[Mitworld] New: Technology Day 2007: Global Energy and the Environment

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 7 | October 17, 2007
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[ENERGY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT]

SPEAKERS:
Susan Hockfield
MIT President
Professor of Neuroscience

Nazli Choucri
Professor of Political Science
Associate Director, Technology and Development Program


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[QUOTE]
"What MIT is good for: a dose of reality-based hope that we can help
address in a real way the most serious of the world's great challenges."
-- Susan Hockfield


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[GLOBAL RESOURCES AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT]

SPEAKER:
John Fernandez
Associate Professor of Building Technology, Department of Architecture


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/482/>

[QUOTE]
"The idea that resilience and adaptability can be design priorities
initiates a whole new era for architecture that incorporates ... an
evolving understanding of global resource consumption and climate
change."
-- John Fernandez


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