Science and Innovation

BAY AREA COUNCIL UNVEILS 2015 POLICY PRIORITIES

The Bay Area Council this week (Dec. 10) doubled down on its efforts to tackle the region’s most pressing challenges, unveiling a bold policy age...

UCSF CHANCELLOR AND OAKLAND MAYOR-ELECT HEADLINE COUNCIL BOARD MEETING

The Bay Area Council welcomed Oakland Mayor-elect Libby Schaaf and UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood as guest speakers at our Dec. 10 Board of Directors ...

BAY AREA COUNCIL WELCOMES TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Extreme weather could not hold back Oakland Mayor-Elect Libby Schaaf, Chinese Consulate Economic Counselor Xia Xiang, Bay Area Council President an...

NEW ECONOMIC INSTITUTE STUDY CALLS FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL OF CA HIGHER EDUCATION

California’s once-visionary Master Plan for Higher Education has not kept pace with tectonic changes rumbling across the Golden State, according ...

Plans taking shape for UC Berkeley’s new Global Campus in Richmond

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute this week (Nov. 19) hosted a presentation on UC Berkeley’s plans for the Berkeley Global Campus, a new in...

Growing Concern about Data Breaches

With cyber attacks mounting on vital public and private data and computer systems, the Council's Cybersecurity Committee discusses the need for mor...

800 Celebrate Giants Win, Business Leadership at 2014 Annual Dinner

About 800 of our closest friends gathered Wednesday (Oct. 29) for the Bay Area Council’s 69th Annual Dinner and Business Hall of Fame at the Fair...

BUSINESS-EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS KEY TO STEM SUCCESS

Speaking passionately about the importance of business-education partnerships, Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman addressed a capacit...

TESLA GIGA PLANT IS WORTH THE FIGHT

The Bay Area Council has been advocating over the past several months for California to step up its game in competing for Tesla's proposed Gigafact...

CSU CHANCELLOR TALKS WITH BUSINESS LEADERS ABOUT CLOSING THE SKILLS GAP

At a packed forum hosted by the Bay Area Council and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, California State University Chancellor Timothy White on...
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