UC Tech 2026: Catch the Berkeley Sessions via Zoom

Publication date

August 4, 2026

Greetings, One IT Colleagues,

Following up on our announcement in yesterday's CIO Update, we wanted to send a quick reminder that you don't have to miss out on the incredible content from UC Tech 2026!

If you weren't able to travel to UC Merced, you can still catch our UC Berkeley colleagues presenting their sessions live over Zoom, starting this Thursday, Aug 6.

Here is the upcoming lineup (these sessions should also appear in your bCal):

Thursday, Aug. 6 | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Session: You Can't Always Get What You Want: Why UX Needs Shared Principles
- Presenter: Rachel Hollowgrass, UX Lead
Tuesday, Aug. 11 | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Session: Leveraging Storybook JS for Accessibility
- Presenter: Brandon Wright, Applications Programmer
Wednesday, Aug. 12 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Session: Where the Wild Assets Are: Finding What's Hidden in Your Network
- Presenter: Emily Gladstone Cole, IT Security Analyst
Thursday, Aug. 13 | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Session: How Best to Manage the (AI) Robots: Lessons from the agentic frontier
- Presenter: Jeffrey Williams, Tech Lead, co-lead of Berkeley IT's AI Tiger Team
Wednesday, Aug. 19 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Session: Beyond the Launch: Creating Service Design and Digital Adoption for Berkeley Web Builder
- Presenter: Anna Gazdowicz, UX Designer
Thursday, Aug. 20 | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Session: Stop Reinventing the Wheel: Building a shared AI Use Case Repository
- Presenters: Chara Bui, UX Designer, & Pooja Ojha, Application Programmer 4

We look forward to seeing you at one (or all) of the sessions!

Warm regards,
Berkeley IT Communications Team