Technical Session Program

Three organizations dedicated to the advancement of computing science, IEEE Computer Society, Association for Computing Machinery, and EECS, UC Berkeley will join the family and colleagues of Jim Gray in hosting a tribute to the legendary computer science pioneer, missing at sea since Jan. 28, 2007.

Gray is known for his groundbreaking work as a programmer, database expert and Microsoft engineer. Gray's work helped make possible such technologies as the cash machine, ecommerce, online ticketing, and deep databases like Google. In 1998, he received the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the most prestigious honor in computer science. He was appointed an IEEE Fellow in 1982, and also received IEEE Charles Babbage Award.

Link to Technical Session 1 webcast.

Link to Technical Session 3 webcast.

Link to General Session webcast.

David Baker: "Novel Enzymes, Rapid Structure Determination, and an Online Computer Game"

Professor David Baker, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Washington

"The Dawn of Creation: The First 2 Billion Years"

Steven Beckwith, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, University of California, Office of the President

The beauty of the universe, the galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and most of the stars, got its start in the first billion years after the beginning of time, the Big Bang. Every deep picture of the sky reveals thousands of these galaxies, each made up of billions of stars like the Sun. The intricate spiral structures of the Milky Way as well as the very smooth distributions of the larger elliptical galaxies took shape slowly, building up from many pieces in the detritus of the initial explosion governed by the dark matter that we can sense but still not see. Modern technical wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope have made it possible to look back to a time when the universe looked very different than it does today, when the first galaxies were created and the universe developed structure seen as patterns in the galaxies apparent today. This years Sackler Lecture will look back to the first 2 billion years.

The Lawson Lecture is a public lecture sponsored by the Seismological Laboratory, held in April. The lecture series was inaugurated in 2003 as part of the Seismological Laboratory's plans for commemorating the 1906 earthquake. The lecture series is meant to address a wide variety of earthquake issues of interest to the Berkeley community.

The lecture series is named for Professor Andrew Lawson, who was appointed to the Department of Geology at UC Berkeley in 1890. In 1906, as Chairman of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission, he organized an extensive field program, to which many geologists contributed their services, and prepared the one of the most complete and informative reports ever published on a great earthquake.

Heather Cooley: Senior Researcher, Pacific Institute.

Summary: Long considered the Holy Grail of water supply, desalination offers the potential of an unlimited source of fresh water purified from the vast oceans of salt water that surround us. The public, politicians, and water managers continue to hope that cost-effective and environmentally safe ocean desalination will come to the rescue of water-short regions.

Interest in desalination has been especially high in California, where rapidly growing populations, inadequate regulation of the water supply/land-use nexus, and ecosystem degradation from existing water supply sources have forced a rethinking of water policies and management. In the past five years, public and private entities have put forward more than 20 proposals for large desalination facilities along the California coast. Project proponents point to statewide water-supply constraints, the reliability advantages of ""drought-proof"" supply, the water quality improvements offered by desalinated water, and the benefits of local control. Along with the proposals, however, has come a growing public debate about high economic and energy costs, environmental and social impacts, and consequences for coastal development policies. This presentation discusses the advantages and disadvantages of seawater desalination within the context of California.

Ovshinsky developed a new class of disordered or amorphous materials in an area of physics now called "Ovonics." He translated these scientific advances into non-polluting approaches to producing and storing energy from thin film solar technology that is mass produced to hydrogen fuel cells and storage devices. The nickel metal hydride batteries he developed currently power most hybrid cars.

Stan Ovshinsky holds about 350 U.S. patents and has authored more than 275 scientific papers in fields as diverse as neurophysiology and amorphous semiconductors. He has won innumerable honors including the 2005 Innovation Award for Energy and the Environment from the Economist magazine.

He and his late wife, Iris, were named Heroes of Chemistry 2000 by the American Chemical Society for "advances in electrochemical, energy storage and energy generation, including the development of Ovonic nickel metal hydride (NIMH) rechargeable batteries, regenerative fuel cells, solid hydrogen storage system and amorphous silicon photovoltaics" and for having "made significant and lasting contributions to global human welfare."

Stan Ovshinsky is a fellow of both the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Einstein's real complaint about the quantum theory was not that it required God to play dice, but that it failed to "represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky actions at a distance." I shall use the rhetorical device of a computer-simulated lecture demonstration (a cartoon version of recent experiments in Vienna) to explain both the appeal of Einstein's criticism and the remarkable act that the "reality" he insisted upon is nevertheless unattainable. I will assume no background in quantum physics (or any other physics) but late in the lecture, in convincing you of the hopelessness of Einstein's vision, I will ask you to engage in a kind of reasoning not unlike a (very easy) Sudoku puzzle.

Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson: Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law and Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University.

Summary: Among the most valuable of ecosystem services are those related to watersheds, including water quality and flow regulation. New York City's decision in the 1990s to invest in watershed protection in the Catskills and Delaware water basins has led many to believe or hope that markets and public policies focused on the value of these services can increase conservation of key watershed lands. A survey completed two years ago, however, showed little effort by most water suppliers in California to protect their watersheds. In some regions of the nation, water suppliers are even selling off watershed lands or managing the land in a way that might undermine water quality. This presentation will look at what efforts private and public entities are currently taking place (or not taking place) to protect these "watershed services," what the potential is (and obstacles are) to protecting watersheds through their services, and what public policies the government could pursue to promote greater protection of watershed services and thus the watersheds that provide them. This examination of watershed services will also offer insights into the opportunities provided by the broader concept of ecosystem services.

More information a bout this series is available at the Water Resources Center Archives' California Colloquium on Water website.

The second annual UC Berkeley Energy Symposium - "Leadership at the Nexus of Science, Policy & Business" - brings together leaders in energy from both the public and private sectors to discuss the innovative science, technology, and requisite public policies that will shape the future of energy in the United States and across the globe.

The symposium highlights clean energy innovations emerging from several segments of the UC Berkeley community including: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Haas School of Business; Energy and Resources Group; UC Energy Institute; Boalt Hall School of Law; College of Engineering; College of Chemistry; Goldman School of Public Policy; Institute of Transportation Studies; College of Natural Resources; and Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society.

Agenda

Welcoming Remarks & Keynote

Breakout Session 1: Carbon Capture & Sequestration: A Viable Alternative?

Breakout Session 2: Transportation Sector Solutions

Breakout Session 3: The Future of Nuclear Power in the US

Breakout Session 4: Carbon Neutral Technologies at Berkeley Ready to be Commercialized

Afternoon Keynote

Breakout Session 5: Advances in Green Building & Green Development

Breakout Session 6: Can Fossils Evolve? A Discussion about Alternative Energy from an Oil and Gas Perspective

Breakout Session 7: The Influence of Policy & Law on Technical Innovation

Breakout Session 8: Global Dimensions of Sustainable Energy

Plenary Panel & Closing Remarks

The world's demand for energy will grow by some 60% in the next 25 years. Satisfying that demand in an economical and environmentally acceptable manner is one of the most significant challenges facing society. New technologies will play a central role in meeting this challenge, albeit conditioned by the economic, social, and political contexts in which they are developed and deployed. The presentation will focus on the major forces shaping the World's energy future and the technologies required to respond to them.

Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, astrophysicists George Smoot and Saul Perlmutter, and Mark Richards, executive dean of the College of Letters and Science were the speakers at a December 4, 2007 event announcing the launch of the new center.

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Dan Kammen leads Berkeley's Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory. He has been featured in The New Yorker and on 60 Minutes. In 2007 he received a "Distinguished Citizen Award" for renewable energy from the Commonwealth Club of California. He will explore the history of fossil fuels and exciting changes underway with solar, wind, hydrogen, and other forms of renewable energy.

Synthetic Biology: From Bugs to Drugs and Fuels

Jay Keasling, director of the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, was recently named CEO of the Department of Energy's newly-funded Joint BioEnergy Institute located at Berkeley. He was named "Scientist of the Year" by Discover Magazine in 2006. Professor Keasling will describe recent advances in synthetic biology that allow the production of new anti-malaria drugs and biofuels.

