Adaptive Tutoring System to Accelerate Learning Sciences Research” [Register in advance]

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 12-1 p.m.
Host: UC Davis, UC Center Sacramento
Location: 1115 11th Street, Sacramento and by Zoom webinar

Insight and Oversights: Shaping the Future of Visual Analytics with AI

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 12:10 – 1:30 p.m. 
Host: UC Berkeley School of Information
Location: 210 South Hall
Speaker: Dr. Alvitta Ottley

UC Alumni Career Network | AI’s Impact on Jobs: Uncertainty and Opportunities

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. 
Host: UC Alumni Career Network
Location: Zoom
Speakers: Boaz Ashkenazy, Arturo Gonzalez, Shalini Ananda, Guy Kawasaki

Privacy and Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe World

Thursday, February 1, 12-12:45 p.m.
Host: UC Davis

DesignCon 2024 Returns To Silicon Valley.  [save-the-date]

Tuesday, January 30 – Tuesday, February 1, 2024
Register now for the premier high-speed communications and systems design conference and expo for chip, board, and systems design engineers.

A Biopsychosocial Approach to Examining Child Health Disparities

Monday, February 5, 12:10 – 1:30 p.m.
Host: UC Center for Health Equity
Location: Zoom

“AI in Healthcare: Towards Explainability, Transparency, and Responsible Governance” [Register in advance]

Tuesday, February 6, 2024, 12 – 1:15 p.m.
Host: UC Center Sacramento
Location: 1115 11th Street, Sacramento and by Zoom webinar

Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association Lunar New Year Celebration

Tuesday, February 6, 1 – 3 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association
Location: 1100 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607

Towards a National Police Accountability Database

Tuesday, February 6, 2024, 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley Institute for Data Science
Location: Suite 621 @ Sutardja Dai Hall, 6th Floor

Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence

Tuesday, February 6, 2024, 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley Retirement Center
Location: Zoom

Black History Month 2024 Lecture and 2nd Book Launch with Dante King, M.Ed: Diagnosing Whiteness & Anti-Blackness: White Psychopathology, Collective Psychosis and Trauma in America

Thursday, February 8, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. (webinar), 1 – 1:30 p.m. (Q&A)
Host: UCSF Multicultural Resource Center
Location: 675 18th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 and by Zoom webinar

Accessible Event Champion Certificate Program [Feb-June 2024]

Friday, February 9, 2024 [application due date]
Host: UCSF Office of Disability Access and Inclusion
Audience: UCSF Employees
Application: Link

Computational Cancer Community (C3) Monthly Meeting

Topic: Machine learning foundation models for biomolecular discovery and design
Speaker: Brian Hie, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Host: UCSF
Contact: edna.rodas@ucsf.edu

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 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.

Fireside Chat with BLOOM: Black Love Opportunity and Outcome Improvement in Medicine

Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UCSF

Strengthening democracy in a digital world

Thursday, February 15, 2024, 9 – 10:30 a.m.
Host: European Union Delegation, San Francisco Office
Location: Office of the European Union and Online

UC Love Data Week

Monday, February 12 – Friday, February 16, 2024
Host: University of California Libraries
Audience: All members of the University of California community are welcome to attend

Search Engines as Gates and Gateways to Misinformation

Friday, February 16, 2024, 3:10 – 5 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley School of Information
Location: 107 South Hall and Online

Founder’s Day Chancellor Awards Nominations Due Feb. 16

Friday, February 16, 2024 [application due date]
Host: UCSF Office of the Chancellor

Diverse Voices with Juan Pablo Mas

Tuesday February 20, 2024, 5 – 7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz
Location: Engineering 2, 180

Digital-first strategies: How UCLA Health is revolutionizing patient experience [Register in advance]

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: Becker’s Hospital Review

“Efficiencies and Safeguards for Government Uses of AI” [Register in advance]

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Davis, UC Center Sacramento
Location: 1115 11th Street, Sacramento and by Zoom webinar

Get to know the UC National Labs

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 10:30 – 11:20 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Location: UC Office of the President or Zoom

