Dean's Speaker Series

The Dean’s Speaker Series brings to Haas distinguished individuals who are leaders of business and other organizations.

All events are free and open to all members of the Haas community.

Upcoming Speakers

The Evolving Role of Design in Business

2009 Accenture Award & Pecha Kucha Night

Featuring Haas Professor Sara Beckman, Professor Michael Barry, and a panel of experts on design thinking.

November 5, 2009

Reception 5:00 PM | Panel 6:00 PM

Andersen Auditorium

Co-sponsored by California Management Review

( available in the Haas Video Room)

November 4: Tom Campbell, Professor and Former Dean, Haas School of Business; 2010 California Gubernatorial Candidate
October 20: Stephen Pratt, CEO & Managing Director, Infosys Consulting
October 8: Mark Hurd, President, CEO, & Chairman, HP
September 9: Vinod Khosla, Founder and Partner, Khosla Ventures
August 27: John Hanke, MBA 96, Vice President of Product Management, Google; Dr. Jamie Dinkelacker, Engineering Manager, Google Launch Team; Anthony Levandowski, Software Engineer, Google; Chikai Ohazama, Director of Product Management, Google
August 7: Paul Otellini, MBA 74, CEO, Intel
May 11: Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco
May 5: Janet Yellen, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
April 28: Chet Wood, Chairman and CEO, Deloitte Tax LLP, Managing Partner, US Merger & Acquisition Services, Deloitte LLP
April 15: Arun Sarin, MBA 78, former CEO, Vodafone
April 6: "Delivering Innovation in a Downturn" Bill Sullivan, President and CEO, Agilent Technologies
March 31: Series on the Financial Turmoil, “The Challenges of Managing in Turbulent Times,” Faculty panel with David Levine (moderator), Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Chair in Business Administration; Jenny Chatman, Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management; and Laura Kray, Chair of the Haas Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Group and Harold Furst Associate Professor of Management Philosophy and Values

December 11: Series on the Financial Turmoil, “Which Ethical Lines Were Crossed?” — Tom Campbell, former professor and dean; Adam Galinsky, visiting professor from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management; and Pablo Spiller, Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor in Business and Technology
November 18: Series on the Financial Turmoil, “Observations on the Financial Crisis” — Laura Tyson, S. K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management
October 29: Michael Callen, Chairman and CEO of Ambac Financial Group
October 6: Series on the Financial Turmoil, Faculty Panel Teach-In — Hayne Leland, Arno Rayner Professor of Finance and Management; Nancy Wallace, California Chair of Real Estate and Urban Economics; and Jim Wilcox, Kruttschnitt Family Professor of Financial Institutions
September 9: Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE
August 20: Barbara Desoer, MBA 77, President, Mortgage, Home Equity, and Insurance Services, Bank of America Corporation
August 19: Tom Kelley, MBA 83, General Manager of IDEO and the Haas School’s first Executive Fellow
August 19: Bill Jasper, CEO of Dolby
March 21: Glen Fukushima, President & CEO, Airbus Japan KK, Senior Vice President, Airbus SAS
March 5: Concord Coalition's "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour," Tom Campbell, moderator
February 12: Michael Raynor, Deloitte Consulting, Innovation and Strategy Expert and Author

November 27: “White-Collar Crime – Perspectives from a Convicted Felon and US Prosecutors”
November 19: Warren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
November 19: Donald Wurster, CEO, National Indemnity, A Berkshire Hathaway Company
August 27: N.W. (Bill) Jasper Jr., CEO, president, and director of Dolby Laboratories
February 21: David Wu, Price Waterhouse Coopers (Beijing)
February 6: John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
January 29: Tom Kelley, MBA 83, General Manager, IDEO, Author, The Ten Faces of Innovation

November 9: Bruce Bodaken, chairman, president and CEO of Blue Shield of California, on leadership experiences described in his book, The Managerial Moment of Truth
September 11: Kirk Hachigian, CEO and Chairman of Cooper Industries
August 21: Peter A. Darbee, Chairman, CEO and President of PG&E Corporation, speaks on diversity
February 16: Chen Feng, chairman of Hainan Airlines Company, which is China's fourth largest airline and its largest private airline
February 3: Rodrigo de Rato, MBA 74, managing director of the International Monetary Fund
February 1: Paul Otellini, MBA 74, CEO of Intel