<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><b>GWAMIT Spring Kick-Off</b><div><br></div><div><b>Event: </b>Panel, "Collaboration in Invention" </div><div><b>When:</b> TODAY, Wednesday, April 28, 6:30 - 8 pm</div><div><b>Where:</b> 56-154</div><div><b>More Information: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events/spring2010.html">http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events/spring2010.html</a></span></b></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Collaboration is essential for the success of many ideas, inventions and start-ups. Although ideas may initially be crafted individually, their realization is usually due in part to a collaborative effort along the way. For inventors and businesspeople, good collaborations have come to be highly valued and sought after, yet are often difficult to find. As issues of intellectual property abound, it may be difficult to determine who to trust and at what stage of the game.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><p>Please join us as we address the topic of collaboration in invention as it particularly relates to women. Our panelists will draw upon their experiences to touch upon topics like how to form good collaborations and how to end ineffective ones.</p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Panelists</span></div><ul><li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-winners/a-presser.html" target="blank"><b>Aviva Presser Aiden</b></a>, MIT Ph.D. 2009; Lemelson-MIT Prize finalist 2009 for her work adapting microbial fuel cell technology for lighting/energy needs in Africa. Currently enrolled at Harvard Medical School.</li><li><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/yael/" target="blank"><b>Yael Tauman Kalai</b></a>, MIT Ph.D. and researcher in theoretical computer science at Microsoft Research New England.</li><li><a href="http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~margo/" target="blank"><b>Margo Seltzer</b></a>, Herchel Smith Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University.</li><li><a href="http://www-math.mit.edu/~gigliola/" target="blank"><b>Gigliola Staffilani</b></a>, Professor of Mathematics at MIT.</li></ul><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(129, 129, 129); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">Reception to Follow.</span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(129, 129, 129); "><i><br></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(129, 129, 129); "><i>Open to the entire MIT community. Panel co-sponsored by the Lemelson-MIT Program.</i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(129, 129, 129); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-family: sans-serif; "></span></i></div></div></span></div></body></html>