Workshop info
August 17–18, 2026 ⋅ Berkeley, CA
Questions? email Jessica Dai / jessicadai@berkeley.edu
Logistics
The workshop will take place at the BIDS AI Futures Lab, which is on the 7th floor of the Downtown Berkeley WeWork at 2120 University Ave. The entrance is on University, next door to the Blue Bottle. For planning purposes, we are a 4-minute walk from the Downtown Berkeley BART station, and a 15-20-minute walk from the Women’s Faculty Club.
The space is card-access only; we will have someone downstairs during the 9-10am arrival window on both days to badge you up. Please try to come within that hour! If you are not on the list below and would like to attend, please email Jessica.
Schedule
(Session topics & assignments tbd)
Monday, August 17
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00am | [breakfast & mingling] |
| 10:00am | Session 1 |
| 11:15am | [break] |
| 11:30am | Session 2 |
| 12:45pm | [catered lunch] |
| 2:30pm | Session 3 |
| 3:45pm | [break] |
| 4:00pm | Session 4 |
| 5:30pm | [break/transit time] |
| 6:00pm | Dinner offsite |
Tuesday, August 18
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00am | [breakfast & mingling] |
| 10:00am | Session 5 |
| 11:15am | [break] |
| 11:30am | Session 6 |
| 12:45pm | [catered lunch] |
| 2:30pm | Session 7 |
| 3:45pm | [break] |
| 4:00pm | Bonus session/ group discussion |
| 5:30pm | [event ends] |
Each 90-minute session will have three lightning talks + Q&A (15m each); a 30m panel; and a 15m break.
Confirmed attendees
- Sarah Cen (Carnegie Mellon)
- Serina Chang (UC Berkeley)
- Irene Chen (UC Berkeley/UCSF)
- Samantha Dalal (Princeton)
- Wesley Deng (Microsoft Research)
- Cathy Fang (MIT)
- Avi Feller (Berkeley)
- Eve Fleisig (Princeton)
- Lindsey Gailmard (Stanford)
- Ira Globus-Harris (Cornell)
- Sanjay Krishnan (University of Chicago)
- Tomás León (California Dept. of Public Health)
- Shayne Longpre (Anthropic)
- Humphrey Obuobi (BLOOM Project)
- Emma Pierson (UC Berkeley)
- Deb Raji (UC Berkeley)
- Ben Recht (UC Berkeley)
- Joal Stein (Collective Intelligence Project)
- Jasmine Sun (independent)
- Nitasha Tiku (Washington Post)
- Meg Young (Data & Society)
- Andrea Mock (Vals AI)
- Meghana Kotcherlakota (Vals AI)
- Stanley Hua (UC Berkeley/UCSF)
We are grateful for support from the Survival & Flourishing Fund and the AI Futures Lab at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science.