About the MISTI Program
About the MISTI Program
The MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives--better known as MISTI--connects MIT students and faculty with research and innovation around the world. MIT's primary international program, MISTI is a pioneer in applied international studies--a distinctively MIT concept. Working ...
Automotive Lightweighting as a Strategic Opportunity for ...
Automotive Lightweighting as a Strategic Opportunity for India's ...
03/02/2010 4:00 PM 3"270Charles Fine, Chrysler Leaders for Manufacturing Professor; MIT Sloan School of Management; Richard Roth, Research Associate, Engineering Systems DivisionDescription: Suppose you could leapfrog 100 years of experience in the automotive industry ...
Building Responsive Cities: Technology, Design, and ...
Building Responsive Cities: Technology, Design, and Development
04/04/2008 1:30 PM Broad InstituteDennis Frenchman, MCP '76, MAA '76, Leventhal Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Director, City Design and Development, MIT; Antonio di Mambro, '71, MAA '77, MCP '77, Principal, Antonio di Mambro+ Associates; Martha Lampkine ...
Building Technology that Matters: Global Opportunities in ...
Building Technology that Matters: Global Opportunities in Engineering
02/01/2007 4:00 PM 34-101Rich Templeton, CEO, Texas InstrumentsDescription: -The great innovations are in front of us as a society," believes Rich Templeton. This means glowing opportunities for young people entering the workforce, especially those pursuing science ...
Challenges to the Global Economy
Challenges to the Global Economy
02/11/2009 5:30 PM Wong AuditoriumMartin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Simon Johnson, PhD '89, Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of ManagementDescription: If economic analyses earned ratings like movies, this event would ...
Changes in the Land: Environmental Stresses and the ...
Changes in the Land: Environmental Stresses and the Terrestrial ...
05/18/2006 4:00 PM 54-923 Ida Green LoungeDr Jerry M Melillo, Co-Director and Senior Scientist The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods HoleDescription: Jerry Melillo bears a formidable burden of knowledge. He studies the forces behind global ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series - Sustaining ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series - Sustaining Personal Mobility ...
April 4, 12.30-2 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Jiawen Yang Sustaining Personal Mobility in Urbanizing China | Discussant: Joseph Ferreira China's massive population, high density and fast economic development produce huge demand for transportation investment. For now, ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series - Urbanization: ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series - Urbanization: Regional & ...
April 18, 1-2.30 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Weiping Wu Urbanization: Regional & Spatial Transformation | Discussant: Amy Glasmeier Dr. Weiping Wu is a professor of urban and environmental policy and planning, and a senior fellow in the Center for Emerging Market ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series: Challenges of ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series: Challenges of Urban Energy ...
March 14, 5:30-7 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Stephen Hammer Challenges of Urban Energy Planning in China | Discussant: Karen R Polenske Dr. Stephen Hammer is a Lecturer in Energy Planning at MIT DUSP. Dr. Hammer also serves as co-Director of the Urban Climate Change ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series: Making the Clean ...
China Urban Development Discussion Series: Making the Clean Energy City in ...
March 21, 2012Speaker: Prof. Dennis Frenchman & Prof. Christopher Zegras, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning; Discussant: Prof. Ralph Gakenheimer, MIT DUSPThe Chinese urban landscape is being dramatically transformed through rapid urbanization, changing ...
China's Development and China"US Relations
China's Development and China"US Relations
02/10/2009 3:30 PM 10"250His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of ChinaDescription: MIT President Susan Hockfield hails a new era of collaboration between the Institute and China, and Zhou Wenzhong, ...
China's Development and China-US Relations
China's Development and China-US Relations
China's ambassador to the United States, Zhou Wenzhong, called for increased global cooperation on a host of international issues during a visit to MIT on Tuesday, Feb. 10. Read the full story here.
China, Taiwan , and the U.S.: A Coming Conflict? Session Two
China, Taiwan , and the U.S.: A Coming Conflict? Session Two
02/25/2002 3:00 PM WongStephen W. van Evera, Professor of Political Science; Thomas J. Christensen, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT ; ; Harvey Feldman, Senior Fellow for Asia at the Heritage Foundation; Chas W. Freeman, Jr., Chairman of Projects ...
Climate Change in a Changing World: Meeting the Needs of ...
Climate Change in a Changing World: Meeting the Needs of Humanity and the ...
04/22/2009 7:00 PM Simmons HallSteven Hamburg, Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense FundDescription: The "dominant story of the next century" will be one of either gloom or redemption, says Steven Hamburg, depending on how humanity chooses to address climate change. ...
Creating Value in a Volatile World
Creating Value in a Volatile World
02/23/2010 4:00 PM 3"270David Simchi"Levi, Professor of Engineering Systems and Civil EngineeringDescription: The need for flexible management of supply chains to increase operational efficiencies could not be greater, as modern companies outsource and manufacture overseas. David Simchi" Levi ...
Darfur/Darfur: The Crisis
Darfur/Darfur: The Crisis
10/15/2009 7:00 PM 32"123Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Belfer Center, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; Susannah Sirkin, Deputy Director, Physicians for Human Rights; Marcus Bleasdale, Author: One Hundred Years of DarknessDescription: ...
Death of the News?
Death of the News?
03/02/2010 5:30 PM Wong AuditoriumMaria Balinska, Nieman Fellow, Harvard University (on leave from BBC); Susan Glasser, Executive Editor, Foreign Policy; Jason Pontin, Editor in Chief and Publisher, Technology ReviewDescription: While not dead, the U.S. news industry is severely depleted and ...
Econ. decline of West: 3.Future (HD)
Econ. decline of West: 3.Future (HD)
Jon Moynihan, Chairman of PA Consulting Group's keynote speech to the MIT Club of Germany in Frankfurt on October 10, 2009, covering financial crisis, causes, implications and desirable actions. Follow on from Jan 22 speech in London. Part 3: The future See also Watch panel presentations from ...
Econ. decline of West: 4.Actions (HD)
Econ. decline of West: 4.Actions (HD)
Jon Moynihan, Chairman of PA Consulting Group's keynote speech to the MIT Club of Germany in Frankfurt on October 10, 2009, covering financial crisis, causes, implications and desirable actions. Follow on from Jan 22 speech in London. Part 4: Desirable actions See also Watch panel ...
Economic decline of West: 1.Intro (HD)
Economic decline of West: 1.Intro (HD)
Jon Moynihan, Chairman of PA Consulting Group's keynote speech to the MIT Club of Germany in Frankfurt on October 10, 2009, covering financial crisis, causes, implications and desirable actions. Follow on from Jan 22 speech in London. Part 1: Introduction. See also Watch panel presentations ...