Conducting Workplace Investigations In A Social Media World

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Host: Bay Area Human Resource Executives Council and UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension Human Resource Management Certificate Program
Location: 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95054

Hear Us, See Us: Listening to Patients of Color

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UCSF Multicultural Resource Center
Location: 675 18th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 and by Zoom webinar

Digital Leadership Series — The Economic Impact of Generative AI: A Conversation with Michael Chui

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Irvine Center for Digital Transformation
Location: Zoom webinar

Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture, Featuring Maryana Iskander

Thursday, February 22, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz
Location: UC Santa Cruz or Zoom webinar

Information sharing – TritonGPT and Generative AI Platform at UC San Diego

Friday, February 23, 2024, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Agenda: The first 45 minutes will cover governance, strategy, use cases and costs. The last 45 minutes will cover the technical architecture
Audience: CIOs, direct reports and key staff, and internal partners, from across the university, are invited to attend
Contact: Matthew Bellino – mbellino@ucsd.edu

Digital Learning Accessibility: The Road Ahead [Register in advance]

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 9 – 10 a.m.
Host: EDUCAUSE
Location: Webinar

“The Future of AI and California’s Economy” [Register in advance]

Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Davis, UC Center Sacramento
Location: 1115 11th Street, Sacramento and by Zoom webinar

Black History Month at UC

February 2024
Join the UC community in commemorating Black History Month by attending virtual events throughout the university relating to contemporary and historic Black experiences, arts and culture, as well as social justice and health equity. Events included below are free and accessible to all students, staff, faculty and alumni.

UC Health Innovating the Future Conference

Friday, March 1, 2024, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: University of California Office of the President | Broadway Conference Center: 1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607

Celebrating Womxn in Tech Speaker Series [Session 1]

Monday, March 4, 2024, 2 – 3 p.m.
Speaker: Brandie M. Nonnecke, Ph.D. 
Topic: Beyond the Hype: Unraveling the Myths, Realities & Governance of AI
Host: Womxn in Tech
Location: Zoom

Health at CITRIS Innovation Intensive

Monday, March 4, 2024 – Friday, March 8, 2024
Host: CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference

March 5, 2024, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Host: CITRIS and the Banatao Institute; Computing, Data Science, and Society; Berkeley Research, Teaching, and Learning; and the Berkeley School of Information
Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley

“Ethical Policy-Making in an AI-driven World: existential risks, unimaginable wealth, and new roles for human minds” [Register in advance]

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Davis, UC Center Sacramento
Location: 1115 11th Street, Sacramento and by Zoom webinar

Celebrating Womxn in Tech Speaker Series [Session 2]

Thursday, March 7, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
Speaker: Lauren F. Klein, Ph.D.
Topic: Data Feminism: A Feminist Lens on Ethics, Diversity & Justice in AI & Data Science
Host: Womxn in Tech
Location: Zoom

AI Speaker Series: Melanie Mitchell Presents “The Future of Artificial Intelligence” [Register in advance]

Thursday, March 7, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Davis
Location: UC Davis

UC Berkeley Tech Policy Summit & Awards Ceremony [Register in advance]

Thursday, March 7, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Hosts: CITRIS Policy Lab, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the School of Information and is sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, and the AI Policy Hub
Location: UC Berkeley

2024 California Cybersecurity Workforce Development and Education Summit

Friday, March 8, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Host: The California Cybersecurity Task Force, Workforce Development and Education* Subcommittee and the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD)
Audience: Cybersecurity Workforce Development and Education Professionals and Colleagues, including Industry, the Public Sector, and K-12 Education/Higher Education communities and partners

RSVP today for Take Our Kids to Work Day [registration]

Friday, March 8, 2024
Host: UC Office of the President

Health Equity Community Building Symposium

Friday, March 8, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Host: UCSF
Location: Oberndorf Auditorium, 4th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA or Zoom Webinar

8th Annual EDGE in Tech Symposium: Advancing Health Tech for All

Friday, March 8, 2024, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis or online
Tickets: Register here

‘Beyond the Hype’ and other essential insights on AI – a 6-part series [To register]

Remaining lectures: March 6 (Wednesdays, January 17-March 6, 2024) 12-1 p.m.
Host: UC Davis, UC Center Sacramento
Location 1115 – 11th Street, Sacramento and by Zoom webinar

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 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.

