As winter break draws to an end, MBA students at the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business have an exciting array of scheduled speakers and conferences to look forward to in the spring semester.

Beginning in late January, high-profile executives representing industries ranging from healthcare to motion pictures to management consulting will speak at Haas as part of the Dean’s Speaker Series. Walter Robb, chief operating officer of Whole Foods, will be the first speaker in the series, addressing the Haas community on January 26th.

Other scheduled speakers include 

• Steve Ellis, worldwide managing director, Bain & Co. (Feb. 3rd),
• Bill Block, CEO of QED International, a motion picture financing, sales, and production company (March 4th), and 
• Haas Marketing Professor Emeritus David Aaker, whose annual lecture this year is titled “Making Your Competitors Irrelevant,” (in April, specific date to be determined).

Also this spring, Haas will host the second annual Schwab Charitable Philanthropy Speaker Series, organized by the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership. This year’s series will feature panel events focused on using philanthropy to drive innovation and investment advising within the philanthropy field. 

Finally, several student-organized conferences are also planned at Haas:

• Business of Health Care Conference, Feb. 6th 
• Education Leadership Case Competition on the Pittsburg public schools, Feb. 12th and 13th 
• Berkeley Asia Business Conference, Feb. 20th 
• Berkeley Energy Symposium, March 4th, and U.S. Semifinals of International Renewable Energy Case Challenge, March 1st through 5th
• Women in Leadership Conference, March 13th 

To learn more about these and other spring events at Haas, click here.

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