mit, boston and norman macraefoundation of pro=youth economics - 260SmithWatt 70Neumann 50F.Abed , AI20s.com Fei-Fei Li, Zbee2024-03-29T07:57:30Zhttp://normanmacrae.ning.com/forum/topics/mit-and-norman?commentId=6339278%3AComment%3A9419&feed=yes&xn_auth=notag:normanmacrae.ning.com,2013-02-18:6339278:Comment:104302013-02-18T13:22:40.958Zchris macraehttp://normanmacrae.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<p><a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/discovery"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656711634?profile=original" width="148"/></a></p>
<p><a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/discovery"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656711634?profile=original" width="148"/></a></p> the mit startuo workshop prov…tag:normanmacrae.ning.com,2013-02-18:6339278:Comment:105112013-02-18T13:13:52.077Zchris macraehttp://normanmacrae.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<p>the mit startuo workshop provides a fascinating future history of sharing some of the greatest entreprenurial discoveries out of mit around the world</p>
<p><a href="http://mitgsw.org/history/">http://mitgsw.org/history/</a></p>
<p>annual locations since this network's beginning in 1998 are 013 estonia, 012 turkey, 011south korea, 010 iceland, 009 s. africa, 008 spain , 007 norway, 006 argentina, 05 united arab emirates, 04 cambridge uk, 03 china, )2 italy, 01 austrlia, 00 spain , 99…</p>
<p>the mit startuo workshop provides a fascinating future history of sharing some of the greatest entreprenurial discoveries out of mit around the world</p>
<p><a href="http://mitgsw.org/history/">http://mitgsw.org/history/</a></p>
<p>annual locations since this network's beginning in 1998 are 013 estonia, 012 turkey, 011south korea, 010 iceland, 009 s. africa, 008 spain , 007 norway, 006 argentina, 05 united arab emirates, 04 cambridge uk, 03 china, )2 italy, 01 austrlia, 00 spain , 99 singapore, 98 cambridge boston</p>
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<tbody><tr><td><strong>Tallinn, Estonia</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2013</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Istanbul, Turkey" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/Turkey.png"/></td>
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<strong>Istanbul, Turkey</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2012</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Seoul, South Korea" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/South%20Korea.png"/></td>
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<strong>Seoul, South Korea</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2011</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Reykjavik, Iceland" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/Iceland.png"/></td>
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<strong>Reykjavik, Iceland</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2010</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Cape Town, South Africa" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/South%20Africa.png"/></td>
<td><div class="lmm-listmarkers-panel-icons"><a title="Get directions" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=-33.924869,18.424055&t=m&layer=1&doflg=ptk&om=0" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Get directions" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-car.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Open standalone map in fullscreen mode" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-fullscreen.php?marker=5" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Fullscreen-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-fullscreen.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Export as KML for Google Earth/Google Maps" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-kml.php?marker=5&name=show"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="KML-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-kml.png" width="14" height="14"/></a></div>
<strong>Cape Town, South Africa</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2009</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Madrid, Spain" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/Spain.png"/></td>
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<strong>Madrid, Spain</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2008</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Trondheim, Norway" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/Norway.png"/></td>
<td><div class="lmm-listmarkers-panel-icons"><a title="Get directions" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=63.430515,10.395053&t=m&layer=1&doflg=ptk&om=0" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Get directions" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-car.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Open standalone map in fullscreen mode" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-fullscreen.php?marker=7" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Fullscreen-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-fullscreen.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Export as KML for Google Earth/Google Maps" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-kml.php?marker=7&name=show"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="KML-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-kml.png" width="14" height="14"/></a></div>
<strong>Trondheim, Norway</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2007</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Buenos Aires, Argentina" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/Argentina.png"/></td>
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<strong>Buenos Aires, Argentina</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2006</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Abu Dhabi, UAE" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/United%20Arab%20Emirates.png"/></td>
<td><div class="lmm-listmarkers-panel-icons"><a title="Get directions" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=24.466667,54.366667&t=m&layer=1&doflg=ptk&om=0" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Get directions" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-car.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Open standalone map in fullscreen mode" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-fullscreen.php?marker=9" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Fullscreen-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-fullscreen.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Export as KML for Google Earth/Google Maps" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-kml.php?marker=9&name=show"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="KML-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-kml.png" width="14" height="14"/></a></div>
