MIT
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
EARTH SYSTEM INITIATIVE YOUNG FACULTY SEMINARS
Speaker: Janelle Thompson, Doherty Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 54-915
LAND AND SEA: MICROBIAL PROCESSES FROM CORALS TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Microorganisms drive global cycles of carbon and energy and are integral to the health of living systems at scales from the microscopic to the geologic. Research in our Microbial Ecology and Engineering Lab aims to understand how microbial communities influence the integrity of perturbed environments at multiple scales. Our projects include exploring how shifts in microbial activity mediate the balance between health and disease in reef-building corals; and studying the nature and engineering applications of microbial populations isolated from subsurface carbon sequestration sites, which remarkably can grow in supercritical carbon dioxide conditions. We also are developing a model system of a well-characterized sea anemone and its? associated microbial community to help us understand the role microbes play in acclimatizing ?hosts? to different environments. These three unique ?problem spaces? are unified by our view of microbial systems as integral to the functioning of living systems at every scale.
NOTE: Reception to follow at 5pm
THE ESI YOUNG FACULTY SEMINARS is a series of occasional talks by our young faculty affiliates. The goal is to foster cross-departmental community and new collaborative research relationships by having them present their very latest work to colleagues in other departments.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth System Initiative
For more information, contact:
Kurt Sternlof
kurtster@mit.edu
(617) 253-6895
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
The National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan for Saudi Arabia
Speaker: Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammad Al Saud (Vice President for Research Institutes, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology)
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 3-270
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is embarking on a major effort to advance its position in science and technology in order to expand its economy, address problems of national importance, and improve the quality of life of its people. This is motivated by the desire to shift the economy of the Kingdom away from one based on natural resources towards one driven by knowledge and innovation, with strong knowledge-based industries that develop and make use of the Kingdom's human talent. This effort involves establishing an effective national innovation system that engages research and development (R&D), education, and economic institutions in a strategically coordinated and productive way. This led to the establishment of the National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (NSTIP). The plan calls for the Kingdom to join
the technologically advanced industrialized nations by 2025. The responsibility of planning and managing the execution of NSTIP was assigned to the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). KACST is both the Saudi Arabian national science agency and its national laboratories. KACST is an independent organization administratively reporting to the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): ASO, ESD
For more information, contact:
Arab Students Organization
arab-comm@mit.edu
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Current Status & Development of Biofuel in China
Speaker: Prof. LIU Dehua, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Time: 3:00p–4:30p
Location: 3-343
MIT CEER China Energy and Environment Talk Series
The world is actively seeking alternatives for highly in-demand petroleum. Biofuel, as a renewable energy, has been drawing more and more attention in recent years. China's total energy consumption already occupies the second place in the world and Chinese central government pays special attention to the development of biofuels. According to the "Mid and Long Term Development Plan of Renewable Energies", by 2020, the annual consumption of bioethanol and biodiesel will reach 10 million tons and 2 million tons respectively in China. This lecture will focus on the current status and development of biofuel in China. Prof. Liu?s group is taking the leading role in the research of biofuel (especially biodiesel) in China and some research progress from his group will be shared.
Dr. Dehua Liu received his Bachelor degree and Ph.D degree in 1986 and 1991 respectively in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Process Engeering, Chinese Academy of Science from 1991 to1993, and visited Purdue University from 1994 to1995 as a visiting professor. Since1999, he has been working in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University as a full professor. Currently his group is mainly engaged in biorefinery of renewable resources for the production of biofuel and bio-based products.
Web site: http://ceer.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT China Energy and Envrionment Research Group
For more information, contact:
LIU Hengwei
liu.ccs@gmail.com
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Friday, June 04, 2010
The Need for Cost-Reducing, Low-Carbon Technologies in the post-Copenhagen World
Time: 3:15p–5:00p
Location: 10-250
Join this panel for an invigorating update on the energy activities happening at MIT. Hear from faculty as they share their dreams for the world?s energy future. Alumni not attending reunions are welcome to attend, but seating is limited. Please email alumnienergy@mit.edu if you?d like to attend. Or, register for Tech Reunions online no later than midnight tonight.
Panelists: Daniel Enderton PhD ?09, Executive Director, Sustainable Energy Revolutions Program, MIT, Moderator; Professor Jeff Grossman, Carl Richard Soderberg Associate Professor of Power Engineering; Professor Sarah Slaughter, Coordinator, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative; and Professor Mujid Kazimi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Director, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES).
For more on these faculty please visit:
Professor Jeff Grossman http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/jcg/
Professor Sarah Slaughter http://slaughte.scripts.mit.edu/
Professor Mujid Kazimi http://meche.mit.edu/people/?id=48
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Christine L. Tempesta
tempesta@mit.edu
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Harvard
Models of Global Health Education
WHEN
Wed., June 2, 2010, 2 – 4 p.m.
WHERE
Massachusetts General Hospital, Ether Dome, Bulfinch Building - 4th floor, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Education, Health Sciences, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Center for Global Health
Massachusetts General Hospital
SPEAKER(S)
Neal Nathanson, associate dean for global health programs, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; David Henderson, MGH Division of Global Psychiatry; David Bangsberg, MGH Center for Global Health; Al Mulley
MGH Division of General Medicine; Pat Lee, MGH Division of General Medicine
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Other
Nerdnite May 31: beer n’ hackin’
Hello Boston nerds and friends of nerds,
Wrap up your Memorial Day grilling early and come out to the Middlesex for a nerdy kick-off to summer. The Nerdnite barbecue is cookin’ up a ton of nerd-o-licious info about beer brewing and internet chicanery. We hope you’ll join us at 8pm on Monday May 31. As always, musical entertainment will be courtesy of DJ Claude Money.
The talks:
1. Preparing for the next prohibition: a primer on brewing your own beer.
by Desika Narayanan
Desika likes snowboarding, playing basketball, brewing beer and doing astronomy. Unfortunately (for him), he sucks at the first three enough that he only gets paid to do the latter. Fortunately (for you), he practices the penultimate enough that he’s able to give this talk. He’ll tell you exactly how to put sugar, yeast and water in a bucket and turn it into the sweet, sweet, delicious alcohol that your brain loves so much. And the best part is that what comes out tastes like a million times better than bud light. (Disclaimer: This is coming from an Indian [dot not feather] bred in the south on natty light.)
2. Attack of the Packets!: A brief history of Internet Denial of Service attacks.
by Karthik Arumugham
Karthik has been active in the Internet network engineering community for the past 11 years, both in operations as well as research and development. He currently works as a consultant in the fields of IP networking and security, Unix systems engineering, and software development. Karthik strongly agrees with the notion of hosting geeky talks in the presence of good beer!
Be there and be square
Monday May 31 8pm
Middlesex Lounge
315 Mass Ave, Cambridge
$5
www.boston.nerdnite.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52318050296
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Tuesday, June 1
Crawling to Collapse: Ecologically Unsound Ornamental
Invertebrate Fisheries
7 p.m. in the NE Aquarium's Harborside Learning Lab
Andrew L. Rhyne, Research Scientist, New England Aquarium and
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Roger Williams University, RI
The invertebrate ornamental fishery in Florida, with increasing catches over a more diverse array of species, is poised for collapse. The last decade has seen aquarium hobbyists shift their display preference from fish-only tanks to miniature reef ecosystems that include many invertebrate species, creating increased demand without proper oversight. The once small ornamental fishery has become an invertebrate-dominated major industry supplying five continents.
Andrew L. Rhyne used eggs collected from queen triggerfish at the New England Aquarium in Boston, and copepod cultures to successfully rear four queen triggerfish to sub-adulthood, and all four are now feeding on dry food.
Register at http://support.neaq.org/site/Calendar/854720890?view=Detail&id=102601
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Where's the Bus 2.0?
• Date: 6/3/10
• Location: Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
• Time: 6-8pm
• Audience: Developers, T Riders, Cool People
• Description: On March 24th, MBTA General Manager Rich Davey announced that this summer the MBTA would be unlocking real-time bus location data for every bus in the MBTA system. On June 3rd at 6pm, we will be announcing our next steps as we unlock real-time bus information for developers and for riders.
Climate Legislative Panel Discussion
Cambridge Public Library, Central Branch- 449 Broadway, Lewis Room
Thursday, June 3rd
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Please join us for a discussion on federal climate policies currently on the table to regulate greenhouse gases and the potential impacts of these bills. Rob Garrity, the Executive Director of Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) will moderate a distinguished panel of experts who will break down potential climate bills, legislative regulatory tools, and how these bills would impact greenhouse gas emissions.
Sign up for this free event http://wheresthebus.eventbrite.com/
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Cambridge River Festival
Saturday, June 5
on Memorial Drive from JFK Street to Western Avenue
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Upcoming:
Save the date for a follow up meeting on Thursday, June 10th at the Cambridge Public library, 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
The Climate Legislative Panel Discussion is sponsored by: Green Decade Cambridge, Cambridge Energy Alliance, and Cambridge-Somerville for Change.
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Three Of New England's Most Creative Singers Join Voices Against Climate Change
Saturday, June 12 — 7:00 pm
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston
Mili Bermejo, Warren Senders, Dominique Eade
On Saturday, June 12, three singers from widely varied musical traditions will join together to draw attention to the global climate crisis. Featured artists include: the Latin jazz stylings of the Mili Bermejo/Dan Greenspan duo, Hindustani classical vocalist Warren Senders, and the brilliant jazz singer Dominique Eade. The music begins at 7:00 pm, at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. Tickets are $20; $15 students/seniors. All proceeds will go to the environmental organization www.350.org. For information and ticket purchasing, please go to the event website: http://www.warrensenders.com/journal/?page_id=1158
Videos and more information at http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/5/27/870422/-Singing-For-The-Planet-MA-Climate-ActionNow-With-Video!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Energy (and Other) Events - May 23, 2010
MIT
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Complex Bidding in Wholesale Electricity Markets (Joint with Energy & Environmental Economics Seminar)
Speaker: Mar Reguant-Rido (MIT)
Time: 10:30a–12:00p
Location: E52-244, Please note day and time change
Web site: http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/5563
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop (Sponsored by Analysis Group)
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
theresa@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Our Energy Future: Inventing Tomorrow's Technologies
Speaker: Professor Vladimir Bulovic, MIT Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Time: 6:30p–8:30p
Location: 66-110
Prof. Bulovic leads the Lab of Organic and Nanostructured Electronics and is the co-director of the MIT-ENI Solar Frontiers Center, the MIT Solar Revolutions Project, and co-leads the MIT Energy Studies Program. Professor Bulovic?s research interests include studies of physical properties of organic and inorganic nanocrystal composite thin films and the development of novel optoelectronic organic & hybrid nano-scale devices. He has authored over 80 published research articles and 45 U.S. patents in areas of organic and nanostructured light emitting diodes, lasers, photovoltaics, chemical sensors, and programmable memories. He is a founder of QD Vision, Inc. in Watertown, MA, a quantum dot optolectronics company, and Kateeva, Inc. of Menlo Park, California USA, a printed organic electronics startup. Prof. Bulovic is a recipient of the United States Presidential Early Carrier Award for Scientist and Engineers, the National Science Foundation Career Award, the Ruth and Joel Spira Award, the Bose Award, the Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society Award for Outstanding Teaching, and was named to Technology Review TR100 List.
SCHEDULE
6:30 - 7:00 Registration & Networking, with refreshments
7:00 - 8:15 Prof. Vladimir Bulovic
8:15 - 9:00 Networking, with refreshments
9:00 Continued at The Muddy, with cash bar
Web site: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=44521&groupI
D=146
Open to: the general public
Cost: $10 for students, $15 for MITCOB members and guests, $25 for others
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Campus Events, MIT Club of Boston Energy
For more information, contact:
617 669 5358
sfthomas@alum.mit.edu
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Inorganic Seminars Series: Changhoon Lee - Nocera Group - MIT
Time: 4:15p–5:15p
Location: 6-120
Inorganic Seminars Series 2009-2010
Students Seminars
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Chemistry
For more information, contact:
Najat Kessler - Department of Chemistry
617-452-2931
najatk@mit.edu
Editorial Comment: The Nocera Group is working on the basic mechanisms of energy conversion in biology and chemistry (http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/dgn/www/research/index.html).
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Others
Monday, May 24
Sustainable Seafood Isn’t Just for People
Michelle Cho and Jennifer Goldstein
Sustainable Fisheries, Conservation Department, New England Aquarium
7 p.m.
NE Aquarium's Harborside Learning Lab
More and more people are asking where their seafood is coming from and how it was caught or raised. But this question is also being asked about the seafood that we feed to the countless animals that we care for. In 2009, the New England Aquarium's Conservation Department completed an internal study of the species fed to the Aquarium's animals. Learn about these species and the challenges of balancing sustainability with the needs of the Aquarium's most finicky eaters with wild fisheries specialists Jennifer Goldstein and Michelle Cho
RSVP at http://support.neaq.org/site/Calendar/854720890?view=Detail&id=102581
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2010 GoGreen Awards
The City of Cambridge invites you to
celebrate business and institutional leaders who have taken action to create a more sustainable city.
City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Reception: 5:30PM Program: 6:15 to 7PM
Chat with experts who can help you save money, go greener, and enhance your image.
GUEST SPEAKER: Julia Wolfe, zero waste planner for Save That Stuff, a waste management company that helps 3000+ businesses and institutions collect recyclables, vegetable oil and other recoverable materials.
