2025 - 2026 Events
CILS Presents: Elaine Kim, Partner and Litigation Department Co-Chair, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 | 12 – 1 p.m. | King Hall, Room 1301
Elaine Kim specializes in commercial litigation and counsel, with emphases on intellectual property, entertainment, and labor and employment matters. She regularly litigates copyright infringement cases on behalf of studios, production companies, and creators relating to motion pictures, television shows, music, and video games. One of her successful cases involved one of the highest-grossing films of all time. She also advises and represents clients in various industries on trademark matters and disputes, on misappropriation of trade secrets, and on a variety of labor and employment matters.
CILS Presents: Dr. Timnit Gebru, DAIR Founder and Executive Director
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025 | 12 – 1 p.m. | King Hall, Room 1001
Dr. Timnit Gebru founded the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) in 2021. She previously co-led Google’s Ethical AI research team, until co-publishing a journal article that critiqued the company’s AI ethics. DAIR publishes interdisciplinary research that brings a greater diversity of perspectives and lived experiences to envisioning the future of AI. Dr. Gebru also co-founded the nonprofit Black in AI and serves on the board of AddisCoder. Time magazine named Dr. Gebru one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022 and one of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2023. Her memoir/manifesto The View from Somewhere is scheduled to publish in fall 2026.
CILS Presents: Hemant Bhargava, UC Davis Graduate School of Management Distinguished Professor, Jerome and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology Management, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Center for Analytics and Technology in Society Director
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 | 12 – 1 p.m. | King Hall, Room 1301
Distinguished Professor Hemant K. Bhargava is an academic leader in economic modeling and analysis of technology-based business and markets. His research focuses on decision analytics and how the distinctive characteristics of technology goods influence specific elements of operations, marketing, and competitive strategy, and the implications it holds for competitive markets and technology-related policy. He has examined deeply these issues in specific industries including platform businesses, information and telecommunications industries, healthcare, media and entertainment, and electric vehicles.