<strong>Abu Dhabi, UAE</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2005</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Cambridge, UK" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/United%20Kingdom(Great%20Britain).png"/></td>
<td><div class="lmm-listmarkers-panel-icons"><a title="Get directions" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=52.205337,0.121817&t=m&layer=1&doflg=ptk&om=0" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Get directions" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-car.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Open standalone map in fullscreen mode" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-fullscreen.php?marker=10" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Fullscreen-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-fullscreen.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Export as KML for Google Earth/Google Maps" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-kml.php?marker=10&name=show"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="KML-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-kml.png" width="14" height="14"/></a></div>
<strong>Cambridge, UK</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2004</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Beijing, China" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/China.png"/></td>
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<strong>Beijing, China</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2003</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Bologona, Italy" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/Italy.png"/></td>
<td><div class="lmm-listmarkers-panel-icons"><a title="Get directions" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=44.369331,11.252379&t=m&layer=1&doflg=ptk&om=0" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Get directions" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-car.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Open standalone map in fullscreen mode" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-fullscreen.php?marker=12" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Fullscreen-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-fullscreen.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Export as KML for Google Earth/Google Maps" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-kml.php?marker=12&name=show"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="KML-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-kml.png" width="14" height="14"/></a></div>
<strong>Bologona, Italy</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2002</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Melbourne, Australia" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/Australia.png"/></td>
<td><div class="lmm-listmarkers-panel-icons"><a title="Get directions" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=-37.811367,144.971829&t=m&layer=1&doflg=ptk&om=0" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Get directions" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-car.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Open standalone map in fullscreen mode" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-fullscreen.php?marker=13" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Fullscreen-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-fullscreen.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Export as KML for Google Earth/Google Maps" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-kml.php?marker=13&name=show"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="KML-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-kml.png" width="14" height="14"/></a></div>
<strong>Melbourne, Australia</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2001</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Seville, Spain" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/Spain.png"/></td>
<td><div class="lmm-listmarkers-panel-icons"><a title="Get directions" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=37.382640,-5.996295&t=m&layer=1&doflg=ptk&om=0" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Get directions" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-car.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Open standalone map in fullscreen mode" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-fullscreen.php?marker=14" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Fullscreen-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-fullscreen.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Export as KML for Google Earth/Google Maps" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-kml.php?marker=14&name=show"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="KML-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-kml.png" width="14" height="14"/></a></div>
<strong>Seville, Spain</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 2000</strong></td>
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<tr><td style="width: 35px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><img style="border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;" title="Singapore National University" alt="marker icon" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/Singapore.png"/></td>
<td><div class="lmm-listmarkers-panel-icons"><a title="Get directions" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=1.306809,103.773379&t=m&layer=1&doflg=ptk&om=0" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Get directions" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-car.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Open standalone map in fullscreen mode" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-fullscreen.php?marker=15" target="_blank"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="Fullscreen-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-fullscreen.png" width="14" height="14"/></a> <a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Export as KML for Google Earth/Google Maps" href="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/leaflet-kml.php?marker=15&name=show"><img class="lmm-panel-api-images" alt="KML-Logo" src="http://mitgsw.org/wp-content/plugins/leaflet-maps-marker/inc/img/icon-kml.png" width="14" height="14"/></a></div>
<strong>Singapore National University</strong> <strong>MIT GSW 1999</strong></td>
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<p><a href="http://developmentventures.org">Development Ventures</a>, <a href="http://neuroventures.org">Neurotechnology Ventures</a>, <a href="http://understandingmit.org">Understanding MIT</a></p>
<h2>Spring 2012 Teaching @ MIT</h2>
