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Emerging Tech Management Week: Silicon Valley

Your Innovation Flywheel
Global Unicorn Program Series

Emerging Tech Management Week: Silicon Valley
November 2-7, 2025
English
USD 12,800 (including tuition and learning materials)
USD 18,200 (including tuition, learning materials, 4-star hotel accommodation, visa application service, airport transportation and daily commute service)
UC Berkeley

Co-developed by CKGSB and UC Berkeley College of Engineering, this program equips participants with proven strategies, cutting-edge research, and the best-in-class advice to fuel innovation, seize emerging tech developments, and catalyse transformation within your organization.

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Program Overview

Join us for an immersive 6-day program at UC Berkeley’s campus, jointly delivered by CKGSB and UC Berkeley College of Engineering. Equip yourself with proven strategies, cutting-edge research, and the best-in-class advice to fuel innovation, seize emerging tech developments, and catalyse transformation within your organization.

‘Disrupt or be disrupted’—this mantra cannot be truer in today’s era of uncertainty. What remains certain, however is the undeniable impact of new technologies on the business world.

Tailored exclusively for ambitious start-up leaders, visionary investors, and tech-driven executives, this program provides a unique opportunity to harness emerging technologies and gain expertise into establishing, scaling, and disrupting your business.

Forge connections with like-minded professionals from around the globe, learn from an esteemed faculty from CKGSB and UC Berkeley Engineering, and gain insights from industry experts at leading companies worldwide.

Program Highlights

Program Highlights

6 days full of unparalleled real-world tech insights

Hear from academic and industry leaders in Blockchain, AI, Robotics, Virtual Reality, Augmented Cognition, etc. Become adept at identifying the latest tech trends and learn how to discern the hype from what's commercially viable.

Exclusive Company Visits to Tech Powerhouses

Embark on a guided visits to thriving VCs and pioneering tech companies, witnessing firsthand how they scout, develop, implement, and benefit from innovation. Refresh your transformation and innovation strategies, and learn how to smartly invest, or attract investment.

Group Projects Mentored by Silicon Valley Industry Leaders

Elevate your learning with mentoring from influential leaders who have spearheaded innovations. Gain expertise in applying effective innovation mindsets and frameworks to drive tangible impact within your organization.

VIP access to 2025 Innovation Conference of DECODE, a technology, innovation and entrepreneurship community jointly organized by UC Berkeley and Stanford

Engage with a global cohort of accomplished peers, benefitting from diverse perspectives and meaningful exchanges.

Is this Program Right for You?

Participant Profiles
  • Managers/Directors seeking to optimize their innovation mindset
  • Professionals and business owners aiming to remain at the forefront of cutting-edge innovation
  • Venture investors focused on tech sector opportunities
  • Executive-level business candidates
  • Government professionals responsible for promoting innovation among their constituents

Faculty

XIANG Bing

Dr. Xiang Bing is the Founding Dean and Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of China Business and Globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Under his leadership, CKGSB has evolved from a fledgling school to one of the most influential business schools in China with a global reputation since 2002.

Tsu-Jae Liu

Tsu-Jae King Liu is an American academic and engineer who serves as the Dean and the Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering at the UC Berkeley College of Engineering. Liu is an electrical engineer with extensive expertise and achievements in both academia and the semiconductor industry. At Berkeley, Liu leads a research team that explores the development of novel semiconductor devices, non-volatile memory devices, and M/NEMS technology for ultra-low power circuits. Her team is a part of the Berkeley Emerging Technologies Research Center and the NSF Center for Energy Efficient Electronics in Science.

Chen Hong

Dr. Chen Hong is Professor of Management Science at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). He is one of the founding faculty members of CKGSB and the Associate Dean for Americas. He is also the director of the Clean Energy and Carbon Neutral Development Research Center in CKGSB.