Thank you to Grendel’s Den Restaurant and Bar for providing refreshments.
RSVP to 617-349-4604 or randers@cambridgema.gov
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Financing Your Solar Project
May 27, 2010 at 6–8:00 PM
4th floor meeting room at City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway
Sponsored by City of Cambridge and the Cambridge Energy Alliance
RSVP http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZL2SYZN
This is an excellent opportunity for Cambridge citizens to learn about renewable energy programs and resources available to develop local projects. Larry Chretien, Executive Director of the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance will provide an update on net metering and investment opportunities in Massachusetts. In addition, a panel of local contractors and program providers will share their expertise to help residents and businesses take advantage of robust incentives and resources to develop renewable energy projects.
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Upcoming:
Three Of New England's Most Creative Singers Join Voices Against Climate Change
Saturday, June 12 — 7:00 pm
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston
Mili Bermejo, Warren Senders, Dominique Eade
On Saturday, June 12, three singers from widely varied musical traditions will join together to draw attention to the global climate crisis. Featured artists include: the Latin jazz stylings of the Mili Bermejo/Dan Greenspan duo, Hindustani classical vocalist Warren Senders, and the brilliant jazz singer Dominique Eade. The music begins at 7:00 pm, at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. Tickets are $20; $15 students/seniors. All proceeds will go to the environmental organization www.350.org. For information and ticket purchasing, please go to the event website: http://www.warrensenders.com/journal/?page_id=1158
Editorial Comment: I've heard Dominique Eade sing a few times, always with great enjoyment, jammed years ago at parties with Warren Senders, and know Mili Bermejo by her fine reputation and from running into her at the local stores from time to time. They are three great musicians and teachers united for an important cause. If you can, please come to the concert.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Complex Bidding in Wholesale Electricity Markets (Joint with Energy & Environmental Economics Seminar)
Speaker: Mar Reguant-Rido (MIT)
Time: 10:30a–12:00p
Location: E52-244, Please note day and time change
Web site: http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/5563
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop (Sponsored by Analysis Group)
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
theresa@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Our Energy Future: Inventing Tomorrow's Technologies
Speaker: Professor Vladimir Bulovic, MIT Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Time: 6:30p–8:30p
Location: 66-110
Prof. Bulovic leads the Lab of Organic and Nanostructured Electronics and is the co-director of the MIT-ENI Solar Frontiers Center, the MIT Solar Revolutions Project, and co-leads the MIT Energy Studies Program. Professor Bulovic?s research interests include studies of physical properties of organic and inorganic nanocrystal composite thin films and the development of novel optoelectronic organic & hybrid nano-scale devices. He has authored over 80 published research articles and 45 U.S. patents in areas of organic and nanostructured light emitting diodes, lasers, photovoltaics, chemical sensors, and programmable memories. He is a founder of QD Vision, Inc. in Watertown, MA, a quantum dot optolectronics company, and Kateeva, Inc. of Menlo Park, California USA, a printed organic electronics startup. Prof. Bulovic is a recipient of the United States Presidential Early Carrier Award for Scientist and Engineers, the National Science Foundation Career Award, the Ruth and Joel Spira Award, the Bose Award, the Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society Award for Outstanding Teaching, and was named to Technology Review TR100 List.
SCHEDULE
6:30 - 7:00 Registration & Networking, with refreshments
7:00 - 8:15 Prof. Vladimir Bulovic
8:15 - 9:00 Networking, with refreshments
9:00 Continued at The Muddy, with cash bar
Web site: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=44521&groupI
D=146
Open to: the general public
Cost: $10 for students, $15 for MITCOB members and guests, $25 for others
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Campus Events, MIT Club of Boston Energy
For more information, contact:
617 669 5358
sfthomas@alum.mit.edu
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Inorganic Seminars Series: Changhoon Lee - Nocera Group - MIT
Time: 4:15p–5:15p
Location: 6-120
Inorganic Seminars Series 2009-2010
Students Seminars
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Chemistry
For more information, contact:
Najat Kessler - Department of Chemistry
617-452-2931
najatk@mit.edu
Editorial Comment: The Nocera Group is working on the basic mechanisms of energy conversion in biology and chemistry (http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/dgn/www/research/index.html).
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Others
Monday, May 24
Sustainable Seafood Isn’t Just for People
Michelle Cho and Jennifer Goldstein
Sustainable Fisheries, Conservation Department, New England Aquarium
7 p.m.
NE Aquarium's Harborside Learning Lab
More and more people are asking where their seafood is coming from and how it was caught or raised. But this question is also being asked about the seafood that we feed to the countless animals that we care for. In 2009, the New England Aquarium's Conservation Department completed an internal study of the species fed to the Aquarium's animals. Learn about these species and the challenges of balancing sustainability with the needs of the Aquarium's most finicky eaters with wild fisheries specialists Jennifer Goldstein and Michelle Cho
RSVP at http://support.neaq.org/site/Calendar/854720890?view=Detail&id=102581
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2010 GoGreen Awards
The City of Cambridge invites you to
celebrate business and institutional leaders who have taken action to create a more sustainable city.
City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Reception: 5:30PM Program: 6:15 to 7PM
Chat with experts who can help you save money, go greener, and enhance your image.
GUEST SPEAKER: Julia Wolfe, zero waste planner for Save That Stuff, a waste management company that helps 3000+ businesses and institutions collect recyclables, vegetable oil and other recoverable materials.
Thank you to Grendel’s Den Restaurant and Bar for providing refreshments.
RSVP to 617-349-4604 or randers@cambridgema.gov
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Financing Your Solar Project
May 27, 2010 at 6–8:00 PM
4th floor meeting room at City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway
Sponsored by City of Cambridge and the Cambridge Energy Alliance
RSVP http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZL2SYZN
This is an excellent opportunity for Cambridge citizens to learn about renewable energy programs and resources available to develop local projects. Larry Chretien, Executive Director of the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance will provide an update on net metering and investment opportunities in Massachusetts. In addition, a panel of local contractors and program providers will share their expertise to help residents and businesses take advantage of robust incentives and resources to develop renewable energy projects.
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Upcoming:
Three Of New England's Most Creative Singers Join Voices Against Climate Change
Saturday, June 12 — 7:00 pm
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston
Mili Bermejo, Warren Senders, Dominique Eade
On Saturday, June 12, three singers from widely varied musical traditions will join together to draw attention to the global climate crisis. Featured artists include: the Latin jazz stylings of the Mili Bermejo/Dan Greenspan duo, Hindustani classical vocalist Warren Senders, and the brilliant jazz singer Dominique Eade. The music begins at 7:00 pm, at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. Tickets are $20; $15 students/seniors. All proceeds will go to the environmental organization www.350.org. For information and ticket purchasing, please go to the event website: http://www.warrensenders.com/journal/?page_id=1158
Editorial Comment: I've heard Dominique Eade sing a few times, always with great enjoyment, jammed years ago at parties with Warren Senders, and know Mili Bermejo by her fine reputation and from running into her at the local stores from time to time. They are three great musicians and teachers united for an important cause. If you can, please come to the concert.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Energy (and Other) Events - May 16, 2010
MIT
Monday, May 17, 2010
Future of the Electricity Grid with Professor Ignacio Perez-Arriaga
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: 56-302
Our next Science Policy Initiative lunch will be with Professor Perez-Arriaga. Please RSVP to mmb6@mit.edu and forward this invitation to anyone that you think would be interested!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Science Policy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Megan Brewster
mmb6@mit.edu
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Date: Thursday, May 20 2010
Time: 4:00PM to 5:00PM
RoboBees: A convergence of body, brain and colony
Speaker: Professor Gu-Yeon Wei, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Refreshments: 3:45PM
Location: Kiva, 32-G449
Host: Anant Agarwal, MIT CSAIL
Contact: Cree Bruins, 617-253-2629, cbruins@csail.mit.edu
Abstract:
Did you know that one third of the managed honeybee population in the U.S. did not survive the winter? This mysterious phenomenon called the colony collapse disorder, or CCD, was the motivating framework around which twelve researchers from Harvard, Northeastern, and Centeye got together and submitted a proposal to NSF Expeditions called RoboBees. Given the disparate research interests of the collaborators, spanning biology to distributed systems, the RoboBees project provides an exciting common objective to strive towards. This talk provides a high-level overview of the scientific and technological challenges we face in pursuit of building a colony of flapping-wing roboticbees. While we divide up the research into body, brain, and colony, I will explain why we believe the interactions and overlap between these components will be critical for success. In other words, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Rethinking Water: A Critical Resource An MIT-wide Workshop
Speaker: MIT President Susan Hockfield and others
Time: 9:00a–5:00p
Location: 32-123, Kirsch Auditorium, Stata Center, 32-123, 32 Vassar St. Cambridge, MA
An inclusive, Institute-wide workshop to comprehend the breadth of water research and education at MIT, and discuss how to enhance them for the future.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/water/
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
Tickets: Register at http://web.mit.edu/water/register.htm
Sponsor(s): Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, The MIT Environmental Research Council; the Deans of Science, Engineering, Architecture + Planning, Sloan, and Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences; the MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Jose Luis Arguello
253-1400
waterconference@MIT.EDU
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Visual Interpretations conference
Speaker: Johanna Drucker, UCLA; Lev Manovich (UC San Diego); Ben Schndeiderman (Univ. of Maryland); Fernanda Viegas, Martin Wattenberg (Many Eyes/IBM)
Time: 9:00a–9:00p
Location: E15-070, various
The Visual Interpretations conference runs May 20-22 at MIT. The conference is free and open to the public, but you must register at the website.
Submission deadline: April 14, 2010
HyperStudio's Visual Interpretations conference will bring digital practitioners and humanities scholars together with experts in art and design to consider the past, present, and future of visual epistemology in digital humanities.
The goal is to get beyond the notion that information exists independently of visual presentation, and to rethink visualization as an integrated analytical method in humanities scholarship. By fostering dialogue and critical engagement, this conference aims to explore new ways to design data and metadata structures so that their visual embodiments function as "humanities tools in digital environments." (Johanna Drucker)
Web site: http://hyperstudio.mit.edu/h-digital/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free, but you must register
Sponsor(s): MIT Hyperstudio, Communications Forum
For more information, contact:
Kurt Fendt
617-258-6512
fendt@mit.edu
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Sweat Lodge Arts Event
Time: 10:00a–9:00p
Location: E15, Richard Fleischner Courtyard (25 Ames St--the grassy area between Whitaker College E25, Wiesner Building E15, & MIT Medical E23)
MIT students from the Society of Creatives, Department of Architecture, Program in Art, Culture, & Technology and Media Arts & Sciences will host a weekend-long inflatable art intervention on the MIT campus. Happening over 3 themed days, "Construct," "Experience," and "Deconstruct," Sweat Lodge will feature performances, happenings, structures, workshops, and experiences focusing on social and sensory perception.
The project is designed to foster creative collaboration between MIT students and the communities of MIT, Cambridge, and Boston. Projects will facilitate experiential environments for audience participants through performance, architecture, installation, sound, visuals, smell, taste or other sensory media.
Projects are designed to respond to architecture and the spatial, social, and environmental context which they will inhabit.
Made Possible with Support from The Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT).
For full schedule/details, see website
Web site: http://socs.mit.edu/SweatLodge/Index
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Media Lab, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Society of Creatives, Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:
Amanda Moore
amm@mit.edu
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Harvard
Is China's Crisis Growth Sustainable?
WHEN
Mon., May 17, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
WHERE
CGIS South, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies: China Lunchtime Seminar
SPEAKER(S)
William Overholt, senior research fellow, Harvard Kennedy School’s Rajawalli Asia Center
COST
Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO
lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/events/CHINA%20LUNCHTIME/CLS_overholt.html
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Wednesday, May 19
1p.
"The Potential for Wind Power in China." Sueng-Bok Lee.
Harvard: Pierce Hall 114
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Other
May 17 - May 21
Bay State Bike Week
http://baystatebikeweek.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=340028
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Tuesday, May 18
8 am - 1 pm
Conference on Small-Scale Urban Wind Turbines:
Lessons from the Museum of Science Wind Turbine Lab
Topics Covered:
Detailed turbine performance data
Project planning - wind and site assessment, permitting, and stakeholder relations
Installations - including project management, structural engineering, data acquisition systems, and commissioning
Costs and benefits, from financial, environmental, and businesses perspectives, and
Funding and government policies
Tickets: $35, including a light breakfast and lunch
Parking: $5
For reservations and more information:
617-723-2500
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Tuesday, May 18, 6-8 pm
GreenPort Forum: Edible Plants Along the Charles River ? a guided walk *
departing from Gallery 263, 263 Pearl Street, Cambridge
Presenter David Craft is a Cambridgeport resident and active forager in the Cambridge/Boston area. This walk will introduce people to many edible species, some in-season and some that will require a return visit. David has recently published /Urban Foraging - finding and eating wild plants in the city/. It is available at The MIT Press Bookstore, the Harvard Bookstore, Darwins Ltd, The Globe Corner Bookstore, and online at www.harvard.com http://www.harvard.com/.