<p><a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/15/sp12/15.376/">Media Ventures</a>, <a href="http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/MAS/sp12/MAS.533/">Imaging Ventures</a></p>
<h2>IAP 2012 Teaching @ MIT</h2>
<p><a href="http://nutsandbolts.mit.edu">Nuts & Bolts of New Ventures</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/iap-b217.html">Inventing@MIT</a>, <a href="http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/iap-b439.html">Design to Scale</a></p>
<p> </p> Launch: Open Access
Tuesday,…tag:normanmacrae.ning.com,2012-09-05:6339278:Comment:92582012-09-05T17:01:39.912Zchris macraehttp://normanmacrae.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
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<p style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">Tuesday, <b>September 11</b> , 6:00pm ET, Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West A Room. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Office of Scholarly Communication and the Harvard Law School Library.</font></p>
<a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2012/09/openaccess" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"><img style="margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #dddddd; float: left;" alt="berkman" src="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=2%5f0%5f0%5f1%5f86510672%5fADtn%2bFcAAAjpUEd%2fXA48gzXPbsg&pid=2.3&fid=Inbox&inline=1&appid=YahooMailNeo" width="343" height="475"/></font></a><br />
<p style="color: #111111; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arialm sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1346863277000250"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"> The internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide audience at virtually no cost. We take advantage of this revolutionary opportunity when we make our work “open access”: digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Open access is made possible by the internet and copyright-holder consent, and many authors, musicians, filmmakers, and other creators who depend on royalties are understandably unwilling to give their consent. But for 350 years, scholars have written peer-reviewed journal articles for impact, not for money, and are free to consent to open access without losing revenue. In this concise introduction, Peter Suber tells us what open access is and isn’t, how it benefits authors and readers of research, how we pay for it, how it avoids copyright problems, how it has moved from the periphery to the mainstream, and what its future may hold. Distilling a decade of Suber’s influential writing and thinking about open access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers, librarians, administrators, funders, publishers, and policy makers. <b>Peter Suber's</b> work consists of research, writing, organizing, advocacy, and pro bono consulting for open access to research. He is the Director of the Harvard Open Access Project, Special Advisor to the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication, Faculty Fellow at the Berkman Center, Senior Researcher at SPARC, Research Professor of Philosophy at Earlham College, Open Access Project Director at Public Knowledge, and author of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter. <i>Special guests include: Stuart Shieber (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences), Robert Darnton (Harvard University Library), June Casey (Harvard Law School Library), David Weinberger (Berkman Center / Harvard Library Innovation Lab) and more</i>. <b>RSVP Required.</b></font> <a style="color: #8d0003; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2012/09/openaccess" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#8D0003">more information on our website></font></a></p>
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<p style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">Monday, <b>September 17</b> , 6:30pm ET, Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East Rooms.</font></p>
<a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2012/09/openhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"><img style="margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #dddddd; float: left;" alt="berkman" src="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=2%5f0%5f0%5f1%5f86510672%5fADtn%2bFcAAAjpUEd%2fXA48gzXPbsg&pid=2.4&fid=Inbox&inline=1&appid=YahooMailNeo" width="240" height="160"/></font></a><br />
<p style="color: #111111; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arialm sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"> Come to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Fall 2012 Open House to meet our faculty, fellows, and staff, and to learn about the many ways you can get involved in our dynamic, exciting environment. As a University-wide research center at Harvard University, our interdisciplinary efforts in the exploration of cyberspace address a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. If you're interested in the Internet’s impact on society and are looking to engage a community of world-class fellows and faculty through events, conversations, research, and more please join us to hear more about our upcoming academic year! Paid part-time research positions will be available in the fall, and you can visit </font> <a class="yiv1271197794moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships_academicyear" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#000080">http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships_academicyear</font></a><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"> to see the current available openings. <b>People from all disciplines, universities, and backgrounds are encouraged to attend the Open House</b> to familiarize yourself with the Berkman Center and explore opportunities to join us in our research. We look forward to seeing you there! <b>RSVP Required.</b></font> <a style="color: #8d0003; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2012/09/openhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#8D0003">more information on our website></font></a></p>
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<p style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">Thursday, <b>September 20</b> , 12:30pm ET, Harvard Law School.</font></p>
