From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Jul 12 12:35:06 2006 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:35:06 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Endy on Synthetic Biology, Bodman on Energy Message-ID: <7121235.TYQPUSAC@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 5 | Number 38 | July 12, 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [THE IMPLICATIONS OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY] The MIT Museum brings Drew Endy to the Soap Box stage to discuss what happens when "people being to engineer biology" and the ethical and legal questions surrounding a brave new field. SPEAKER: Andrew (Drew) Endy Cabot Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "We're going from looking at the living world as only coming from nature, to a subset of the living world being produced by engineers who design and build (hopefully) useful living artifacts according to our specifications." --Drew Endy EVENT HOST: Soap Box ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [OUR ENERGY FUTURE: WHY AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MUST LEAD THE WAY] US Energy Secretary Bodman discusses US policy on energy and the administration's plans to develop a range of solutions-from biomass to safer nuclear power plants-to meet global energy needs. SPEAKER: Samuel W. Bodman United States Secretary of Energy PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Our country faces challenges to security, to our health and well being and future economic competitiveness. In all areas, the nation's scientists and engineers will help turn challenges into opportunities." --Samuel?W.?Bodman US Secretary of Energy EVENT HOST: Department of Chemical Engineering ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alumni Association Technology Day 2006 WOODIE C. FLOWERS On a Liberal Education for the 21st Century ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 Fall 2006 Classes begin September 6 For more information, please visit the Advanced Study Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs. 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SPEAKER: Nancy Kanwisher Investigator, McGovern Institute Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "I don't think every mental function of interest happens in one little bit of the brain. It doesn't make sense. The range of human experience is too broad and varied to fit each into its own little patch." --Nancy Kanwisher EVENT HOST: Soap Box ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [THE PURPOSE OF BUSINESS] As crude oil futures reach record highs, BP's Browne stresses the need for industry and government to make improvements in oil and gas exploration that can "soothe markets" when disruptions--such has hurricanes and terrorism--strike SPEAKER: John Browne Group Chief Executive, BP p.l.c. The Lord Browne of Madingley PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "In developing the Caspian Project and BTC pipeline, we've had to be involved in issues well beyond narrow technological and commercial dimensions. We've had to deal with human rights, land ownership, environmental impact at close detail, at every stage. For the people running the project, those issues aren't add-ons." --Lord John Browne EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Technology and Policy Program presents Alan Davidson Washington Policy Counsel Google Internet Regulation and Design: A View from the Front Lines ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] [MIT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE] 2006 Summer Short Courses Intensive one-week programs: * led by renowned MIT faculty * taught on the MIT campus with MIT resources * geared for busy professionals * designed for in-depth learning * grant MIT certificates and CEUs in biotechnology, chemical engineering, energy, IT, mechanical engineering,MEMS, nanotechnology, physics, technology policy, system architecture, and other topics of vital interest to today's engineers and scientists. 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SPEAKER: Robert Buderi Fellow, Security Studies Program, Center for International Studies, MIT Co-author, Guanxi (The Art of Relationships) Microsoft, China and Bill Gates' Plan to Win the Road Ahead SPEAKER: Gregory T. Huang Features Editor, New Scientist Co-author, Guanxi (The Art of Relationships) Microsoft, China and Bill Gates' Plan to Win the Road Ahead PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "What China wants more than anything...is access to the tools of knowledge creation. " --Robert Buderi EVENT HOST: authors at MIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [TV NEWS IN TRANSITION] Brotman hosts two network news veterans--Neal Shapiro and Juju Chang--in a discussion on the future of network news in a rapidly changing media environment. MODERATOR: Stuart Brotman PANELISTS: Neal Shapiro Former President, NBC News Juju Chang Correspondent, ABC News PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "The network anchor...is still going to be an important job. It's not just what you put in 30 minutes, but you have to be there when the world falls apart." --Neal Shapiro EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lean Aerospace Initiative 2006 Conference Leading the Lean Enterprise: The Dynamics of Distributed Leadership Clayton Jones CEO Rockwell Collins [LEADING ROCKWELL COLLINS' LEAN TRANSFORMATION] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 Fall 2006 Classes begin September 6 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/20060726/fc592f81/attachment.htm