BLAC@UC Womxn’s History Month Roundtable

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 11:05 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Panelists: Davyda Johnson (UC San Diego), Maria Martin, PhD (UC Merced), Katina Napper (UC Riverside), Mali Williams (UC Berkeley), with facilitator Eboni Shaw (UCLA)
Host: Black Leadership Alliance Council

WinteR of LeaRning

January 5 – March 22, 2024
Host: UCSF Library
Location: Zoom or Mission Bay FAMRI Library
Are you interested in starting the new year with some new data science skills? We invite you to participate in our 2024 WinteR of LeaRning workshop series! These 12 one-hour workshops are focused on R-based data science and are designed for learners of all skill levels. The course materials will provide practical ways to integrate tools and skills into research analysis workflows.

Regents Meeting: Demystifying AI and its impacts in higher education

Wednesday, March 20, 9:30 a.m.
The Regents of the University of California, Public Engagement and Development Committee

Apply today for the UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development

Nominations open: through March 22, 2024
Host: UC Office of the President
Nomination link: here

Women We Admire: Carol Christ

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 12 – 12:45 p.m.
Host: The President’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (PACSW)

Lunch & Learn: Introduction to the Best Practices in Diversity Recruitment Toolkit and Hiring Guide, Version 2.0

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
Host: UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach and UCSF Human Resources
Location: Zoom

UCUX Show and Tell

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 2 – 3 p.m.
Host: UC User Experience
Location: Zoom

Waypoints Symposium [Register now]

Monday, March 25 – Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Host/Location: UC Irvine, In-person
Audience: Educators, administrators and researchers to work together to ensure common educational practices, interventions and policies support students in the most meaningful ways

Process PaloozAI Webinar: Hear about artificial intelligence from United Nations advisor

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Host: UC San Diego

UC Travel Webinars

Monday, April 1 – Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 12:10 – 12:30 p.m. 
Host: ConnexUC
The Central Travel Office continues its efforts to educate and inform UC travelers on the benefits of booking within the system-wide program. This series will be short,15-20 minute sessions and is scheduled to start at 12:10 p.m. throughout April. 

AI Application Development Program Info Session

Monday, April 1, 2024, 6 – 7 p.m.
Host: UCSC Silicon Valley Extension 

Becoming a Researcher: Inclusion and Accessibility in the Lab Environment (IDEAS) 

Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 9 -10 a.m.
Host: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-racism (IDEAS)

Certification Program: Artificial Intelligence Application Development

Tuesday, April 2 – Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Host: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension

AI Speaker Series: Real World AI: The Impact on All Aspects of IT

Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m
Host: UC Davis Information and Educational Technology

Implementation and Evaluation of AI in Real-World Clinical Settings: Shaping the Responsible Adoption of AI in Healthcare

Friday, April 5, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m
Host: UCSF Artificial Intelligence

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 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.

UC Travel Earth Month: UC Energy and Sustainability

Thursday, April 11, 2024, 12:10 – 12:30 p.m. 
Host: ConnexUC

UC Tech Awards Program Info Session

Friday, April 12, 10-10:45 a.m. [Zoom registration link]
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: laurel.skurko@ucop.edu 

Responsible Tech – An Earth Hour Gathering [Registration link]

Thursday, April 12, 2024, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

UC Tech Academy: IT Leadership Program

Tuesday, April 16 – Wednesday, April 18, 2024
Host: UC Office of the President
Location: UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

UC Health Conference “From Data to Action: Driving Healthcare Innovation”

Wednesday, April 17 – Thursday, April 18, 2024
Host: UC Health
Audience: Professionals and industry leaders in AI in biomedicine, health data governance, and Real-World Evidence
Topics:  Initiatives occurring throughout the University of California
Location: UC Irvine (in-person only)