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<p style="color: #111111; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arialm sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"> Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (‘HTTPS’) has evolved into the de facto standard for secure web browsing. Through the certificate-based authentication protocol, web services and internet users protect valuable communications and transactions against interception and alteration by cybercriminals, governments and business. In only one decade, it has facilitated trust in a thriving global E-Commerce economy, while every internet user has come to depend on HTTPS for social, political and economic activities on the internet. Recent breaches and malpractices at several Certificate Authorities (CA’s) have led to a collapse of trust in these central mediators of HTTPS communications as they revealed 'fundamental weaknesses in the design of HTTPS’ (ENISA 2011). The research finds that the EU eSignatures proposal lacks an integral vision on the HTTPS value chain and a coherent normative assessment of the underlying values of HTTPS governance. These omissions lead to sub-optimal provisions on liability, security requirements, security breach notifications and supervision in terms of legitimacy and addressing the systemic security vulnerabilities of the HTTPS ecosystem. <b>Nico van Eijk</b> is Professor of Media and Telecommunications Law and Director of the Institute for Information Law (IViR, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam). <b>Axel Arnbak</b> is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute for Information Law. <b>RSVP Required.</b></font> <a style="color: #8d0003; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2012/09/vaneijk_arnbak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#8D0003">more information on our website></font></a></p>
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<p style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"><b>October 11-12</b> , Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL.</font></p>
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<p style="color: #111111; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arialm sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"> DPLA Midwest—taking place on October 11-12, 2012 in Chicago—is the third major public event bringing together librarians, technologists, creators, students, government leaders, and others interested in building a Digital Public Library of America. Convened by the DPLA Secretariat at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and co-hosted by the Chicago Public Library, the event will assemble a wide range of stakeholders in a broad, open forum to facilitate innovation, collaboration, and connections across the DPLA effort. <b> Registration Required.</b></font> <a style="color: #8d0003; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="http://dp.la/get-involved/events/dplamidwest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#8D0003">more information on our website></font></a></p>
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<p style="color: #111111; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arialm sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">In the olden days, a writer hoped to catch the eye of an aristocratic patron who might supply a well-placed word of endorsement. The Gutenberg press wrested authors free from this feudal condition, only transfer writers' indenture to publishers, who by owning the means of [re]production acquired the final say regarding what volumes would and would not land on store shelves. This gatekeeping privilege of publishers largely survives to this day, and depending on how well you think they do the work, we might celebrate publishers as Stewards of Culture or lament the state of a Literature Held Hostage. Now digital media and the Internet propose to devolve the means of [re]production upon authors themselves. Any would-be novelist can flog his work in a digital format over Amazon KDP, Smashwords, and other open outlets for textual works.</font> <a style="color: #8d0003; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/events/luncheons/2012/07/abruzzi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#8D0003">video/audio on our website></font></a></p>
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<p style="color: #111111; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arialm sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" id="yui_3_2_0_17_134686437409577"> Disseminating knowledge was once a costly undertaking. The expenses of printing, distributing, and housing the work of researchers and scholars left most research in the hands of publishers, journals, and institutions in a system that has evolved over centuries. And the licensing model that has arisen with that system butts heads with the quick, simple, and virtually free distribution system of the net. The key to breaking free of the traditional licensing model locking up research is the promise of the "Open Access" movement. And the movement has already made significant strides. Over the summer the United Kingdom was enticed enough by the potential for greater innovation and growth of knowledge to propose Open Access for any research supported by government funds. But Open Access still remains a wonky, hard to understand subject. Today, Peter Suber — Director of the Harvard Open Access Project — shares insights with David Weinberger from his new guide to distilling Open Access, called simply <i>Open Access</i>. </font> <a style="color: #8d0003; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/podcasts/radioberkman206" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#8D0003">video/audio on our website></font></a></p>
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<li><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">9/10:</font> <a href="http://www.media.mit.edu/events/2012/09/10/media-lab-conversations-series-carroll-bogert-look-whos-talking-non-profit-newsmakers-new-media-age" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#000080">Media Lab Conversations Series: Carroll Bogert "Look Who's Talking: Non-Profit Newsmakers in the New Media Age"</font></a> <font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"> (MIT Media Lab)</font></li>
<li><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">9/17-22:</font> <a href="http://okfestival.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#000080">The Open Data & Knowledge Festival</font></a> <font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">(Helsinki, Finland)</font></li>
<li><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">9/24:</font> <a href="http://webinnorocket.eventbrite.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#000080">WebInnoRocket</font></a><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;"> (Cambridge, MA)</font></li>
<li><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">9/24:</font> <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4221281968" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#000080">Spatial and Visual Analytics: Giving the World an MRI</font></a> <font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">(IBM Research Center for Social Business)</font></li>
