From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed May 3 16:04:30 2006 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 16:04:30 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New Amory Lovins on the Oil Endgame, Lawrence Fish of Citizens Bank Message-ID: <53164.MXAWBHJR@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 5 | Number 31 | May 3, 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [WINNING THE OIL ENDGAME] Lovins makes the case that the heavy vehicles we design, build and operate are at the heart of the oil dependency problem. He insists the technical know-how exists to make all modes of transportation lighter and more fuel-efficient, and that big, fast change is possible. SPEAKER: SPEAKER: Amory Lovins Founder and CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "...what if we could make super-efficient vehicles as a byproduct of breakthrough engineering so people would buy these cars because they're better?like going to CDs from vinyl records? ...Think of a computer with wheels, not a car with chips." --Amory Lovins EVENT HOST: Energy Research Council ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [NOT YOUR TYPICAL CEO] In this inspiring talk Fish says that people -customers, colleagues and community- are at the heart of everything connected to Citizens Financial Group's success. SPEAKER: Lawrence K. Fish Chairman and CEO, Citizens Financial Group Member, MIT Corporation PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "I want to be treated nice and fair, and treated that way all the time. That's what we try and do at the bank." --Lawrence Fish EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: MIT Sloan School of Management Dean?s Innovative Leader Series Tim Brown, CEO IDEO [INNOVATION THROUGH DESIGN THINKING] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] [CHINA LEADERS FOR MANUFACTURING PROGRAM (CLFM)] *A partnership among MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing program, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and industry *Helping companies educate, recruit and retain top-level talent Modeled after MIT's Leader for Manufacturing, two-year, dual-degree program, CLFM will be China's first dual-degree, graduate program focused on educating the next generation of manufacturing and operations leaders in China. Information Session for prospective Managing Partner companies: The Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Shanghai May 24, 2006 Information and RSVP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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: Michael Griffin NASA Administrator PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "We spend seven tenths of one percent of our national budget on space exploration; fifteen cents for the average person every day. I spend more than that on chewing gum." --Michael Griffin EVENT HOST: Mass Space Grant Consortium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [TV?S NEW ECONOMICS] Poltrack provides insight into how CBS is positioning itself in the new era of web based, nonlinear television. Schement relays fascinating demographic and historical information about the in-home use of radios, televisions, computers, as our connected homes become "nodes on a network". MODERATOR: Henry Jenkins John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities and Director of Comparative Media Studies Program PANELISTS: David F. Poltrack Executive Vice President, Research and Planning, CBS Television Jorge Reina Schement Distinguished Professor of Communications Professor of Information Sciences and Technologies and Co-Director of the Institute for Information Policy, College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "We focus on technology so much that we miss driving forces that are non technological. TV arrived just at the right time, when Americans were forming households, and had little disposable income." --Jorge Schement EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: MIT Museum Soap Box Series presents Drew Endy [THE IMPLICATIONS OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] Midcareer Acceleration Program [BUILD YOUR CAREER ON-RAMP AT MIT] The MIT Midcareer Acceleration Program (MAP) is a ten-month, part-time program that offers experienced professionals the skills to pilot career reentry and quickly contribute to a new workplace. - Join a world-renowned learning community - Build skills in an MIT course and special workshops - Put theory into practice in an internship or research project - Develop a strategic career plan - Apply online by July 15 - Orientation begins in August For complete details on the MAP program, please visit the MIT Midcareer Acceleration Program website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/20060510/236ba54a/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Thu May 18 14:48:59 2006 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 14:48:59 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Robert Pinksy and Enterprise Forum on 2006 Markets Message-ID: <5181448.OAEMXSGA@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 5 | Number 33 | May 18, 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [A CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT PINSKY] In this wide-ranging conversation with David Thorburn, Robert Pinsky discusses his collaboration on an opera with Tod Machover at the MIT Media Lab, his ongoing Favorite Poem Project, and his ideas about poetry and democratic culture. SPEAKER: Robert Pinsky Professor of English, Boston University Former U.S. Poet Laureate PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "A lot of people writing free verse badly should not obscure the fact that it?s possible to write rhyme in meter quite badly." --Robert Pinksy EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [FORECASTING MARKETS: THE CAPITAL UPDATE FOR 2006] The Enterprise Forum provides its annual look into capital markets. MODERATOR: Robert Crowley PANELISTS: Martin Hensel President, Texterity, Inc. Claire Wadlington Partner & CFO, F.A. Technology Ventures. C. Edward (Ned) Hazen Managing Director, Lighthouse Capital Partners T.L. Stebbins Head of U.S. Investment Canaccord/Adams PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Trading systems and regulations in U.S. markets have made it more difficult for companies with market caps of under $250 million." --T.L. Stebbins MIT Enterprise Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DIVISION The Annual Charles L. Miller Lecture Clyde Prestowitz President, The Economic Strategy Institute [THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN: THE IMPACT OF THE RETURN OF INDIA AND CHINA TO THEIR HISTORICAL GLOBAL WEIGHT] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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 5 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/20060518/e91b9dfb/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Sat May 27 13:13:49 2006 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 13:13:49 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Donna Brazile, David Lowry and John Pope at MLK Breakfast Message-ID: <5271313.MNOFNBWQ@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 5 | Number 34 | May 24, 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [DR. KING'S UNFINISHED AGENDA: A CALL FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE 21ST CENTURY] In this riveting talk, this "daughter of the deep South" talks about politics, power, and poverty and her own family?s struggles in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. SPEAKER: Donna Brazile Founder and Managing Director of Brazile and Associates, LLC PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "What did you accomplish this year? Well, I got arrested because I was trying to stop $12.1 billion from being cut from the student loan program." --Donna Brazile EVENT HOST: MIT Annual Breakfast Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [STUDENT REMARKS 2006 MLK BREAKFAST] In this powerful 18-minute presentation David Lowry and John Pope reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. SPEAKERS: David Lowry Anthropology student, MIT '06 John Pope Former EECS student, MIT PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Have we forgotten that we are only one or two generations removed from segregation and do we believe that forgetting the past...is the path to equality today?" --David Lowry EVENT HOST: MIT Annual Breakfast Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT Industrial Liaison Program CEO Guest Lecture series presents James Dyson Inventor and Founder Dyson Corporation [THE ART OF ENGINEERING] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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/20060527/41d13333/attachment.htm