For more information, contact Steve Morr-Wineman at _swineman@gis.net
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Music 2.0: Tools + Tech for Musicians, Marketers + Managers
Event Details
• Date: 5/18/10
• Location: Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
• Time: 6-9pm
• Audience: Musicians, technologists, promoters and marketers
• Description: Boston has an impressive number of companies creating tools and technologies to help promote and fund music projects. We also have a vibrant and diverse music community. It's time to better connect the two for the benefit of both. Join us for 10 minute presentations and Q&A with:
• Philip G. Antoniades, President, Founder, Drummer, Nimbit, Inc. http://nimbit.com
• Joe Berkovitz, President, Noteflight LLC, http://www.noteflight.com
• Brandon Casci, Founder, Loudcaster, http://loudcaster.com
• Jason Evanish, Customer Development Manager, http://oneforty.com
• Kabir Hemrajani, Founder, RiotVine, http://riotvine.com
• Jack Kelly, CEO, Adva Mobile, http://www.advamobile.com
• Scott Kirsner, Author, Fans, Friends, and Followers + Columnist, Innovation Economy, The Boston Globe
• Evan Korzon, SCVNGR, http://www.scvngr.com
• Dave Kusek, Vice President, Berklee College of Music http://berkleemusic.com + Founder, Music Power Network, http://musicpowernetwork.com
• Benjamin F. Maitland-Lewis, Founder / Executive Director, Sidehatch Entertainment Group,http://www.sidehatchentertainment.com,http://www.wickedgoodscene.com,http://www.indieambassador.com
• Mike O'Neill, Co-Founder, Audience.fm, http://audience.fm
• Brad Powell, Founder, Microfundo, http://microfundo.com
• John Puterbaugh, Ph.D., Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Nellymoser, Inc. http://nellymoser.com
• Benjamin Rahn, Mixapp, http://mixapp.com
...And a chance to meet and network with a variety of musicians, marketers, technologists, and promoters as we all figure out what music 2.0 looks like for each of us.
Register at http://music2.eventbrite.com/
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Friday, May 21, 2010
9.30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
Global Transportation: At a Crossroad
Worldwide mobility has increased significantly over the past decades and humans have profited enormously. But we are at a turning point: most transportation is no longer sustainable.
Where: Cambridge Public Library L2 (Lecture Hall), 449 Broadway, Cambridge
Join us for a discussion among Swiss and US transportation experts to address the challenges of sustainable transportation.
Speakers: Eric Cosandey, sma+ Partners
Amy Cotter, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
Peter Furth, Northeastern University
William Lyons, Volpe Center, U.S. Department of Transportation
Features: Welcome Breakfast (8.30 a.m.) at swissnex Boston, Consulate of Switzerland, 420 Broadway, Cambridge (across the street of the Public Library) Exhibit Sustainable Transportation (created by the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington DC, in collaboration with the Federal Office of Transport in Switzerland)
Registration: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDBJNjhzamZCbmlXZERwZG8ya0pOVUE6MA
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Upcoming:
Thursday, May 27, 2010
12:00 - 5:00 p.m (lunch provided)
Economic Worries? Hey, Join the Club!
at The Marist House, 518 Pleasant Street
Framingham, MA 01701
Join us for a training and learn how to start a Common Security Club in your congregation or community.
What's a Common Security Club?
It's a new way for group leaders and trainers to
help congregations and communities help themselves
in these troubled economic times.
The economic meltdown has left people isolated, vulnerable and afraid. In response, congregations and communities across the land are forming Common Security Clubs to help their members find connection, the information they need and avenues to a new kind of security, one based on mutual aid and support.
>>> REGISTER ONLINE NOW. Space is limited.
Who should come?
People with experience in leading groups. No other expertise needed. We recommend coming in teams of two or more to make it easier to get started.
What will you be doing there?
We will train you how to lead our 5-session curriculum designed to launch your Club. It's simple, participatory and truly rewarding.
Chuck Collins and Andrée Zaleska from the Institute for Policy Studies, and Alexa Bradley from On the Commons will lead the training. The CSC network will provide you with all the materials you need, facilitation support and additional downloadable resources.
Registration: There is a $20 registration fee to cover materials and lunch. A sliding fee scale is available. Space is limited, so please register early.
Contact Andrée Zaleska at Andree@commonsecurityclub.org or 617-477-8630 x 302 to learn how to register by phone or mail or for more information.
The even is sponsored by On the Commons and The Institute for Policy Studies.
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Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30
Boston Skill Share
http://www.bostonskillshare.org/2010/workshops
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more listings at http://www.bostonscienceandengineeringlectures.com/
links to public lecture information for most colleges and universities in the Boston area at http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Monday, May 17, 2010
Future of the Electricity Grid with Professor Ignacio Perez-Arriaga
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: 56-302
Our next Science Policy Initiative lunch will be with Professor Perez-Arriaga. Please RSVP to mmb6@mit.edu and forward this invitation to anyone that you think would be interested!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Science Policy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Megan Brewster
mmb6@mit.edu
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Date: Thursday, May 20 2010
Time: 4:00PM to 5:00PM
RoboBees: A convergence of body, brain and colony
Speaker: Professor Gu-Yeon Wei, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Refreshments: 3:45PM
Location: Kiva, 32-G449
Host: Anant Agarwal, MIT CSAIL
Contact: Cree Bruins, 617-253-2629, cbruins@csail.mit.edu
Abstract:
Did you know that one third of the managed honeybee population in the U.S. did not survive the winter? This mysterious phenomenon called the colony collapse disorder, or CCD, was the motivating framework around which twelve researchers from Harvard, Northeastern, and Centeye got together and submitted a proposal to NSF Expeditions called RoboBees. Given the disparate research interests of the collaborators, spanning biology to distributed systems, the RoboBees project provides an exciting common objective to strive towards. This talk provides a high-level overview of the scientific and technological challenges we face in pursuit of building a colony of flapping-wing roboticbees. While we divide up the research into body, brain, and colony, I will explain why we believe the interactions and overlap between these components will be critical for success. In other words, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Rethinking Water: A Critical Resource An MIT-wide Workshop
Speaker: MIT President Susan Hockfield and others
Time: 9:00a–5:00p
Location: 32-123, Kirsch Auditorium, Stata Center, 32-123, 32 Vassar St. Cambridge, MA
An inclusive, Institute-wide workshop to comprehend the breadth of water research and education at MIT, and discuss how to enhance them for the future.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/water/
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
Tickets: Register at http://web.mit.edu/water/register.htm
Sponsor(s): Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, The MIT Environmental Research Council; the Deans of Science, Engineering, Architecture + Planning, Sloan, and Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences; the MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Jose Luis Arguello
253-1400
waterconference@MIT.EDU
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Visual Interpretations conference
Speaker: Johanna Drucker, UCLA; Lev Manovich (UC San Diego); Ben Schndeiderman (Univ. of Maryland); Fernanda Viegas, Martin Wattenberg (Many Eyes/IBM)
Time: 9:00a–9:00p
Location: E15-070, various
The Visual Interpretations conference runs May 20-22 at MIT. The conference is free and open to the public, but you must register at the website.
Submission deadline: April 14, 2010
HyperStudio's Visual Interpretations conference will bring digital practitioners and humanities scholars together with experts in art and design to consider the past, present, and future of visual epistemology in digital humanities.
The goal is to get beyond the notion that information exists independently of visual presentation, and to rethink visualization as an integrated analytical method in humanities scholarship. By fostering dialogue and critical engagement, this conference aims to explore new ways to design data and metadata structures so that their visual embodiments function as "humanities tools in digital environments." (Johanna Drucker)
Web site: http://hyperstudio.mit.edu/h-digital/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free, but you must register
Sponsor(s): MIT Hyperstudio, Communications Forum
For more information, contact:
Kurt Fendt
617-258-6512
fendt@mit.edu
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Sweat Lodge Arts Event
Time: 10:00a–9:00p
Location: E15, Richard Fleischner Courtyard (25 Ames St--the grassy area between Whitaker College E25, Wiesner Building E15, & MIT Medical E23)
MIT students from the Society of Creatives, Department of Architecture, Program in Art, Culture, & Technology and Media Arts & Sciences will host a weekend-long inflatable art intervention on the MIT campus. Happening over 3 themed days, "Construct," "Experience," and "Deconstruct," Sweat Lodge will feature performances, happenings, structures, workshops, and experiences focusing on social and sensory perception.
The project is designed to foster creative collaboration between MIT students and the communities of MIT, Cambridge, and Boston. Projects will facilitate experiential environments for audience participants through performance, architecture, installation, sound, visuals, smell, taste or other sensory media.
Projects are designed to respond to architecture and the spatial, social, and environmental context which they will inhabit.
Made Possible with Support from The Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT).
For full schedule/details, see website
Web site: http://socs.mit.edu/SweatLodge/Index
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Media Lab, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Society of Creatives, Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:
Amanda Moore
amm@mit.edu
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Harvard
Is China's Crisis Growth Sustainable?
WHEN
Mon., May 17, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
WHERE
CGIS South, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies: China Lunchtime Seminar
SPEAKER(S)
William Overholt, senior research fellow, Harvard Kennedy School’s Rajawalli Asia Center
COST
Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO
lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/events/CHINA%20LUNCHTIME/CLS_overholt.html
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Wednesday, May 19
1p.
"The Potential for Wind Power in China." Sueng-Bok Lee.
Harvard: Pierce Hall 114
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Other
May 17 - May 21
Bay State Bike Week
http://baystatebikeweek.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=340028
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Tuesday, May 18
8 am - 1 pm
Conference on Small-Scale Urban Wind Turbines:
Lessons from the Museum of Science Wind Turbine Lab
Topics Covered:
Detailed turbine performance data
Project planning - wind and site assessment, permitting, and stakeholder relations
Installations - including project management, structural engineering, data acquisition systems, and commissioning
Costs and benefits, from financial, environmental, and businesses perspectives, and
Funding and government policies
Tickets: $35, including a light breakfast and lunch
Parking: $5
For reservations and more information:
617-723-2500
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Tuesday, May 18, 6-8 pm
GreenPort Forum: Edible Plants Along the Charles River ? a guided walk *
departing from Gallery 263, 263 Pearl Street, Cambridge
Presenter David Craft is a Cambridgeport resident and active forager in the Cambridge/Boston area. This walk will introduce people to many edible species, some in-season and some that will require a return visit. David has recently published /Urban Foraging - finding and eating wild plants in the city/. It is available at The MIT Press Bookstore, the Harvard Bookstore, Darwins Ltd, The Globe Corner Bookstore, and online at www.harvard.com http://www.harvard.com/.
For more information, contact Steve Morr-Wineman at _swineman@gis.net
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Music 2.0: Tools + Tech for Musicians, Marketers + Managers
Event Details
• Date: 5/18/10
• Location: Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
• Time: 6-9pm
• Audience: Musicians, technologists, promoters and marketers
• Description: Boston has an impressive number of companies creating tools and technologies to help promote and fund music projects. We also have a vibrant and diverse music community. It's time to better connect the two for the benefit of both. Join us for 10 minute presentations and Q&A with:
• Philip G. Antoniades, President, Founder, Drummer, Nimbit, Inc. http://nimbit.com
• Joe Berkovitz, President, Noteflight LLC, http://www.noteflight.com
• Brandon Casci, Founder, Loudcaster, http://loudcaster.com
• Jason Evanish, Customer Development Manager, http://oneforty.com
• Kabir Hemrajani, Founder, RiotVine, http://riotvine.com
• Jack Kelly, CEO, Adva Mobile, http://www.advamobile.com
• Scott Kirsner, Author, Fans, Friends, and Followers + Columnist, Innovation Economy, The Boston Globe
• Evan Korzon, SCVNGR, http://www.scvngr.com
• Dave Kusek, Vice President, Berklee College of Music http://berkleemusic.com + Founder, Music Power Network, http://musicpowernetwork.com
• Benjamin F. Maitland-Lewis, Founder / Executive Director, Sidehatch Entertainment Group,http://www.sidehatchentertainment.com,http://www.wickedgoodscene.com,http://www.indieambassador.com
• Mike O'Neill, Co-Founder, Audience.fm, http://audience.fm
• Brad Powell, Founder, Microfundo, http://microfundo.com
• John Puterbaugh, Ph.D., Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Nellymoser, Inc. http://nellymoser.com
• Benjamin Rahn, Mixapp, http://mixapp.com
...And a chance to meet and network with a variety of musicians, marketers, technologists, and promoters as we all figure out what music 2.0 looks like for each of us.
Register at http://music2.eventbrite.com/
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Friday, May 21, 2010
9.30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
Global Transportation: At a Crossroad
Worldwide mobility has increased significantly over the past decades and humans have profited enormously. But we are at a turning point: most transportation is no longer sustainable.
Where: Cambridge Public Library L2 (Lecture Hall), 449 Broadway, Cambridge
Join us for a discussion among Swiss and US transportation experts to address the challenges of sustainable transportation.
Speakers: Eric Cosandey, sma+ Partners
Amy Cotter, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
Peter Furth, Northeastern University
William Lyons, Volpe Center, U.S. Department of Transportation
Features: Welcome Breakfast (8.30 a.m.) at swissnex Boston, Consulate of Switzerland, 420 Broadway, Cambridge (across the street of the Public Library) Exhibit Sustainable Transportation (created by the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington DC, in collaboration with the Federal Office of Transport in Switzerland)
Registration: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDBJNjhzamZCbmlXZERwZG8ya0pOVUE6MA
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Upcoming:
Thursday, May 27, 2010
12:00 - 5:00 p.m (lunch provided)
Economic Worries? Hey, Join the Club!
at The Marist House, 518 Pleasant Street
Framingham, MA 01701
Join us for a training and learn how to start a Common Security Club in your congregation or community.