Gregory LaBlanc

Lecturer, Distinguished Teaching Fellow at Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley; Academic Fellow at Berkeley’s School of Engineering & Berkeley’s Law School and Economics Department

Ikhlaq Sidhu

Ikhlaq Sidhu is the Dean of the IE School of Science and Technology in Madrid, and the founding director of UC Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology since 2005. He is the author of the book "Innovation Engineering" and the creator of the ground-breaking Data-X Course at Berkeley. He has been granted over 60 patents in internet communication technologies. Dr. Sidhu developed the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship, a teaching framework used at UC Berkeley as part of the Entrepreneurship & Technology area at the #1 university in the world.

Ken Goldberg

Kenneth Goldberg is a professor and chair of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds the William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at Berkeley, with joint appointments in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), Art Practice, and the School of Information. Goldberg is credited with developing the first robot with web interface (August 1994). Goldberg was named IEEE Fellow in 2005 for contributions to networked telerobotics and geometric algorithms for automation.

Industry Speakers

Alan Boehme

Former Chief Technology Officer of H&M Group; SVP & Chief Technology Innovation Officer of Procter & Gamble; Global CTO, Chief Innovation Officer & Head of Enterprise Architecture (Global IT) of the Coca-Cola Company

Bob Tinker

Managing Partner of Metamorph Partners; CEO, Chair, Board Member and Co-founder of BedRock Systems; Executive Chairman of Fluxx; Outside Board Member of Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp (NYSE: SFTW)

Carlos Escapa

Guest Lecturer on Artificial Intelligence in Business, Esade; Data AI/ML Global Practice Lead in Amazon Web Services

John Hagel

Chairman Emeritus, Founder & Co-Chairman of Center for the Edge, Deloitte

Klaus Børme Wehage

Founding Partner of Global Class Group; Co-author of Global Class-a WSJ Bestselling Book

Larry Keeley

Innovation Scientist at Keeley Innovations LLC & Former President and Co-Founder, Doblin Inc.; Board of Advisors at the Institute of Design (ID)

Mickey McManus

Executive Coach and Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group; Former President, CEO, and Chairman of MAYA Design; Co-author of the award-winning book Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology

Michael (Mike) Todasco

Visiting Fellow at the James Silberrad Brown Center for Artificial Intelligence at San Diego State University; Board Member of Snickerdoodle Labs; Former Senior Director of Innovation at Paypal

Shomit Ghose

Adjunct Professor, School of Management, University of San Francisco; Lecturer, UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering; Former CEO and Board Member at Truviso (acquired by Cisco Systems)

Roland Geisler

Global Head of Product for Generative AI at TikTok; Former Product Lead for Adobe Firefly

Program Fee Details

  • Includes tuition, cases, materials, site visits, breakfast & lunch and closing ceremony/dinner.

About the Organizers

CKGSB

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) is China’s first faculty-governed, privately-funded business school. It boasts more than 46 full-time, world-class faculty members, most of whom were tenured at top global schools, such as Duke, Wharton and Yale. CKGSB’s influential student and alumni network represent the best, brightest and most influential leaders in China, with more than half at the Chairman or CEO level.


CKGSB has nurtured 136 unicorn companies since its inception. It has a vision of developing a global ecosystem that nurtures the next generation of breakthrough innovation. More than 4000 global executives have participated in CKGSB programs offered in English and other non-Chinese languages since 2009.

UC Berkeley College of Engineering

UC Berkeley College of Engineering is recognized globally as a leader in engineering education. It has a reputation for intellectual rigor and talent for developing technologies that improve quality of life and entrepreneurial spirit are reflected in both faculty and students.


The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) is the premier institution on the UC Berkeley campus for the study and practice of “technology-centric” entrepreneurship and innovation. Since 2005, SCET has created the foundation of Berkeley’s entrepreneurship ecosystem including SkyDeck, the Fung Institute, the Engineering Leadership Professional Program, Global Venture Lab, and an extensive ecosystem of UC Berkeley and Global partners.

Any questions? Contact our program manager

Ms. Renee RONG

Program Manager

+1(781) 333 9055

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