Dr. Michael Walsh spoke on the subject of how markets can be used to solve environmental problems and, simultaneously, create wealth. His remarks focused on the concept of emissions trading and the work of the Chicago Climate Exchange to reduce the air pollutants that contribute to global warming and acid rain. In addition to his role at the Chicago Climate Exchange, Dr. Walsh also serves on the Board of Directors of the Montreal Climate Exchange. Dr. Walsh has served as a Senior Economist with the Chicago Board of Trade where he directed their efforts to develop exchange-based environmental markets. He has also been involved with both domestic and international governmental activities on emissions trading, testifying before the U.S. Congress as well as speaking at a number of United Nations climate conferences.

The Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC) is an active, student-led organization whose mission is to connect and develop the UC Berkeley energy and resource community. The group acts as a bridge between the many schools, programs, and labs at the University, including the Boalt Hall School of Law, College of Chemistry, College of Engineering, College of Natural Resources, Energy & Resources Group, Goldman School of Public Policy, Haas School of Business, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, UC Energy Institute, and others. To foster productive applications of university research and technology, BERC forges connections with the larger energy and cleantech cluster growing in the Bay Area and beyond.

For more information
Email us at berc@haas.berkeley.edu,
or visit the website: http://berc.berkeley.edu.

The focus of the course is on innovation processes for sustainable products, from product definition to sustainable manufacturing and business models. It is an operationally focused course, as it aims to develop the interdisciplinary skills required for successful design and development of sustainable products or services. Engineering, iSchool and Business students from Berkeley and Industrial Design students from California College of the Arts join forces on small teams to step through the process of understanding stakeholder requirements, designing and developing solutions, and testing those solutions in detail, learning about the available tools and techniques to execute each process step along the way with sustainability in mind. Each student brings his or her own disciplinary perspective to the team effort, and must learn to synthesize that perspective with those of the other students in the group to develop a sustainable solution. Students can expect to depart the semester understanding what sustainability means, how companies are approaching it, and a process for generating sustainable solutions in practice. This course is part of the Management of Technology program at the University of California, Berkeley as well as the new Engineering and Business Sustainability Certificate Program.

Design Research: Two Case Studies (www.mobo.la and www.blux.la)

The focus of the course is on innovation processes for sustainable products, from product definition to sustainable manufacturing and business models. It is an operationally focused course, as it aims to develop the interdisciplinary skills required for successful design and development of sustainable products or services. Engineering, iSchool and Business students from Berkeley and Industrial Design students from California College of the Arts join forces on small teams to step through the process of understanding stakeholder requirements, designing and developing solutions, and testing those solutions in detail, learning about the available tools and techniques to execute each process step along the way with sustainability in mind. Each student brings his or her own disciplinary perspective to the team effort, and must learn to synthesize that perspective with those of the other students in the group to develop a sustainable solution. Students can expect to depart the semester understanding what sustainability means, how companies are approaching it, and a process for generating sustainable solutions in practice. This course is part of the Management of Technology program at the University of California, Berkeley as well as the new Engineering and Business Sustainability Certificate Program.

The focus of the course is on innovation processes for sustainable products, from product definition to sustainable manufacturing and business models. It is an operationally focused course, as it aims to develop the interdisciplinary skills required for successful design and development of sustainable products or services. Engineering, iSchool and Business students from Berkeley and Industrial Design students from California College of the Arts join forces on small teams to step through the process of understanding stakeholder requirements, designing and developing solutions, and testing those solutions in detail, learning about the available tools and techniques to execute each process step along the way with sustainability in mind. Each student brings his or her own disciplinary perspective to the team effort, and must learn to synthesize that perspective with those of the other students in the group to develop a sustainable solution. Students can expect to depart the semester understanding what sustainability means, how companies are approaching it, and a process for generating sustainable solutions in practice. This course is part of the Management of Technology program at the University of California, Berkeley as well as the new Engineering and Business Sustainability Certificate Program.

The focus of the course is on innovation processes for sustainable products, from product definition to sustainable manufacturing and business models. It is an operationally focused course, as it aims to develop the interdisciplinary skills required for successful design and development of sustainable products or services. Engineering, iSchool and Business students from Berkeley and Industrial Design students from California College of the Arts join forces on small teams to step through the process of understanding stakeholder requirements, designing and developing solutions, and testing those solutions in detail, learning about the available tools and techniques to execute each process step along the way with sustainability in mind. Each student brings his or her own disciplinary perspective to the team effort, and must learn to synthesize that perspective with those of the other students in the group to develop a sustainable solution. Students can expect to depart the semester understanding what sustainability means, how companies are approaching it, and a process for generating sustainable solutions in practice. This course is part of the Management of Technology program at the University of California, Berkeley as well as the new Engineering and Business Sustainability Certificate Program.

Andy Michael, US Geological Survey

Obtaining high-quality measurements close to a large earthquake is not easy: one has to be in the right place at the right time with the right instruments. Such a convergence happened, for the first time, when the September 28, 2004, magnitude 6, Parkfield, California, earthquake occurred on the San Andreas fault in the middle of a dense and diverse network of instruments designed by the scientists of the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment to record what occurred before, during, and after this event. The resulting data reveal aspects of the earthquake process never before seen. These data, when combined with data from a sequence of at least 6 earlier Parkfield earthquakes dating back to 1857, provide important lessons about earthquake processes, prediction, and the hazards assessments that underlie important policies such as building codes.

There is a revolution taking place in biological engineering called synthetic biology. In synthetic biology we reconstruct biology from simple, off-the-shelf biological parts in much the same way that we build computers from off-the-shelf parts. Synthetic biology promises the same impact that silicon processing and microelectronics had on the computer industry. Professor Keasling will describe recent advances in synthetic biology that are producing anti-malarial drugs and transportation fuels.

Dr. Laurie Zoloth, Center for Bioethics, Science and Society, Northwestern University

Increasingly sophisticated techniques allow for increasing powerful and creative tools of biology to create new or altered forms of life. Such synthetic biology may offer unprecedented avenues for drug development, alternate energy sources, and medical therapeutics. Yet increasing unease also mounts about the possible misuse of such biology, and governments, scientists and citizens turn their attention to the question of how protect academic freedom in an age of terror. Are the fears of dual use of synthetic biology overblown? Or are such fears prudent? Who should protect the secrets of science, or is it simply inappropriate to conceal knowledge from the broadest possible community? What are the fair limits of concealment in science? Are the arguments of the marketplace and the need for competitive secrecy applicable to open source knowledge? How can the core ethical principle and praxis of veracity be balanced with the problem of security? How can the core ethical principle of confidentiality be reconciled with open source research? What is the difference between holding secrets and deceit? This lecture will raise some preliminary framing questions in the emerging field of synthetic biology, a field that has been a subject of attention and concern since its inception.

]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Dr. Laurie Zoloth) UC Berkeley, Public Policy, Science Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=19249 Dr. Laurie Zoloth UC Berkeley, Public Policy, Science <h3>Secrets: The Ethics of Concealment and the Ethics of Science in Synthetic Biological Research</h3> <p> <b>Dr. Laurie Zoloth</b>, Center for Bioethics, Science and Society, Northwestern University </p> <p> Increasingly sophisticated techniques allow for increasing powerful and creative tools of biology to create new or altered forms of life. Such synthetic biology may offer unprecedented avenues for drug development, alternate energy sources, and medical therapeutics. Yet increasing unease also mounts about the possible misuse of such biology, and governments, scientists and citizens turn their attention to the question of how protect academic freedom in an age of terror. Are the fears of dual use of synthetic biology overblown? Or are such fears prudent? Who should protect the secrets of science, or is it simply inappropriate to conceal knowledge from the broadest possible community? What are the fair limits of concealment in science? Are the arguments of the marketplace and the need for competitive secrecy applicable to open source knowledge? How can the core ethical principle and praxis of veracity be balanced with the problem of security? How can the core ethical principle of confidentiality be reconciled with open source research? What is the difference between holding secrets and deceit? This lecture will raise some preliminary framing questions in the emerging field of synthetic biology, a field that has been a subject of attention and concern since its inception.<p> http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/gspp/gspp_20070411.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=19249 http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/gspp/gspp_20070411.rm?start=&amp;end= <h3>Secrets: The Ethics of Concealment and the Ethics of Science in Synthetic Biological Research</h3> <p> <b>Dr. Laurie Zoloth</b>, Center for Bioethics, Science and Society, Northwestern University </p> <p> Increasingly sophisticated techniques allow for increasing powerful and creative tools of biology to create new or altered forms of life. Such synthetic biology may offer unprecedented avenues for drug development, alternate energy sources, and medical therapeutics. Yet increasing unease also mounts about the possible misuse of such biology, and governments, scientists and citizens turn their attention to the question of how protect academic freedom in an age of terror. Are the fears of dual use of synthetic biology overblown? Or are such fears prudent? Who should protect the secrets of science, or is it simply inappropriate to conceal knowledge from the broadest possible community? What are the fair limits of concealment in science? Are the arguments of the marketplace and the need for competitive secrecy applicable to open source knowledge? How can the core ethical principle and praxis of veracity be balanced with the problem of security? How can the core ethical principle of confidentiality be reconciled with open source research? What is the difference between holding secrets and deceit? This lecture will raise some preliminary framing questions in the emerging field of synthetic biology, a field that has been a subject of attention and concern since its inception.<p> http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/gspp/gspp_20070411.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=19222 Michael Pollan moderates a panel discussion of the 2007 farm bill, now being debated, with guests Dan Imhoff, the author of Food Fight: A Citizen's Guide to the Farm Bill; George Naylor, Iowa corn farmer and president of the National Family Farms Coalition; Ann Cooper, Director of Nutrition Services for the Berkeley school system, and other leaders in the effort to reform federal agricultural policies.

