From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Nov 2 12:48:24 2005
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:48:24 -0500
Subject: [Mitworld] New: BP's Koonin on Energy Trends, Panel on Drug Supply
Chains
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[ENERGY FOR THE COMING DECADES: TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES]
Koonin provides an overview of the current fossil fuel dominated era and
discusses the challenges to keeping pace with the global increase in
demand for energy.
SPEAKER:
Steven E. Koonin
Chief Scientist, BP
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"It's sobering to realize that the power plants being planned now will
be emitting in 2050. Autos last 20 years, buildings 100, and our
political cycle is six years. It's difficult to imagine society focusing
on long-term problems."
--Steven Koonin
EVENT HOST: Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
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[INNOVATION IN MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (PART THREE)]
Experts discuss supply chains in the drug distribution system and
technological changes that can facilitate getting the right medicine at
the right time and right place.
MODERATOR:
Charles L. Cooney
Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engieering Co-Director, Program
on the Pharmaceutical Industry
PANELISTS:
Mark R. Bamforth
Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Pharmaceutical Genzyme
Corporation
Peter Walsh
Director of Business Development, UPS Consulting
Abbott Weiss
Senior Lecturer
MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
Daniel W. Engels
Director, R.F.I.D. Healthcare Initiative
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"The challenge is the tail end of the supply chain--that's where we see a
lack of focus. Medical networks are more excited about new medical
devices, but not by supply chains."
--Peter Walsh
EVENT HOST: MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation
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IN THE PIPELINE:
Engineering Systems Division
Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems presents
Dr. A. Richard Newton
Dean School of Engineering
University of California at Berkeley
**The 21st Century is About Engineering, Systems and Society**
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"This program has great value and practical application for life
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May 21-26
2006
For more information, see the course description
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From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Tue Nov 8 16:20:59 2005
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:20:59 -0500
Subject: [Mitworld] New: Semler and Mintzberg on MBA's, Panel on Drug Safety
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[ENERGY FOR THE COMING DECADES: TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES]
Koonin provides an overview of the current fossil fuel dominated era and
discusses the challenges to keeping pace with the global increase in
demand for energy.
SPEAKER:
Steven E. Koonin
Chief Scientist, BP
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"It's sobering to realize that the power plants being planned now will
be emitting in 2050. Autos last 20 years, buildings 100, and our
political cycle is six years. It's difficult to imagine society focusing
on long-term problems."
--Steven Koonin
EVENT HOST: Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INNOVATION IN MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (PART THREE)]
Experts discuss supply chains in the drug distribution system and
technological changes that can facilitate getting the right medicine at
the right time and right place.
MODERATOR:
Charles L. Cooney
Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engieering Co-Director, Program
on the Pharmaceutical Industry
PANELISTS:
Mark R. Bamforth
Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations and Pharmaceutical Genzyme
Corporation
Peter Walsh
Director of Business Development, UPS Consulting
Abbott Weiss
Senior Lecturer
MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
Daniel W. Engels
Director, R.F.I.D. Healthcare Initiative
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"The challenge is the tail end of the supply chain--that's where we see a
lack of focus. Medical networks are more excited about new medical
devices, but not by supply chains."
--Peter Walsh
EVENT HOST: MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IN THE PIPELINE:
Engineering Systems Division
Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems presents
Dr. A. Richard Newton
Dean School of Engineering
University of California at Berkeley
**The 21st Century is About Engineering, Systems and Society**
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[SPONSORED LINK]
MIT Sloan Executive Education
Leading Innovative Enterprises
Strategies for Growth in the Life Sciences
Join senior MIT faculty in an intensive leadership program for
high-potential managers in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical
device, and healthcare industries. MIT Sloan's unique executive program
integrates perspectives from multiple disciplines to address the
complicated and often unique challenges faced by companies in the life
sciences industry.
"This program has great value and practical application for life
sciences."
Clare Kendall
Senior Director, Clinical Project Management
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical
Research & Development, LLC
January 22-27
March 26-31
May 21-26
2006
For more information, see the course description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[SPONSORED LINK]
MIT ADVANCED STUDY PROGRAM
Put MIT to Work For You
Spend a Semester at MIT
As an ASP fellow, you will
* investigate the latest advances in your field
* design a curriculum to meet individual and company goals
* learn to harness the power of new technologies
* access the full range of MIT courses and resources
* build a lifelong network of colleagues
Accepting applications for Spring 2006
Classes begin February 7
For more information, please visit the
Advanced Study Program
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Education Programs.
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From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Nov 16 14:17:45 2005
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:17:45 -0500
Subject: [Mitworld] New: MIT Leadership Center, Panel on Digital Commons
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[LEADERSHIP IN A COMPLEX, TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN WORLD]
In celebrating the launch of the MIT Leadership Center, prominent
leaders in their fields come together to discuss the finer points of
leadership, including having and believing in a vision, taking the long
view, and never giving up.
SPEAKERS:
Rosalind Williams
The Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of Writing
Robert S. Langer
Institute Professor and
Kenneth J. Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical
Engineering
Robert Metcalfe
General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
Phillip A. Sharp
Institute Professor
Founding Director McGovern Institute for Brain Research
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"I like to set a goal: I'd like to see this technology do that, or
answer this scientific question. So I set a goal in a five to 10-year
period, and work to achieve it."
--Phillip A. Sharp
EVENT HOST: MIT Leadership Center
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[THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL COMMONS]
Panelists discuss how the internet has fundamentally changed access to
information and why the old regimes of property management need to
change.
SPEAKERS:
Nancy Kranich
Former President,
American Library Association
Guest Lecturer
Ann Wolpert
Director, MIT Libraries
Steven Pinker
Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology
Harvard University
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"The important work of the academy is intended to be shared, not stuffed
in the same box as Mickey Mouse."
