Conference/Symposium | March 2 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Virtual by Zoom
Tsu-Jae King Liu, Dean of the Berkeley Engineering, UC Berkeley; Sashi Obilisetty, Group Director of R&D, Synopsys Inc.; Stacy Mahler, U.S. Head of Sustainability Solutions for Smart Infrastructure,, Siemens; Amanda Silver, CVP of Product, Design, User Research, & Engineering Systems, Developer Division, Microsoft
Newsha Ajami, Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Research Berkeley Lab Earth and Environmental Sciences Area (EESA); Kofi Asante, VP of Strategy & Business Development, Elroy Air; Monica Augustine, Vice President, Signify; Michelle Avary, VP Product Strategy and Government Affairs, North America, Einride; Seema Bhangar, Senior indoor Air Quality Manager, WeWork; Traci Brandon, Director at GSA and GSA Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI), Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA); Revae Contreras, Assistant Director for Engineering & Physical Sciences, UC Berkeley Career Center; Cristina Davis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Interdisciplinary Research and Strategic Initiatives; Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis; Alex Downs, Jill Hruby Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological and Chemical Sensors Group, Sandia National Laboratories; Vinny Eng, Director or Policy and AdvocacyDirector or Policy and Advocacy, Safer Together; Tonya Evans, Professor, Penn State Dickinson Law; and Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State; Gillian Gillett, Program Manager, California Integrated Mobility, Caltrans; Antoinette Hamilton, Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity, Lam Research; Diana Lizarraga, Executive Director, Cal NERDS, Educational Technologist, Division of Equity & Inclusion, UC Berkeley; Carla Mays, Co-Founder, Head of Global Research, SmartCohort; Erika Moore, Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida; Scott Moore, Global Head of University Recruiting, Marvell Technology; Tara Moran, President and CEO at California, Water Data Consortium; Jessica Mueller, Vice President of Research, GSA; Michele Neitz, Visiting Professor, USF School of Law/ Founding Director, Blockchain Law for Social Good Center, USF School of Law; Julie Parish, Campaign Manager for the Autonomy for Hypersonics, Sandia National Laboratories; Yuliya Preger, hemical Engineer, Energy Storage Technology and Systems Group, Sandia National Laboratories; Beth Pruitt, Director, Center for Bioengineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomolecular Science and Engineering, UC Santa Barbara; Mary Ruiz, Group SVP (EVP) and Head of WW Industry and Global Strategic Account Segment, The Adecco Group; Tina Samartinean, Employee and Business Development Administrator, Arizona Department of Transportation; Jodi Shelton, Co-founder and CEO, Global Semiconductor Alliance; Jessica Singh, Americas Campus Program Manager, Agilent; Camille Crittenden, Executive Director, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute; Costas Spanos, Director, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Paula Bielski, Manufacturing Engineer, Agilent; Learie Hercules, CEO, Heft IQ; Naira Hovakimyan, W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering; Director, AVIATE Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andi Morey Peterson, Director of TD Data Science and PCS, Micron Technology; Elizabeth Scheehle, Chief, Research Division, California Air Resources Board; Xueying Zhao, Lam Research and Product Engineer, Lam Research
Richard L. Corsi, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of California, Davis; Becca Fenwick, Director of the CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research, University of California, Santa Cruz; Grace Gu, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley; Erin Hestir, Associate Professor, UC Merced IoT4Ag Eng. Research; Shana Love, Assistant Director, Experiential Learning, University of California, Berkeley; Jane Macfarlane, Executive Director Smart Cities Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley; Kamlesh (Ken) Patel, Honorary Visiting Fellow at Purdue University, Sandia National Laboratories
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Institute of Transportation Studies, College of Engineering
How can we engage diverse talent to transform the future of infrastructure to address inequality and promote smarter environments?
Join EDGE in Tech, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and Berkeley Engineering on Thursday, March 2, 2023, for Smarter Tech for a Resilient Future, a virtual symposium highlighting the experiences of experts using emerging technologies to advance innovation for more sustainable infrastructure.
The event will feature professionals who are pioneering new approaches to intelligent transportation networks, healthy indoor environments, aviation infrastructure and next-generation agriculture. Speakers will also discuss their career pathways to help attendees visualize themselves in high-growth sectors and rise to meet societys needs for a greener future.
The symposium will also feature the EDGE in Tech Athena Awards, recognizing leaders who have championed the advancement of women and people of color in technology.
All Audiences, Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate
All Audiences, Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate
$0 Students, $0 UC Faculty/Staff, $25 Academic/Nonprofit, $50 General
Registration opens January 1. Register online or or by emailing Lorie Mariano at lorie@citris-uc.org by March 2.
Lorie Mariano, lorie@citris-uc.org, 510-
