Soil Health Series: Drought, Climate Change, & SoilsCalifornia's drought discussions have been dominated by media attention and public discourse about the supply of water while the impact on soil resources has been largely ignored. Hear Stephen Andrews (UC Berkeley Professor specializing in soils) discuss climate change and drought through a soils lens, and learn how soil depletion ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Donations encouraged
Networks of the Future, Emerging Technologies for 5G and BeyondThe challenges of network connectivity and edge computing has driven research in Millimeter Waves, Small cells, MIMO, Beam-forming, Optical transport, semiconductor technologies and to help realize the 5G vision of tactile internet applications and beyond. Industry and governments are pushing to support wider & shared spectrum, massive & mission critical ...
Annie Notthoff is the Senior Western Advocacy Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in San Francisco and Sacramento, working on a broad range of initiatives to promote climate action, public health and environmental protection. She led NRDC’s efforts to get many of California’s nationally significant environmental laws enacted ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10
Keto to Life: the Cutting Edge of Nutrition Geroscience in an Aging WorldHow does a ketogenic diet affect aging and memory? Exercise, fasting, and dietary restriction all work to promote health by activating specific cellular signaling pathways. Learn about an emerging signaling metabolite, the ketone body beta-hydroxybutyrate, and the roles it may have in responding to stressors and regulating healthspan.Speaker: John Newman, ...
7:00-7:25: Hughen/Starkweather(Visual Artists) on "Shifting Shorelines"A series of works in which they examine the complex factors that contribute to changing shorelines...Read more7:25-7:50: Peter Maravelis(City Lights) on "Schizo-curation: Transcending the boundaries of spectatorship"The relationship between audience, artist/writer/musician, and curator in the age of fake news...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The Signs of Time: Leonardo's History of the Earth and the Faith of ManBased on insightful observations and daring hypotheses, Leonardo da Vinci was among the first to hold that Earth has a long history marked by continuous transformations. In his view, these changes could create environmental conditions that would make life of humans and animals impossible. This talk will explore Leonardo's understanding ...