<li id="yui_3_2_0_17_134686437409570"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;">10/23-26:</font> <a href="http://futurem.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" color="#000080">Future M Conference</font></a> <font style="background-color: #ffbf80;" id="yui_3_2_0_17_134686437409567">(Boston, MA)</font></li>
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<div><div><div><div><h2>Class 15.S15 <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/class">http://legatum.mit.edu/class</a></h2>
<p><span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Entrepreneurship and Prosperity in Low-income Countries, 15.S15 Course Description and Objectives This course examines how innovations and entrepreneurship can give rise to prosperity in low- income countries, and helps students participate in that opportunity…</span></span></p>
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<p><span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Entrepreneurship and Prosperity in Low-income Countries, 15.S15 Course Description and Objectives This course examines how innovations and entrepreneurship can give rise to prosperity in low- income countries, and helps students participate in that opportunity</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Combining historical observations and economic theories with observations of contemporary economic circumstances, the course analyzes the conditions under which innovations and entrepreneurship evolve and contribute to furthering productivity, economic growth, and political progress. Concurrently, the course focuses on models for creating enterprises in low-income countries. Led by a professor of practice with entrepreneurship experience, with additional</span></span> <a href="#lecturers"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">guest lectures</span></span></a> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">from practitioners, the course blends practice and theory to help students create plans for enterprises in low-income countries.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The course intends to equip the student to: 1. Prepare for enterprise creation in low-income countries 2. Understand how entrepreneurship contributes to the larger good</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The course has two overriding themes: a pragmatic understanding of how the student will proceed as an entrepreneur and a theoretical exploration of how that role contributes to greater public good. These two themes are interwoven throughout the class. The first half of the class is generally designed around the larger good theme and the second half of class is dedicated to focus on enterprise creation. However, students will be expected to begin work on business plans at the beginning of the semester in order to submit a well-developed final product at the end of the class; guidelines will be provided.</span></span></p>
<h4>Guest lecturers for this class have included:</h4>
<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/FirasAhmed.jpg" width="100" height="130"/><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Firas Ahmed</span></span></p>
<p>Director, <em>Emergence BioEnergy</em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Topic: How to turn cow dung into fuel, and the business opportunity in Bangladesh</em></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mobile Development Intelligence, <em>GSMA Development Fund</em></span></span></p>
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<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/Gore_Headshot.jpg" width="100" height="130"/><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Arun Gore</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Managing Director and Principal, <em>Gray Ghost Social Ventures Fund</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Arun Gore is Managing Director of Gray Ghost Ventures. Arun spoke about his theory of change: international foundations face challenges regarding the long-term impact of their work. GGV believes that investing in a local entrepreneur, who lives, hires, and does business in the community, is a solution for development that can have a significant, long-term impact. By investing in transformational, early-stage, enterprise solutions in emerging economies, primarily India and to an extent in Africa, GGV’s entrepreneurs and companies contribute to the well-being of low-income communities. In particular, GGV invests in enterprises that increase the ability of the end-customer to improve their quality of life. An example is Beam, which assists unbanked people in India access financial services through their mobile phone.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Will Guyster</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fellowship Program Manager, <em>Legatum Center</em></span></span></p>
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<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/GilKemp.jpg" width="100" height="127"/><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gil Kemp</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Founder, <em>Home Decorators Collection</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Topic: Building a catalog and online retail company from the ground-up, and dealing with large partners like Home Depot</em></span></span></p>
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<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/ChuckLacy.jpg" width="100" height="106"/><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chuck Lacy</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Founder/President, <em>Barred Rock Fund</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Topic: How to tell a good idea from a bad one</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chuck Lacy discussed his unconventional view on the qualities of entrepreneurs. Rather than business plans or figures, when Mr. Lacy looks at business proposals, he prefers to search for a go-getter mentality and a willingness to take risks. He offered various anecdotes about all the mistakes, inexplicable decisions and unexpected outcomes that came his way during the formative stages of Ben and Jerry's and in his more recent venture, the Hardwick Beef Company. Finally, he stressed the importance of entrepreneurs keeping themselves challenged, excited and a little bit uncomfortable in every undertaking.</span></span></p>
