IEX Collider Series
IEX Berkeley Collider Summit
UC Berkeley
October 28th through 30th, 2025
Where Capital, Global Insight, and Innovation Converge
With Global IEX Think Tank Faculty & Industry Leaders
Chatham House Rules for an Exclusive Discussion
The IEX Collider Event series is held in Silicon Valley, Oxford, NYC, Dubai and other IEX campus partner locations.
To learn more, contact us at iextechleaders@ie.edu
Navigating business and technology opportunities in a rapidly changing world!
2025 IEX Berkeley Collider Summit Agenda:
Geopolitical impacts on investment, ventures, technology
New Tech Venture Investment Opportunities and Paradigm Shifts
Technology strategy scenarios
Genuine business collaboration opportunities in a corporate briefing format
New leadership challenges and new approaches in case discussion format
High-impact Research Spotlight and showcase. Discussion of New industry-academic collaboration models.
Group Challenge Questions:
How to grow, innovate, and invest in a changing global economy?
What is the evolving model for industry and academic collaboration?
IEX is a research accelerator for high-impact research affiliated with the IE School of Science & Technology, hosted via a 501.3.c non-profit fund in NYC. IEX host´s some of the world’s most entrepreneurial-minded faculty as part of the IEX Think Tank.
The IEX Collaboration
IE University
Business, Tech & Entrepreneurship Powerhouse
Top 10 QS, globally, in Data Analytics since 2020.
Science & Technology with a High-Value Business Lens
Globally Leading Business School
#7 in Entrepreneurship
Founding Sponsor and Creator of the IEX Research Accelerator
UC Berkeley
Birthplace of Internet & over 59 Nobel Prizes
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
TCP/IP protocol.
First Engineering Leadership Professional Program with Apple, Google, Yahoo, Samsung, Cisco, VMWare, NetApp since 2011
IEX Berkeley Collider Summit
Where Investment, Insight, Geopolitics, and Innovation Converge
IEX Global Faculty from Berkeley, Stanford, and more.
High Value Research Showcase
Leaders from SV and Global Innovation Ecosystems
Building on the Innovation Collider Concept at UC Berkeley
Sidhu, 2009
Innovation Collider is the concept of mixing different types of audiences (e.g. Undergraduates, PhD students, industry, and global participants) and providing them with a common mindset and learning project. This results in innovation that is not possible with a single audience.
The IEX Tech Leaders Summit provides an opportunity to see what’s next and pursue new opportunities by synthesizing viewpoints from:
leading, entrepreneurially-minded faculty,
business executives, investors, and
tech industry leaders
Who Attends?
Invited Vision Circle:
Board Members and CXOs
Globally Leading Academics
Large scale investors and Foundational Sponsors
Nominated Tech Leaders Track:
Heads of Business Functions (e.g, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Sales, Product Management)
CTO groups, CIO groups, R&D Heads, and other technical experts
Family offices and entrepreneurs
Pay it Forward Approach
IEX Tech Leadership Summit Co-Chairs
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Prof. Trond Petersen, UC Berkeley
At Berkeley, Petersen is a Professor of Sociology and the Haas School of Business and Associate Executive Dean at the College of Letters & Science. UC Berkeley faculty in 1988 after teaching at Harvard. His programs include the Berkeley International Study Program.
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Prof. Ikhlaq Sidhu
At IE, Sidhu is the Dean and Professor at the IE School of Science & Technology and Chief Scientist of IEX. At Berkeley, he has been the founding director and chief scientist of the Sutardja Center since 2005. He founded and taught the Engineering Leadership Program at Berkeley from 2011 to 2024.
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Prof. Joe Haslam
Professor Joe Haslam is the Executive Director of the Owners Scaleup Program at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. Joe also serves as the academic lead for IE MxT.
He is also a professor at IE School of Global and Public Affairs and IE Business School.
