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 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 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 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: 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 ...
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 talks about the global financial situation and the roles technology and the MIT community can play.
The Jack Ruina Nuclear Age Speaker Series: October 17, 2011. Guest speaker Ambassador Thomas Pickering.
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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; ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...