Every five years or so, the President signs an obscure piece of legislation that determines what happens on a couple of hundred million acres of private land in America, what sort of food Americans eat (and how much it costs) and, directly as a result, the health of our population. The American food system is a game played according to a precise set of rules that are written by Congress, typically with virtually no input from anyone beyond a handful of farm-state legislators. Nothing could do more to reform the American food system --an by doing so improve the condition of America's environment and public health-- than if the rest of us were to start paying attention to the farm bill.

Numbers: Mind the Gap
Theogene Rudasingwa,, Former Rwandan Ambassador to the United States.

The Return of the Population Factor
Martha Campbell,, Co-founder of the Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development (CEIHD), UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

Why Does Peace Break Out?
Malcolm Potts,, Bixby Professor of Population and Family Planning, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

Presented by The School of Public Health. This event was sponsored by the Bixby Program in Population, Family Planning, and Maternal Health, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

On February 1, global energy firm BP announced that it had selected UC Berkeley, in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to lead an unprecedented $500 million research effort to develop new sources of energy and reduce the impact of energy consumption on the environment.

In this edition of Bear in Mind, UC Berkeley's ongoing series of webcasts about campus issues, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau delves into the details of the university's winning proposal and emerging plans for a new Energy Biosciences Institute.

Part one: The chancellor is joined by two people who played a significant role in crafting the proposal: Vice Chancellor for Research Beth Burnside and Dan Kammen, a professor in the campus's Energy Resources Group (ERG). They discuss their goals for the institute's research endeavors, its potential impact on graduate and undergraduate education, and the proposal's intellectual property provisions.

Part two: Steve Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, joins Birgeneau to review the scientific challenges the new institute will confront, the role and importance of public-private partnerships in addressing the energy crisis and climate change, and the roots of Chu's passionate commitment to developing renewable, carbon-neutral sources of energy.]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau) UC Berkeley, Politics, Public Policy, Environment / Natural Resources, Technology, Science Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=19170 Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau UC Berkeley, Politics, Public Policy, Environment / Natural Resources, Technology, Science <b>What the Energy Biosciences Institute means for UC Berkeley</b> <p> On February 1, global energy firm BP announced that it had selected UC Berkeley, in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to lead an unprecedented $500 million research effort to develop new sources of energy and reduce the impact of energy consumption on the environment. <p> In this edition of Bear in Mind, UC Berkeley's ongoing series of webcasts about campus issues, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau delves into the details of the university's winning proposal and emerging plans for a new Energy Biosciences Institute. <p> <a href=http://webcast.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/bim/bim_20070301.rm?start=00:00:00.0&end=00:21:12.0>Part one</a>: The chancellor is joined by two people who played a significant role in crafting the proposal: Vice Chancellor for Research Beth Burnside and Dan Kammen, a professor in the campus's Energy Resources Group (ERG). They discuss their goals for the institute's research endeavors, its potential impact on graduate and undergraduate education, and the proposal's intellectual property provisions. <p> <a href=http://webcast.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/bim/bim_20070301.rm?start=00:21:12.0>Part two</a>: Steve Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, joins Birgeneau to review the scientific challenges the new institute will confront, the role and importance of public-private partnerships in addressing the energy crisis and climate change, and the roots of Chu's passionate commitment to developing renewable, carbon-neutral sources of energy. http://webcast.berkeley.edu/media/bim//bim_20070301_podcast.mp3 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=19170 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/media/bim//bim_20070301_podcast.mp3 <b>What the Energy Biosciences Institute means for UC Berkeley</b> <p> On February 1, global energy firm BP announced that it had selected UC Berkeley, in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to lead an unprecedented $500 million research effort to develop new sources of energy and reduce the impact of energy consumption on the environment. <p> In this edition of Bear in Mind, UC Berkeley's ongoing series of webcasts about campus issues, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau delves into the details of the university's winning proposal and emerging plans for a new Energy Biosciences Institute. <p> <a href=http://webcast.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/bim/bim_20070301.rm?start=00:00:00.0&end=00:21:12.0>Part one</a>: The chancellor is joined by two people who played a significant role in crafting the proposal: Vice Chancellor for Research Beth Burnside and Dan Kammen, a professor in the campus's Energy Resources Group (ERG). They discuss their goals for the institute's research endeavors, its potential impact on graduate and undergraduate education, and the proposal's intellectual property provisions. <p> <a href=http://webcast.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/bim/bim_20070301.rm?start=00:21:12.0>Part two</a>: Steve Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, joins Birgeneau to review the scientific challenges the new institute will confront, the role and importance of public-private partnerships in addressing the energy crisis and climate change, and the roots of Chu's passionate commitment to developing renewable, carbon-neutral sources of energy. http://webcast.berkeley.edu/media/bim//bim_20070301_podcast.mp3 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=19147 Please Note: This video contains graphic imagery which may not be suitable to viewers under the age of 18. Viewer discretion is advised.

Whole Foods Market is the largest organic and natural retailer in the world. The co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey will offer a multimedia presentation of the past, present, and future of food. John Mackey will then join Michael Pollan in conversation, continuing in person the exchange of views the two have been conducting since the publication of Pollan's 2006 book, "The Omnivore's Dilemma."

Their correspondence, which has explored such issues as organic and local food, animal agriculture, and the role of Whole Foods, is available at www.wholefoods.com/blogs/jm/ and www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=80.

UC Berkeley's Nobel Laureates: Energy Self-Sufficiency in the 21st Century

PROGRAM:

Dean Richard Newton in conversation with Steve Domenik, General Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds, and Lip-Bu Tan, Founder & Chairman, Walden International

Technology Breakthrough Winners Ceremony and presentation of $25,000 in prizes

As Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Advent Software, Stephanie DiMarco has engineered the growth of the company from a startup in 1983 to an 800 person company today. Prior to founding Advent Software, Ms. DiMarco worked in the investment industry as a financial analyst and portfolio manager at Bank of America, Summit Investments and Cole Financial Group. Ms. DiMarco holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the UC Berkeley Foundation, serves on the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a San Francisco Foundation board member and a member of its Investment and Audit committees.

Chris Rittler is Tropos Networks' Vice President of Business Development and Product Management. He has over 15 years of experience in the wireless systems industry bringing exemplary leadership in the creation of strategy and the development of products for the wireless carrier market. He leads the company's business development and product managment teams.

Mr. Rittler was most recently the Senior Vice President of Product Development of Cambia Networks, an early-stage company that developed wireless Internet gateways for the cellular carrier market. Prior to Cambia, Mr. Rittler held multiple senior leadership positions during an extensive career in cellular systems product development with Motorola. Most recently he led the organization responsible for Motorola's CDMA radio network control and data products. Previously he led the CDMA product management organization.

Chris holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University, a MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Dr. Pehong Chen is a renowned expert and leader in the field of new media and enterprise business portal technologies. Prior to founding BroadVision in 1993, he was vice president of multimedia technology at Sybase, responsible for the company's interactive initiatives. Earlier, he founded and was president of Gain Technology, a leading supplier of multimedia software tools, where he pioneered multimedia as an enabling technology for a new generation of business applications. Gain was acquired by Sybase in 1992. Having personally started and run two successful software startups, Dr. Chen uses his experience and resources to help others do the same. In 1993, he provided startup capital for Siebel Systems, now a worldwide leader in front office automation software, and served on its board of directors until 1996.

