AI Leadership Accelerator

Transform Your Leadership with AI Strategy
3-Day Intensive at UC Berkeley
Taught by
Pieter Abbeel
Pieter Abbeel
Visionary & Global AI leader
David Gallacher
David Gallacher
Business Strategy Expert
Location
In-person, UC Berkeley, CA
Time
Oct 27-29, 2025
Price

$6,200

 

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What You Get

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A tailored AI strategy roadmap for your organization
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Exclusive insights from top Berkeley AI researchers and industry leaders
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Tools to improve data-driven decision-making and AI integration
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Access to a global network of senior executives and AI pioneers

Exclusive AI Insights for Senior Leaders

Through a highly interactive curriculum led by world-renowned faculty and industry pioneers, you’ll build a comprehensive understanding of how AI can transform your organization — from strategic planning to operational implementation.

Participants will leave with actionable insights, a customized AI strategy roadmap, and an expanded network of fellow executives and AI experts, all within the innovation-rich environment of Berkeley and Silicon Valley.

Who Should Attend

C-suite leaders and senior executives

Business strategists leading digital transformation

Decision-makers in AI-reliant industries (tech, finance, healthcare, manufacturing)

Innovation and operations executives integrating AI

Leaders seeking global perspectives and a powerful professional network

Meet your Instructors
Pieter Abbeel

Pieter Abbeel - AI Pioneer

Professor, Berkeley EECS

Director,  Berkeley Robot Learning Lab
Co-Director, BAIR lab
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist,  Covariant
Co-Founder, Gradescope
Host, The Robot Brains Podcast
Founding Investment Partner, AIX Ventures

Abbeel's research strives to build ever more intelligent systems, which has his lab push the frontiers of deep reinforcement learning, deep imitation learning, deep unsupervised learning, transfer learning, meta-learning, and learning to learn, as well as study the influence of AI on society. His lab also investigates how AI could advance other science and engineering disciplines. Abbeel has founded three companies: Gradescope (AI to help teachers with grading homework and exams), Covariant (AI for robotic automation of warehouses and factories), and Berkeley Open Arms (low-cost, highly capable 7-dof robot arms), advises many AI and robotics start-ups, and is a frequently sought after speaker worldwide for C-suite sessions on AI future and strategy.

Learn more about Pieter's background undergrad school KU Leuven: here

David Gallacher

David Gallacher – Business Strategy Expert

David Gallacher was previously T-Mobile's Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations responsible for the Western United States.

David has led a number of internal business transformation assignments during his 16-year tenure at T-Mobile, including the Reinvent program, a company-wide initiative that streamlined business processes and ideated new products and services that formed the basis for many of the Uncarrier initiatives responsible for the dramatic turn-around in T-Mobile's performance.

Featured Speakers
David Gallacher
David Gallacher
  • Industry Fellow
  • Co-Faculty Director
    UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
  • Olaf Groth
    Olaf Groth, PhD
  • CEO, Cambrian.ai
  • Professional Faculty, Berkeley Haas School of Business
  • Pieter Abbeel 200
    Pieter Abbeel, PhD
  • Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
  • Co-Faculty Director
    UC Berkeley College of Engineering
  • Stuart Evans, PhD
    Stuart Evans, PhD
  • Distinguished Service Professor,
    Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley
  • Greg LaBlanc
    Gregory La Blanc
  • Lecturer & Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Berkeley Haas School of Business
  • Academic Fellow, College of Engineering Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology
  • David Evan Harris
    David Evan Harris
  • Chancellor’s Public Scholar
  • Professional Faculty
    UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
  • Prof. Hany Farid 1
    Hany Farid, PhD
  • Professor, EECS & School of Information
  • Co-Founder
    UC Berkeley / TrueMedia.org
  • Deirdre Mulligan
    Deirdre Mulligan, PhD
  • Professor, School of Information, UC Berkeley
  • Anca Dragan
    Anca Dragan, PhD
  • Associate Professor, EECS
  • Director of AI Safety at Google DeepMind
    UC Berkeley College of Engineering / Google DeepMind
  • Geeta Pyne
    Geeta Pyne
  • Chief Architect, AI/ML
    TIAA
  • Declan Morris
    Declan Morris
  • Enterprise Strategist,
    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Former CIO, Splunk
  • Ali Ghodsi
    Ali Ghodsi, PhD
  • Co-Founder & CEO
  • Adjunct Faculty
    Databricks / UC Berkeley
  • Sepehr Khosravi
    Sepehr Khosravi
  • Machine Learning Platform Engineer; Instructor,
  • Coinbase / UC Berkeley
  • Marc Tarpenning & Martin Eberhardt
    Marc Tarpenning & Martin Eberhardt
  • Co-Founders, Tesla
  • Past Speakers
    Stuart Russell
    Stuart Russell

    AI Thought Leader

  • Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley Computer Science
  • Professor of Computational Precision Health, UCSF
  • Honorary Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford
  • Brandie Nonnecke
    Brandie Nonnecke, PhD

    AI Ethics Specialist

  • Senior Director of Policy, Americans for Responsible Innovation
  • Adjunct Professor, Berkeley EECS
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    Ken Goldberg, PhD

    Engineering Professor & Robotics Entrepreneur

  • President, Robot Learning Foundation
  • Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
  • Chief Scientist, Ambi Robotics and Jacobi Robotics
  • Robert Strand
    Robert Strand, PhD

    Sustainable Business Expert

  • Executive Director, Center for Responsible Business
  • Lecturer, Berkeley Haas School of Business
  • Ken Singer
    Ken Singer

    Entrepreneurship Mindset & Pedagogy

  • Managing Director & Chief Learning Officer, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology
  • Robert Nishihara
    Robert Nishihara

    Scaling AI Enterprises

  • CEO, Anyscale
  • Isaac Stone Fish
    Isaac Stone Fish

    Strategy & Risk Expert

  • CEO, Strategy Risks
  • Ready to lead your company
    through change?
    Course Schedule

    Participants begin by establishing a shared understanding of today’s most transformative AI technologies—from large language models and autonomous agents to the ethical, policy, and governance questions they raise. Sessions will explore both the potential and the risks of AI deployment, including real-world case studies of unintended consequences. The day also features a curated showcase of early-stage AI ventures, followed by a fireside conversation on applied AI leadership across sectors.

    Sample themes:

    • The evolving AI landscape: what leaders need to know now
    • AI ethics, governance, and legal risk
    • Insights from Berkeley-born AI startups
    • Leading through uncertainty and acceleration
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    What People Say
    VP of Innovation
    Global Retail Tech
    "The course gave me an actionable roadmap for integrating AI across departments. I'm leaving with strategic clarity and super meaningful peer connections."
    Chief Data Officer
    Fintech Startup
    “A powerful blend of practical frameworks and visionary thinking. It reshaped how I lead AI projects and communicate their value to stakeholders and my team.”
    Talk to Our Leadership Advisor
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    Kristina Susac
    Expert in AI Leadership Training
    susac@berkeley.edu

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