Dear Berkeley Engineer:

Last Tuesday, November 16, the College of Engineering, in conjunction with the Kauffman Foundation, http://www.kauffman.org/, hosted its third annual Global Technology Leaders conference, "Energy Innovation for a Greener Economy." Our speakers and panelists -- all of them leading technologists, investors and policymakers in the field -- revealed an energy future that is both economically and environmentally sustainable, as well as the emerging technologies that will create this future. More than 200 alumni, friends, students and faculty of the College were in attendance. View the full conference video here: http://cet.berkeley.edu/gtl-conference.

Do you want to lead teams using both managerial and technical strengths? Are you a "doer" willing to take on major technological challenges and create solutions? Then the new Berkeley Engineering Professional Master's Program (http://www.funginstitute.berkeley.edu/degrees.html) could be right for you. Opening fall 2011, this new master's program provides students with strong technical depth in a chosen engineering discipline integrated with leadership and management principles and core business concepts. Students in this one-year, full-time program earn the master of engineering (M.Eng.) degree after completing a minimum of 24 units of coursework. Upon graduation, they are ready for career paths that lead to management and executive positions in companies and organizations as well as entrepreneurial ventures.

If you are interested in learning more about the new Berkeley Engineering Professional Master's Program join us for an information session on Tuesday, November 30, from 5-6pm or Wednesday, December 1, from 12-1pm on the UC Berkeley campus. To register for an information session or for more information about the program email: bears@berkeley.edu.

We want you (and your picture)! Please take a moment to write to us and share your personal or professional updates with other Berkeley Engineering alumni in class notes. You can include your photo when you submit a class note online at http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/alumni/class-notes. (Click on "submit a new class note.") Or mail your note to: Forefront Class Notes, UC Berkeley College of Engineering, 312 McLaughlin Hall #1704, Berkeley, CA 94720-1704.
 
Happy holidays, and GO BEARS!

Dawn Kramer
Associate Director, Events & Programs
College of Engineering
UC Berkeley
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Berkeley Engineering Professional Master's Program Information Session
Tuesday, November 30, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 1, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, UC Berkeley
Berkeley Engineering is launching a professional master's program that integrates technical depth in a chosen engineering discipline with leadership principles and core management concepts. Come to an information session and learn about the new Berkeley Engineering Professional Master's Program. Refreshments will be provided. For more information or to RSVP contact: bears@berkeley.edu.

UC Berkeley Extension Professional Programs in Solar Energy and Green
Building, Sustainability and Energy, and Sustainability and
Transportation Information Session
Wednesday, December 15
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
1995 University Ave., Berkeley, CA (UC Berkeley Extension)
Attend a free information session to find out how UC Berkeley Extension's specialized programs of study can help you advance or start your career in sustainability. For more information or to register visit: http://extension.berkeley.edu/cat/course2428.html

Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium (BEARS)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
8:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Chevron Auditorium, International House, 2229 Piedmont Ave, UC Berkeley
Exciting and innovative new UC Berkeley research projects will be unveiled at BEARS 2011! This year's focus will be "Bringing Intelligence to Tomorrow's Client/Cloud Computing Platform." Four coordinated and integrated talks will be held on Sensor Swarms (Jan Rabaey), Augmenting Reality via Client/Cloud Platforms (Avideh Zakhor), Big Data (Ion Stoica), and Client/Cloud Interfaces (Dan Klein). There will also be a panel from leading smart-phone companies, led by Professor Kurt Keutzer. There will also be a lunch and poster session following the morning talks. Registration is required. For more information and to register visit: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/BEARS/regform.html