[Mitworld] Panel on the Future of Deep Water Drilling, The Education Arcade on Television

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 14 |  November 15, 2010

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Moving Ahead: Engineering Challenges of Deep Water Drilling and Future Oil Resource Recovery
September 28, 2010

To keep up with demand, the oil industry ventures increasingly farther and deeper offshore, 
extracting resources as fast as possible in often hazardous conditions with newly minted 
technology. So to these panelists, the BP Deepwater Horizon accident did not come as a complete 
surprise. However, they view the disaster from distinctly different perspectives.
 Of note: Roland Pelenq on the failure of the cement.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/831

Moderator:
Andrew J. Whittle ScD '87
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Event Host:
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

"The Achilles’ heel of the Macondo blowout in fact, appears to have been a materials failure."
-Andrew J. Whittle

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TV or Not TV: That’s Not the Question
May 19, 2010

While Alice Cahn cites evidence that traditional TV viewing is alive and well, her panelists line 
up to describe a TV industry under siege by digital competitors, and in the throes of major change. 
In the course of this session, which focuses on how television engages a young(er) audience, a 
generational divide springs up that highlights the dramatic shift in cultural and consumer 
expectations as we move from traditional broadcast to digital media.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/824

Moderator:
Alice Cahn
Vice President for Social Responsibility, Cartoon Network

Event Host:
The Education Arcade

"The TV industry has tried to retain too tight a grip on the business models of the past, showing a 
disappointing lack of amicability to change. The more tightly industry tries to control and 
restrict content, the more control they lose."
-Nick Gnat

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In The Pipeline:

Online Migration of Newspapers

Presented By:
Communications Forum

Speaker:
David Carr
 The New York Times

 Dan Kennedy
 Northeastern University
Moderated by David Thorbun

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