What's a Common Security Club?
It's a new way for group leaders and trainers to
help congregations and communities help themselves
in these troubled economic times.
The economic meltdown has left people isolated, vulnerable and afraid. In response, congregations and communities across the land are forming Common Security Clubs to help their members find connection, the information they need and avenues to a new kind of security, one based on mutual aid and support.
>>> REGISTER ONLINE NOW. Space is limited.
Who should come?
People with experience in leading groups. No other expertise needed. We recommend coming in teams of two or more to make it easier to get started.
What will you be doing there?
We will train you how to lead our 5-session curriculum designed to launch your Club. It's simple, participatory and truly rewarding.
Chuck Collins and Andrée Zaleska from the Institute for Policy Studies, and Alexa Bradley from On the Commons will lead the training. The CSC network will provide you with all the materials you need, facilitation support and additional downloadable resources.
Registration: There is a $20 registration fee to cover materials and lunch. A sliding fee scale is available. Space is limited, so please register early.
Contact Andrée Zaleska at Andree@commonsecurityclub.org or 617-477-8630 x 302 to learn how to register by phone or mail or for more information.
The even is sponsored by On the Commons and The Institute for Policy Studies.
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Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30
Boston Skill Share
http://www.bostonskillshare.org/2010/workshops
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more listings at http://www.bostonscienceandengineeringlectures.com/
links to public lecture information for most colleges and universities in the Boston area at http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Energy (and Other) Events - May 10, 2010
MIT
Monday, May 10, 2010
"How Changes in Atmospheric Particles Can Affect Clouds and Climate"
Speaker: Dr. Daniel J. Cziczo, Pacific Northwest National Labortory
Time: 10:00a–11:00a
Location: 54-915
EAPS Special Seminar Series
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/news/index.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
For more information, contact:
Roberta Allard
253-3382
allard@mit.edu
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Reception: SLAB: sidewalk laboratory / social construction / space / street vendors / Saigon
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: 7-238, Rotch Library
Photos of street vendors in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Associate Professor Annette Kim, Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Tiffany Chu '10 (architecture and planning).
On view May 5-June 30.
Web site: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/rotch/exhibitions/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Libraries
For more information, contact:
Jolene de Verges
617/258-5593
jdeverge@MIT.EDU
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Looking Ahead to the Future of NASA
Speaker: Charles F. Bolden, Jr., NASA Administrator
Time: 3:00p–4:00p
Location: 32-123
Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium Distinguished Lecturer Series
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): AeroAstro, Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium
For more information, contact:
Jeff Hoffman
617-452-2353
jhoffma1@mit.edu
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Innovation In Infrastructure and The Built Environment, Professor Sarah Slaughter
Speaker: Professor Sarah Slaughter
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 1-131
Professor Sarah Slaughter's research focuses on innovation in infrastructure and the built environment, specifically the development, assessment, implementation and diffusion in a context of complex systems and processes with multiple organizations. Modeling of the systems under multiple scenarios provides the primary, secondary, and tertiary impacts of introducing change and provides a framework to distribute benefits and increase the probabilities for success. Her recent work in this area targets innovations for sustainability and disaster resiliency.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:
Andre Dixon
3-1629
aldixon@mit.edu
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Monday, May 10, 2010
MIT Energy Club and New England Women In Energy & Environment (NEWIEE) Co-Hosted Panel: Women in Careers in Energy
Time: 5:30p–7:00p
Location: 6-120
Join the MIT Energy Club and NEWIEE for a lively panel discussion where women who have built careers in the energy industry will offer varying perspectives. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A period and networking.
Panelists:
Jacqueline Ashmore, Ph.D., Consul, Head of Science and Innovation / British Consulate-General Boston
Marybeth Campbell, Workforce Development Program Director / Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Emily A. Neill, Vice President of Sales / Constellation NewEnergy
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Carbon Concepts: A Bazaar of Ideas
Time: 7:30p–10:00p
Location: 13-LOBBY
Terrascope Students present and defend ideas and technologies for reducing atmospheric carbon and other greenhouse gases. They will showcase prototypes, models and example of real, workable solutions. Refreshments.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Terrascope
For more information, contact:
Aczel, Debra Gross
253-4074
daczel@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
NextLab: Mobile Innovations for Global Challenges
- Mezzaninne Lounge W20-307
for Demos, Posters, Refreshments.
- Room "Twenty Chimneys" W20-306
For Student Presentations.
You are invited to see how MIT students have partnered with industry leaders and other students in the developing world to design a next generation mobile platform to address the problem of global poverty.
Straton Student Center 3rd floor
84 Massachusetts Avenue.- Mezzaninne Lounge W20-307
for Demos, Posters, Refreshments.
- Room "Twenty Chimneys" W20-306
For Student Presentations.
event schedule
• 12:00 - 12:55pm Poster session #1 and live demos. Box lunch and soft drinks will be served.
• 1:00 - 1:10pm m-Logistics in Developing Countries: Jhonatan Rotberg, Edgar Blanco, MIT CTL.
• 1:10 - 1:20pm Industry Collaboration Perspective: Oscar Howell, Estafeta.
• 1:20 - 1:35pm Common Denominator - Social networking portal for mobile and Internet users.
• 1:35 - 2:00pm m-Billing - Mobile payment and billing system.
• 1:50 - 2:05pm SmartLink - User credibility management and job matching.
• 2:05 - 2:20pm Mobilizers - Shipping route optimization and planning.
• 2:20 - 2:30pm Next Generation Mobile Platforms: Paul Yang, MIT CTL.
• 2:30 - 2:45pm Trakken - Package and courier tracking and tracing.
• 2:45 - 3:00pm MoMa - Mobile marketing and advertising service.
• 3:00 - 3:15pm Cloud Maestro - Cloud platform for open source mobile logistics and services.
• 3:15 - 3:30pm Closing and Announcement of Estafeta Merit Awards: NextLab Staff.
• 3:30 - 4:30pm Poster session #2 and live demos. Snacks will be served and People's Choice Award will be announced.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Defect Engineering for High-Efficiency Lower-Cost Photovoltaics
Speaker: Dr. Bonna Newman, Clare Boothe Luce Postdoctoral Fellow
Time: 3:00p–4:00p
Location: E19-319
Solar is an effectively unlimited resource capable of satisfying humanities power needs. The conversion of solar irradiation to electricity is a necessary component of any sustainable energy portfolio. However, current photovoltaic generated electricity is approximately twice as expensive as grid electricity. In order to meet this challenge, high-efficiency, less expensive devices made of earth abundant materials must be developed.
Defect engineering of inorganic photovoltaic materials is one way of enhancing solar cell performance. Defects, such as grain boundaries, impurities, and dislocations, are naturally occurring in all semiconductor systems and often limit conversion efficiency in photovoltaics. However, proper understanding of defects and their formation allows for controlling defects and the impact on devices. I will discuss our efforts to use high concentrations of impurities to actually improve solar cell performance and engineer higher efficiency silicon solar cells.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Marshall-Howarth
rhowarth@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Soap Box: How Can Engineers Contribute to the Fight Against Malaria?
Speaker: Dean Subra Suresh and graduate students from the Suresh Research Group
Time: 6:00p–7:30p
Location: N51, MIT Museum at 265 Massachusetts Avenue
MIT Dean of Engineering Subra Suresh has made understanding malaria - its effect on red blood cells, its diagnosis, and future methods of treatment - a top priority of his research group. Professor Suresh and members of his research group will talk about how engineers and biologists have come together to examine the biomechanical properties of living materials, especially malaria-infected red blood cells. Join the conversation and explore how interdisciplinary research allows for the rapid development of technologies that were science fiction only a few years ago.
Web site: web.mit.edu/museum/programs/soapbox.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
For more information, contact:
MIT Museum Reception
617-253-5927
museum@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
"No Impact Man": Can you save the planet?
Time: 6:30p–8:00p
Location: 4-237
Screening and Dinner
Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for the next year. It means eating vegetarian, buying only local food, and turning off the refrigerator. It also means no elevators, no television, no cars, busses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no electricity, no material consumption, and no garbage. No problem, at least for Colin, but he and his family live in Manhattan. So when his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two-year-old daughter are dragged into the fray, the No Impact Project has an unforeseen impact of its own.
Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein's film provides an intriguing inside look into the experiment that became a national fascination and media sensation, while examining the familial strains and strengthened bonds that result from Colin and Michelle's struggle with their radical lifestyle change.
Web site: http://www.noimpactdoc.com/index_m.php
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, GSC Funding Board
For more information, contact:
mitai-exec@mit.edu
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
"Canaries or Chimneys? The Role of the Himalaya in Regional and Global Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change"
Speaker: Dr. Arnico K. Panday, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
Time: 10:00a–11:00a
Location: 54-915
EAPS Special Seminar
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/news/index.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
For more information, contact:
Roberta Allard
253-3382
allard@mit.edu
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Saving the World, Science, and Yourself with Cross-Cultural Engineering: Anthropological Field Methods for the Intrepid Engineer
Speaker: Scott Lacy
Time: 5:00p–7:00p
Location: 4-370
Cross-cultural engineering brings highly skilled volunteers and critical technology into developing communities worldwide. This session will explore how cross-cultural engineering contributes to international development projects and community relations. Scott Lacy will lead attendees through a talk on his own experiences in Mali and an applied activity to give attendees the change to practice the methods he teaches.
Food will be provided. Please RSVP to rheywood@mit.edu.
Web site: http://ewb.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Engineers Without Borders
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Heywood
rheywood@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Energy Discussions: Electrifying the Developing World
Speaker: Rhonda Jordan
Time: 6:00p–7:00p
Location: 26-204
There are 1.6 billion people in the world today that do not have access to electricity.? The factors contributing to this reality are numerous, but many people are looking to distributed generation to provide energy to those who need it most. Join members of the MIT Energy Club to discuss the latest arguments for distributed versus centralized electricity generation in the developing world.
Please prepare for the discussion by reading the articles posted on the event website.
A light dinner will be served.
Web site: http://www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-programs/discussion-series/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Dell
rwdell(at)mit.edu
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Bang Wong: Communicating Science Visually
Speaker: Bang Wong
Time: 7:00p
Location: N30, The Broad Institute Auditorium
IEEE/ACM Joint Seminar Series
Exploring the edge of computing technology.
Images play a critical role in the advancement of science. Throughout history, there has been a rich tradition of capturing the natural world through drawings to document and understand biology. Illustrations continue to be the mainstay of science communication. Visual representation of information is an important instrument of science. With the massive amounts of data researchers are able to generate today, they rely on visualization for analysis and to gain insights into the domain under study. Designing effective visuals requires catering to the audience and including the right level of detail. This is true whether the purpose of the visual representation is for communication to the public at large or for researchers to explore data.
Bang Wong is the Creative Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His work focuses on communicating science visually in the areas of scientific graphics, data visualization, and art and design. He received a Masters degree in Immunology and a Masters degree in Medical and Scientific Illustrations both from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. www.bangwong.com
This joint meeting of the Boston Chapters of the IEEE Computer and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societies, the MIT Biological Engineering and BioMedical Engineering Student Group and GBC/ACM will be in the Broad Auditorium.
Web site: http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/boston/computer/bangtalk.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): ACM & IEEE/CS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, MIT Biological Engineering and BioMedical Engineering Student Group (BE-BMES)
For more information, contact:
Dorothy Curtis
dcurtis@csail.mit.edu
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Turning the Tide: Spreading the word on Organic Farming
Speaker: Revathy (Association for India's Development, Saathi)
Time: 7:00p–8:30p
Location: 4-231
We would like to invite you to a very special talk by Association for India's Development (AID) Saathi, Revathy who is on a US tour. After Cyclone Aila in May 2009 where most of the salinated land was speculated to be useless for agriculture for 3 years, AID Boston worked closely with Revathy who trained the farmers in the Sunderbans, West Bengal in growing paddy and vegetables using modern and innovative organic methods proving them wrong in just a few months.
About Revathy:
Revathy has worked with more than 32,000 farmers in the organic movement in Tamil Nadu and her work has been recognized by the governments of India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Her hands-on knowledge in the importance of rejuvenating the soil using a holistic approach towards soil restoration, seed selection techniques, methods to create organic pest repellent and herbicides would help us understand and appreciate the intricacies involved in agricultural practices. She also has a lot of experience in disaster management and has spearheaded some of these efforts supported by AID during the Tsunami(Tamil Nadu), Cyclone Aila (West Bengal) and Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) floods.
For more information, see: http://www.aidboston.org/RevathyUSTour2010/index.html
This event is brought to you by Association For India's Development MIT & Boston Chapters
Web site:http://www.aidboston.org/RevathyUSTour2010/index.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Association for India's Development - MIT
For more information, contact:
Karthik Shekhar
617 999 6155
kshekhar@mit.edu
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Harvard
Participedia: A Crowd Sourced Approach to Discovering, Understanding, and Diffusing
WHEN
Mon., May 10, 2010, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE
Room 226, Suite 200-North, 124 Mt. Auburn, Cambridge MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Business, Classes/Workshops, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
SPEAKER(S)
Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School
COST
Free
CONTACT INFO
christina_marchand@hks.harvard.edu
LINK
http://ash.harvard.edu/Home/News-Events/Events/Participedia
Participedia is a wiki-based platform with an ambitious goal: strengthening democracy around the world. The website consists of a user-generated library of examples and methods of participatory governance, public deliberation, and collaborative public action. From citizen involvement in budgeting to oversight groups that ensure better health care and social service delivery, government initiatives that encourage democratic participation demonstrate powerful results. Participedia was launched in September of 2009 and uses the same wiki platform as Wikipedia to tell stories about efforts such as participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil; municipal evaluation meetings in China; and the CaliforniaSpeaks health care dialogue with citizens.
