Berkeley
Innovation
Forum
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, April 30 – May 3, 2024
Featured Sessions & Speakers
In an era defined by environmental urgency, we gather at the Berkeley Innovation Forum this spring to explore the transformative power of open innovation in nurturing a sustainable future. Dive into discussions on pioneering strategies, state-of-the-art technologies, innovative approaches, and influential policies that catalyze collective action for planetary well-being. At the forefront of this exploration lies the inspiration drawn from organizations like NASA – hosts of the Spring 2024 BIF. Renowned for their commitment to open collaboration and scientific excellence. Discover how cutting-edge space technologies, data-driven insights, and collaborative frameworks contribute to Earth’s sustainability efforts.
Henry Chesbrough
Faculty Director, Garwood Center, UC Berkeley
Solomon Darwin
Executive Director, Garwood
Center, UC Berkeley
Steve Jurvetson
SpaceX Director,
Future Ventures
Astro Teller
CEO,
Google X
Saeed Amidi
Founder & CEO,
Plug and Play
Alexandre Bayen
Associate Provost,
Berkeley Space Center
Prith Banerjee
CTO,
Ansys
Rupak Biswas
Director, Exploration
Technology, NASA
Penny Boston
Director of Astrobiology Institute, NASA
Nadia Carlsten
VP, SandboxAQ
(Google X spinoff)
Will Decker
Advisor,
Garwood Center
Darek DeFreece
Executive Director,
Berkeley Space Center
Sabin Dima
Founder & CEO,
Humans.ai
Charles Duke
NASA Astronaut,
Apollo 16
Dotty Duke
Co-Founder,
Duke Ministries
Jim Dukhovny
President and CEO,
Alef Aeronautics
Lisa Dyson
CEO,
Air Protein
Omer Gozen
SVP, Partner,
Plug and Play Tech Center
Justina Gallegos
Dep. Director, White House,
Office of S&T Policy
Kam Ghaffarian
Co-Founder &
Executive Chairman,
Intuitive Machines
Rey-Sheng Her
Deputy CEO,
Tzu Chi Foundation
George Jacob
President, CEO,
Bay Ecotarium
Parimal Kopardekar
Director, NASA Aeronautics
Research Institute (NARI)
Ram Kumar
Principal Secretary
Govt. of Meghalaya, India
Dan’l Lewin
President & CEO,
Computer History Museum
Rich Lyons
Incoming Chancellor,
UC Berkeley
Naveen Mathur
CEO,
Maithri Aquatech
Ravi Prasher
CTO,
Bloom Energy
Srikar Reddy
Consul General of India
at San Francisco
John Roese
President & Global CTO,
Dell Technologies
Cindy Schmidt
Earth Scientist,
NASA Ames
Greg Schmidt
Director, Solar Systems
NASA Ames
Paul Shapiro
CEO and Co-Founder,
The Better Meat Co.
Param Singh
Vice President,
Salesforce
Jim Spohrer
Retired Director
of Innovation, IBM
Emma Stewart
Chief Sustainability
Officer, Netflix
Arjoon Suddhoo
Dep. Secretary General,
Commonwealth Sectt.
Mallik Tatipamula
CTO,
Ericsson
Dr. Eugene Tu
Director,
NASA Ames
Uma Valeti
CEO and Founder,
UPSIDE Foods
Shardul Vikram
CTO,
Head of Data & AI, SAP
Suresh Yadav
Sr. Director (AI),
The Commonwealth
Po-Wen Yen
CEO,
Tzu Chi Foundation
Andrew Zolli
Chief Impact Officer,
Planet
