Emerging Tech Management
Nov 2-7, 2025
* Partial scholarships available, email scet-professional@berkeley.edu for more information
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What You Get
Leading the Digital Enterprise
The Emerging Tech Management (ETM) program is an exclusive, week-long executive experience hosted by UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. Designed for tech professionals, innovation leads, and rising executives, ETM Week equips participants with the frameworks, mindset, and networks needed to master emerging technologies and lead organizational transformation.
Through hands-on learning at iconic locations, global guest faculty, and the renowned Berkeley innovation framework, participants will sharpen their leadership capabilities and build actionable strategies for sustainable innovation in an AI-driven, technology-centric future.
Who Should Attend
Managers and directors aiming to optimize innovation leadership
Professionals and entrepreneurs delivering cutting-edge technology solutions
Venture investors targeting tech-driven opportunities
Executive business candidates seeking to expand digital innovation capabilities
Government professionals advancing innovation in public sectors
Startup founders scaling their companies with Silicon Valley best practices
Meet your Instructors
Gregory La Blanc
Faculty Director, UC Berkeley
Gregory La Blanc is a Distinguished Teaching Fellow at Berkeley Haas, Berkeley Law School, and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Berkeley. At Haas, he launched the school's first classes in Data Science and Fintech. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the Haas Cheit Award, he teaches classes in finance, law, innovation, strategy, technology, and data. He also hosts a popular podcast called Unsiloed and teaches finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University School of Engineering, and Stanford School of Medicine.
Program Faculty
Chen Hong
- Professor of Management Science, Associate Dean for Americas and Director of Research Center for Clean Energy and Carbon Neutral Development, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
- PhD, Stanford University
Pieter Abbeel, PhD
Brandie Nonnecke, PhD
- AI Ethics Specialist
- Director, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC Berkeley
Guest Speakers from Leading AI Organizations
Tsu-Jae King Liu
Bob Tinker
John Hagel
Shomit Ghose
Alan Boehme
Stuart Russell, PhD
Mike McManus
Ikhlaq Sidhu
Carlos Escapa
Mike Todasco
Ken Goldberg, PhD
Xiang Bing
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Course Schedule
- Welcome Networking Dinner and Team Building
- Overview of Data Centricity, Software Centricity, and Tech Leadership
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