Peter founded (1982) and was a General Partner at Associated Venture Investors (AVI), which managed $140M across three funds. AVI specialized in seed and early-stage investments in information technology companies positioned for high growth. AVI's financial performance ranks among the highest in the venture capital industry.

While at AVI, Peter invested in and helped build many successful start-ups, including Extreme Networks (one of 1999's top performing IPOs), PLX Technology, Inverse Network Technology (acquired by Visual Networks), Grand Junction Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems), Full Time Software (acquired by Legato Systems), AccelGraphics (acquired by Evans & Sutherland) and Network Peripherals (one of 1994's top performing IPOs).

Prior to AVI, Peter was a General Partner at Page Mill Partners, which was a seed and early-round investor in several successful companies, including Software Publishing Corporation, 3Com Corporation, Apple Computer and ASK Computer Systems.

An engineer by training, Peter co-founded and was VP of Sales at Cobilt, a semiconductor equipment firm that later merged into Computervision Corporation. Peter has more than twenty years of operating experience working in the electronics industry for RCA, General Electric, Beckman Instruments, Electroglas and Etec, which was acquired by Applied Materials.

Peter received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters degree in International Marketing from Thunderbird The Garvin School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona.]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Peter Wolken) UC Berkeley, Education, Economics, Technology, Science Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17380 Peter Wolken UC Berkeley, Education, Economics, Technology, Science Peter Wolken, AVI Management Partners<P> Peter has been a successful venture capitalist for more than 25 years. His long and successful venture capital and operating experience enables him to quickly evaluate emerging information technologies.<P> Peter founded (1982) and was a General Partner at Associated Venture Investors (AVI), which managed $140M across three funds. AVI specialized in seed and early-stage investments in information technology companies positioned for high growth. AVI's financial performance ranks among the highest in the venture capital industry.<P> While at AVI, Peter invested in and helped build many successful start-ups, including Extreme Networks (one of 1999's top performing IPOs), PLX Technology, Inverse Network Technology (acquired by Visual Networks), Grand Junction Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems), Full Time Software (acquired by Legato Systems), AccelGraphics (acquired by Evans & Sutherland) and Network Peripherals (one of 1994's top performing IPOs).<P> Prior to AVI, Peter was a General Partner at Page Mill Partners, which was a seed and early-round investor in several successful companies, including Software Publishing Corporation, 3Com Corporation, Apple Computer and ASK Computer Systems.<P> An engineer by training, Peter co-founded and was VP of Sales at Cobilt, a semiconductor equipment firm that later merged into Computervision Corporation. Peter has more than twenty years of operating experience working in the electronics industry for RCA, General Electric, Beckman Instruments, Electroglas and Etec, which was acquired by Applied Materials.<P> Peter received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters degree in International Marketing from Thunderbird The Garvin School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona. http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/engrids_20061011_wolken.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17380 http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/engrids_20061011_wolken.rm?start=&amp;end= Peter Wolken, AVI Management Partners<P> Peter has been a successful venture capitalist for more than 25 years. His long and successful venture capital and operating experience enables him to quickly evaluate emerging information technologies.<P> Peter founded (1982) and was a General Partner at Associated Venture Investors (AVI), which managed $140M across three funds. AVI specialized in seed and early-stage investments in information technology companies positioned for high growth. AVI's financial performance ranks among the highest in the venture capital industry.<P> While at AVI, Peter invested in and helped build many successful start-ups, including Extreme Networks (one of 1999's top performing IPOs), PLX Technology, Inverse Network Technology (acquired by Visual Networks), Grand Junction Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems), Full Time Software (acquired by Legato Systems), AccelGraphics (acquired by Evans & Sutherland) and Network Peripherals (one of 1994's top performing IPOs).<P> Prior to AVI, Peter was a General Partner at Page Mill Partners, which was a seed and early-round investor in several successful companies, including Software Publishing Corporation, 3Com Corporation, Apple Computer and ASK Computer Systems.<P> An engineer by training, Peter co-founded and was VP of Sales at Cobilt, a semiconductor equipment firm that later merged into Computervision Corporation. Peter has more than twenty years of operating experience working in the electronics industry for RCA, General Electric, Beckman Instruments, Electroglas and Etec, which was acquired by Applied Materials.<P> Peter received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters degree in International Marketing from Thunderbird The Garvin School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona. http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/engrids_20061011_wolken.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17379 In Sik Rhee has co-founded 2 successful startup companies and has developed technologies across a wide spectrum of domain knowledge - from end-user packaged software to high-end mission critical enterprise systems. In Sik self-taught software programming at the age of 12 and began developing commercial software as a 19-year old.

In Sik was most recently a co-founder and Chief Tactician at Opsware (NASDAQ: OPSW), formerly Loudcloud. There he played a diverse role - such as identifying and spearheading M&A projects, establishing new sales channels and regions, and highlighting new product opportunities by keeping abreast of emerging technology trends and categories in the enterprise market.

Prior to Loudcloud/Opsware, In Sik co-founded Kiva Software Corporation, a pioneer of the J2EE Application Server market. There he architected and developed one of industry's first Java application servers, deployed by customers such as E*Trade and Bank of America. Kiva was acquired by Netscape Communications in 1997, and its product has evolved to become the Sun ONE Application Server. Prior to Kiva, In Sik was a Senior Software Engineer at Lotus Development Corporation, where he developed several versions of the Approach end-user database product for the Windows platform.

In Sik holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the recipient of the 2004 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Young Leader Award.]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (In-Sik Rhee) UC Berkeley, Education, Economics, Technology, Science Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17379 In-Sik Rhee UC Berkeley, Education, Economics, Technology, Science In-Sik Rhee, Co-Founder Opsware Inc.<P> In Sik Rhee has co-founded 2 successful startup companies and has developed technologies across a wide spectrum of domain knowledge - from end-user packaged software to high-end mission critical enterprise systems. In Sik self-taught software programming at the age of 12 and began developing commercial software as a 19-year old.<P> In Sik was most recently a co-founder and Chief Tactician at Opsware (NASDAQ: OPSW), formerly Loudcloud. There he played a diverse role - such as identifying and spearheading M&A projects, establishing new sales channels and regions, and highlighting new product opportunities by keeping abreast of emerging technology trends and categories in the enterprise market.<P> Prior to Loudcloud/Opsware, In Sik co-founded Kiva Software Corporation, a pioneer of the J2EE Application Server market. There he architected and developed one of industry's first Java application servers, deployed by customers such as E*Trade and Bank of America. Kiva was acquired by Netscape Communications in 1997, and its product has evolved to become the Sun ONE Application Server. Prior to Kiva, In Sik was a Senior Software Engineer at Lotus Development Corporation, where he developed several versions of the Approach end-user database product for the Windows platform.<P> In Sik holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the recipient of the 2004 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Young Leader Award. http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/engrids_20061004_rhee.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17379 http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/engrids_20061004_rhee.rm?start=&amp;end= In-Sik Rhee, Co-Founder Opsware Inc.<P> In Sik Rhee has co-founded 2 successful startup companies and has developed technologies across a wide spectrum of domain knowledge - from end-user packaged software to high-end mission critical enterprise systems. In Sik self-taught software programming at the age of 12 and began developing commercial software as a 19-year old.<P> In Sik was most recently a co-founder and Chief Tactician at Opsware (NASDAQ: OPSW), formerly Loudcloud. There he played a diverse role - such as identifying and spearheading M&A projects, establishing new sales channels and regions, and highlighting new product opportunities by keeping abreast of emerging technology trends and categories in the enterprise market.<P> Prior to Loudcloud/Opsware, In Sik co-founded Kiva Software Corporation, a pioneer of the J2EE Application Server market. There he architected and developed one of industry's first Java application servers, deployed by customers such as E*Trade and Bank of America. Kiva was acquired by Netscape Communications in 1997, and its product has evolved to become the Sun ONE Application Server. Prior to Kiva, In Sik was a Senior Software Engineer at Lotus Development Corporation, where he developed several versions of the Approach end-user database product for the Windows platform.<P> In Sik holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the recipient of the 2004 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Young Leader Award. http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/engrids_20061004_rhee.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17378 Video of the Press Conference will be available by 2PM today.

