[Mitworld] New: IBM's Sanford on Engineering Systems, iCampus on Competitiveness

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 6 | Number 24 | March 7, 2007
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[ENGINEERING SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS TO REAL WORLD CHALLENGES: AN OVERVIEW]

SPEAKER:
Linda Sanford
IBM Senior Vice President, Enterprise On Demand Transformation &
Information Technology


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/425/>

[QUOTE]
"In the 21st century, the broader definition of innovation is...taking
new inventions, technology and ideas, marrying them with business and
social insight and delivering real value."
-- Linda Sanford


EVENT HOST: Engineering Systems Division <http://esd.mit.edu/>

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[ROLES OF INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, AND GOVERNMENT IN ADDRESSING
 COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY]

MODERATOR:
Deborah Wince-Smith
President, Council on Competitiveness

PANELISTS:
Lawrence Bacow
President, Tufts University

Richard Lampman
Senior Vice President, Research Director, Hewlett-Packard Labs

Richard (Rick) Rashid
Senior Vice President, Microsoft Research

Vernon J. Ehlers
U.S. Representative, Michigan's Third District

Diane Jones
Deputy Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/427/>

[QUOTE]
"For many students, an engineering education is an exercise in delayed
gratification. They come in wanting to make and design things, but
there's a lot of stuff to slog through before they get there. The way
is to get undergrads more engaged in practice earlier on."
-- Lawrence Bacow


EVENT HOST:iCampus <http://icampus.mit.edu/index.shtml>

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Research Laboratory for Electronics
RLE 60th Anniversary Colloquia Series-Beyond the Limits presents

Steven Quake
Professor of Bioengineering
Stanford University

Biological Large Scale Integration
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