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Centennial Lowell Lecture. "The Tethered Life: Technology Reshapes Intimacy and Solitude"
WHEN
Fri., May 14, 2010, 8 – 9:30 p.m.
WHERE
Lowell Lecture Hall
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Humanities, Information Technology, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Extension School
SPEAKER(S)
Sherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Study of Science and Technology at MIT
COST
Free; seating on first-come, first-served basis
CONTACT INFO
617.495.4024
NOTE
Sherry Turkle has focused her research on psychoanalysis and culture and on the psychology of people's relationship with technology, especially computer technology. Her focus has been not on what the computer does but what the computer does to us — to our relationships, to our families, to our ways of thinking about what is special about being human. In this lecture, Turkle considers the significant impact technology has on our personal and political lives, including the effect on our children, our families, and our notions of privacy.
LINK
www.extension.harvard.edu
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Other
Thursday, May 13
6:30 pm
Public Meeting on Solar Air Conditioning System at MIT
350 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA
more information at 617-253-0942
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2009-201
1st Parish Unitarian Church, #3 Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge.
A reception begins at 7:00 p.m., with the program beginning at 7:30 p.m.
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Sunday, May 02, 2010
Energy (and Other) Events - May 3, 2010
MIT
Monday, May 03, 2010
MIT Energy Club Lecture Series: Empowering and Enabling Clean Energy Entrepreneurs
Speaker: Jacob Susman, Founder and CEO of Own Energy
Time: 10:30a–11:30a
Location: E51-345
OwnEnergy is a venture capital-backed community wind developer. Projects are developed jointly with a partner from the local community, with the said partner holding a significant equity stake. At the industry level, OwnEnergy is a founding member of the steering committee of the American Wind Energy Association?s Community Wind Working Group and is also co-chairing AWEA?s inaugural Small and Community Wind Conference.
Speaker Bio:
Jacob Susman has ten years of investing and business development experience in the field of renewable energy. Jacob has led OwnEnergy since its inception, including recruiting and managing the team, raising capital, establishing the brand, sourcing new business, developing projects and generating revenue.
Before founding OwnEnergy, he was a founding member of Goldman Sachs' Alternative Energy Investing group, where he was involved in Goldman's investment in Horizon Wind Energy and co-led a portfolio financing that was named Project Finance?s N.A. Renewable Energy Deal of the Year. Prior to that he served as Project Manager for the AES Corporation, working on a team that developed one of the largest power plants in Spain?named European IPP of the Year by Euromoney. Jacob also led AES?s efforts to develop a Spanish renewable energy business, which included negotiation of more than 1,000 MW of wind energy investment opportunities.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Transportation@MIT presents US Secretary of Transportation at MIT
Speaker: Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation
Time: 11:30a–1:30p
Location: E14-674
Transportation@MIT and the MIT Energy Initiative are proud to introduce The Transportation and Energy Distinguished Lecture Series that will highlight areas of common concern and interest between these two important initiatives.
We are particularly pleased to announce that our first speaker will be Ray LaHood, the United States Secretary of Transportation. Secretary LaHood will speak from noon to 1 pm on Monday, May 3, in E14-674. There is limited seating for this event, and we anticipate a full house. Please come early to make sure you get a seat. Doors open at 11:30, and the lecture will start promptly at noon.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Transportation@MIT
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Fearing
fearing@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Sustainable design & construction at Green Garden School, Kenya
Speaker: Peter Keiyoro, Co-Director of the Green Garden School and Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Nairobi
Time: 2:00p–3:30p
Location: 9-450a
Peter Keiyoro, Co-Director of the Green Garden School and Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Nairobi, will present a guest lecture on "Sustainable design and construction at the Green Garden School in Kenya" on Monday May 3 from 2-3PM in 9-450a.
Presentation will cover how he built the first Green Garden School buildings twenty years ago, learnings from design and construction of
a 1000 student boarding school campus in context of third world conditions, and will conclude with his interest in affordable
sustainable design technologies - notably the installation of the first greywater system for schools in Kenya.
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): DUSP, Auto-ID Labs, Senseable City Laboratory
For more information, contact:
Stephen Miles
978 884 0214
s_miles@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Redfields to Greenfields: Redeploying capital out of commercial real estate in an internet economy
Speaker: Mike Messner, MS 1980, of Seminole Capital, Catherine Nagel of the City Parks Alliance, and Kevin Cavarati of Georgia Tech Research Institute
Time: 2:30p–5:00p
Location: 7-338
Commercial real estate has declined over 40% with no bottom in sight. Over 10% of retail space is vacant, which will only get worse with the growth of on-line shopping. More than 1/3 of commercial real estate loans will be under water by the end of this year, and almost $1 trillion in commercial loans are expected to go into a negative equity position through 2014. Redfields to Greenfields is an ongoing project to help solve the commercial real estate crisis by converting?underutilized commercial and industrial real estate into park land and land banks for eventual redevelopment.
The talk will present initial findings from project in Atlanta (the poster child of excess commercial real estate development) and five other cities (Miami, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Denver, and Wilmington). Presenters will discuss institutional issues surrounding the financing and maintenance of public spaces and also address some broader topics ("What do the U.S. railroad industry in 1940 and today's commercial real estate have in common?"; "Is it time to bag the Bastiat rule?"; "Why protect bad real estate with low interest rates?"; "The stock market vs. mortgage debt in 1990s vs. 2000s").
Web site: www.redfieldstogreenfields.org
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): School of Architecture and Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
For more information, contact:
Ezra Glenn
617-253-2024
eglenn@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Ownership Consolidation and Product Quality: A Study of the U.S. Daily Newspaper Market
Speaker: Ying Fan (Michigan)
Time: 2:30p–4:00p
Location: E52-244
Ownership Consolidation and Product Quality: A Study of the U.S. Daily Newspaper Market
Web site: http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/5464
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop (Sponsored by Analysis Group)
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
theresa@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
MIT Clean Energy Prize Semifinalist Poster Showcase
Time: 3:00p–4:30p
Location: Boston Marriott Copley Place
Meet the top 25 student clean energy teams in the country as they showcase their venture ideas.
Web site: http://www.mitcep.org/featured/attend-our-flagship-event-on-may-3-201
0/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Clean Energy Prize
For more information, contact:
Robbie Barbero
cleanenergyprize@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
The Clean Energy Revolution
Speaker: Brian Dumaine, Nancy Floyd, Scott Stern, Kevin Surace
Time: 4:30p–6:00p
Location: Boston Marriott Copley Place
"The Clean Energy Revolution"
presented in association with NSTAR and the MIT Clean Energy Prize
3:00?4:30 p.m. MIT Clean Energy Prize Semi-Finalists Showcase
4:30?6:00 p.m. MIT Enterprise Forum Global Broadcast
6:00?6:30 p.m. MIT Clean Energy Prize Awards Ceremony
What actions are needed to cause a paradigm shift and initiate a "clean energy revolution"?
Who should be leading the charge: entrepreneurs, government incentives, industry and the market, universities?
Hear our panelists debate the pros and cons of each, and help show you the steps and strategies energy entrepreneurs can follow to innovate and place themselves at the forefront of the energy revolution.
Panelists:
Brian Dumaine, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune magazine; author of "The Plot to Save the Planet"
Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power
Scott Stern, Visiting Professor, MIT Sloan School
Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials; Inc. magazine 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year
Complete details and registration for the live event:
http://enterpriseforum.mit.edu/network/broadcasts/201005/index.html
Tickets: $25 members, $35 non-members, $40 for ALL at the door; FREE for students with ID.
Web site:http://enterpriseforum.mit.edu/network/broadcasts/201005/index.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: $25, free for students
Sponsor(s): MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM, INC.
For more information, contact:
Greg Wymer
617-253-0015
mitef@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
IDEAS Competition Award Ceremony
Time: 7:30p–9:30p
Location: 32-123
Come join MIT students, faculty and staff in a celebration of ingenuity and public service. Winners in the 2010 IDEAS Competition will receive grants up to $8000 to implement creative solutions to community development challenges around the world.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/ideas
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Public Service Center, Graduate Student Life Grants, MIT IDEAS Competition
For more information, contact:
Samantha Cooper
5-5474
coopers@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
EARTH SYSTEM INITIATIVE YOUNG FACULTY SEMINARS
Speaker: Taylor Perron, Assistant Professor of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 48-316
PATTERN FORMATION IN RIVER NETWORKS
Branching river networks are one of the most widespread features of Earth's surface, and their self-organized structure controls the transport of water and sediment across the continents. Dr. Perron will present a framework for interpreting these prominent landscape patterns. A numerical model of the dominant erosional mechanisms shaping soil-mantled landscapes predicts the emergence of patterns ranging from the spacing of sub-kilometer valleys to the hierarchical structure of hundred-kilometer river networks. Field measurements and high-resolution topography from laser altimetry provide a dataset for testing these model predictions, and yield insight into how landscape patterns record the influence of climate, rock type and life.
NOTE: Reception to follow at 5pm
THE ESI YOUNG FACULTY SEMINARS is a series of occasional talks by our young faculty affiliates. The goal is to foster cross-departmental community and new collaborative research relationships by having them present their very latest work to colleagues in other departments.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth System Initiative
For more information, contact:
Kurt Sternlof
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
MIT Sea Grant Lecture - "Energy Technology and Policy, A Post-Copenhagen View: Marine Challenges and Opportunities"
Speaker: Professor Ernest J. Moniz
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: E14-633
Professor Ernest J. Moniz will present an overview of the challenges presented to the energy system by climate change risk mitigation. Technology, policy, and business innovation needed to address this challenge will be discussed in the context of the Copenhagen Climate Conference of 2009. Specific examples of marine science and technology solutions for a low-carbon world will be highlighted. A reception will follow the lecture.
Web site: http://seagrant.mit.edu/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Sea Grant
For more information, contact:
Nancy Adams
3-9305
nadamsx@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Transportation@MIT Seminar Series
Speaker: Sanjay Sarma, Mechanical Engineering
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 3-270
Transportation@MIT Seminar Series
In Spring 2010, the Transportation@MIT seminar series continues by drawing knowledge from MIT research that is applicable to transportation. Our goal is to strengthen the community of MIT researchers by sharing information in the following areas: airlines, automation, behavior and economics, energy sources, environmental impacts, logistics and supply chains, networks, propulsion, system control, urban challenges, and vehicles.
Web site: http://transportation.mit.edu/events.php
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free Admission to MIT and General Public
Sponsor(s): Transportation@MIT
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Fearing
transportation@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
How Shall We Choose? Making Useful Comparisons Between Petroleum Alternatives
Speaker: Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University
Time: 4:15p–5:30p
Location: 66-110
MITE Seminar Series sponsored by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
The world is beginning a long, and certainly painful, transition between the fossil energy sources, particularly petroleum, that have powered our economic growth over the last couple of centuries, and whatever energy carriers will come next. If we are to make sound choices between our petroleum alternatives, we will need to agree on metrics to guide our choices and then make sure we implement those metrics on a fair, consistent basis. Dale speaks from the battlefield of biofuels, perhaps the most visible near term alternative to petroleum. As such, biofuels are becoming a test case for the metrics we will use to choose between petroleum alternatives and how we will employ those metrics to make good choices. So far, we are not making very rational, fair comparisons.
Given the perceived land use issues and potential conflict with food production that accompany all discussions of biofuels, the analysis is broadened to determine how cellulosic biofuels might be gracefully integrated with existing agricultural systems to provide large net benefits. The results are frankly startling. If we redesign a relatively small fraction of our agricultural system to coproduce food and fuel, we can produce enough biofuel to replace about 70 billion gallons of gasoline per year while still generating all the food and feed currently produced from that land and reducing total US greenhouse gas production by 10%.
Reception to follow
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Marshall-Howarth
rhowarth@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series presents Bruce E. Dale
Speaker: Bruce E. Dale, Professor
Time: 4:15p–6:15p
Location: 66-110
The world is beginning a long, and certainly painful, transition between the fossil energy sources, particularly petroleum, that have powered our economic growth over the last couple of centuries, and whatever energy carriers will come next. If we are to make sound choices between our petroleum alternatives, we will need to agree on metrics to guide our choices and then make sure we implement those metrics on a fair, consistent basis. Dale speaks from the battlefield of biofuels, perhaps the most visible near term alternative to petroleum. As such, biofuels are becoming a test case for the metrics we will use to choose between petroleum alternatives and how we will employ those metrics to make good choices.
