From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Mon Sep 19 12:13:58 2005 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:13:58 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Interdisciplinary Research at MIT Message-ID: <9191213.VFSXEKQM@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 5 | number 1 | September 19, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Interdisciplinary Research at MIT: Making Uncommon Connections] MIT Vice President for Research Alice Gast hosts this symposium featuring professors of writing, environmental studies, chemistry and mechanical engineering. This is the first of two symposia held in celebration of the Inauguration of Susan Hockfield, 16th President of MIT. [SPEAKERS] **Speakers:** **Alice P. Gast** Vice President for Research and Associate Provost **Rosalind H. Williams** Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of Writing **Sallie (Penny) Chisholm** The Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies MIT **Moungi G. Bawendi** Professor of Chemistry **Alexander H. Slocum** Professor of Mechanical Engineering PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "If all human beings looking at the ocean started to think of the ocean as providing a service--maintaining the planet--we'd start to evolve thinking about the planet in a different way." -- Penny Chisholm EVENT HOST: The Inauguration Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: **Industrial Liaison Program presents** ** John Chambers** Chairman & CEO, Cisco Systems [** "From Transactions to Interactions: The Next-Generation of Productivity"] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] [**MIT Research and Development Conference**] "Innovation for Industry" This annual conference will showcase cutting-edge research and disruptive technologies essential to the R&D professional. MIT faculty, researchers, and industry leaders will share the results of new research at MIT that is relevant to the future of many industries. In addition to two general sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to choose among several concurrent technology tracks with themes that include: **homeland security, human/machine interface, new materials, manufacturing and productivity, photonics, and wireless networks and devices.** **November 2-3, 2005** [Online agenda, brochure and registration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 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 Bldg.9 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/20050919/a0f9355c/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Tue Sep 20 14:13:58 2005 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:13:58 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Subject line: New: Art and Technology, Chomsky and Long on Vietnam Message-ID: <9201413.AGDTXPDQ@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 5 | number 2 | September 21, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ART AND TECHNOLOGY] Associate Provost for the Arts Alan Brody moderates this talk focused on how art has affected technology and how technology has changed art. [SPEAKERS] **Speakers:** **Alan Brody** Associate Provost for the Arts **Evan Ziporyn** Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music **Jay Scheib** Assistant Professor of Theater **Krzysztof Wodiczko** Director of the Center of Art, Culture and Technology PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Every crisis is an opportunity. I feel that some of the best music I've written in the last ten years has been made either in compensation for mistakes I've made in regard to the computer, or mistakes the computer has made, or through a deliberate misuse of computer technology" -- Evan Ziporyn EVENT HOST: The Inauguration Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [VIETNAM REMEMBERED] Ngo Ving Long and Noam Chomsky reflect on the Vietnam War on the date considered the anniversary of the "end" of the war, with poignant and somber reminders of the horrors of war, both past and present. [SPEAKERS] **Speakers:** **Ngo Ving Long** Professor of History, University of Maine **Noam Chomsky** Institute Professor; Professor of Linguistics PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "What's the point of speaking truth to power? .... Try to do what a good teacher does--encourage people to figure things out for themselves and do something about it. Engage with others. Use whatever good fortune you have--privilege, resources, training--to help people figure out the truth for themselves" -- Noam Chomsky EVENT HOST: Technology and Culture Forum at MIT] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: **MIT Poverty Action Lab presents** **Muhammad Yunus** Founder and Managing Director Grameen Bank [** "Ending Global Poverty"**] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] [**Coming in November from the MIT Industrial Liaison Program**] Achieving Growth Through Strategic Innovation Brussels Conference **Charlemagne Building, European Commission Brussels, Belgium** Co-organized by Agoria, this conference will provide an important forum for European business leaders and government authorities to discuss innovation policy and to review approaches to fostering innovation at the national, regional and organizational levels. MIT faculty and industry speakers will focus on current and future innovation mechanisms, evaluate measures designed to support innovation, and present specific innovation opportunities for an aging population. **November 14-15, 2005** [Online agenda, brochure and registration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] MIT Learning International Networks Consortium **"Impacting Economic Development Through E-Learning"** This year's LINC Symposium will focus on the impact of technology-enabled education on global economic development, especially through group learning, regional collaborations, and across international borders. In addition to MIT speakers, there will be presentations from educational leaders from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia. Participants will leave the program with insights into current best practices of educational technology, and ideas on how to create and sustain learning communities across pedagogical, technological, economical and social borders. The program fosters a collaborative environment for scholars, researchers, funders, and entrepreneurs. Register by September and save $50. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Bldg.9 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/20050920/a1f50052/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Sep 28 13:25:01 2005 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:25:01 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Yunus on Global Poverty, Panel on Forced Labor Message-ID: <9281325.VWMVHMEE@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 5 | number 3 | September 28, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ENDING GLOBAL POVERTY] Muhammad Yunus provides an overview of the revolutionary microcredit system he created, making small loans to the world's poorest people. [SPEAKERS] **Speakers:** **Muhammad Yunus** Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Poverty is created by institutions we built--banking is one--the policies we pursue, concepts in classrooms. If you want to get poverty out of the world, we must redesign concepts, those theoretical structures. If you fix those things, nobody will be poor." -- Muhammad Yunus EVENT HOST: Poverty Action Lab ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [FORCED LABOR IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD] Tom Ashbrook moderates this first of two panels on forced labor that considers issues of child labor, international law, multinational corporate governance, activism and competition. [SPEAKERS] **Moderator:** **Tom Ashbrook** Host, On Point, WBUR-FM, Boston **PANELISTS:** **Terry Collingsworth** Executive Director, International Labor Rights Fund **Regina Abrami** Assistant Professor, Business, Government and the International Economy Harvard Business School **Roger Plant** Head of the Special Action Program to Combat Forced Labor, International Labor Organization **Thomas Kochan** George M. Bunker Professor of Management MIT Sloan PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "I don't think any company does anything unless you make them. Things that the Gap and Nike are doing are happening because they were hounded for 15 years by student groups and their brand names started to be affected by it. Pressure has to remain for companies to take action." -- Terry Collingsworth EVENT HOST: Center for International Studies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: **The Energy Research Council and the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment present** **Steve Koonin** Chief Scientist at BP [** "ENERGY FOR THE COMING DECADES: TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES"**] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 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... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20050928/b636bbfa/attachment.htm