Berkeley 2014

Berkeley 2014

When

September 6, 2014    
All Day

Where

Event Type

Speakers and Panelists

Introduction, Welcome and Acknowledgments

Roya Soleimani

Communications Manager,
Google

Robert Price

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research,
UC Berkeley

Jack Citrin

Director,
Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley

Keynote Speakers

Behrooz Abdi

CEO,
InvenSense

Kamran Elahian

Dr. Maryam Rofougaran

SVP Engineering,
Broadcom

Mahmoud Nazzari

Founder & President,
System Group Company

Dr. Shahrokh Sheybani

Co-Founder and Director,
Micro Moj Company

Dr. Yahya Tabesh

Professor of Mathematical Sciences,
Sharif University of Technology

Dr. Massih Tayebi

Chairman,
Bridgewest Business Group

Babak Pahlavan

Global Head of Products, Director
Google Analytics

Panel 1
Rising Stars: Challenges in the Rearview Mirror

Mojdeh Eskandari

Licensee and Curator,
TEDxKish

Dr. Payman Arabshahi

Associate Professor of EE,
University of Washington

Yasi Baiani

Manager, Innovative Products,
athenahealth

Dr. Narges Baniasadi,

Founder and CEO,
Bina Technologies

Nazanin Daneshvar

Founder,
takhfifan.com

Yasi Baiani

Manager, Innovative Products,
athenahealth

Dr. Fereidoun Ghassemzadeh

CEO,
Afranet

Shahab Javanmardi

CEO,
Fanap Co.

Dave McClure

Founding Partner,
500 Startups

Dr. Babak Parviz

VP,
Amazon

Arad Rostampour

Founder and CEO,
Zen Health

Panel 2
Ecosystem for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Tony Perkins

Founder and Editor,
AlwaysOn

Saeed Amidi

CEO, Partner,
Plug and Play Tech Center, Venture

Robert Shahrokh Babay

Managing Partner,
Vector IP Law Group

Dr. Hamed Ghoddusi

Assistant Professor of Finance at the School of Business,
Stevens Institute of Technology

Reza Karami

CEO,
Golsoft

Pejman Nozad

Founding Managing Partner,
Pejman Mar Ventures

Farhad Rahnema

President,
Rahnema Co.

Panel 3
Mentorship: A Pillar of Entrepreneurship

Dr. Amir Zarkesh

Co-founder and Executive VP,
iCelero

Daniel Epstein,

CEO,
Unreasonable Group

Dr. Ali Fotowat

Professor at Dept. of EE,
Sharif University

Mohsen Malayeri,

EVP,
Iran Entrepreneurship Association (IEA)

Farshad Nowshadi

Business Mentor,
Level39

Arman Pahlavan,

Partner,
Perkins Coie

Tony Perkins

Founder and Editor,
AlwaysOn

Dr. Amin Saberi

Assoc. Prof. of Management Science & Engineering,
Stanford

Carol Sands

Founder and Managing Member,
The Angels’ Forum

Fereydoun Taslimi

Founder and CTO,
RapidFire Tools

Conference Location

MaRS Discovery District
101 College St, Toronto, Canada

Host

Gold Sponsor

Sponsors

Supporters