[Mitworld] Lawrence Fish and Simon Johnson on the Banking Crisis, Subra Suresh and Yossi Sheffi on Engineering Systems

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 4 |  September 29, 2009

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Financial Services: Prospects for Your Future
September 24, 2009

In a lively discussion with Simon Johnson, Lawrence Fish deconstructs the near collapse of the 
banking system and points out the multiple factors that have contributed to the financial crisis. 


http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/706

Speakers:
Lawrence K. Fish
Former Chairman and CEO, Citizens Financial Group
Member, MIT Corporation

Simon Johnson PhD '98
Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management


Event Host:
MIT Sloan School of Management

"There are no B pluses in ethics.
It's pass/fail.
"
-Lawrence K. Fish

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MIT Perspective on Engineering Systems
June 16, 2009

The field of systems engineering has only recently emerged, and as this symposium demonstrates, 
defies precise definition.  But MIT has taken this evolving area to heart, nurturing a new division 
and encouraging a raft of ventures that in their execution, may help shape the field 
for the next century.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/699

Speakers:
Subra Suresh ScD '81
Dean, MIT School of Engineering

Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering;

Professor of Biological Engineering


Yossi Sheffi SM '77, PhD '78
Director, Engineering Systems Division

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems 
Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics


Event Host:
Engineering Systems Division

"The 21st-century engineer is the one who has to fix some of the problems associated with the 
greatest achievements of the 20th century. ... What is the ingredient here? Societal perspective. 
How do we educate a student in three or four years to look at things beyond what 
we see in engineering?"
-Subra Suresh

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In The Pipeline:

Entrepreneurship, Government, and Development in Africa

Presented By:
Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
The Legatum Lecture Series

Speaker:
President John Kufour
President of Ghana 2001-2009 

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MIT Conference on Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges
Addressing Complexity in Health Care, Energy, Space, and the Environment<BR><BR>October 22-23, 2009 at MIT						

http://sdm.mit.edu/index.php?fileName=conf09/sdm_conference.html

Register now to join MIT faculty and industry leaders who will discuss best practices for applying systems thinking to some of the most complex challenges facing today's world.  

Hear Stephen Connors, Director of the MIT Energy Initiative's Analysis Group for Regional Energy Alternatives discuss systems issues surrounding regional energy sustainability.  The presentation will offer
recommendations for energy-importing nations to meet climate change and energy security goals simultaneously through aggressive end-use efficiencies, diversification of domestic sources, and modernization of energy networks.
http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=742938

http://sdm.mit.edu/index.php?fileName=conf09/sdm_conference.html

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