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Speaker Panel: Confronting the Climate Crisis in the Age of AI


March 30th, 8-9pm @ Valley Life Sciences Building 2060

AI has created a new focus on energy supply and the impacts of energy production. 

Technological optimists frame AI as the universal fix, yet its rapid scaling presents gargantuan climate challenges that threaten to outpace our innovations. Using AI as an example, we’ve convened practitioners and UC Berkeley researchers to explore the interactions among energy, environment, health, and resources. Join us to learn about the issues at the forefront and how you might leverage your career to ensure technology serves the planet rather than exhausting it. 

Speakers

Tom McKone.

Thomas E. ​McKone, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Environmental Health Sciences, UC Berkeley
Di Xu.

Di Xu

Senior Sustainability Project Manager, ADEC Innovations
Shane Coopersmith.

Shane Coopersmith

Project Manager, All About Waste
Newsha Ajami.

Newsha Ajami, PhD

Chief Science, Strategy and Development Officer for Research, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab