[Mitworld] New: Senge on Sustainable Strategies, Forum on IPO Readiness

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MIT World - Newsletter - volume 7 | number 37 | April 18, 2008
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[IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES]

Companies sometimes regard sustainability as "metaphoric low-hanging
fruit," says moderator Peter Senge, and reach for a few easy targets to
achieve cosmetic improvements. His three panelists describe how their
corporations are attempting to embrace sustainability as more than just
another high-profile, low-impact initiative that "goes right into an
overloaded bucket."

MODERATOR:
Peter Senge
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan
Founding Chairman, Society for International Learning

PANELISTS:
Wayne Balta
Vice President for Corporate Environmental Affairs and Product Safety,
IBM

Mark Buckley
Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Staples

Kevin Moss
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, BT Americas


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/545/>

[QUOTE]
"Environment is not a fad, a flavor of the month.... An organization
must be able to sustain the integration of environmental considerations
in its business independent of whether or not a given CEO is personally
out evangelizing on the subject."
--Wayne Balta


EVENT HOST: Industrial Liaison Program
<http://ilp-www.mit.edu/display_page.a4d?key=H1>

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[ARE YOU READY FOR IPO?
 STRATEGIES AND STEPS FOR HOW AND WHEN TO TAKE YOUR COMPANY PUBLIC]

These panelists serve up straight talk and occasionally dish on various
aspects of going public, giving aspiring entrepreneurs an unvarnished
view of the process.

MODERATOR:
Robert Buderi
Founder and CEO, Xconomy

PANELISTS:
Jonathan Bush
CEO, President and Chairman, athenahealth

Gail Goodman
President and CEO, Constant Contact

Jonathan (Jono) Goldstein
Managing Director, TA Associates

Bruce Evans
Managing Partner, Summit Partners


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/547/>

[QUOTE]
"I met 250 investors in 93 meetings in 7 and a half days in 13 cities."
--Jonathan Bush

EVENT HOST: MIT Enterprise Forum  <http://enterpriseforum.mit.edu/>

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MIT Sloan School of Management
Dean's Innovative Leader Series presents

Rafael del Pino, SM'86
Executive Chairman, Grupo Ferrovial, S.A.

Going Global: The Internationalization of Spanish Companies

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MIT Professional Institute
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[ENERGY SHORT COURSES AT MIT]

The MIT Professional Institute will be offering  energy courses taught
by MIT faculty on campus  this summer. These courses are from 2-6 days
long and are designed for professional audiences.

Liquid Transportation Fuels from Biomass:
Technology and Policy Considerations
Gregory Stephanopoulos
June 16-20, 2008

Renewable Energy: Capturing the Sun
Daniel G. Nocera
August 4-8, 2008

Additional energy courses offered by PI focus on:  internal combustion
engines, design of motors, organic  electronics, transportation
networks, and nuclear topics.

For a complete listing of 2008 courses,
visit the MIT Professional Institute
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c1=email&source=PI+MITW>
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