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Welcome to the Berkeley Corporate Engagement Network (BCEN)
Welcome to the Berkeley Corporate Engagement Network (BCEN)
A community of UC Berkeley professionals who engage with industry partners
UC Berkeley engages with industry in countless ways—from research collaborations and talent development to executive education and innovation partnerships. This site serves as a central resource for campus stakeholders involved in corporate engagement, offering opportunities to connect with colleagues across units. Learn more about the Berkeley Corporate Engagement Network (BCEN) and how we can strengthen campus-wide coordination and impact.
The opportunity & challange
The opportunity & challange
The opportunity: As one of the premier public universities in the country, UC Berkeley has a wealth of opportunities and resources to offer corporate partners. Across campus, corporations partner with individuals and groups in a variety of engagements including:
research collaborations through gift funding, sponsored and collaborative research (including tech transfer, IP and licensing), and industry consortium programs
talent development from internships and recruitment through executive education
networking opportunities to provide industry with access to the expertise of students, faculty and alumni
The challenge: While the opportunities for corporate engagement are limitless, the lack of coordination and awareness of partnering activities across the campus can lead to wasteful duplication and confusion. By creating a more transparent and coherent engagement model, we will be better poised to identify and seize opportunities to level up on existing engagements.
Our objectives & structure
Our objectives & structure
Our objectives:
Facilitate communication and promote alignment and increased collaboration with industry partners
Share best practices and updates on campus developments and services to support corporate engagement
Develop campus-wide tools and strategy to better identify, engage and ultimately partner with corporate entities.
Our structure:
Monthly virtual meetings with structured time for presentations, sharing of Wins & Opportunities and small group discussions
Platform for sharing and seeking assistance from BCEN members in between meetings
In-person meetings quarterly to build cohesion and brainstorm ecosystem development
Development of subcommittees as needed to focus on identified obstacles and opportunities to promote corporate engagement across UC Berkeley
Participating Programs
Participating Programs
Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab (BAIR)
Berkeley Career Engagement
Berkeley Center for CRISPR Cures
Berkeley Center for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence (RDI)
Berkeley Changemaker
Berkeley Climate Change Network (BCCN)
Berkeley Energy & Biosciences Institute (EBI)
Berkeley Engineering Corporate Relations
Berkeley Executive Education
Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)
Berkeley Open Innovation Squad
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)
Berkeley SkyDeck
Berkeley Space Center
Berkeley Student Union
Blum Center for Developing Economies
Cal Alumni Association
Cal Athletics
Cal Bears Sports Properties
California Golden Bears Athletics
College of Computing, Data Science, and Society
Center for Computational Biology
Center for Equity, Gender, & Leadership (EGAL)
Center for Healthcare Marketplace Innovation (CHMI)
Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS)
Center for Law, Energy & the Environment
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Innovation Hub
College of Chemistry
College of Engineering
Deep Tech Innovation Lab
Development Engineering (DevEng)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department (EECS)
Eric & Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment (DSE)
Cal NERDS
Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership
Government & Community Relations
Haas School of Business
Institute for Business Innovation
Institute of Transportation Studies
Intellectual Property & Industry Research Alliances (IPIRA)
IPIRA Industry Alliances Office
IPIRA Office of Technology Licensing
Joint Program in Computational Precision Health (CPH)
Molecular and Cell Biology
NeuroTech Collider Lab
Optometry and Vision Science
Possibility Lab
QB3-Central
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET)
School of Education
School of Public Health
Sky Computing Lab
Social Sciences D-Lab & Digital Humanities at Berkeley
Strauch Cleantech to Market Program (C2M)
Student Affairs
University Business Partnerships & Services (UBPS)
University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) department
Office of the Vice Chancellor of Finance
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