Cosmologist George F. Smoot, who led a team that obtained the first images of the infant universe, confirming the predictions of the Big Bang theory of its origins, has been awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Smoot, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and an astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), shares the prize with John C. Mather of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This is UC Berkeley's twentieth Nobel Prize since 1939, and its eighth physics Nobel.]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Smoot, George) UC Berkeley, Technology, Science Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17378 Smoot, George UC Berkeley, Technology, Science <b>Video of the Press Conference will be available by 2PM today.</b> <p> Cosmologist George F. Smoot, who led a team that obtained the first images of the infant universe, confirming the predictions of the Big Bang theory of its origins, has been awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics. <p> Smoot, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and an astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), shares the prize with John C. Mather of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This is UC Berkeley's twentieth Nobel Prize since 1939, and its eighth physics Nobel. http://webcast.berkeley.edu/media/campus/smoot.mp3 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17378 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/media/campus/smoot.mp3 <b>Video of the Press Conference will be available by 2PM today.</b> <p> Cosmologist George F. Smoot, who led a team that obtained the first images of the infant universe, confirming the predictions of the Big Bang theory of its origins, has been awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics. <p> Smoot, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and an astrophysicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), shares the prize with John C. Mather of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This is UC Berkeley's twentieth Nobel Prize since 1939, and its eighth physics Nobel. http://webcast.berkeley.edu/media/campus/smoot.mp3 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17377 A seasoned entrepreneur, Cynthia Dai has co-founded several high technology start-ups and served on the executive team of both early-stage and public ventures. This hands-on experience combined with strong operational skills in marketing, engineering and finance has enabled Ms. Dai to build or reposition companies for rapid growth. Ms. Dai's strengths as an Interim Executive lie in attracting results-oriented senior management teams, developing strong business models and well-differentiated products, and maintaining a healthy respect for the bottom line.

Dainamic Consulting, Inc.'s Strategic Marketing Practice leverages Ms. Dai's career in senior marketing and business development positions at Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard Company, and Interim CEO or VP of Marketing engagements with WebMoney, SSE Telecom, Cymerc Exchange, and Persistence Software. She has considerable expertise in working with Japanese companies in the U.S. and in helping U.S. companies do business in the Pacific Rim. Ms. Dai speaks English, Mandarin Chinese, and conversational Japanese and has worked and lived in several countries around the world.

A featured industry speaker, she has spoken at COMDEX, UniForum, the Federal Computer Conference, the Government Technology Conference, and the Association for Information and Image Management.

Ms. Dai has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with honors from the University of California at Berkeley. On her own time, she is active in the community as a volunteer and as a Board member of public-benefit organizations.

]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Cynthia Dai) UC Berkeley, Education, Economics, Technology, Science Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17377 Cynthia Dai UC Berkeley, Education, Economics, Technology, Science Cynthia Dai, Dainamic Consulting, Inc.<p> A seasoned entrepreneur, Cynthia Dai has co-founded several high technology start-ups and served on the executive team of both early-stage and public ventures. This hands-on experience combined with strong operational skills in marketing, engineering and finance has enabled Ms. Dai to build or reposition companies for rapid growth. Ms. Dai's strengths as an Interim Executive lie in attracting results-oriented senior management teams, developing strong business models and well-differentiated products, and maintaining a healthy respect for the bottom line.<p> Dainamic Consulting, Inc.'s Strategic Marketing Practice leverages Ms. Dai's career in senior marketing and business development positions at Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard Company, and Interim CEO or VP of Marketing engagements with WebMoney, SSE Telecom, Cymerc Exchange, and Persistence Software. She has considerable expertise in working with Japanese companies in the U.S. and in helping U.S. companies do business in the Pacific Rim. Ms. Dai speaks English, Mandarin Chinese, and conversational Japanese and has worked and lived in several countries around the world.<p> A featured industry speaker, she has spoken at COMDEX, UniForum, the Federal Computer Conference, the Government Technology Conference, and the Association for Information and Image Management.<p> Ms. Dai has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with honors from the University of California at Berkeley. On her own time, she is active in the community as a volunteer and as a Board member of public-benefit organizations.<p> http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/engrids_20060920_dai.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17377 http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/engrids_20060920_dai.rm?start=&amp;end= Cynthia Dai, Dainamic Consulting, Inc.<p> A seasoned entrepreneur, Cynthia Dai has co-founded several high technology start-ups and served on the executive team of both early-stage and public ventures. This hands-on experience combined with strong operational skills in marketing, engineering and finance has enabled Ms. Dai to build or reposition companies for rapid growth. Ms. Dai's strengths as an Interim Executive lie in attracting results-oriented senior management teams, developing strong business models and well-differentiated products, and maintaining a healthy respect for the bottom line.<p> Dainamic Consulting, Inc.'s Strategic Marketing Practice leverages Ms. Dai's career in senior marketing and business development positions at Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard Company, and Interim CEO or VP of Marketing engagements with WebMoney, SSE Telecom, Cymerc Exchange, and Persistence Software. She has considerable expertise in working with Japanese companies in the U.S. and in helping U.S. companies do business in the Pacific Rim. Ms. Dai speaks English, Mandarin Chinese, and conversational Japanese and has worked and lived in several countries around the world.<p> A featured industry speaker, she has spoken at COMDEX, UniForum, the Federal Computer Conference, the Government Technology Conference, and the Association for Information and Image Management.<p> Ms. Dai has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with honors from the University of California at Berkeley. On her own time, she is active in the community as a volunteer and as a Board member of public-benefit organizations.<p> http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/engrids_20060920_dai.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17373 Mr. Ghose is a venture capitalist with technology operating experience. Mr. Ghose joined ONSET Ventures after 19 years of working at high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. During his career, he participated in several successful IPOs, including those of Sun Microsystems and BroadVision.

Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer at Tumbleweed Communications, where he managed the marketing, professional services and corporate development departments. He helped the company through a successful IPO in 1999. He was Vice President of the Worldwide Professional Services Organization at BroadVision and participated in a successful IPO in 1996.

His first job was as network protocol engineer at Metaphor Computer Systems, a company acquired by IBM. Later, he was a kernel software engineer at Sun Microsystems. He has also been Director of Marketing and Director of Asia/Pacific Operations for nCUBE, a manufacturer of video-on-demand servers, and a board member of Alier, Inc., a data integration software company that is now part of webMethods.

Mr. Ghose was accepted to the University of California, Berkeley, at age 15. He graduated in 1982 with a degree in Computer Science.

At ONSET Ventures, Mr. Ghose coaches, mentors and provides management resources to portfolio companies to maximize their success. He focuses on software, networking and infrastructure companies.

]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Ghose, Shomit) UC Berkeley, Education, Economics, Technology, Science Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17373 Ghose, Shomit UC Berkeley, Education, Economics, Technology, Science Shomit Ghose, Berkeley Industry Fellow and Venture Partner at Onset Ventures<p> Mr. Ghose is a venture capitalist with technology operating experience. Mr. Ghose joined ONSET Ventures after 19 years of working at high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. During his career, he participated in several successful IPOs, including those of Sun Microsystems and BroadVision.<p> Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer at Tumbleweed Communications, where he managed the marketing, professional services and corporate development departments. He helped the company through a successful IPO in 1999. He was Vice President of the Worldwide Professional Services Organization at BroadVision and participated in a successful IPO in 1996.<p> His first job was as network protocol engineer at Metaphor Computer Systems, a company acquired by IBM. Later, he was a kernel software engineer at Sun Microsystems. He has also been Director of Marketing and Director of Asia/Pacific Operations for nCUBE, a manufacturer of video-on-demand servers, and a board member of Alier, Inc., a data integration software company that is now part of webMethods.<p> Mr. Ghose was accepted to the University of California, Berkeley, at age 15. He graduated in 1982 with a degree in Computer Science.<p> At ONSET Ventures, Mr. Ghose coaches, mentors and provides management resources to portfolio companies to maximize their success. He focuses on software, networking and infrastructure companies. <p> http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/cet_20060906.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=17373 http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/cet_20060906.rm?start=&amp;end= Shomit Ghose, Berkeley Industry Fellow and Venture Partner at Onset Ventures<p> Mr. Ghose is a venture capitalist with technology operating experience. Mr. Ghose joined ONSET Ventures after 19 years of working at high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. During his career, he participated in several successful IPOs, including those of Sun Microsystems and BroadVision.<p> Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer at Tumbleweed Communications, where he managed the marketing, professional services and corporate development departments. He helped the company through a successful IPO in 1999. He was Vice President of the Worldwide Professional Services Organization at BroadVision and participated in a successful IPO in 1996.<p> His first job was as network protocol engineer at Metaphor Computer Systems, a company acquired by IBM. Later, he was a kernel software engineer at Sun Microsystems. He has also been Director of Marketing and Director of Asia/Pacific Operations for nCUBE, a manufacturer of video-on-demand servers, and a board member of Alier, Inc., a data integration software company that is now part of webMethods.<p> Mr. Ghose was accepted to the University of California, Berkeley, at age 15. He graduated in 1982 with a degree in Computer Science.<p> At ONSET Ventures, Mr. Ghose coaches, mentors and provides management resources to portfolio companies to maximize their success. He focuses on software, networking and infrastructure companies. <p> http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/cet_20060906.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15770 td.time { width: 100; font-weight: bold; } td.sessiontitle{ font-weight: bold; }