Key metrics for choosing between petroleum alternatives should include at a minimum: potential scale, likely environmental impacts, ultimate cost and energy return on investment. These metrics are analyzed for several petroleum alternatives, including different biofuels.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative, HIS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Marshall-Howarth
rhowarth@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
MIT Energy Club and Sustainability@MIT Social
Time: 5:30p–7:30p
Location: 50, Muddy Charles Pub
Come join Sustainability@MIT and the MIT Energy Club for a joint social. Enjoy refreshments and meet others interested in energy, the environment, and sustainability.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club, Sustainability@MIT
For more information, contact:
Cecilia Scott
cecilias@MIT.EDU
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Lunch with John Krenicki (President & CEO) and Richard Stanley (VP Engineering), GE Energy
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: E51-315
Title: GE Energy's Role in Powering a Cleaner Energy Technology Future
GE Energy is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies in all areas of the energy industry including renewables, natural gas, coal, oil, and nuclear power. With revenues of over $37 billion, GE Energy has 82,000 employees and operates in 140 countries. Please join the CEO and head of engineering discuss the company's approach to solving some of the world's toughest energy technology challenges.
John Krenicki
GE Vice Chairman and
President & CEO, GE Energy
Richard Stanley
Vice President
Engineering, GE Energy
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club, MIT Sloan Energy and Environment Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
MRS Lunch 'N Lecture Seminar: Shape Memory Oligocrystals -- Microstructure Design Unlocks New Potential in Actuation and Energy Management
Speaker: Christopher A. Schuh, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: 6-104, Chipman Room
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are materials with the remarkable ability to restore their macroscopic shape to a "programmed" geometry after experiencing large levels of deformation. Heat or simply the removal of mechanical load triggers crystallographically-reversible deformation by martensitic phase transformation, and the resulting properties lend SMAs to numerous applications in actuation, sensing, and energy conversion. However, while dozens of known SMAs exist, the vast majority of these achieve shape memory properties only when they are fabricated in single crystal form; polycrystalline SMAs are frequently brittle and fracture when a shape-changing stimulus is applied. This talk will discuss a new class of polycrystalline SMAs--shape memory oligocrystals, which may unlock the full suite of shape memory properties across the complete range of known SMAs. What makes oligocrystalline forms of SMAs unique is that they have relatively few grains per unit volume, as in fine fibers where the diameter is smaller than the grain size of the alloy. With such geometries, the crystals in an oligocrystal are bounded largely by free surfaces, and the phase transformations that underlie the SMA properties are therefore less confined. These materials promise a low-cost, high-volume suite of SMA materials, which opens the door to many new actuation and energy conversion technologies.
Please join us for refreshments at 11:40 AM in the Chipman room (6-104).
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/mrschapter/seminars.htm
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MRS Chapter at MIT, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
For more information, contact:
Tiffany Ziebell
tiffanyz@mit.edu
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Just War and the War on Terror: Examining the Dynamic
Speaker: Bryan Hehir, Kennedy School, Harvard University
Time: 12:00p–1:30p
Location: E40-459
SSP Wednesday Seminar
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Security Studies Program
For more information, contact:
617-253-7529
valeriet@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Community-based Energy Innovations
Time: 12:00p–2:30p
Location: 9-450B
Presentations by students:
Jacquelyn Dadakis
Eric Mackres
Joshua Sklarsky
Shiva Prakash
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): EPP
For more information, contact:
Nina Tamburello
617.253.1509
epprequest@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Delivering Energy Efficiency with Community-based Strategies
Time: 12:30p–2:00p
Location: 9-450
How do we deliver on the promise of energy efficiency for energy balance and carbon mitigation? Please join us to discuss why mobilizing communities is a promising approach. The discussion will be led by several students conducting research on community-based energy efficiency strategies including: innovative community-led services and financing of efficiency upgrades, city promotion of green buildings, utility/community collaborative engagement models, and community energy geospatial visualization.
Please bring your thoughts and experiences. Lunch served. RSVP requested.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): DUSP
For more information, contact:
Harvey Michaels
hgm@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Tour of the Evergreen Solar Facility
Time: 2:00p–4:00p
Location: Marlboro, MA
Join the MIT energy club on a tour of the Evergreen solar facility in Marlboro, MA. Evergreen solar is a global technology leader and innovator in the solar industry that develops and deploys commercial scale photovoltaic solutions to an international market. The tour will consist of a visit to their production facility where they implement their cutting edge blue ribbon(TM) wafer technology in manufacturing solar cells and panels. The tour will also include a presentation on the business of deploying and marketing solar technologies. To sign up, please send an email to nwike@mit.edu. Space will be very limited.
Web site: http://www.evergreensolar.com
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Nwike Iloeje
nwike@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
The Perspectivity Game
Time: 3:00p–5:00p
Location: E19-319
Have you ever found yourself in the grocery store looking at the price of eco-friendly tofu, only to put it back and continue to the ground beef? That weekend flight recently to Philadelphia: was it really worth its CO2 emissions? There is a good chance that, as a person concerned about the climate issue, you sometimes experience dilemmas like these.
If these are questions you may struggle with individually, imagine how it would be to make such tradeoffs for an entire country! The Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention in Copenhagen this last December has shown once more that this type of dilemma is omnipresent at the world level. National politicians have to continuously take decisions under large uncertainty in which they need to balance many different interests. As a participant in the Perspectivity Game you will experience what it is like to wear the hat of these politicians in the international negotiations. Under severe time pressure, you will have to make decisions that best serve all of your country?s interests, with a central focus on the ever-present tradeoff between sustainability and economic development.
The Perspectivity Game is a growing success in Europe, with countless sessions played among government policymakers, diplomats, university students, NGO board members and corporate lawyers. Can you beat a bunch of directors of a major international oil company? Can you do better than a group of Russian diplomats?
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
For more information, contact:
Tony Tran
Tones@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
MOBILE WORLD: The future of mobile technologies as a global force for change
Time: 5:30p–7:00p
Location: 32-155
Two-thirds of the world's mobile phones are in developing countries - and it's the world's fastest-growing market.
Can a simple cell phone provide access to health care, education and economic well-being? In short, can it change lives?
A few people at MIT think it can. Come hear their ideas.
Panelists:
Federico Casalegno, Mobile Experience Lab
Leo Celi, Sana
Michael Gordon, AITI
Sandy Pentland, Media Lab
Jhonatan Rotberg, NextLab
Special guest:
Eric Debeau of Orange (France Telecom) will offer an industry perspective.
RSVP online here:
Web site: http://mit.edu/misti/events/mobile.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MISTI
For more information, contact:
April Julich Perez
617-253-8095
ajulich@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Energy Discussions: Potential Impact of US Climate Policy on Personal Vehicle Transport
Speaker: Valerie Karplus
Time: 6:00p–7:00p
Location: 26-204
Cars and light-duty trucks are a major contributor to the climate problem in the United States, but what role will they play in a solution? Come learn and share your thoughts on what the new fuel economy (CAFE) standards, incentive programs for alternative fuels, and a potential U.S. national climate policy could mean for the carbon footprint of personal vehicle transport. We'll review the latest developments and compare policy options, then open the floor for a lively discussion.
A light dinner will be served.
Please prepare for the event by reading the articles linked on the Energy Club event website.
Web site: http://www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-programs/discussion-series/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Dell
rwdell(at)mit.edu
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Friday, May 07, 2010
MIT Tenth Annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture: Geoengineering Climate on a Regional Scale
Speaker: Professor David Battisti, University of Washington
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 32-123, Reception to be held in 54-923 following the talk.
Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture
The Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture Series honors the memory of Professor Henry W. Kendall (1926-1999) who was the J.A. Stratton professor of physics at MIT. Professor Kendall received the Nobel Prize in 1990 for research that provided the first experimental evidence for quarks. He had a deep commitment to understanding and finding solutions to the multiple environmental problems facing the world today and in the future. The permanently endowed Kendall Lecture allows MIT faculty and students to be introduced to forefront areas in global change science by leading researchers.
David Battisti is the Tamaki Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. His research is focused on understanding the natural variability of the climate system. He is especially interested in understanding how the interactions between the ocean, atmosphere, land and sea ice lead to variability in climate on time scales from seasonal to decades. (More info available here.)
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/news/Kendall.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Center for Global Change Science, Center for Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:
Jacqui Taylor
253-2127
jtaylor@mit.edu
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Saturday, May 08, 2010
Spring 2010 D-Lab Projects Showcase
Time: 12:00p–2:00p
Location: N51, MIT Museum
May 8, 2010 D-Lab Project Showcase at the MIT Museum open to the public: 26 projects from 6 D-lab Classes.
Please join us at the MIT Museum to see the final summary presentations and working demos from the growing MIT D-Lab family of classes. Come see how MIT students are developing technologies that make an impact on our world!
To kick things off, the students from 6 D-Lab classes - Design, Dissemination, Health, Energy, Wheelchairs and Prosthetics - will give brief presentations of their projects. Then the projects will be on display and all the working prototypes demonstrated!
Hope you can make it!
Web site: http://d-lab.mit.edu/
Open to: the general public
Cost: adults - $7.50, students and seniors $3, free with an MIT ID and children under 5
Tickets: at the door
Sponsor(s): International Development Initiative, D-Lab
For more information, contact:
Laura Sampath
617-253-7052
lsampath@mit.edu
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Harvard
"Nuclear Fuel Cycle," Belfer Center Directors' Lunch with Dr. Ernest Moniz, MIT
Director's Luncheon
Series: Belfer Center Directors' Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 3, 2010
12:15 p.m.-1:45 a.m.
Description:
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Dr. Ernest Moniz, Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, MIT.
Ernest J. Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Director of the Energy Initiative, and Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has served on the faculty since 1973. Dr. Moniz served as Under Secretary of the Department of Energy from 1997 until January 2001 and, from 1995 to 1997, as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President. At MIT, Dr. Moniz served as Head of the Department of Physics and as Director of the Bates Linear Accelerator Center. His principal research contributions have been in theoretical nuclear physics and in energy technology and policy studies. He serves on President Obama's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) and was named to the Department of Energy's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future as of January 2010.
Dr. Moniz received a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude in physics from Boston College, a doctorate in theoretical physics from Stanford University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Athens, the University of Erlangen-Nurenburg, and Michigan State University. He was a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Saclay, France and at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Moniz is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Humboldt Foundation, and the American Physical Society and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received the 1998 Seymour Cray HPCC Industry Recognition Award for vision and leadership in advancing scientific simulation and, in 2008, the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III for contributions to development of research, technology, and education in Cyprus and the wider region.
RSVP REQUIRED!
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/moniz.html
As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
Belfer Center Director's Lunches are strictly off-the-record. By indicating your desire to attend the seminar, you agree that you will comply with the Belfer Center's strict policy against recording or disclosing the contents of the seminar. Your access is conditioned on your compliance with these restrictions. Should you violate these rules, the Center will pursue all available legal options and you will be excluded from all future events.
Contact:
Belfer Center Events Coordinator
79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: belfer_events@ksg.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-3745
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org
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Anatomy of Self Deception: Belief, Judgment, and the Iraq War Decision
WHEN
Mon., May 3, 2010, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275, Harvard Kennedy School
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
International Security Program
SPEAKER(S)
Peter Zimmerman, lecturer in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School
CONTACT INFO
susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/4310/anatomy_of_self_deception.html
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Making Progress on Energy: A Public Address by John Deutch
Forum Event
Series: Kennedy School Forum
Open to the Public - John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Events-Meetings/JFK-Jr.-Forum-Calendar/FORUM-%22Making-Progress-on-Energy%22-A-public-address-by-John-Deutch
May 3, 2010
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Speaker:
John M. Deutch
Description:
Please join us for the 2010 Godkin Lecture by John Deutch, an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Deutch will explain why United States energy policy has failed over the last forty years to put the country on a path toward greater energy efficiency, less imports, less risk of climate change, and more rapid innovation. He recommends changes to the policy making process. Without such changes future progress on energy policy is highly doubtful.
Speaker Info:
John M. Deutch is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served as Director of Central Intelligence from May 1995-December 1996. From 1994-95, he served as Deputy Secretary of Defense and served as Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology from 1993-94. John Deutch has also served as Director of Energy Research (1977-79), Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology (1979), and Undersecretary (1979-80) in the United States Department of Energy.
In addition, John Deutch has served on the President's Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee (1980-81); the President's Commission on Strategic Forces (1983); the White House Science Council (1985-89); the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1990-93); the President's Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (1996); and the President's Commission on Reducing and Protecting Government Secrecy (1996). He currently is a member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (1997) and the Chairman of the President's Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (1998). Dr. Deutch serves as director for the following publicly held companies: Ariad Pharmaceutical, Citicorp, CMS Energy, Cummins, Raytheon, and Schlumberger Ltd.
Dr. Deutch has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1970 and has served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, Dean of Science, and Provost. Dr. Deutch has published over 120 technical publications in physical chemistry, as well as numerous publications on technology, international security, and public policy issues.
Contact:
Belfer Center Communications Office
Assoc. Director for Communications Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: sharon_wilke@ksg.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-9858
Fax: 617-495-8963
Url: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Energy Policy Seminar Series presents Nat Logar
Speaker: Nat Logar, Research Fellow, ETIP.
Time: 2:30p–4:00p
Location: Bell Hall - Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
"Institutions for Energy Innovation: Science and Technology Decision-Making at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory."
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Campus Events, Harvard University Center for the Environment
For more information, contact:
Louisa Lund
louisa_lund@hks.harvard.edu
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May 6, 2010
4 PM
Haller Hall
Loretta Mickley, Harvard University
"U.S. Air Quality: Observations and Interactions with Climate"
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Other
ecomodding your home :: creating strategies to conserve electricityTuesday, May 04, 2010 at 6:30 PM - Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 8:30 PM (ET)
Somerville, MA
Event Details
ECOMODDING YOUR HOME :: CREATING STRATEGIES TO CONSERVE ELECTRICITY is a two month seminar focused on identifying and implementing simple strategies to reduce electricity consumption. In this seminar, we'll use a special power strip developed at sprout. This power strip enables you to see how & when your appliances use electricity and ensure they only use electricity when you want them to—whether that means turning off your TV's standby mode while you're at work or dimming your lamp when its sunny outside.
Coordinated by Eric Smith, Gideon Weisz, and Daniel Bergey (the designers of the smartstrip), this seminar costs $280 (and participants will keep their power strip). Other tools and materials will be made available at sprout's studios, where the seminar is being held each Tuesday evening. For more information, check out the seminar site.
Monday, May 03, 2010
MIT Energy Club Lecture Series: Empowering and Enabling Clean Energy Entrepreneurs
Speaker: Jacob Susman, Founder and CEO of Own Energy
Time: 10:30a–11:30a
Location: E51-345
OwnEnergy is a venture capital-backed community wind developer. Projects are developed jointly with a partner from the local community, with the said partner holding a significant equity stake. At the industry level, OwnEnergy is a founding member of the steering committee of the American Wind Energy Association?s Community Wind Working Group and is also co-chairing AWEA?s inaugural Small and Community Wind Conference.
Speaker Bio:
Jacob Susman has ten years of investing and business development experience in the field of renewable energy. Jacob has led OwnEnergy since its inception, including recruiting and managing the team, raising capital, establishing the brand, sourcing new business, developing projects and generating revenue.
Before founding OwnEnergy, he was a founding member of Goldman Sachs' Alternative Energy Investing group, where he was involved in Goldman's investment in Horizon Wind Energy and co-led a portfolio financing that was named Project Finance?s N.A. Renewable Energy Deal of the Year. Prior to that he served as Project Manager for the AES Corporation, working on a team that developed one of the largest power plants in Spain?named European IPP of the Year by Euromoney. Jacob also led AES?s efforts to develop a Spanish renewable energy business, which included negotiation of more than 1,000 MW of wind energy investment opportunities.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Transportation@MIT presents US Secretary of Transportation at MIT
Speaker: Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation
Time: 11:30a–1:30p
Location: E14-674
Transportation@MIT and the MIT Energy Initiative are proud to introduce The Transportation and Energy Distinguished Lecture Series that will highlight areas of common concern and interest between these two important initiatives.
We are particularly pleased to announce that our first speaker will be Ray LaHood, the United States Secretary of Transportation. Secretary LaHood will speak from noon to 1 pm on Monday, May 3, in E14-674. There is limited seating for this event, and we anticipate a full house. Please come early to make sure you get a seat. Doors open at 11:30, and the lecture will start promptly at noon.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Transportation@MIT
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Fearing
fearing@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Sustainable design & construction at Green Garden School, Kenya
Speaker: Peter Keiyoro, Co-Director of the Green Garden School and Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Nairobi
Time: 2:00p–3:30p
Location: 9-450a
Peter Keiyoro, Co-Director of the Green Garden School and Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Nairobi, will present a guest lecture on "Sustainable design and construction at the Green Garden School in Kenya" on Monday May 3 from 2-3PM in 9-450a.
Presentation will cover how he built the first Green Garden School buildings twenty years ago, learnings from design and construction of
a 1000 student boarding school campus in context of third world conditions, and will conclude with his interest in affordable
sustainable design technologies - notably the installation of the first greywater system for schools in Kenya.
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): DUSP, Auto-ID Labs, Senseable City Laboratory
For more information, contact:
Stephen Miles
978 884 0214
s_miles@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Redfields to Greenfields: Redeploying capital out of commercial real estate in an internet economy
Speaker: Mike Messner, MS 1980, of Seminole Capital, Catherine Nagel of the City Parks Alliance, and Kevin Cavarati of Georgia Tech Research Institute
Time: 2:30p–5:00p
Location: 7-338
Commercial real estate has declined over 40% with no bottom in sight. Over 10% of retail space is vacant, which will only get worse with the growth of on-line shopping. More than 1/3 of commercial real estate loans will be under water by the end of this year, and almost $1 trillion in commercial loans are expected to go into a negative equity position through 2014. Redfields to Greenfields is an ongoing project to help solve the commercial real estate crisis by converting?underutilized commercial and industrial real estate into park land and land banks for eventual redevelopment.
The talk will present initial findings from project in Atlanta (the poster child of excess commercial real estate development) and five other cities (Miami, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Denver, and Wilmington). Presenters will discuss institutional issues surrounding the financing and maintenance of public spaces and also address some broader topics ("What do the U.S. railroad industry in 1940 and today's commercial real estate have in common?"; "Is it time to bag the Bastiat rule?"; "Why protect bad real estate with low interest rates?"; "The stock market vs. mortgage debt in 1990s vs. 2000s").
Web site: www.redfieldstogreenfields.org
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): School of Architecture and Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
For more information, contact:
Ezra Glenn
617-253-2024
eglenn@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Ownership Consolidation and Product Quality: A Study of the U.S. Daily Newspaper Market
Speaker: Ying Fan (Michigan)
Time: 2:30p–4:00p
Location: E52-244
Ownership Consolidation and Product Quality: A Study of the U.S. Daily Newspaper Market
Web site: http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/5464
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop (Sponsored by Analysis Group)
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
theresa@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
MIT Clean Energy Prize Semifinalist Poster Showcase
Time: 3:00p–4:30p
Location: Boston Marriott Copley Place
Meet the top 25 student clean energy teams in the country as they showcase their venture ideas.
Web site: http://www.mitcep.org/featured/attend-our-flagship-event-on-may-3-201
0/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Clean Energy Prize
For more information, contact:
Robbie Barbero
cleanenergyprize@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
The Clean Energy Revolution
Speaker: Brian Dumaine, Nancy Floyd, Scott Stern, Kevin Surace
Time: 4:30p–6:00p
Location: Boston Marriott Copley Place
"The Clean Energy Revolution"
presented in association with NSTAR and the MIT Clean Energy Prize
3:00?4:30 p.m. MIT Clean Energy Prize Semi-Finalists Showcase
4:30?6:00 p.m. MIT Enterprise Forum Global Broadcast
6:00?6:30 p.m. MIT Clean Energy Prize Awards Ceremony
What actions are needed to cause a paradigm shift and initiate a "clean energy revolution"?
Who should be leading the charge: entrepreneurs, government incentives, industry and the market, universities?
Hear our panelists debate the pros and cons of each, and help show you the steps and strategies energy entrepreneurs can follow to innovate and place themselves at the forefront of the energy revolution.
Panelists:
Brian Dumaine, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune magazine; author of "The Plot to Save the Planet"
Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power
Scott Stern, Visiting Professor, MIT Sloan School
Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials; Inc. magazine 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year
Complete details and registration for the live event:
http://enterpriseforum.mit.edu/network/broadcasts/201005/index.html
Tickets: $25 members, $35 non-members, $40 for ALL at the door; FREE for students with ID.
Web site:http://enterpriseforum.mit.edu/network/broadcasts/201005/index.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: $25, free for students
Sponsor(s): MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM, INC.
For more information, contact:
Greg Wymer
617-253-0015
mitef@mit.edu
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Monday, May 03, 2010
IDEAS Competition Award Ceremony
Time: 7:30p–9:30p
Location: 32-123
Come join MIT students, faculty and staff in a celebration of ingenuity and public service. Winners in the 2010 IDEAS Competition will receive grants up to $8000 to implement creative solutions to community development challenges around the world.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/ideas
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Public Service Center, Graduate Student Life Grants, MIT IDEAS Competition
For more information, contact:
Samantha Cooper
5-5474
coopers@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
EARTH SYSTEM INITIATIVE YOUNG FACULTY SEMINARS
Speaker: Taylor Perron, Assistant Professor of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 48-316
PATTERN FORMATION IN RIVER NETWORKS
Branching river networks are one of the most widespread features of Earth's surface, and their self-organized structure controls the transport of water and sediment across the continents. Dr. Perron will present a framework for interpreting these prominent landscape patterns. A numerical model of the dominant erosional mechanisms shaping soil-mantled landscapes predicts the emergence of patterns ranging from the spacing of sub-kilometer valleys to the hierarchical structure of hundred-kilometer river networks. Field measurements and high-resolution topography from laser altimetry provide a dataset for testing these model predictions, and yield insight into how landscape patterns record the influence of climate, rock type and life.
NOTE: Reception to follow at 5pm
THE ESI YOUNG FACULTY SEMINARS is a series of occasional talks by our young faculty affiliates. The goal is to foster cross-departmental community and new collaborative research relationships by having them present their very latest work to colleagues in other departments.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth System Initiative
For more information, contact:
Kurt Sternlof
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
MIT Sea Grant Lecture - "Energy Technology and Policy, A Post-Copenhagen View: Marine Challenges and Opportunities"
Speaker: Professor Ernest J. Moniz
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: E14-633
Professor Ernest J. Moniz will present an overview of the challenges presented to the energy system by climate change risk mitigation. Technology, policy, and business innovation needed to address this challenge will be discussed in the context of the Copenhagen Climate Conference of 2009. Specific examples of marine science and technology solutions for a low-carbon world will be highlighted. A reception will follow the lecture.
Web site: http://seagrant.mit.edu/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Sea Grant
For more information, contact:
Nancy Adams
3-9305
nadamsx@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Transportation@MIT Seminar Series
Speaker: Sanjay Sarma, Mechanical Engineering
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 3-270
Transportation@MIT Seminar Series
In Spring 2010, the Transportation@MIT seminar series continues by drawing knowledge from MIT research that is applicable to transportation. Our goal is to strengthen the community of MIT researchers by sharing information in the following areas: airlines, automation, behavior and economics, energy sources, environmental impacts, logistics and supply chains, networks, propulsion, system control, urban challenges, and vehicles.
Web site: http://transportation.mit.edu/events.php
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free Admission to MIT and General Public
Sponsor(s): Transportation@MIT
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Fearing
transportation@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
How Shall We Choose? Making Useful Comparisons Between Petroleum Alternatives
Speaker: Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University
Time: 4:15p–5:30p
Location: 66-110
MITE Seminar Series sponsored by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
The world is beginning a long, and certainly painful, transition between the fossil energy sources, particularly petroleum, that have powered our economic growth over the last couple of centuries, and whatever energy carriers will come next. If we are to make sound choices between our petroleum alternatives, we will need to agree on metrics to guide our choices and then make sure we implement those metrics on a fair, consistent basis. Dale speaks from the battlefield of biofuels, perhaps the most visible near term alternative to petroleum. As such, biofuels are becoming a test case for the metrics we will use to choose between petroleum alternatives and how we will employ those metrics to make good choices. So far, we are not making very rational, fair comparisons.
Given the perceived land use issues and potential conflict with food production that accompany all discussions of biofuels, the analysis is broadened to determine how cellulosic biofuels might be gracefully integrated with existing agricultural systems to provide large net benefits. The results are frankly startling. If we redesign a relatively small fraction of our agricultural system to coproduce food and fuel, we can produce enough biofuel to replace about 70 billion gallons of gasoline per year while still generating all the food and feed currently produced from that land and reducing total US greenhouse gas production by 10%.
Reception to follow
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Marshall-Howarth
rhowarth@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series presents Bruce E. Dale
Speaker: Bruce E. Dale, Professor
Time: 4:15p–6:15p
Location: 66-110
The world is beginning a long, and certainly painful, transition between the fossil energy sources, particularly petroleum, that have powered our economic growth over the last couple of centuries, and whatever energy carriers will come next. If we are to make sound choices between our petroleum alternatives, we will need to agree on metrics to guide our choices and then make sure we implement those metrics on a fair, consistent basis. Dale speaks from the battlefield of biofuels, perhaps the most visible near term alternative to petroleum. As such, biofuels are becoming a test case for the metrics we will use to choose between petroleum alternatives and how we will employ those metrics to make good choices.
Key metrics for choosing between petroleum alternatives should include at a minimum: potential scale, likely environmental impacts, ultimate cost and energy return on investment. These metrics are analyzed for several petroleum alternatives, including different biofuels.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative, HIS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Marshall-Howarth
rhowarth@mit.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
MIT Energy Club and Sustainability@MIT Social
Time: 5:30p–7:30p
Location: 50, Muddy Charles Pub
Come join Sustainability@MIT and the MIT Energy Club for a joint social. Enjoy refreshments and meet others interested in energy, the environment, and sustainability.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club, Sustainability@MIT
For more information, contact:
Cecilia Scott
cecilias@MIT.EDU
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Lunch with John Krenicki (President & CEO) and Richard Stanley (VP Engineering), GE Energy
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: E51-315
Title: GE Energy's Role in Powering a Cleaner Energy Technology Future
GE Energy is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies in all areas of the energy industry including renewables, natural gas, coal, oil, and nuclear power. With revenues of over $37 billion, GE Energy has 82,000 employees and operates in 140 countries. Please join the CEO and head of engineering discuss the company's approach to solving some of the world's toughest energy technology challenges.