Networking Event: UC Tech DEI winners [Registration link]

Wednesday, April 17, 2-3 p.m.
Host: UC Office of the President
Topics: The panelists/participants look forward to exchanging perspectives DEI in the UC Tech Community

UC Tech Awards Program Info Sessions

Wednesday, April 17, 3-3:45 p.m. [Zoom link]
Host: UC Office of the President
Contact: laurel.skurko@ucop.edu 

Mellichamp Initiative in Mind & Machine Intelligence Summit 2024

Thursday, April 18 – Friday, April 19, 2024
Host: UC Santa Barbara Mind & Machine Intelligence

Bay Area Open Science Group – Supporting an Open Source Software Journal: Strategies for Effective Editing and Engagement

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 2 – 3 p.m
Host: UCSF, UC Berkeley, and Stanford
Contact: ariel.deardorff@ucsf.edu, Data Services Librarian, UCSF

Bay Area Bioengineering Symposium [BABS]

Saturday, April 27, 2024, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley Department of Bioengineering
Location: UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley UX – Discovery Findings

Friday, May 3, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Host: UC Berkeley

Computational Precision Health Seminar with Allison Schmitt  – Algorithms, IP, Patents, and Trade Secrets: Law and Practice

Tuesday, May 6, 2024, 4-5 pm
Host: Computational Precision Health, UC Berkeley, UCSF
Co-sponsored by: Berkeley Center for Health Marketplace Innovation and the Berkeley Center on Law and Technology (BCLT)

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 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.

Black History Walking Tours – Summer 2024 RSVP

Signups available
Location: UC Berkeley

ATHEN’s State of Accessibility Virtual Event on May 14

Tuesday, May 14, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Agenda: AI and Accessibility, STEM & 3D Printing, Microsoft & Google Accessibility Comparison, Q&A Session. Four hours, three presentations with Q&A, with UC Tech community member Joshua Hori
Host: Access Technology Higher Education Network (ATHEN)

UC Celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)

Thursday, May 16, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Topic: Putting Together the Accessibility Puzzle Pieces
Host: Electronic Accessibility Committee, UC Office of the President

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) with Lisa Rapalyea, PhD, UC Davis

Thursday, May 16, 2024, 12-1 p.m.
Discover strategies to promote inclusive practices in educational settings for the deaf and hard of hearing community.
Host: UC Davis Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Disability Issue Administrative Awareness Committee (DIAAC)

UC Tech Academy: IT Leadership Program

Friday, May 10 – Sunday, May 12, 2024
Host: The Associated Students, University of California, Davis

UC Celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)

Thursday, May 16, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Topic: Putting Together the Accessibility Puzzle Pieces
Host: Electronic Accessibility Committee

Innovating Healthcare Access: A New Era for the Future

Tuesday, May 21 – Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Host: UCSF Rosenman Institute

2024 UCSF Health Services Research Symposium 

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Host: UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Joint California Summit on Generative AI

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 9 a.m. 
Host: UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society 

Siteimprove – UC systemwide user training

Thursday, May 30, 2024, 10-11 a.m.
Host: Siteimprove 

2024 Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards for Education [application deadline]

Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2024
Sponsor: Gartner

Inaugural Berkeley-Stanford Workshop on Veridical Data Science

Friday, May 31, 2024, 8:45 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Host: Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)

Career Paths in the Computational Health Field – Baker Computational Health Sciences Institute Career Panel (Hybrid)

Host: Baker Computational Health Sciences Institute
Location: Hybrid
Friday, May 31, 2024, 3-5 p.m.
Contact: Edna.Rodas@ucsf.edu

Graphic Design Basics on Canva

Monday, June 3, 2:05-2:30
Host: UCSF

The Department of Justice Final Rule on Digital Accessibility: Practical Considerations for Public Institutions and Changes on the Horizon for Private Institutions

Thursday, June 6, 2024, 9-11 a.m.
Host: UC Office of the President

Computer Programming Certificate Info Session

Thursday, June 6, 2024, 6 – 7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley

Staff Resource Connect – In-person event

Thursday, June 6, 2024, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Host: UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach

UCSF Health Equity and Anti-Racism Research (HEAR) Symposium [abstracts due]

Friday, June 7, 2024
Host: UCSF

UCUX Annual Usability Workshop Summit

Friday, June 7, 2024, 11 – 12:30 p.m.
Host: UCUX

AI Application Development Info Session

Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 6-7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 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.

