<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Andrea Ippolito <<a href="mailto:akippolito@gmail.com">akippolito@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">February 18, 2013 9:31:44 AM EST</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Hacking Medicine conference of interest to your students - Please forward</b><br></span></div><br>Hi Janice, <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote">
<div class="gmail_quote"><span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm a graduate student at MIT </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and I'm organizing a student-led conference called Hacking Medicine (</span><a href="http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:bold" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">). I believe many students in the Biology program </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">would be interested, and I'm hoping you can forward information to your student lists.</span><div class="im">
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hacking Medicine's aim is to catalyze the formation of healthcare solutions, implementable today. At the event we will select 100 passionate thinkers and doers to form a truly multidisciplinary group. Teams composed of engineers, scientists, physicians, and entrepreneurs will build on each other's skill sets to envision concrete solutions they can carry forward after the conference.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’ve held three very successful conferences over the past two years. Teams formed at Hacking Medicine have gone on to found companies, join incubators, and secure venture funding. We’ve received universally positive reviews of our events, many saying that it’s dramatically changed their perception of how they can make a real difference in healthcare..</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I believe students in the Biology </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">program </span><span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">who have interest in medical applications have incredibly valuable skill sets and visions, and I would love to see them engage in our conference.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Can you please forward the below email to your student lists?</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks very much, and please let me know if you have any questions.</span><br>
<font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Andrea Ippolito</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span><div class="im"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span><font color="#cc0000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
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<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Subject: Hacking Medicine - Come Make It Happen, Spring 2013</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are proud to announce the Spring 2013 Hacking Medicine event. Engineers, physicians, scientists, and entrepreneurs in one location, creating disruptive healthcare solutions today.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you want to radically change healthcare, then apply now: </span></span><a href="http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:bold" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div>
<div><span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Bring your skills, your ideas, or both. We're selecting 100 people just like you. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">End the weekend with a team, cash prizes, and a hack on its first steps towards disrupting healthcare. Past teams formed at Hacking Medicine have gone on to found companies, enter business plan competitions, and secure venture funding.</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">We are excited to announce that this event is held in partnership with Hack/Reduce, an organization building a Boston ecosystem around Big Data technologies and applications. There are huge opportunities for Big Data in medicine, and if you agree this is the perfect event for you.</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information or to apply to be one of the 100: </span><a href="http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;font-weight:bold" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hacking Medicine will take place over </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">March 1-3</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at the Hack/Reduce space in Kendall Square. We’ll start Friday evening with an ideation session and hack over the weekend. If you are selected we will send you more detailed logistics. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Healthcare needs you, come be part of the solution.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Hacking Medicine Team</span></span></div>
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