A reception on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 in the Morrison Library, 4:00-6:00pm. to honor the recipients of the 2012 Distinguished Librarian Awards, Lillian Castillo-Speed and Marci Hoffman. The featured speakers are Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau, University Librarian Tom Leonard, Professor Tom Biolsi (Ethnic Studies Department), Professor Kathleen Vanden Heuvel (School of Law), and Susan Koskinen (Head, Physics-Astronomy Library, and Chair, LAUC-B Distinguished Librarian Award Committee).
Eshwar Belani, VP, Product and Biz Dev at Rocket Fuel lectures at A. Richard Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series - Fall 2013
In 2008, Eshwar Belani joined a group of ""data savants"" to help build Rocket Fuel, the leading provider of artificial intelligence advertising solutions for digital markets. He is responsible for defining their product vision and developing the company's brand, direct response, social and vertical product. Rocket Fuel went public Sept. 20th, 2013 and practically doubled their share price on their first day of trading. The stock price remains high today and the company has been named 4th Most Promising Company in the 2013 Forbes Most Promising Companies in America. Eshwar is a Cal alum with degrees in Computer Science and Management of Technology. A noted scientist (author of academic publications on data analytics and holder of 6 patents), as well as an entrepreneur, he was co-founder/CTO of iLeverage (later acquired by Epiphany) and founder/CEO of Sensact Applications.
The Horace Albright Lecture in Conservation
Spring 2013: Sylvia Earle -- "The Quest for Sustainable Seas"
Sylvia Earle, one of the world's most influential ambassadors for the ocean, is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, former chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, founder of the Mission Blue Foundation, a TED Prize winner, and was named TIME magazine's first "Hero of the Planet." She talks about how the actions we take in the next 10 years to support the ocean will matter more than what we do in the next 100 years.