CITRIS Research Exchange – Fall 2018

Free and open to the public, the CITRIS Research Exchange is a weekly dialogue highlighting leading voices on societal-scale technology challenges. Each one-hour seminar takes place on Wednesdays from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Pacific time, and is hosted live in the Banatao Auditorium at Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, unless otherwise noted* (the 9/26 talk has special event time and location).

Printable Schedule (PDF)


Sep 19, 2018

Biotech, Gene Therapy, Startups

Xixi Zhu

VP Business Development & Operations, DNAlite Therapeutics


Sep 26, 2018

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Future Jobs

Kai-Fu Lee

Chairman and CEO, Sinovation Ventures


Oct 3, 2018

Computational Propaganda, Bots, Disinformation

Samuel Woolley

Director, DigIntel Lab, Institute for the Future (IFTF)


Oct 10, 2018

Robotics, Machine Learning, Cognitive Science, People and Robots

Anca Dragan

Founder, InterACT Laboratory, EECS, UC Berkeley

No Webcast Available


Oct 17, 2018

Leadership, Authority, Science Communication

Peter Meyers

CEO, Stand & Deliver Group


Oct 24, 2018

Blockchain, Cryptography, Startups

Dawn Song

Co-Founder, Oasis Labs


Oct 31, 2018

Human Rights, Digital Governance, Artificial Intelligence

Roya Pakzad

Project Leader, Technology & Human Rights, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Stanford University


Nov 14, 2018

Healthcare, Telemedicine, Virtual Care

Wes Valdes

CEO, Intensive Monitoring International

No Webcast Available


Nov 28, 2018

Nuclear Engineering, Energy Economics, Data Analytics

Rachel Slaybaugh

Program Director, Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley; ARPA-E

No Webcast Available


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Live webcasting of each CITRIS Research Exchange seminar is available on YouTube.

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