Lectures on Tap - Scaling Innovation: The Three Laws of Tech Adoption

Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar in Berkeley!

🗓️ Date: October 20th, 2025

🕡 Time: 6:30 PM

📍 Location: Manhattan (exact address given in confirmation email)

📚 Lecture: “Scaling Innovation: The Three Laws of Tech Adoption”

🎤 Speaker: Technology Strategist, Fred Kim

In Silicon Valley, the only constant is change. With rapid advancements in technology—like AI, autonomous vehicles, cryptocurrency, and AR/VR—each breakthrough reshapes our lives in an instant. While tech success is often attributed to a mix of genius and luck, three fundamental principles of technology adoption consistently guide successful innovations.

Join us to learn about these principles that are essential for a breakthrough to reach the mainstream. Fred Kim will provide insights into the path to consumer success, discuss the current status of technologies like AI, and highlight moments when even major tech players stumbled by neglecting these principles.

Fred Kim has over 15 years of experience in strategy and product innovation in Silicon Valley. He previously led business foresight research at Meta, was head of research for YouTube’s Next Billion Users program at Google, and directed the Society & Technology Research Group at Mercedes-Benz R&D. An internationally recognized foresight strategist, he specializes in uncovering the societal and technological shifts shaping our future.

Don’t miss this opportunity to understand the dynamics of tech adoption!

Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.