Honoring advances in digital accessibility

Saturday, June 15, 2024
Host: GAAD Foundation

2024 National Workshop on Data Science Education

Friday, June 28, 2024
Host: UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Sciecne, and Society

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 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.

EVENT: UC Office of the President ITS Black Staff and Faculty Organization (BSFO) Monthly Meeting – “Meet your UC Leaders”

Guest Speaker: Van Williams, Vice President of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 2 p.m.
All members of the UC Tech community are welcome
Contact: Dovie Price Joyce.Price@ucop.edu; Roni Wilson Roni.Wilson@ucop.edu

H.A.I.R – Putting the AI into HR

Aug 13, 2024, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension
Cost: Free with code

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 9 – 10 a.m.
Contact: 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.
Target audience: This systemwide group is open to all UC information security professionals and anyone at UC who is interested in cybersecurity.

Thursday: Join Catherine Spear, Calvin Turner and Junna Ro for Leading Toward Equity

UC Office of the President Link News
Aug. 22, 2024, 1 – 2 p.m.
Online via Zoom

Teaching and Learning Symposium

UCSF Library
Monday, August 26 – Thursday, August 29, 2024

Showcase Webinar – AI…Friend or Foe?

EDUCAUSE
Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 9 – 10 a.m. 

Data Science and Data Analytics Info Session

Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 6 – 7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley Extension
Cost: free

AI Speaker Series: Piloting Software Development with a ‘Copilot’- UC Davis  

Wednesday, Aug 28, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.

AI@LBNL Webinar: Building Infrastructure for Cutting-Edge Scientific AI

Thursday, August 29, 2024, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Panelists: Speakers from the IT Division and NERSC’s Data and AI Services Group, who will discuss our efforts to build infrastructure that supports pioneering scientific AI research
Target audience: Berkeley Lab community
About the event: Series of Thursday lectures on AI through September 19, 2024

AI Info Session: Tools for Better Living

September 4, 2024, 6 – 7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension
Cost: free

TritonGPT, UC San Diego’s AI-powered support tool [Registration link]

Thursday, September 5, 2024
Host: UC San Diego
Type: Webinar

UCSF GPU Workshop featuring special guests from NVIDIA

Thursday, September 5, 9 a.m. -12 p.m.
Location: UCSF Byers Hall, in-person only
Host: UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
Contact: Edna.Roha@UCSF.edu

AI Application Development Info Session

September 5, 2024, 6 – 7 p.m.
Host: UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension
Cost: free

2024 UC Carpentries Workshop [register now]

September 9-20, 2024
Cost: free
Location: Remote (via Zoom)
Available UC-wide

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 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.

Zoom Session: “Negotiate for Yourself” with Jane Saccaro

Host: UC San Diego Health Vibrant Employee Resource Group (ERG) 
Date: September 12, 2024
Time: 11:30 am to 1 pm PST via Zoom
Contact: Email ljshan@health.ucsd.edu for the Zoom invitation to the event.

Knowledge Machines and Beyond: Digital Transformations of Scholarship

Host: UC Berkeley School of Information
Friday, September 13, 2024, 3:10-5
Online and in-person

Privacy 101 Workshop

Host: UC San Diego
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
1pm – 4pm PT
Online Event – register here

Level Up Career Readiness Workshop & Panel

UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension
Sep 17, 2024, 4 – 7:30 p.m.
Cost: free

Latin American Heritage Month at UCSF

UCSF Diversity
September 15 – October 31

The State of the Latino Community

UC ANR News
Wednesday, September 25, 1-2:30 p.m.
Contact: Ricardo.Vela@ucr.edu

EVENT: Creating a Smarter University: AI Transformations in Administration

Monday, September 30, from 2 – 8:30 p.m., dinner included, through Tuesday, October 1, 2024, from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., breakfast and lunch included
Location: UCLA
Registration: This event is by invitation only for senior administrative leaders from the UC community. Registration closes on Monday, September 9, 2024.
Contact: Kristin.Cordova@amanai

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Monday, October 2, 2024, 9 – 10 a.m.
Email Monte.Ratzlaff@UCOP.edu, Director, Cyber Risk 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.

Webinar Wednesday: Contracts, Central Loading and Searching

Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Host: UC Procurement

Are You Overdocumenting? Techniques for Streamlined EHR Usage

Monday, October 7, 2024
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Moderator: Ami Patel, UCSF

FBI Cyber Awareness Briefing with Special Agent Jessica Downing

October 8, 2024, 10-11 a.m.
Host: UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR)

UC Cyber Security Summit 2024

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Location: UC Irvine
Host: UC Systemwide Information Security

AI Security, with Peter Bajcsy, Project Lead, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 12-1 p.m.
UCSF

Peter Bajcsy Presents: Interactive Measurements in Neural Networks with Trojans and Backdoors

Tuesday, October 10, 2024, 2-3 p.m.
UCSF

Indigenous Peoples Day (ipdpowwow.org)

Saturday, October 12, 2024, 10 am to 6 pm
MLK Civic Center Park, Allston Way, Berkeley. Free. Wheelchair accessible.
Information: (510) 595-5520 or www.ipdpowwow.org

EVENT: Luciana Parisi “Negative AI and the Future of Knowledge”

Monday, October 14, 2024, 5-6 p.m.
Location: Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley
Host: UC Berkeley Events
Contact: townsendcenter@berkeley.edu

EVENT: Oakland event will feature “Sons of Chinatown” author William Gee Wong

Tuesday, October 15, 11-1
Host: UC Office of the President

Gone Phishin’: A Live Phishing/Hacking Demonstration

October 15, 2024, 2-3 p.m.
UCLA

Hot Tips for Being Cyber Safe in Today’s Threat Environment

October 17, 2024, 11:30 -12 p.m.
UC Irvine

Protecting the Hospital Landscape against Ransomware Attacks and the Loss of Life

October 17, 2024, 9-10 a.m.
UCSF

Nightmare on Cyber Street: Unleashing UCSF’s Spellbinding Data Security Compliance Program

October 17, 2024, 11-12 p.m.
UCSF

How to Compliantly Share UCSF Data

Thursday, October 21, 12-1 p.m.
UCSF

EDUCAUSE 2024 – UC Presentations (Crowd-sourced spreadsheet)

Monday, October 21 – Thursday, October 24, 2024
Share your UC teams’ presentation dates and times here

UC Tech and CSU Tech Community Coffee + Texan Snacks Meetups at EDUCAUSE

Tuesday, October 22 – Wednesday, 23, 2024, 7-8 a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. both days
Location: Hotel Contessa, 306 W Market St, San Antonio (The Palm Room)
Contact: Laurel.Skurko@UCOP.edu

UC San Diego’s Common Solutions Collaborative EDUCAUSE Workshops [Register now]

Tuesday, October 22 – Wednesday, 23, 2024, 4 sessions across 2 days
Location: Hotel Contessa, 306 W Market St, San Antonio, Texas, the Palm Room
Contact: Vince Kellen, vkellen@ucsd.edu; Matt Bellino, mbellino@ucsd.edu; or Greg Stinsa, gstinsa@ucsd.edu
Register here if you plan to attend

Note: The UC Tech News team welcomes you to join the UC Tech and CSU community for coffee and Texan snacks, from 7-8 a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. both days . If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to UCTechNews@UCOP.edu.

EDUCAUSE – Keynote speakers Brene Brown, Jason Lanier, Dr. Susan Grajek – Free Livestream

October 22 – 24, 2024
Online – register now

Cybersecurity for Researchers

October 22, 2024, 1-2 p.m.
UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science and Computing

Designing Workplaces For Neurodiverse Workers

October 23rd, 2024
Host: UC Davis
Speaker: Sally Augustin, PhD, MBA, Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces

Privacy, AI, and Cyberlaw 101 with Reema Moussa, J.D.