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<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/HariNair.jpg" width="100" height="128"/><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hari Nair</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Venture Partner, <em>Innosight Labs</em></span></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.leadingwithoutlicence.com" target="_blank"><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="0" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/satheesh_namasivayam_cropped.jpg" width="100" height="128"/></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.leadingwithoutlicence.com" target="_blank"><img style="padding-right: 10px;" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/Leading_without_Licence_Final.png" width="66" height="100"/></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Satheesh Namasivayam</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Author, <em>Leading without License: Leadership the Anna Hazare Way</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Topic: The impact of corruption on business development and life in India</em></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">Satheesh Namasivayam gave an exciting talk to our class on "How not to become a victim of corruption". Satheesh first identified the overwhelming public perception that developing countries are corrupt: 60 are perceived by the public to be "highly" corrupt.</span> Nevertheless, businesses wrongly advance corruption to be good with the arguments that it increases efficiency and service, and that it decreases wait time<span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">. However, apart from the obvious ethical and legal questions, there are certainly multiple other risks: waste of resources such as time spent with authorities and the risk that the bribe does not return intended results. If it's so pervasive, he asked, how do I become an entrepreneur in one of these countries? He provided three solutions: avoid industries that are heavily regulated, such as mining; choose technologies or ideas that authorities don't yet understand or regulate closely, such as IT and high tech; and leverage network support. He also suggested finding the right partners, bring transparent, and working with parties that work more closely with the authorities. He highlighted the impact of having a culture focused on integrity, and outlined how Novozymes achieved it within its organization.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Austin Okere <img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/Austin%20Okere%20(3).jpg" width="100" height="150"/></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Founder and CEO, <em>Computer Warehouse Group</em></span></span></p>
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<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/Osterwalder_small.jpg" width="100" height="138"/><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Alex Osterwalder</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Author, Speaker and Advisor on Business Model Innovation</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Topic: Using a canvass to design and build business models</em></span></span></p>
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<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/Pule_Thumb.jpg" width="100" height="138"/><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bame Pule</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pan-African Private Equity Investor, <em>Actis Africa</em></span></span></p>
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<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/image-Rajpal_Headshot.jpg" width="100" height="128"/><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ashish Rajpal</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Founder and CEO, <em>iDiscoveri</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Topic: How to move from corporate to entrepreneur, how to hire, and how to change the landscape of education in India</em></span></span></p>
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<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/PlaceholderPhoto.jpg" width="100" height="133"/><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Venkat Srinivasan</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Founder, <em>EnglishHelper</em></span></span></p>
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<p><img style="padding-right: 10px;" border="5" alt="" align="left" src="/sites/default/files/image/PlaceholderPhoto.jpg" width="100" height="133"/><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bill Staby</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">CEO, <em>Resolute Marine Energy</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Topic: The challenges and opportunities in wave energy for desalination in emerging markets</em></span></span></p>
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</div> video of senseable cities htt…tag:normanmacrae.ning.com,2012-07-23:6339278:Comment:94192012-07-23T20:57:19.378Zchris macraehttp://normanmacrae.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<p>video of senseable cities <a href="http://centennial.rockefellerfoundation.org/media/video/innovation-forum-2012-carlo-ratti-director-of-mit-senseable-city-lab">http://centennial.rockefellerfoundation.org/media/video/innovation-forum-2012-carlo-ratti-director-of-mit-senseable-city-lab</a> by carlo ratti director mit of senseable city lab</p>
<p>video of senseable cities <a href="http://centennial.rockefellerfoundation.org/media/video/innovation-forum-2012-carlo-ratti-director-of-mit-senseable-city-lab">http://centennial.rockefellerfoundation.org/media/video/innovation-forum-2012-carlo-ratti-director-of-mit-senseable-city-lab</a> by carlo ratti director mit of senseable city lab</p> legatum conference 2011
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<h5>Alexandra Graham</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">Co-Founder & Vice President, Lagray <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/Alexandra%20Graham"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a> gola africa self-sufficient in manufacturing basis pharmaceuticals</p>
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<h5>Alexandra Graham</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">Co-Founder & Vice President, Lagray <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/Alexandra%20Graham"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a> gola africa self-sufficient in manufacturing basis pharmaceuticals</p>
<div><h5>Javier Lozano Legatum Fellow <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1095"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1165"><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a> a frnachise for reducing obesity</h5>
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<div><h5>Pradeep Jaisingh Founder, Managing Director & CEO, International Oncology <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/jaisingh"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1166"><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a></h5>