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

8:30 AM	Opening Session: The University, Scientific Research, and Climate Change
	Running Time: 1 hour, 22 minutes This panel will highlight the mutual vulnerability of China and the U.S. to climate change, and the indispensable role of scientific research in understanding the problem and developing solutions.

9:45 AM	What's at Risk? Climate Model Predictions and Physical and Biological Impacts
	Running Time: 1 hour, 17 minutes This panel of climate scientists will describe the state of scientific knowledge regarding changes in the global climate system, the role of humans in causing these changes, and the likely impacts on earth's ecosystems.

11:15 AM	What's at Risk? Economic, Social and Political Impacts and Adaptation Costs
	Running Time: 1 hour, 51 minutes This panel of ecologists, economists, and insurers will examine the economic and social risks of climate change, the vast differences in the vulnerability of different nations and social groups to those risks, and the scale of investment needed to adapt to climate change as its impacts increase.

1:45 PM	Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy Use
	Running Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes This panel will discuss the pivotal role of energy use as a source of greenhouse gases, and what strategies will be required if the U.S. and China are to greatly reduce emissions, especially from coal-fired power plants, while maintaining strong economies.

3:15 PM	What Must Be Done? Emission Limits, Ethics, and the Right to Development
	Running Time: 1 hour, 58 minutes This panel will address the strategic and ethical issues that underlie the international climate policy debate, and the implications of prioritizing the right of poor countries to economic development.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

8:30 AM	Policies, Measures, and Strategies
	Running Time: 1 hour, 53 minutes This panel of economists and policy experts will address the policy options available for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon taxes, emissions trading, R&D investment, and technology transfer, and the political challenges of domestic implementation of international agreements.

10:30 AM	Innovation: Promising Technologies
	Running Time: 1 hour, 13 minutes This panel will argue the merits of a wide range of emerging technologies for reducing CO2 emissions from energy use, including energy efficiency, renewable energy, and nuclear power, and their prospects in China and the U.S.

11:45 AM	Business Perspectives on Climate Change
	Running Time: 1 hour, 32 minutes Speakers from oil, high-technology, and venture capital firms will discuss the ways in which businesses perceive and respond to the climate challenge, and how government policy and market signals must interact to provide the enormous investment in clean energy required in the decades ahead, especially in developing countries such as China.

2:00 PM	Sustainable Cities and States: Action at the Sub-National Level
	Running Time: 1 hour, 34 minutes This panel of state officials, scholars, and NGO representatives will look at the example of states and municipalities that have made bold moves to promote sustainable energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, even when their national governments have been reluctant to do so.

3:45 PM	The Media, Public Information, and Climate Change
	Running Time: 1 hour, 7 minutes This panel will discuss the challenges facing scientists, politicians and the media in communicating to the public the complex facts about the climate crisis, and facilitating a national discussion about the problem and its solutions.

5:00 PM	Closing Session
	Running Time: 9 minutes This final session will highlight some key messages from the conference and the prospects for continuing collaboration on climate change research between U.C. Berkeley and other stakeholders in China and the U.S.

SB2.0 began with two days of plenary talks and discussions focused on five research areas: energy, chemistry, health, materials, and foundational technologies. The third day of the conference focused on four key societal issues associated with synthetic biology: safety and security, public understanding & perception, ownership, and community organization.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to embargoes and/or intellectual property reasons, some of the videotaped talks are not available for web distribution. Also, we do not offer the actual presentation files on this site (e.g., PowerPoint slides). We suggest that you contact the speakers directly if you are interested in obtaining these.

Synthetic Biology 2.0 Conference Agenda   Saturday May 20, 2006 - Haas Business School 8:30 - 8:40 am Welcome: Jay Keasling - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / UC Berkeley 8:40 - 8:50 am Opening Remarks: Graham Fleming -Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / UC Berkeley ENERGY SESSION: 8:50 - 9:10 am Chairman: Steven Chu - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / UC Berkeley 9:10 - 9:40 am Craig Venter - J. Craig Venter Institute, "Synthetic Genomics" 9:40 - 10:10 am Nancy Ho - Purdue University, "Ethanol production" 10:10 - 10:40 am Timothy Gardner - Boston University, "Shotgun mapping of transcription regulation: the hunt for genetic gadgetry" MATERIALS SESSION: 10:55 - 11:05 am Chairman: Matt Francis - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / UC Berkeley 11:05 - 11:35 am Arash Komeili - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / UC Berkeley, "Magnetite Biomineralization in Bacteria" 11:35 - 12:05 pm Dan Morse - UC Santa Barbara, "Biologically inspired nanofabrication" 1:05 - 1:35 pm Paul Rothemund - California Institute of Technology, "DNA origami" 1:35 - 2:05 pm Dyche Mullins - UC San Francisco, "From signal to structure: Engineering artificial cytoskeletons" FOUNDATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SESSION: 2:05 - 2:15 pm Chairman: Tom Knight - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2:15 - 2:45 pm Mitsuhiro Itaya - KEIO University, Japan, "A novel genome vector for giant DNA assembly" 2:45 - 3:15 pm Vincent Noireaux - University of Minnesota, "Cell-free gene expression in synthetic vesicles" 3:30 - 4:00 pm Christina Smolke - California Institute of Technology, "Engineering nucleic acid-based molecular sensors for probing and programming cellular systems" 4:00 - 4:30 pm Drew Endy - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "On a System for Engineering Genetic Machines" DNA SYNTHESIS PANEL: 4:30 - 5:15 pm J. D. Kittle - Coda Genomics John Danner - Codon Devices Jeremy Minshull - DNA2.0 Hans Buegl - GeneArt   Sunday May 21, 2006 - Haas Business School 8:30 - 8:45 am Welcome: Jay Keasling, Drew Endy CHEMISTRY SESSION: 8:45 - 8:55 am Chairman: Carlos Bustamante - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / Howard Hughes Medical Institute / UC Berkeley 8:55 - 9:25 am Lei Wang - Salk Institute, "Protein Biosynthesis: Encoding Unnatural Amino Acids and Evolving in Cells" 9:25 - 9:55 am Frances Arnold - California Institute of Technology, "New bacterial communication lines by laboratory evolution of LuxR" 10:05 - 10:35 am Carolyn Bertozzi - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / Howard Hughes Medical Institute / UC Berkeley, "Chemical tools for probing the glycome" 10:35 - 11:05 am Jack Szostak - Harvard, "Towards the Design and Synthesis of an Artificial Cell" HEALTH SESSION: 11:05 - 11:15 am Chairman: Wendell Lim - UC San Francisco 11:15 - 11: 45 am David Schaffer - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / UC Berkeley, "Directed evolution of new viruses for gene delivery" 11:45 - 12:15 pm Chris Anderson - UC San Francisco/UC Berkeley, "Design of Tumor-Killing Bacteria" 1:15 - 1:45 pm Martin Fussenegger - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, "Synthetic mammalian gene networks" 1:45 - 2:15 pm Chris Voigt - UC San Francisco, "Secreting Spider Silk in Salmonella" 2:15 - 2:45 pm David Baltimore - California Institute of Technology, "Synthetic immunology" 2:45 - 3:15 pm Jef Boeke - Johns Hopkins University, "Synthetic retrotransposons" FEATURED SHORT TALKS: 3:30 - 5:45 PM Caroline Ajo-Franklin - Harvard Medical School Addison Ault - Princeton University Frederick Balagadde - Stanford University Steffen Mueller - SUNY Stony Brook Jack Newman - Amyris Biotechnologies Samantha Sutton - MIT Trevor Swartz - UC Santa Cruz Brian Yeh - UC San Francisco Peter Carr - MIT; Farren Isaacs - Harvard Medical School PERSPECTIVES/CHARGE - DAY 3: 6:00 - 6:15 pm David Baltimore - California Institute of Technology   Monday May 22, 2006 - Clark Kerr Campus - Auditorium 8:45 - 9:00 am Welcome: Jay Keasling & Drew Endy SAFETY & SECURITY SESSION Chair & Moderator: Eric Eisenstadt - Institute of Genomic Research 9:00 - 9:15 am Security Self-Governance White Paper & Proposals • Steve Maurer - Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley 9:15 - 9:35 am Sequence Screening with BlackWatch • Rob Jones - Craic Computing 9:35 - 9: 50 am On Next Generation Screening Frameworks • Jonathan Eisen - UC Davis 9:50 - 10:00 am Summary of Open Issues • Drew Endy - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10:00 - 10:45 am Open Discussion • Eric Eisenstadt - The institute of Genomic Research • On-Stage Advisors: Gerald Epstein - CSIS; Michele Garfinkel - Venter Institute; Stephen Maurer - UC Berkeley; Harry Rubin - U Penn/NSABB 10:45 - 11:00 am Next Steps • Eric Eisenstadt - The institute of Genomic Research • Expected Contributors: Michael Stebbins - FAS; Industry; EU; Asia; Drew Endy - Massachusetts Institute of Technology UNDERSTANDING AND PERCEPTION SESSION: Chair & Moderator: Oliver Norton - Nature 11:30 - 11:40 am Understanding Risk • Paul Slovic - University of Oregon 11:40 - 12:00 pm Discovering Synthetic Biology • Lawrence McCray & Natalie Kuldell - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12:00 - 12:20 pm Ethical Challenges in Synthetic Biology • Laurie Zoloth - Northwestern 12:20 - 12:40 pm Framing Risks • Paul Rabinow - UC Berkeley Open Discussion • Oliver Morton - Nature OWNERSHIP, SHARING & INNOVATION SESSION: Chair & Moderator: Richard Newton - UC Berkeley 2:00 - 2:20 pm Synthetic Economics • Ken Oye - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2:20 - 2:40 pm Synthetic Biology: Caught Between Property Right, the Public Domain, and the Commons • Arti Rai - Duke University 2:40 - 3:00 pm Open Discussion • Richard Newton - UC Berkeley COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SESSION: Chair & Moderator: Tom Kalil - UC Berkeley 3:00 - 3:05 pm Synthetic Biology 3.0 • Sven Panke - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 3:05 - 3:15 pm iGEM & The Registry of Standard Biological Parts • Randy Rettberg - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3:15 - 3:25 pm Technical Standards • Tom Knight - Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy 3:25 - 3:30 pm Community Organization • Drew Endy - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3:30 - 3:40 pm Funding Strategy • Tom Kalil - UC Berkeley 3:40 - 4:00 pm Open Discussion • Moderator: Tom Kalil - UC Berkeley

