Join the Jacobs Institute for our first Design Conversations guest speaker of the fall 2021 semester, with Dr. Liz Gerber. This series is a continuation of the theme, 'For Whom? By Whom? Designs for Belonging' which investigates the historical exclusionary practices within design and technology, and invites distinguished guests to share how their work considers these ideas. Design Conversations will be facilitated through Zoom's Webinar platform, and is free and open to the public. Join here: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/91826370100 Liz Gerber is Co-Founder and C0-Director of the Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Communication Studies. She is the faculty founder of Design for America, a network of social innovators. Gerber works at the intersection of design, social computing, and organizational behavior to understand the future of collaboration. Gerber co-directs the Delta Lab whose mission is to create technology-based systems to enhance learning, collaboration, and performance. Gerber has received awards for her research and teaching from the National Science Foundation, Joyce, MacArthur, Watson, and Mozilla Foundations, Microsoft, Smithsonian, and Adobe. Her work has been featured in such venues as the Wall Street Journal, NPR, ABC, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company. Gerber completed her M.S. in Product Design, Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford.