[Mitworld] Steven Chu on Energy, Panel on the Future of Publishing

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 47 |  July 22, 2009

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The Energy Problem and the Interplay Between Basic and Applied Research
May 12, 2009

Just as science in the 1970s produced a “green revolution” in agricultural productivity, preventing mass starvation in a swelling global population, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is counting on transformative scientific and engineering ideas to achieve sustainable energy and cap climate change. 

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/683

Speaker:
Steven Chu
U.S. Secretary of Energy



Event Host:
The Office of the President of MIT

"Can we design a modern-day equivalent of Lincoln Labs or Los Alamos, focused on mission driven research, but also connected to fundamental research and the industrial world?"
-Steven Chu

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The Future of Publishing
April 25, 2009

Nostalgia, anxiety and optimism mix in this panel devoted to imagining what lies ahead for the book, as publishing professionals and others discuss the impact of digital technology on the book publishing business.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/685

Moderator:
Geoffrey Long
Researcher and Communications Director, Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, Comparative Media Studies, MIT

Event Host:
MIT Communications Forum

"The future of publishing will be building communities around works. An old-school author’s commitment is to engage with a subject matter on behalf of future readers. A new-school 
author makes a commitment to engage with readers in the context of particular subject. "
-Bob Stein

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In The Pipeline:

The Mysterious Field of Engineering Systems

Presented By:
Engineering Systems Division
 International Engineering Systems Symposium

Speaker:
Norman R. Augustine
Retired, Chairman and CEO
Lockheed Martin Corporation

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