Guest speakers and special events
Channel | updated May 22, 2013
Many experts and academics visit MIT each year. This collection houses videos from those events, which has previously been featured on the MIT World website.
MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
On May 15, 2013, 3dim earned the grand prize at this year’s MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.
Jesper Juul: 'Half-Real: A Video Game in the Hands of a ...
Jesper Juul: 'Half-Real: A Video Game in the Hands of a Player'
Jesper Juul offered this lecture on Nov. 28, 2006. Juul is a video game theorist and assistant professor in video game theory and design at the Centre for Computer Game Research Copenhagen, where he also earned his PhD.
British P.M. David Cameron visits the MIT Media Lab
British P.M. David Cameron visits the MIT Media Lab
In a visit to the MIT campus on May 14, 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron met with President L. Rafael Reif and Media Lab director Joichi Ito, faculty members and students, and a group of young MIT entrepreneurs.
Media in Transition 8 - Summing Up, Looking Ahead
Media in Transition 8 - Summing Up, Looking Ahead
Recorded on May 5, 2013 Moderator: James Paradis, MIT Panelist: Roderick Coover, Temple University Theo Hug, University of Innsbruck Molly Sauter, MIT Dan Whaley, hypothes.is
Media in Transition 8 - Counterpublics: Self-Fashioning and ...
Media in Transition 8 - Counterpublics: Self-Fashioning and Alternate ...
Recorded on May 4, 2013 Moderator: Noel Jackson, MIT. Panelists: Cristobal Garcia, P. Universidad Catolica (Chile); Eric Gordon, Emerson College; Henry Jenkins, USC; Maria San Filippo, Harvard University.
Media in Transition 8 - Oversharing: The End of Privacy?
Media in Transition 8 - Oversharing: The End of Privacy?
Recorded on May 3, 2013 Moderator: Nick Montfort, MIT Panelists: Feona Attwood, Middlesex University (UK); David Rosen, Author; Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard University.
Media in Transition 8 - Introduction
Media in Transition 8 - Introduction
Speaker: David Thorburn, MIT Recorded on May 3, 2013 in the Bartos Theater at the beginning of the "Media in Transition 8: public media, private media" conference. Visit the conference website at web.mit.edu/comm-forum/mit8/.
Media in Transition 8 - Surveillance: Big Data and other ...
Media in Transition 8 - Surveillance: Big Data and other Watchers
Recorded on May 4, 2013 Moderator: Ethan Zuckerman, MIT. Panelists: Goran Bolin, Sodertorn University (Sweden); Kelly Gates, University of California, San Diego; Jose van Dijck, University of Amsterdam.
Soap Box: The Political Life of Cheese
Soap Box: The Political Life of Cheese
Heather Paxson, an associate professor in MIT's Anthropology Program, studies the people and culture behind the renaissance of artisanal cheese making in the United States.
A Conversation with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan
A Conversation with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan
In a talk at MIT on May 7, 2013, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan called for a new wave of creative urban planning to help cities evolve during a time of economic hardship.
Starr Forum - 'Marathon Bombing: The Global Context' (Part ...
Starr Forum - 'Marathon Bombing: The Global Context' (Part 2)
Speakers: Stephen Van Evera, Elizabeth Wood, Carol Saivetz, Bakyt Beshimov, Peter Krause, Jeanne Guillemin and Silvia DominguezModerator: Richard Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science at the MIT Dept of Political Science and director of CIS.
Starr Forum - 'Marathon Bombing: The Global Context' (Part ...
Starr Forum - 'Marathon Bombing: The Global Context' (Part 1)
Speakers: Stephen Van Evera, Elizabeth Wood, Carol Saivetz, Bakyt Beshimov, Peter Krause, Jeanne Guillemin and Silvia Dominguez. Moderator: Richard Samuels
Barker Reading Room Opening
Barker Reading Room Opening
After an extensive renovation project, the Barker Library reading room has reopened to reveal the grandeur of the restored oculus atop the Great Dome, and the beauty of the rotunda’s original architecture.
Sandbox Summit Part 1
Sandbox Summit Part 1
Speakers:Scot OsterwellAndy ClaymanMargaret RobertsonRecorded on April 15, 2013
The Underground City: Preliminary Findings about Beijing's ...
The Underground City: Preliminary Findings about Beijing's Bomb Shelter ...
Professor Annette M. Kim presents preliminary findings of her research about Beijing's elaborate underground housing market.
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