Friday, October 25, 2024, 12-1 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara

AI vs. Academic Integrity: From Bans to Best Practices

Friday, October 25, 12-1 p.m.
Contact: #Generative-AI on UC Tech Slack

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024

October 1-31, 2024
Host: USystemwide Information Security

Empower Your Digital Defense: Join UCSF’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024

October 1-31, 2024
Host: UCSF IT

UC Irvine Cyber Security Awareness Month

October 1-31, 2024
Host: UC Irvine Information Security

UC Davis Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October 1-31, 2024
UC Davis Information and Educational Technology

AI/Journalism Hackathon at UC Berkeley: Harnessing AI to Enhance Trust and Deepen Engagement in Local Communities

October 25-27, 2024
Location: In-person at UC Berkeley

UC Tech Conference 2024

Sunday, October 27 – Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Host: UC Davis
Contact: uctechregistration@ucdavis.edu

UCUX Meetup at UC Tech Conference

Sunday, October 27 – Tuesday, October 29, 2024
In person at UC Davis
Meetup details TBD

TechCrunch 2024

October 28-30, 2024
San Francisco, CA

UC Tech Black Excellence Birds of a Feather gathering: “Black Excellence: Influence & Impact” – SAVE THE DATE

Monday October 28, 9:45-10:30 a.m.
Location: UC Tech 2024 Conference Center – Meeting Room A, 550 Alumni Lane, Davis, CA
Panel: Moderators: Charron Andrus, UC Berkeley and Sonja Colbert, UC Davis, in conversation with Van Williams, UC Office of the President
Target audience/description: Open to all members of the UC Tech community to celebrate the thriving Black community within the University of California
Contact: Charron Andrus: candrus@berkeley.edu

Drug Shortages: The Persistent Consequence of a Vulnerable Drug Supply Chain

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Host: UC Health

You Didn’t See It Coming: Cyber Risk in Higher Education 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara

AI in Accessibility: What Works and What Doesn’t

Thursday, November 7, 2024, 9-10 a.m.
Host: UCSF
Featured guest: UC Berkeley Accessibility Evangelist, Lucy Greco

Luke Sagers, PhD and Kiko Wemmer, MBA AI-Based Innovation in Healthcare and Life Sciences – Challenges and Opportunities

Thursday, November 7, 2024, 10-11 a.m.
Computational Precision Health, UC Berkeley

Supporting Transformational Change with Design Strategy Tools

Thursday, November 7, 1-2 p.m.
Featured guest: Phyllis Treige, associate vice chancellor of experience strategy and design at UC Santa Cruz
Host: EDUCAUSE

Women in Tech: Leveraging Technology to Amplify Your Brand

Monday, November 11, 2024, 9-10 a.m. PST
Host: Women In Tech, University of Kentucky

Leadership Master Class: Tell Your Story with Teresa Duran & Marla Kurz

Monday, November 11, 2024, 5:30 – 8 pm
Host: UC San Diego Health
Contact: Leiyah Shan, UC San Diego Health

Accessing Higher Ground

November 11-15, 2024
Denver, Colorado

Veteran’s Day Recognition and Spotlight

“What it means to be a veteran” – Add photos and to this Box folder, and email Mark Romo with 1-2 sentences that answer this question.
Host: Veterans Among Us (VAUS)
Deadline: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Contact: Mark.Romo@UCOP.edu, UC Office of the President

Information Technology Policy & Security (ITPS) Community of Interest

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 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.

Virtual Veterans Job Fair

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 1-4 p.m.
Attendees: At this virtual event, attendees can network with UCSF recruiters, hiring managers and community partners focused on serving veterans.

Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Navigating AI Challenges and Building Cyber-Resilience with Elvis Chan, ASAC FBI San Francisco, and UCSF CISO, Patrick Phelan

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 1-2 p.m.
UCSF