For more information please visit the Jane Goodall Institute (www.janegoodall.org).]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Goodall, Jane) Politics, Public Policy, Environment / Natural Resources, Science Sat, 06 May 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15748 Goodall, Jane Politics, Public Policy, Environment / Natural Resources, Science The Bixby Symposium on Population and Conservation, an afternoon conference on the trends and impacts of population growth and family planning efforts in developing countries. One issue that will be examined is the relationship between family planning, population and conservation. <p> One of the world's leading primatologists, Jane Goodall has dedicated her life to speaking out about threats facing chimpanzees and other environmental crises. She is an advocate of people taking personal responsibility for the environment through lifestyle choices and activism. <p> For more information please visit <a href="http://www.janegoodall.org/">the Jane Goodall Institute</a> (www.janegoodall.org). http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/sph/goodall20060506.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15748 http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/sph/goodall20060506.rm?start=&amp;end= The Bixby Symposium on Population and Conservation, an afternoon conference on the trends and impacts of population growth and family planning efforts in developing countries. One issue that will be examined is the relationship between family planning, population and conservation. <p> One of the world's leading primatologists, Jane Goodall has dedicated her life to speaking out about threats facing chimpanzees and other environmental crises. She is an advocate of people taking personal responsibility for the environment through lifestyle choices and activism. <p> For more information please visit <a href="http://www.janegoodall.org/">the Jane Goodall Institute</a> (www.janegoodall.org). http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/sph/goodall20060506.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15754 As CEO of Advent, Stephanie has engineered the growth of Advent from a start up to a NASDAQ listed company with worldwide operations, 850 employees and a market capitalization of 900 million dollars. Ms. DiMarco is a member of the San Francisco Foundation Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Investment Committee. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, a former Trustee of the University of California Berkeley Foundation Board and has served as an Advisory Board Member for the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

Ms. DiMarco was named Business Leader of the Year, by Haas School of Business in 2000, received the Financial Woman of the Year award in 2003 by the Financial Women's Association and was named one of the top 10 financial technology innovators of the decade by Wall Street & Technology Magazine.]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Dimarco, Stephanie) UC Berkeley, Education, Technology, Science Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15754 Dimarco, Stephanie UC Berkeley, Education, Technology, Science Stephanie graduated from Cal in 1979 with a BS in Business Administration. She started Advent Software in 1983 along with another Cal grad and engineering student, Steve Strand. <p> As CEO of Advent, Stephanie has engineered the growth of Advent from a start up to a NASDAQ listed company with worldwide operations, 850 employees and a market capitalization of 900 million dollars. Ms. DiMarco is a member of the San Francisco Foundation Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Investment Committee. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, a former Trustee of the University of California Berkeley Foundation Board and has served as an Advisory Board Member for the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business. <p> Ms. DiMarco was named Business Leader of the Year, by Haas School of Business in 2000, received the Financial Woman of the Year award in 2003 by the Financial Women's Association and was named one of the top 10 financial technology innovators of the decade by Wall Street & Technology Magazine. http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/dimarco.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15754 http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/dimarco.rm?start=&amp;end= Stephanie graduated from Cal in 1979 with a BS in Business Administration. She started Advent Software in 1983 along with another Cal grad and engineering student, Steve Strand. <p> As CEO of Advent, Stephanie has engineered the growth of Advent from a start up to a NASDAQ listed company with worldwide operations, 850 employees and a market capitalization of 900 million dollars. Ms. DiMarco is a member of the San Francisco Foundation Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Investment Committee. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, a former Trustee of the University of California Berkeley Foundation Board and has served as an Advisory Board Member for the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business. <p> Ms. DiMarco was named Business Leader of the Year, by Haas School of Business in 2000, received the Financial Woman of the Year award in 2003 by the Financial Women's Association and was named one of the top 10 financial technology innovators of the decade by Wall Street & Technology Magazine. http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/coe/dimarco.rm?start=&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15700 Over the past few years, synthetic biologists have thought hard about how to improve biosafety and biosecurity. Most of these ideas would require new regulations, laws, or treaties. Some, however, can be implemented at the community level. Day 3 of the upcoming Synthetic Biology 2.0 conference will give us a chance to debate, vote and launch community initiatives. If we can take meaningful action on biosafety and biosecurity, that will be time well spent.

For the past three months, UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy has worked to find proposals (a) that can be implemented by community vote, (b) have broad support among the more than two dozen synthetic biologists interviewed for the Berkeley project, and (c) can potentially reduce the already-small risks posed by our discipline. The Berkeley group has identified six possible interventions which they believe fit these criteria. You can download the paper (which will be periodically updated to reflect community input) at http://gspp.berkeley.edu/iths/UC%20White%20Paper.pdf.

The next step is to see what the community thinks. Over the next three weeks, we need to decide whether one or more of these proposals deserves a full debate and vote at SB2.0. We urge you to read and think about the attached white paper and contribute to the discussion. There are at least four channels for you to do this:

* MIT Town Hall Meeting: We will hold a second meeting at the MIT campus on Friday, April 21 between 4.00 and 6.00 p.m. East Coast (US) time.