IEX Think Tank Faculty
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Prof. Trond Peterson
Sociology & Haas, Data-driven equity, organizations, labor policy, UC Berkeley
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Prof. Ikhlaq Sidhu
Dean, IE School of Science and Technology
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Prof. Michael Lepech
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
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Prof. Tarek I. Zohdi
Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, UC Berkeley
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Prof. Alexandre M. Bayen
Professor of Civil of Environmental Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley
Today’s Challenges : Technology, Investment & Leadership in Changing World
Traditional Challenges
Organizational indecision about new products & services
Lots of activity, yet reduced productivity.
Low morale.
Overall, poor competitive performance.
Today, its more complex
Technology keeps moving ahead - relentless change
Consequences of the Age of AI
Geopolitics plays a new role in technology and business
Implementation continues to lag from tech strategy
IEX Collider Events
Insights from Global Academic and Industry Faculty
Academic and Industry Faculty Who Have Participated in previous IE and Berkeley's International, Tech-oriented Leadership Programs:
Co-Faculty Director: Trond Petersen – Professor of Sociology & Haas; expert in organizations, data & equity
Co-faculty Director: Ikhlaq Sidhu: Founding Chief Scientist of Engineering Leadership at Berkeley CFI and Dean of the School of Science and Technology at IE University.
Co-Faculty Director Joe Haslam, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Faculty Director of MXT, IE University
Anca Dragan: Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley and Director of AI Safety and Alignment at Google DeepMind.
Pieter Abbeel: Professor at UC Berkeley and Co-Founder of Covariant.ai.
Stuart Russell: Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
Zsolt Katona: Cheryl and Christian Valentine Professor at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.
Kiron Ravindran: Information Systems & Technology Area Chair, IE Business School Professor of Masters in Management, IE University
Rick Rasmussen: Fortune 500 executive with experience in three IPOs.
Ali Ghodsi: CEO & Co-Founder of Databricks and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley EECS.
Ion Stoica: Executive Chairman of Databricks, Director of Sky Computing Lab, and Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
Shomit Ghose: Partner at ONSET Ventures and Clearvision Ventures.
Paul Pierson: Professor of Political Science; expert in institutions & political economy
Mark Nitzberg – Executive Director, Center for Human-Compatible AI; AI policy and ethics
Jonathan Stray – Research Scholar, School of Information; journalism, machine learning & society
Olaf Groth – Haas & School of Information; strategist in future tech & global policy
Hany Farid – Professor at UC Berkeley EECS & School of Information; expert in deepfakes, digital forensics, misinformation
Melissa Griffith – Expert in cyber policy, national security & emerging technology; affiliated with UC and Johns Hopkins University
Michael Boris – Educator and facilitator in leadership, systems thinking, and innovation
Paul Murphy, Partner, Lightspeed Ventures
Michael Baum, Founder, Splunk
Industry Viewpoints
Representative Companies Who Have Participated in IE and Berkeley Past Tech-oriented Leadership Programs:
Apple – Global consumer technology & innovation leader
Google – AI, search, and cloud computing giant
Facebook (Meta) – Social media, AR/VR, and digital platforms
Cisco – Networking, cybersecurity, and enterprise tech
Yahoo! – Digital media & legacy internet brand
Samsung – Global electronics & semiconductor powerhouse
NetApp – Cloud data services & infrastructure solutions
Lam Research – Semiconductor manufacturing technology leader
Applied Materials – Materials engineering for advanced electronics
Amazon – Global e-commerce & cloud computing leader
Deloitte – Global consulting & professional services firm
Accenture – Strategy, tech, and transformation consultancy
Genentech - Pioneering biotech company advancing targeted therapies and diagnostics.
Vienna Insurance Group – Central European insurance & financial services
GSK – Global biopharma & healthcare innovation company
PIF (Public Investment Fund) – Sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia
FAQs
Will there be business opportunities built into the program?
Yes. We host investors who can provide executive briefings that include companies that may become suppliers and partners. In addition, we include participants from business, technology, and investors who may form business alliances with each other.
Is there a fee for participating in this program?
There is no charge for invited participants. The costs for the Tech Leaders Track Participants are covered by sponsorship.
How will the professionals stay connected between sessions?
All participants have the option to participate in a moderated social network channel to stay connected between events.
