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You are cordially invited to join us in celebrating the opening of the Nokia Research Center – Berkeley lab located near the University of California, Berkeley campus. The launch event will be held at Sutardja Dai Hall on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
Nokia Research Center (NRC), now in eleven locations worldwide, collaborates with universities and other institutions to conduct leading-edge research. Working closely with University of California, Berkeley’s research units, NRC Berkeley will explore innovations in many areas around advanced mobile computing platforms. The new research center will be conveniently located in downtown Berkeley, near the UC Berkeley campus.
Following in the Berkeley tradition of cultural awareness and diversity, at this event we will be showcasing Nokia projects designed to serve the emerging economies of the world. In particular, initiatives such as SMS based services in India and Health Radar help facilitate commerce, enhance culture, and lift the standard of living in areas such as Africa and Southeast Asia.
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4:00 – 4:30 pm
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Registration and welcome coffee - Research demos - An exhibition of Nokia research and a glimpse of the future today
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| 4:30 – 4:35 |
Welcome to Berkeley, Paul K. Wright, Director, Center for Information Technology Research in the interest of Society (CITRIS)
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| 4:35 – 4:40 |
Opening by event host John Shen, Laboratory Director, Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto
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| 4:40 – 4:45 |
Berkeley and Industry, Shankar S. Sastry, Professor, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
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| 4:45 – 4:55 |
The Role of Research, Mary McDowell, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development Office, Nokia
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| 4:55 – 5:05 |
NRC Overview, Henry Tirri, Senior Vice President, Head of Nokia Research Center
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| 5:05 – 5:30 |
The Parallel Revolution and the Academia-Industry Synergy, David Patterson, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
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| 5:30 – 5:55 |
R&D challenges as Nokia transforms from a mobile device company to an internet solutions provider, Mikko Terho, Vice President, Nokia Fellow
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| 5:55 – 6:10 |
NRC Field Operations in Africa, Jussi Impiö, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
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| 6:10 – 6:25 |
NRC Field Operations in India, Jan Blom, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center, Bangalore, India
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| 6:25 – 6:30 |
Closing – John Shen
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| 6:30 – 7:00 |
Research demos continue - An exhibition of Nokia research and a glimpse of the future today
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| 7:00 – 9:00 |
Evening reception and dinner
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