[Mitworld] New: Negroponte's $100 Laptop, Locke on Globalization

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MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 5 | number 15 | December 28, 2005
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[THE HUNDRED DOLLAR LAPTOP--COMPUTING FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS]

Negroponte provides first hand account of his revolutionary idea, to
make a laptop computer available and affordable for more than 800
million children worldwide--in one of the most interesting technology
stories of 2005.

SPEAKER:

Nicholas P. Negroponte
 Chairman and Co-Founder, MIT Media Laboratory
 Wiesner Professor of Media Technology
 Chairman, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/313/>

EVENT HOST: Technology Review

<http://www.technologyreview.com/>

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[MAKING GLOBALIZATION WORK FOR ALL]

Richard Locke moderates this discussion on overseas apparel factories
and the systemic challenges to address working conditions and fair wages
for workers.

MODERATOR:
Richard M. Locke
 Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political Science

PANELISTS:
Hannah Jones
 Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Nike
Scott Nova
 Executive Director, Workers Rights Consortium


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/312/>


EVENT HOST:  MIT Sloan School of Management

<http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

Department of Urban Studies and Planning
 City Design and Development Forum Fall 05

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 former New Orleans Director of City Planning

[REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS: AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE-ENERGIZE THE PLANNING
PROFESSION?]


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