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</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Cynthia Lin <<a href="mailto:cynlin@MIT.EDU">cynlin@MIT.EDU</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date:
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</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Fwd: May 3-4 | MIT Sustainability Summit 2014 | Early bird tickets end on 3/31!</b></span></div>
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MIT SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT | MIT Media Lab | </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span>May 3-4, 2014</span></span></b><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Early bird tickets are on sale until </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>March 31</span></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">!</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Register now to learn what the future holds for these cities.</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Visit our website and register:</span><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<a href="http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/</a><br style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><u>About</u></b> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Half of the world population and three-quarters of all large cities </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">are located on the coast. 634 million people are at risk from
rising </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">water levels. How will our world landscapes change as a result? From </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">New York City to Shanghai, Sydney to Rio de Janeiro
-- coastal cities </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">have become the nexuses for today's global economy, yet face a </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">confounding duality in which they are also the
most threatened by </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">climate change. MIT is addressing these challenges of coastal cities </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">at the 2014 MIT Sustainability Summit.
The conference will defy </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">traditional notions of urban development to ask how coastal cities can </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">sustain themselves and continue
to grow as the climate changes and </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">their local environments deteriorate.</span>
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><u>Featured keynote speakers</u></b></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">JOHN FERNANDEZ | Associate Professor, MIT Department of Architecture</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NANCY KETE | Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">BRIAN SWETT | Chief of Environment and Energy, City of Boston</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">VINEET GUPTA | Director of Planning, Boston Transportation Department</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><u>Featured panel topics</u></b></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Designing the coastal cities of the future</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Sustainable supply chains and coastal cities</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The collaborative city</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Infrastructure financing: What is the value of preventing damage?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Opportunities by the sea</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Energy solutions for coastal cities</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Planning for the new economy</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Re-inventing mobility</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Waste management -- Diversion from landfills -- What's next?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please watch our online program:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><a href="http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/program" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/program</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">for a continually-updated list of our speakers.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Use social media? Follow ups and stay tuned as we confirm additional </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">speakers for 2014!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitsustainabilitysummit" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/mitsustainabilitysummit</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">LinkedIn: </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4863732" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4863732</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MIT_S_Summit" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/MIT_S_Summit</a><br>
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