John Krenicki
GE Vice Chairman and
President & CEO, GE Energy
Richard Stanley
Vice President
Engineering, GE Energy
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club, MIT Sloan Energy and Environment Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
MRS Lunch 'N Lecture Seminar: Shape Memory Oligocrystals -- Microstructure Design Unlocks New Potential in Actuation and Energy Management
Speaker: Christopher A. Schuh, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: 6-104, Chipman Room
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are materials with the remarkable ability to restore their macroscopic shape to a "programmed" geometry after experiencing large levels of deformation. Heat or simply the removal of mechanical load triggers crystallographically-reversible deformation by martensitic phase transformation, and the resulting properties lend SMAs to numerous applications in actuation, sensing, and energy conversion. However, while dozens of known SMAs exist, the vast majority of these achieve shape memory properties only when they are fabricated in single crystal form; polycrystalline SMAs are frequently brittle and fracture when a shape-changing stimulus is applied. This talk will discuss a new class of polycrystalline SMAs--shape memory oligocrystals, which may unlock the full suite of shape memory properties across the complete range of known SMAs. What makes oligocrystalline forms of SMAs unique is that they have relatively few grains per unit volume, as in fine fibers where the diameter is smaller than the grain size of the alloy. With such geometries, the crystals in an oligocrystal are bounded largely by free surfaces, and the phase transformations that underlie the SMA properties are therefore less confined. These materials promise a low-cost, high-volume suite of SMA materials, which opens the door to many new actuation and energy conversion technologies.
Please join us for refreshments at 11:40 AM in the Chipman room (6-104).
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/mrschapter/seminars.htm
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MRS Chapter at MIT, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
For more information, contact:
Tiffany Ziebell
tiffanyz@mit.edu
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Just War and the War on Terror: Examining the Dynamic
Speaker: Bryan Hehir, Kennedy School, Harvard University
Time: 12:00p–1:30p
Location: E40-459
SSP Wednesday Seminar
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Security Studies Program
For more information, contact:
617-253-7529
valeriet@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Community-based Energy Innovations
Time: 12:00p–2:30p
Location: 9-450B
Presentations by students:
Jacquelyn Dadakis
Eric Mackres
Joshua Sklarsky
Shiva Prakash
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): EPP
For more information, contact:
Nina Tamburello
617.253.1509
epprequest@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Delivering Energy Efficiency with Community-based Strategies
Time: 12:30p–2:00p
Location: 9-450
How do we deliver on the promise of energy efficiency for energy balance and carbon mitigation? Please join us to discuss why mobilizing communities is a promising approach. The discussion will be led by several students conducting research on community-based energy efficiency strategies including: innovative community-led services and financing of efficiency upgrades, city promotion of green buildings, utility/community collaborative engagement models, and community energy geospatial visualization.
Please bring your thoughts and experiences. Lunch served. RSVP requested.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): DUSP
For more information, contact:
Harvey Michaels
hgm@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Tour of the Evergreen Solar Facility
Time: 2:00p–4:00p
Location: Marlboro, MA
Join the MIT energy club on a tour of the Evergreen solar facility in Marlboro, MA. Evergreen solar is a global technology leader and innovator in the solar industry that develops and deploys commercial scale photovoltaic solutions to an international market. The tour will consist of a visit to their production facility where they implement their cutting edge blue ribbon(TM) wafer technology in manufacturing solar cells and panels. The tour will also include a presentation on the business of deploying and marketing solar technologies. To sign up, please send an email to nwike@mit.edu. Space will be very limited.
Web site: http://www.evergreensolar.com
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Nwike Iloeje
nwike@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
The Perspectivity Game
Time: 3:00p–5:00p
Location: E19-319
Have you ever found yourself in the grocery store looking at the price of eco-friendly tofu, only to put it back and continue to the ground beef? That weekend flight recently to Philadelphia: was it really worth its CO2 emissions? There is a good chance that, as a person concerned about the climate issue, you sometimes experience dilemmas like these.
If these are questions you may struggle with individually, imagine how it would be to make such tradeoffs for an entire country! The Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention in Copenhagen this last December has shown once more that this type of dilemma is omnipresent at the world level. National politicians have to continuously take decisions under large uncertainty in which they need to balance many different interests. As a participant in the Perspectivity Game you will experience what it is like to wear the hat of these politicians in the international negotiations. Under severe time pressure, you will have to make decisions that best serve all of your country?s interests, with a central focus on the ever-present tradeoff between sustainability and economic development.
The Perspectivity Game is a growing success in Europe, with countless sessions played among government policymakers, diplomats, university students, NGO board members and corporate lawyers. Can you beat a bunch of directors of a major international oil company? Can you do better than a group of Russian diplomats?
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
For more information, contact:
Tony Tran
Tones@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
MOBILE WORLD: The future of mobile technologies as a global force for change
Time: 5:30p–7:00p
Location: 32-155
Two-thirds of the world's mobile phones are in developing countries - and it's the world's fastest-growing market.
Can a simple cell phone provide access to health care, education and economic well-being? In short, can it change lives?
A few people at MIT think it can. Come hear their ideas.
Panelists:
Federico Casalegno, Mobile Experience Lab
Leo Celi, Sana
Michael Gordon, AITI
Sandy Pentland, Media Lab
Jhonatan Rotberg, NextLab
Special guest:
Eric Debeau of Orange (France Telecom) will offer an industry perspective.
RSVP online here:
Web site: http://mit.edu/misti/events/mobile.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MISTI
For more information, contact:
April Julich Perez
617-253-8095
ajulich@mit.edu
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Energy Discussions: Potential Impact of US Climate Policy on Personal Vehicle Transport
Speaker: Valerie Karplus
Time: 6:00p–7:00p
Location: 26-204
Cars and light-duty trucks are a major contributor to the climate problem in the United States, but what role will they play in a solution? Come learn and share your thoughts on what the new fuel economy (CAFE) standards, incentive programs for alternative fuels, and a potential U.S. national climate policy could mean for the carbon footprint of personal vehicle transport. We'll review the latest developments and compare policy options, then open the floor for a lively discussion.
A light dinner will be served.
Please prepare for the event by reading the articles linked on the Energy Club event website.
Web site: http://www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-programs/discussion-series/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Dell
rwdell(at)mit.edu
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Friday, May 07, 2010
MIT Tenth Annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture: Geoengineering Climate on a Regional Scale
Speaker: Professor David Battisti, University of Washington
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 32-123, Reception to be held in 54-923 following the talk.
Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture
The Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture Series honors the memory of Professor Henry W. Kendall (1926-1999) who was the J.A. Stratton professor of physics at MIT. Professor Kendall received the Nobel Prize in 1990 for research that provided the first experimental evidence for quarks. He had a deep commitment to understanding and finding solutions to the multiple environmental problems facing the world today and in the future. The permanently endowed Kendall Lecture allows MIT faculty and students to be introduced to forefront areas in global change science by leading researchers.
David Battisti is the Tamaki Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. His research is focused on understanding the natural variability of the climate system. He is especially interested in understanding how the interactions between the ocean, atmosphere, land and sea ice lead to variability in climate on time scales from seasonal to decades. (More info available here.)
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/news/Kendall.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Center for Global Change Science, Center for Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:
Jacqui Taylor
253-2127
jtaylor@mit.edu
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Saturday, May 08, 2010
Spring 2010 D-Lab Projects Showcase
Time: 12:00p–2:00p
Location: N51, MIT Museum
May 8, 2010 D-Lab Project Showcase at the MIT Museum open to the public: 26 projects from 6 D-lab Classes.
Please join us at the MIT Museum to see the final summary presentations and working demos from the growing MIT D-Lab family of classes. Come see how MIT students are developing technologies that make an impact on our world!
To kick things off, the students from 6 D-Lab classes - Design, Dissemination, Health, Energy, Wheelchairs and Prosthetics - will give brief presentations of their projects. Then the projects will be on display and all the working prototypes demonstrated!
Hope you can make it!
Web site: http://d-lab.mit.edu/
Open to: the general public
Cost: adults - $7.50, students and seniors $3, free with an MIT ID and children under 5
Tickets: at the door
Sponsor(s): International Development Initiative, D-Lab
For more information, contact:
Laura Sampath
617-253-7052
lsampath@mit.edu
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Harvard
"Nuclear Fuel Cycle," Belfer Center Directors' Lunch with Dr. Ernest Moniz, MIT
Director's Luncheon
Series: Belfer Center Directors' Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 3, 2010
12:15 p.m.-1:45 a.m.
Description:
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Dr. Ernest Moniz, Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, MIT.
Ernest J. Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Director of the Energy Initiative, and Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has served on the faculty since 1973. Dr. Moniz served as Under Secretary of the Department of Energy from 1997 until January 2001 and, from 1995 to 1997, as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President. At MIT, Dr. Moniz served as Head of the Department of Physics and as Director of the Bates Linear Accelerator Center. His principal research contributions have been in theoretical nuclear physics and in energy technology and policy studies. He serves on President Obama's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) and was named to the Department of Energy's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future as of January 2010.
Dr. Moniz received a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude in physics from Boston College, a doctorate in theoretical physics from Stanford University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Athens, the University of Erlangen-Nurenburg, and Michigan State University. He was a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Saclay, France and at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Moniz is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Humboldt Foundation, and the American Physical Society and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received the 1998 Seymour Cray HPCC Industry Recognition Award for vision and leadership in advancing scientific simulation and, in 2008, the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III for contributions to development of research, technology, and education in Cyprus and the wider region.
RSVP REQUIRED!
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/moniz.html
As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
Belfer Center Director's Lunches are strictly off-the-record. By indicating your desire to attend the seminar, you agree that you will comply with the Belfer Center's strict policy against recording or disclosing the contents of the seminar. Your access is conditioned on your compliance with these restrictions. Should you violate these rules, the Center will pursue all available legal options and you will be excluded from all future events.
Contact:
Belfer Center Events Coordinator
79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: belfer_events@ksg.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-3745
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org
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Anatomy of Self Deception: Belief, Judgment, and the Iraq War Decision
WHEN
Mon., May 3, 2010, 12:15 – 2 p.m.
WHERE
Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275, Harvard Kennedy School
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
International Security Program
SPEAKER(S)
Peter Zimmerman, lecturer in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School
CONTACT INFO
susan_lynch@harvard.edu
LINK
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/4310/anatomy_of_self_deception.html
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Making Progress on Energy: A Public Address by John Deutch
Forum Event
Series: Kennedy School Forum
Open to the Public - John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Events-Meetings/JFK-Jr.-Forum-Calendar/FORUM-%22Making-Progress-on-Energy%22-A-public-address-by-John-Deutch
May 3, 2010
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Speaker:
John M. Deutch
Description:
Please join us for the 2010 Godkin Lecture by John Deutch, an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Deutch will explain why United States energy policy has failed over the last forty years to put the country on a path toward greater energy efficiency, less imports, less risk of climate change, and more rapid innovation. He recommends changes to the policy making process. Without such changes future progress on energy policy is highly doubtful.
Speaker Info:
John M. Deutch is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served as Director of Central Intelligence from May 1995-December 1996. From 1994-95, he served as Deputy Secretary of Defense and served as Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology from 1993-94. John Deutch has also served as Director of Energy Research (1977-79), Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology (1979), and Undersecretary (1979-80) in the United States Department of Energy.
In addition, John Deutch has served on the President's Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee (1980-81); the President's Commission on Strategic Forces (1983); the White House Science Council (1985-89); the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1990-93); the President's Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (1996); and the President's Commission on Reducing and Protecting Government Secrecy (1996). He currently is a member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (1997) and the Chairman of the President's Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (1998). Dr. Deutch serves as director for the following publicly held companies: Ariad Pharmaceutical, Citicorp, CMS Energy, Cummins, Raytheon, and Schlumberger Ltd.
Dr. Deutch has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1970 and has served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, Dean of Science, and Provost. Dr. Deutch has published over 120 technical publications in physical chemistry, as well as numerous publications on technology, international security, and public policy issues.
Contact:
Belfer Center Communications Office
Assoc. Director for Communications Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: sharon_wilke@ksg.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-9858
Fax: 617-495-8963
Url: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Energy Policy Seminar Series presents Nat Logar
Speaker: Nat Logar, Research Fellow, ETIP.
Time: 2:30p–4:00p
Location: Bell Hall - Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
"Institutions for Energy Innovation: Science and Technology Decision-Making at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory."
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Campus Events, Harvard University Center for the Environment
For more information, contact:
Louisa Lund
louisa_lund@hks.harvard.edu
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May 6, 2010
4 PM
Haller Hall
Loretta Mickley, Harvard University
"U.S. Air Quality: Observations and Interactions with Climate"
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Other
ecomodding your home :: creating strategies to conserve electricityTuesday, May 04, 2010 at 6:30 PM - Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 8:30 PM (ET)
Somerville, MA
Event Details
ECOMODDING YOUR HOME :: CREATING STRATEGIES TO CONSERVE ELECTRICITY is a two month seminar focused on identifying and implementing simple strategies to reduce electricity consumption. In this seminar, we'll use a special power strip developed at sprout. This power strip enables you to see how & when your appliances use electricity and ensure they only use electricity when you want them to—whether that means turning off your TV's standby mode while you're at work or dimming your lamp when its sunny outside.
Coordinated by Eric Smith, Gideon Weisz, and Daniel Bergey (the designers of the smartstrip), this seminar costs $280 (and participants will keep their power strip). Other tools and materials will be made available at sprout's studios, where the seminar is being held each Tuesday evening. For more information, check out the seminar site.
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