[Mitworld] New: MIT Sloan Convocation 2008-Sustainability: The Next Management Frontier

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 8 | Number 9 | October 28, 2008
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[CLIMATE CHANGE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIETY]

MIT Sloan Dean Dave Schmittlein describes some showcase work launched at
MIT, including a long-lasting battery for electric cars, and MIT's own
green campus efforts in this first Convocation 2008 discussion on
sustainability.

SPEAKER:
David Schmittlein
John C Head III, Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management

SPEAKER:
Richard M. Locke PhD '89
Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political Science,
MIT Sloan School of Management

SPEAKER:
John Sterman PhD '82
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems
Director, System Dynamics Group, MIT

SPEAKER:
Vladimir Bulovic
KDD Associate Professor of Communications and Technology, Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT

SPEAKER:
Kevin Moss
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, BT Americas


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/607/>

[QUOTE]
"If we can cut the use of fossil fuels, it puts money in our
pockets....I believe those folks who say we can't address the problem,
that it's too expensive, that it will hurt the economy, have a
profoundly pessimistic view about human creativity, about our capacity
to work together and collectively for the greater good and for future
generations."
-- John Sterman


EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management <http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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[A VIEW FROM INDUSTRY]

Gary Cowger details environmental sustainability efforts at General
Motors to date and highlights more ambitious plans for the future.

SPEAKER:
Gary L. Cowger, SF '78
Group Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Labor Relations,
General Motors Corporation


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/608/>

[QUOTE]
"When we combine all recycling, energy conservation, forestry and
renewable initiatives, we have reduced CO2 equal to what is released by
producing energy for nearly 400 thousand houses a year."
-- Gary Cowger


EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management <http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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MIT's Industrial Liaison Program presents

John Chambers
Chairman and CEO, Cisco

Building the Next Generation Company: Innovation, Talent, Excellence

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