[bioundgrd] Fwd: May 3-4 | MIT Sustainability Summit 2014 | Early bird tickets end on 3/31!

[Janice Chang]

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From: Cynthia Lin <cynlin at MIT.EDU<mailto:cynlin at MIT.EDU>>
Date: March 30, 2014 12:32:15 PM EDT
Subject: Fwd: May 3-4 | MIT Sustainability Summit 2014 | Early bird tickets end on 3/31!

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MIT SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT   |   MIT Media Lab  |  May 3-4, 2014

Early bird tickets are on sale until March 31!
Register now to learn what the future holds for these cities.

Visit our website and register:
http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/


About
Half of the world population and three-quarters of all large cities are located on the coast. 634 million people are at risk from rising water levels. How will our world landscapes change as a result? From New York City to Shanghai, Sydney to Rio de Janeiro -- coastal cities have become the nexuses for today's global economy, yet face a confounding duality in which they are also the most threatened by climate change. MIT is addressing these challenges of coastal cities at the 2014 MIT Sustainability Summit. The conference will defy traditional notions of urban development to ask how coastal cities can sustain themselves and continue to grow as the climate changes and their local environments deteriorate.

Featured keynote speakers
JOHN FERNANDEZ | Associate Professor, MIT Department of Architecture
NANCY KETE | Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation
BRIAN SWETT | Chief of Environment and Energy, City of Boston
VINEET GUPTA | Director of Planning, Boston Transportation Department

Featured panel topics
Designing the coastal cities of the future
Sustainable supply chains and coastal cities
The collaborative city
Infrastructure financing: What is the value of preventing damage?
Opportunities by the sea
Energy solutions for coastal cities
Planning for the new economy
Re-inventing mobility
Waste management -- Diversion from landfills -- What's next?

Please watch our online program:
  http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/program
for a continually-updated list of our speakers.

Use social media? Follow ups and stay tuned as we confirm additional speakers for 2014!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitsustainabilitysummit
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4863732
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MIT_S_Summit

Thanks!
The MIT Sustainability Summit team

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