Alistair Horton from ALJCI speaks at SDV
Alistair Horton from ALJCI speaks at SDV
Alistair Horton, from Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI) speaks at the Scaling Development Ventures (SDV) conference meet-up at D-Lab on Feb. 9th.
Research & Policy Design: Part IV
Research & Policy Design: Part IV
Research and Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development Conference Session I: Improving Health Outcomes. In Part IV, Neelima Khetan (CEO, Seva Mandir) takes the podium.
Research & Policy Design: Part III
Research & Policy Design: Part III
Research and Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development ConferenceSession I: Improving Health Outcomes. In Part III, Rachel Glennerster (Director, J-PAL Global) presents on "Improving Health Care Delivery and Demand: Lessons from Rajasthan."
Research & Policy Design: Part II
Research & Policy Design: Part II
Research and Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development Conference In Part II, Guyanendra Badgaiyan (former Director of J-PAL South Asia) introduces J-PAL South Asia and speaks on the importance and benefits of impact evaluations.
Research & Policy Design: Part I
Research & Policy Design: Part I
Research & Policy Design: The First J-PAL Bihar Development Conference In Part I, Iqbal Dhaliwal (Director of Policy, J-PAL Global) introduces J-PAL's history and mission, discusses the need for evaluations in the development field and the different types of evaluations, and covers policy ...
Leo Bonanni, "Sourcemap and Supply Chain Transparency"
Leo Bonanni, "Sourcemap and Supply Chain Transparency"
Supply chains are the backbone of globalization and understanding them is the key to social and environmental justice. Leonardo Bonanni will talk about Sourcemap -- the first platform for supply chain transparency -- which started as his Ph.D. thesis project at the ...
MIT Corporation Chairman John Reed: MIT faces challenges ...
Spotlight MIT 2012 - John Reed - Chairman, MIT Corporation - MIT Club of ...
MIT Corporation Chairman John Reed talks about the global financial situation and the roles technology and the MIT community can play.
Nuclear Challenges and Some Answers
Nuclear Challenges and Some Answers with Ambassador Thomas Pickering
The Jack Ruina Nuclear Age Speaker Series: October 17, 2011. Guest speaker Ambassador Thomas Pickering.
Bill Gates - Bright minds and big problems
Bill Gates - Bright minds and big problems
Bill Gates, philanthropist and retired co-founder of Microsoft Corp., urged MIT students on April 21, 2010 to focus their talent and energy on tackling the world's biggest challenges, including global health, poverty and education.
Lester Thurow and Carl Sagan at the "Symposium on ...
Lester Thurow and Carl Sagan at the "Symposium on Management in the Year ...
Lester Thurow is a former dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management and one of its best-known economists. His academic work focuses on globalization, economic instability and the distribution of income and wealth. A bestselling writer, Thurow authored several books ...
Relaunching Growth in Europe
Relaunching Growth in Europe
12/06/2010 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumJose Maria Aznar, Former Prime Minister, SpainDescription: Jose Maria Aznar finds it difficult to witness the calamitous decline of Spain, a nation he led to robust economic health as prime minister from 1996 to 2004. The gains during his administration have ...
Hines: The Man, The Company
Hines: The Man, The Company
10/01/2010 1:00 PM e14"633Gerald D. Hines, Founder and Chairman, HinesDescription: An iconic figure in real estate development, Gerald D. Hines relates lessons learned over his half"century career to an admiring industry audience. Leveraging know"how in mechanical systems and project ...
What Does Re-Engineering Mean for Real Estate?
What Does Re-Engineering Mean for Real Estate?
10/01/2010 2:00 PM e14"633Dr. Ray Torto, Global Chief Economist, CBRE; ; Joseph Azrack, Managing Director, Apollo Commercial Real Estate; Brad Case, Vice President " Research & Industry Information, NAREIT; Tom Garbutt, Managing Director, TIAA"CREF Global Real Estate; ...
Open Education for an Open World
Open Education for an Open World
05/25/2010 8:30 AM KresgeCharles M. Vest, HM, MIT President Emeritus and President, National Academy of EngineeringDescription: In Charles M. Vest's expansive vision, scientists and engineers around the world are creating a "meta university" as they increasingly share ideas and build on ...
From Relief to Reconstruction — Practical and Policy ...
From Relief to Reconstruction — Practical and Policy Challenges
Oxfam's Raymond Offenheiser scrutinizes what will ultimately be "crucial to the outcome, in the Haitian context, of a successful recovery and rehabilitation by the Haitian people and for the Haitian nation-distributed leadership.
Transportation in Contemporary Society: A Complex Systems ...
Transportation in Contemporary Society: A Complex Systems Approach
03/09/2010 4:00 PM 3"270Joseph Sussman, J R East Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringDescription: In the nineteen fifties and sixties, students of transportation focused on building infrastructure and applied lessons from the physical sciences to designing ...
Creating a Game Plan for Transition to a Sustainable Economy
Creating a Game Plan for Transition to a Sustainable Economy
11/17/2009 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumJeffrey Hollender, Co"founder & Executive Chair; Seventh Generation Description: The "chief inspired protagonist" of one of the nation's oldest and most successful green manufacturers apologizes for delivering a talk "more depressing ...
Education Across Borders: The India Perspective
Education Across Borders: The India Perspective
10/27/2009 3:00 PM 10"250Shri Kapil Sibal, Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of IndiaDescription: Rickshaw drivers in India are frequent victims of tuberculosis after just a few years inhaling traffic fumes. This near"epidemic went ...
America's Leadership in Clean Energy
America's Leadership in Clean Energy
10/23/2009 12:00 PM KresgePresident Barack Obama, 44th President of the USDescription: In welcoming President Obama, MIT President Susan Hockfield summarizes the vast array of energy innovation at MIT, including the MIT Energy Initiative and the student"led 1700 member Energy Club, and ...
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
09/09/2009 11:00 AM Bartos theaterDr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning CommissionDescription: People sometimes ask Montek Singh Ahluwalia questions loaded with "aspirational objectives," such as when India will "get rid of poverty." Few are as ...