[Mitworld] New: Panels on Natural Disasters and the Global Economy

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[WHAT'S SO NATURAL ABOUT NATURAL DISASTERS?]

Panelists look at natural disasters and consider faulty infrastructure,
vulnerable populations and the political implications of policies and
government response.

MODERATOR:
Rosalind H. Williams
Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of Writing
Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society

PANELISTS:
David A. Mindell
Frances and David Dibner Associate Professor of the History of
Engineering and Manufacturing

David S. Jones
Assistant Professor, Program in Science, Technology and Society

Meg Jacobs
Associate Professor of History, Department of History

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/335/>

[QUOTE]
"As academics or people, we should spend less time focusing on the
novelty or unpredictability of natural disasters and more time
recognizing that we already know much of what we need to know to
mitigate the problems produced by them."
óDavid S. Jones


EVENT HOST: MIT Response to Hurricane Katrina

<http://web.mit.edu/katrina/symposia/>

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[INNOVATION EVERYWHEREóWHY THE WORLD ISN'T FLAT ENOUGH]

While the flatness of the world provides opportunity for many, these
panelists point to significant global problems that are not being
addressed in the new flat economy.

MODERATOR:
Alex (Sandy) Pentland
Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of Human
Dynamics Research, MIT Media Lab


PANELISTS:
Jimmy Wales
Founder, Wikipedia and Founder and President, Wikipedia Foundation

Nancy J. Hafkin
Founder, African Information Society Initiative of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa

Damien Balsan
Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Way Systems

John M. Stelling
Investigator, Brigham & Women's Hospital Microbiology Laboratory


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/334/>

[QUOTE]
"Think about how technology spreads to the rest of the world. It's
mind-boggling to think about women in purdah watching Baywatch, or a
subsistence farmer watching Dallas. Yet these are two of the most highly

widely distributed media in the world."
óAlex "Sandy" Pentland

EVENT HOST: Technology Review

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

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IN THE PIPELINE:

MIT Communications Forum
Television In Transition Series

David Poltrack
Executive vice president for research and planning, CBS

Jorge Schement
Professor and co-director of the Institute for Information Policy,
Pennsylvania State University

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