* EU-USA Synthetic Biology Workshop: The organizers have offered to discuss the proposals as part of their previously scheduled workshop in Warren, Virginia (US) on April 23.

* We have established a listserv for interested parties. You can join by sending an e-mail to starrt@berkeley.edu.]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Various) UC Berkeley, Public Policy, Science Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15700 Various UC Berkeley, Public Policy, Science The webcast archive will be available for on-demand viewing On Wednesday, 4/19. <P> Over the past few years, synthetic biologists have thought hard about how to improve biosafety and biosecurity. Most of these ideas would require new regulations, laws, or treaties. Some, however, can be implemented at the community level. Day 3 of the upcoming Synthetic Biology 2.0 conference will give us a chance to debate, vote and launch community initiatives. If we can take meaningful action on biosafety and biosecurity, that will be time well spent. <P> For the past three months, UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy has worked to find proposals (a) that can be implemented by community vote, (b) have broad support among the more than two dozen synthetic biologists interviewed for the Berkeley project, and (c) can potentially reduce the already-small risks posed by our discipline. The Berkeley group has identified six possible interventions which they believe fit these criteria. You can download the <A HREF="http://gspp.berkeley.edu/iths/UC%20White%20Paper.pdf">paper</A> (which will be periodically updated to reflect community input) at http://gspp.berkeley.edu/iths/UC%20White%20Paper.pdf. <P> The next step is to see what the community thinks. Over the next three weeks, we need to decide whether one or more of these proposals deserves a full debate and vote at SB2.0. We urge you to read and think about the attached white paper and contribute to the discussion. There are at least four channels for you to do this: <P> * MIT Town Hall Meeting: We will hold a second meeting at the MIT campus on Friday, April 21 between 4.00 and 6.00 p.m. East Coast (US) time. <P> * EU-USA Synthetic Biology Workshop: The organizers have offered to discuss the proposals as part of their previously scheduled workshop in Warren, Virginia (US) on April 23. <P> * We have established a listserv for interested parties. You can join by sending an e-mail to starrt@berkeley.edu. http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/synthbio/townhall.rm?start=00:00&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15700 http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/synthbio/townhall.rm?start=00:00&amp;end= The webcast archive will be available for on-demand viewing On Wednesday, 4/19. <P> Over the past few years, synthetic biologists have thought hard about how to improve biosafety and biosecurity. Most of these ideas would require new regulations, laws, or treaties. Some, however, can be implemented at the community level. Day 3 of the upcoming Synthetic Biology 2.0 conference will give us a chance to debate, vote and launch community initiatives. If we can take meaningful action on biosafety and biosecurity, that will be time well spent. <P> For the past three months, UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy has worked to find proposals (a) that can be implemented by community vote, (b) have broad support among the more than two dozen synthetic biologists interviewed for the Berkeley project, and (c) can potentially reduce the already-small risks posed by our discipline. The Berkeley group has identified six possible interventions which they believe fit these criteria. You can download the <A HREF="http://gspp.berkeley.edu/iths/UC%20White%20Paper.pdf">paper</A> (which will be periodically updated to reflect community input) at http://gspp.berkeley.edu/iths/UC%20White%20Paper.pdf. <P> The next step is to see what the community thinks. Over the next three weeks, we need to decide whether one or more of these proposals deserves a full debate and vote at SB2.0. We urge you to read and think about the attached white paper and contribute to the discussion. There are at least four channels for you to do this: <P> * MIT Town Hall Meeting: We will hold a second meeting at the MIT campus on Friday, April 21 between 4.00 and 6.00 p.m. East Coast (US) time. <P> * EU-USA Synthetic Biology Workshop: The organizers have offered to discuss the proposals as part of their previously scheduled workshop in Warren, Virginia (US) on April 23. <P> * We have established a listserv for interested parties. You can join by sending an e-mail to starrt@berkeley.edu. http://teles.berkeley.edu:8080/ramgen/events/synthbio/townhall.rm?start=00:00&amp;end= http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15721 In his recent best selling book, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman writes that the lowering of trade and political barriers and profound technological advances in global connectivity have enabled a "flat world" where it is possible to do business or almost anything else instantaneously and with billions of people. According to Dean Richard Newton, it is perhaps ironic that this global "flattening" has actually made local regions, like Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, even more important. In many ways, Silicon Valley can be seen as a new and emerging "corporation" in its own right, with all of us who live and work here as its employees creating a "bump" on Friedman's flat world.

This event took place on April 11, 2006 in the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, Ca.]]> webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Newton, Richard) UC Berkeley, Economics, Technology, Science, Health &amp; Medicine Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15721 Newton, Richard UC Berkeley, Economics, Technology, Science, Health &amp; Medicine 6th Annual Berkeley in Silicon Valley Symposium <P> In his recent best selling book, <I>The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century</I>, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman writes that the lowering of trade and political barriers and profound technological advances in global connectivity have enabled a "flat world" where it is possible to do business or almost anything else instantaneously and with billions of people. According to Dean Richard Newton, it is perhaps ironic that this global "flattening" has actually made local regions, like Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, even more important. In many ways, Silicon Valley can be seen as a new and emerging "corporation" in its own right, with all of us who live and work here as its employees creating a "bump" on Friedman's flat world. <P> This event took place on April 11, 2006 in the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, Ca. http://webcast.berkeley.edu/media/all//event_silivalley_06.mp3 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15721 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/media/all//event_silivalley_06.mp3 6th Annual Berkeley in Silicon Valley Symposium <P> In his recent best selling book, <I>The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century</I>, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman writes that the lowering of trade and political barriers and profound technological advances in global connectivity have enabled a "flat world" where it is possible to do business or almost anything else instantaneously and with billions of people. According to Dean Richard Newton, it is perhaps ironic that this global "flattening" has actually made local regions, like Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, even more important. In many ways, Silicon Valley can be seen as a new and emerging "corporation" in its own right, with all of us who live and work here as its employees creating a "bump" on Friedman's flat world. <P> This event took place on April 11, 2006 in the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, Ca. http://webcast.berkeley.edu/media/all//event_silivalley_06.mp3 http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=15772 td.time { width: 100px; font-weight: bold; } td.sessiontitle{ font-weight: bold; }

Friday, February 10, 2006

8:30 AM	Welcome
	Running Time: 5 minutes Paul Grey, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UC Berkeley

9:45 AM	Mexico
	Running Time: 49 minutes William B. Taylor, UC Berkeley, Chair Jessica Delgado, UC Berkeley Rachel Chico, UC Berkeley Sean McEnroe, UC Berkeley

11:00 AM	Nineteenth-century California
	Running Time: 38 minutes J.S. Holiday, Chair Susan Lee Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison Miroslava Chávez-García, UC Davis

1:15 PM	Twentieth-century California
	Running Time: 36 minutes Joyce Mao, UC Berkeley William Deverell, University of Southern California

2:20 PM	Ancient Egypt and the Tebtunis Papyri
	Running Time: 35 minutes Todd Hickey, UC Berkeley, Chair Brian Muhs, University of Leiden

3:45 PM	Biotechnology and the Biological Revolution
	Running Time: 56 minutes David Farrell, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, Chair Sally Hughes, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley Daniel Kevles, Yale University

4:45 PM	Mark Twain and His Era
	Running Time: 25 minutes Robert Hirst, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, Chair Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Stanford University

Saturday, February 11, 2006

9:00 AM	Artistic and Literary Perceptions of California
	Running Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes Jack von Euw, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, Chair Isabel Breskin, UC Berkeley Michelle Morton, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley Margaretta Lovell, UC Berkeley

10:30 AM	The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
	Running Time: 16 minutes Theresa Salazar, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, Chair Philip Fradkin, environmental historian

1:00 PM	Big Science and Big Bridges
	Running Time: 25 minutes John Heilbron, UC Berkeley

2:15 PM	Modern Literary Manuscripts
	Running Time: 53 minutes Tony Bliss, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, Chair Kathleen Cleaver, Emory University Kevin Killian, Poet and Critic Nancy Peters, City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA

3:45 PM	The Environmental Movement
	Running Time: 45 minutes Anne Lage, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, Chair Sylvia McLaughlin, Save the Bay Susan Schrepfer, Rutgers University

4:45 PM	The Beats
	Running Time: 57 minutes Michael Davidson, UC San Diego Michael McClure, poet