--Ann Wolpert
EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum
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IN THE PIPELINE:
Center for International Studies presents:
Laurie Garrett
Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Marc Lipsitch
Harvard School of Public Health
[SCIENTIFIC, HEALTH AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AN AVIAN FLU PANDEMIC]
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Globalization and technological innovation are driving the creation of
extended enterprises -- dynamic networks of interconnected
organizations, from suppliers' suppliers to customers' customers -- and
necessitating new ways of doing business. Based on the latest research
at MIT and IMD, this unique, one-week program introduces participants to
the innovative strategies and tools needed to manage the complexity of
today's extended supply chains.
April 2-7, 2006
November 5-10, 2006
More information
For more information, see the course description
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As an ASP fellow, you will
* investigate the latest advances in your field
* design a curriculum to meet individual and company goals
* learn to harness the power of new technologies
* access the full range of MIT courses and resources
* build a lifelong network of colleagues
Accepting applications for Spring 2006
Classes begin February 7
For more information, please visit the
Advanced Study Program
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Education Programs.
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From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Mon Nov 21 15:33:35 2005
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:33:35 -0500
Subject: [Mitworld] New: Woodie Flowers on Leadership, Voices from New Orleans
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[DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS]
The MIT Leadership Center features short presentations from 4 students
whose work exemplifies leadership on a global scale. Afterwards, Flowers
discusses the need to cultivate students who are both technologically
literate and philosophically grounded.
MODERTATOR:
Woodie C. Flowers
PANELISTS:
Elizabeth Basha
Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ('09)
Timothy Heidel
Undergraduate, Electrical Engineering ('06)
Anat Binur
Graduate Student, Political Science Political Science
Harel Williams
Undergraduate, Computer Science ('06)
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"Imagine the headline that says federal funding is discontinued at MIT
until the faculty agrees to teach intelligent design. This is chilling
to me. Or the fact that members of Congress are saying that global
warming is a hoax. These are things that should cause us pause."
--Woodie Flowers
EVENT HOST: MIT Leadership Center
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[VOICES FROM NEW ORLEANS: DESIGN AND PLANNING DIASPORA]
Larry Vale hosts a discussion with New Orleans-based scholars, art
historians and architects about critical issues facing New Orleans, in
the face destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.
MODERATOR:
Lawrence J. Vale
Professor and Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT
School of Architecture and Planning, Margaret MacVicar Fellow
Gary Van Zante
Curator of Architecture & Design, MIT Museum
John Klingman
Professor of Architecture, Tulane University
William Barry
Senior Associate,
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott Architects, Boston
Richard Tuttle
Professor of Art History, Tulane University
Lawrence Jenkens
Professor of Art History, University of New Orleans
Ellen Weiss
Professor of Architecture, Tulane University
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"The important work of the academy is intended to be shared, not stuffed
in the same box as Mickey Mouse."
--Ann Wolpert
EVENT HOST: Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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IN THE PIPELINE:
MIT Sloan School of Management
Dean's Innovative Leader Series presents
Ricardo Semler
President, Semco S/A
[LEADING BY OMISSION ]
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From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Nov 30 16:51:21 2005
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:51:21 -0500
Subject: [Mitworld] New: Senge on Leadership, Nobel Peace Laureate ElBaradei
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[Leading Across Boundaries]
Peter Senge moderates a discussion with three leaders who have worked
across geographic, political, cultural, and economic boundaries to
affect positive change.
SPEAKERS:
Peter Senge
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan
Ronald O'Connor
Founder, Management Sciences for Health Management Sciences for Health
Frannie L?autier
Vice President, World Bank Institute
Jeremy Hockenstein
CEO/COO, Digital Divide Data
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"In this extraordinarily interdependent world we live, working across
boundaries is the defining challenge of our time."
--Peter Senge
EVENT HOST: MIT Leadership Center
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[Nuclear Technology in a Changing World: Have We Reached a Turning
Point?]
Mohamed ElBaradei, winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize discusses the
future of nuclear power and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
SPEAKER:
Mohamed ElBaradei
2005 Nobel Peace Prize Director General, International Atomic Energy
Agency
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"No discussion of energy is complete without considering the global
energy
imbalance."
--Mohamed ElBaradei
EVENT HOST: Nuclear Science and Engineering
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IN THE PIPELINE:
Technology Review
Emerging Technologies Conference
Nicholas Negroponte
Co-founder and Chairman
MIT Media Lab
[The Hundred-Dollar Laptop-Computing for Developing Nations ]
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Globalization and technological innovation are driving the creation of
extended enterprises -- dynamic networks of interconnected
organizations, from suppliers' suppliers to customers' customers -- and
necessitating new ways of doing business. Based on the latest research
at MIT and IMD, this unique, one-week program introduces participants to
the innovative strategies and tools needed to manage the complexity of
today's extended supply chains.
April 2-7, 2006
November 5-10, 2006
More information
For more information, see the course description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[SPONSORED LINK]
MIT ADVANCED STUDY PROGRAM
Put MIT to Work For You
Spend a Semester at MIT
As an ASP fellow, you will
* investigate the latest advances in your field
* design a curriculum to meet individual and company goals
* learn to harness the power of new technologies
* access the full range of MIT courses and resources
* build a lifelong network of colleagues
Accepting applications for Spring 2006
Classes begin February 7
For more information, please visit the
Advanced Study Program
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional
Education Programs.
SPONSORS
Office of the Provost
Office of the Vice President for Research
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
MIT Sloan School of Management
School of Science
MIT Alumni Association
Industrial Liaison Program
Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation
PARTNERS
Academic Media Production Services
IS&T Web Communications Services
Akamai Technologies
RiverRun Media
Send comments to:
MIT World
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional Education Programs
77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-433
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/
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