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 Message-ID: <1121248.DSYTSCPQ@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 5 | number 8 | November 2, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 Arts Humanities and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management The 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/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 Arts Humanities and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management The 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/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] MIT Sloan Executive Education MANAGING THE EXTENDED SUPPLY CHAIN: BEYOND PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY 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/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20051116/c65e8ecf/attachment.htm 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 Message-ID: <11211533.INFDDTGS@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 5 | number 11 | November 10, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: MIT Sloan School of Management Dean's Innovative Leader Series presents Ricardo Semler President, Semco S/A [LEADING BY OMISSION ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] MIT Knowledge updates New from MIT: Knowledge Updates EDUCATIONAL BRIEFINGS FOR PROFESSIONALS AND ACADEMICS * Digital briefings bring MIT learning to your home or office * Designed to bring busy professionals up to speed on complex science and engineering topics * KUs give you access to: video presentations by MIT professors, supporting articles, industry information, resources and more * Ideal for executives, consultants, lawyers, educators, journalists and marketing and sales teams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20051121/8fc38cdc/attachment.htm 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 Message-ID: <11301651.SOREXDPX@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 5 | number 12 | November 30, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] Partners in Executive Education MANAGING THE EXTENDED SUPPLY CHAIN: BEYOND PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY 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/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20051130/2ba25b03/attachment.htm