<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div> <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="992264919-02092008"></span><b><font face="Arial" size="2">X PRIZE Energy Forum: "Seeking Radical Breakthroughs in Alternative Energy: What I Would Advise the Next President"</font></b> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Wednesday, September 10th, 4:30p</font><font face="Tahoma" size="2">–</font><font face="Arial" size="2">6:00p, networking reception to follow</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Location: MIT Room 34-101 (forum), Stata Center R&D Commons (reception)</font> </div><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Join us for an exciting forum on innovative solutions to the energy crisis, as we explore what technologies and approaches are most promising, where investments should be made and what policies should change.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Featuring:</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Futurist Dr. Ray Kurzweil,</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Biologist Dr. George Church,</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Inventor Dr. Saul Griffith,</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">X PRIZE Foundation Chairman/CEO Dr. Peter Diamandis, </font><br><font face="Arial" size="2">and other special guests.</font> </p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Networking reception to follow from 6-7pm in Stata R&D Commons.</font> </p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Open to all.</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Sponsor(s): X PRIZE Lab @ MIT, MIT Energy Club, X PRIZE Foundation</font> </p><br><p><font face="Arial" size="2">====================================</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful,</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2"> committed citizens can change the world.</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2"> Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2"> ~*~ Margaret Mead</font> </p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Dr. Erika B. Wagner</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">w: 617.253.0017</font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="mailto:erika@mit.edu">erika@mit.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:elb@alumni.vanderbilt.edu">elb@alumni.vanderbilt.edu</a></font> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Science Director, Mars Gravity Biosatellite</font> <br><a href="http://www.marsgravity.org"><u><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">http://www.marsgravity.org</font></u></a> <br><font face="Arial" size="2">Executive Director, X PRIZE Lab @ MIT</font> <br><a href="http://web.mit.edu/xprize"><u><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">http://web.mit.edu/xprize</font></u></a> </p></div><br></div></div></div><br></body></html>