2005 Innovation Forum
Lemelson-MIT 2005 Innovation Forum
Although their interests and paths diverge sharply, these young inventors share a passion to improve lives.
IPC Forum on Energy Innovation
IPC Forum on Energy Innovation
The IPC Forum on Energy Innovation discussed key ideas from the new book Unlocking Energy Innovation: How America Can Build a Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy System by Richard K. Lester and David M. Hart. Speakers:Richard K. Lester, Japan Steel Industry Professor and Head of the Department of ...
MIT Clean Energy Forum: Green Jobs with GE's Jeff Immelt
MIT Clean Energy Forum: Green Jobs with GE's Jeff Immelt
Speakers: Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric Jason Pontin (moderator), Editor in Chief and Publisher, Technology Review Panel: Patrick Cloney, Executive Director, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Ric Fulop, Partner, North Bridge; Co-founder, A123 Systems ...
From IT to Cleantech: New Sources of Innovation
From IT to Cleantech: New Sources of Innovation
12/04/2008 3:45 PM Wong AuditoriumShai Agassi, Founder & CEO, Better PlaceDescription: Imagine a response to oil dependence and climate change that offers people around the world a new and improved version of the car, premised on redesigning infrastructure top to ...
What Today's Scientists Can Teach You About Driving ...
The Power of Revolutionary Thinking: What Today's Scientists Can Teach You ...
"You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights." While Dr. Seuss may not have been a direct inspiration, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" seems especially suited to these four "brainy and footsy people" with ...
Nurturing a Vibrant Culture to Drive Innovation
Nurturing a Vibrant Culture to Drive Innovation
12/09/2008 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumTerri Kelly, President & CEO, W.L. Gore & AssociatesDescription: W.L. Gore's products alone, such as the eponymous GORE-TEX water and windproof fabrics, and a multitude of unique medical, electronic and industrial materials, ...
MITEF-NYC: Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship in ...
MITEF-NYC: Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Israel
Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ-listed companies outside the United States, more than all of Europe or all of Asia (including China, India and Japan) combined. Per capita, Israel has the largest government and private sector investments in R&D and number of ...
Faculty Forum Online: U.S. Economy--The Real Solution is ...
Faculty Forum Online: U.S. Economy--The Real Solution is Growth
In the U.S., recent headlines have focused on such issues as the debt ceiling, the recent credit rating downgrade, and unemployment. But consider this: increasing the average growth rate in the U.S. by one percentage point over the next 20 years would not only result ...
Supply Chain Innovation Conference - Opening Remarks
Supply Chain Innovation Conference - Opening Remarks
Prof. David Simchi-levi, Leslie Sheppard, MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation
Angel Groups in Action: Funding Early Stage Innovation
Angel Groups in Action: Funding Early Stage Innovation
06/01/2005 7:00 PM KresgeDaniel Roach, Manager, Brown & Brown, LLP; Jeffrey Sohl, Director, Center for Venture Research ; Professor of Entrepreneurship and Decision Sciences, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire ; James Gerhwiler, ...
Energy Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Today's Challenges, ...
Energy Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's ...
05/07/2009 4:30 PM Sheraton BostonWilliam Aulet, SM '94, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management; Jacques Beaudry"Losique, SM '92, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy; U.S. Department of Energy; ; Christina Lampe"Onnerud, Founder and CEO, ...
New Media in West Africa (MIT Communications Forum)
New Media in West Africa (MIT Communications Forum)
Held Nov. 8, 2012 at MIT launching the 6th Futures of Entertainment conference. Despite many infrastructural and economic hurdles, entertainment media industries are burgeoning in West Africa. Today, the Nigerian cinema market--"Nollywood"--is the second largest in the ...
Innovation to Commercialization: Using Government Funding ...
Innovation to Commercialization: Using Government Funding to Kick Start ...
06/04/2008 7:00 PM KresgeBruce Gellerman, Public Radio International ; Thomas Allnutt, Program Director, National Science Foundation; Milton Chen, vsee; Christopher Loose , PhD '07 , Founder and Chief Technology Officer, SteriCoat Corp; Bill Townsend , SM '84, PhD '88 ...
To Conjure with the Fullness of Truth: The Technology & ...
To Conjure with the Fullness of Truth: The Technology & Culture Forum
For 45 years The Technology and Culture Forum (TAC) has been an on-going, Institute-wide arena for the discussion of ethical issues related to science, technology and innovation.
Community and Communication: Open Panel Discussion
Community and Communication: Open Panel Discussion
From left to right: John Lienhard, John Sterman, Ernest Moniz, Ronald Prinn, L. Rafael Reif, Dara Entekhabi, James Yoder, Sallie "Penny" Chisholm, James Wescoat, John MarshallAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, ...
Industry: Synthetic Chemicals and Materials in the ...
Industry: Synthetic Chemicals and Materials in the Environment: Do We Need ...
With Philip GschwendAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong ...
Life Sciences: The Human Body: Superhighway of ...
Life Sciences: The Human Body: Superhighway of Environmental Gene Flow
With Eric AlmAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental ...
Technology: Water Supply, Desalination and Energy
Technology: Water Supply, Desalination and Energy
With John LienhardAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental ...
Social Policy: Can Adaptation Save Us from Climate Change?
Social Policy: Can Adaptation Save Us from Climate Change?
With Michael GreenstoneAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong ...
Basic Research with Real-World Impact
Basic Research with Real-World Impact
With Dara EntekhabiAbout the event With its daylong MIT Environmental Research Forum held on December 15, 2011, the Environmental Research Council (ERC) fulfilled its charge from Provost L. Rafael Reif to "provide a detailed blueprint for building a strong environmental initiative" at MIT. ...