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<h5>Patrick Awuah Founder and President, Ashesi University <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/Patrick%20Awuah"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1158"><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a> winner of best entrepreneur in tertiary education for creating new university in ghana - co-investors include mastercard foundation</h5>
<h3 class="r"><a class="l" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CGYQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmastercardfdn.org%2FProjects%2Fashesi-university&ei=yOMBUKePN4KP6wHzzpH8Bg&usg=AFQjCNEnXHOEhdW2F6NDZuIM6DiZEdRUMg&sig2=72LfWYcvVw_0TnAPiEsonw">Ashesi <em>University</em> | The MasterCard Foundation</a></h3>
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<span class="st"><span class="ft">Ashesi University College is a private, non-profit liberal arts college founded in Ghana in 2002 by Patrick <em>Awuah</em>, an innovative leader in African <em>higher education</em>.</span> <b>...</b> <span class="ft">Its mission is to train a new generation of ethical and <em>entrepreneurial</em> leaders in</span> <b>...</b> <span class="ft">The curriculum is based on <em>best</em> practices from <em>top</em> global universities yet is</span> <b>...</b></span> </div>
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<div><h5>Alex Cheatle Founder & CEO, Ten Group <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/cheatle"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1159"><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a> devised a business serving nees of thousands of headmaster in eg uk - the process of forming such a concierege club forms a replicable platform for more concierge apps</h5>
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<div><h5>Eric Kacou</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">Co-founder, ESPartners <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/erickacou"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a></p>
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<h5>Dennis Szeszko</h5>
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<h5>Kazi Anis Ahmed</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">Co-founder and President, Teatulia <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1098"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1162"><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a></p>
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<h5>Marta Echavarria</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">Project Director & Founder, EcoDecision <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/MartaEchavarria"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1163"><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a></p>
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<h5>Ryaz Shamji</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">FManaging Director, Golden Rose Agro-Farms Ltd <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/RyazShamji"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1164"><span style="color: #de9812;">Watch Video>></span></a> extraordinay job creating entrepreneur oit of ethiopia with rose farming</p>
<h5>Dr. Rosalia Arteaga</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">Former President and Vice President of the Republic of Ecuador <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1113"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a></p>
<div><h5>Emeka Okafor</h5>
<p>Curator, Maker Faire Africa <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/emekaokafor"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> extraordinarily connected eentrepreneur - connector of ted in tanzania; founder <a href="http://www.makerfaire.com">www.makerfaire.com</a> <a href="http://www.makerfaireafrica.com">www.makerfaireafrica.com</a> celbrates contributions of artisans through value chains</p>
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<h5>Ankit Jain Legatum Fellow <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1111"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a></h5>
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<h5>Claude Grunitzky Co-founder & Chairman, TRUE</h5>
<p><a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1093"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a></p>
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<h5>Constant Nemale</h5>
<p>President & Founder, Africa 24 <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/ConstantNemale"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> founder of the extraordinary <a href="http://www.africa24tv.com">www.africa24tv.com</a> - a model for world service broadcasting that serves a continent of people's needs</p>
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<h5>Matthew Bishop</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">US Business Editor & New York Bureau Chief, The Economist <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/bishopmatthew"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a></p>
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<h5>Esko Aho</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Responsibility, Nokia <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/EskoAho"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a> clear that we have hardly begun to make most serious uses of mobile</p>
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<h5>John Chisholm</h5>
<p>CEO, John Chisholm Ventures</p>
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<h5>Michael Cusumano</h5>
<p class="speakerDetailIndent">Distinguished Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1109"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a></p>
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<h5>Dan Isenberg</h5>
<p>Professor of Management, Babson Global</p>
<p><a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/content/1114"><span style="color: #de9812;">View Bio>></span></a></p>
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</div> The MIT Enterprise Forum is j…tag:normanmacrae.ning.com,2012-05-30:6339278:Comment:88342012-05-30T22:38:03.343Zchris macraehttp://normanmacrae.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<p><a href="http://www.mitef.org/s/1314/interior-2-col.aspx?sid=1314&gid=5&pgid=470" target="_blank">The MIT Enterprise Forum</a> is just one of a number of organizations at MIT devoted to entrepreneurship and the growth of new business ventures.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.mitef.org/s/1314/interior-2-col.aspx?sid=1314&gid=5&pgid=470" target="_blank">The MIT Enterprise Forum</a> is just one of a number of organizations at MIT devoted to entrepreneurship and the growth of new business ventures.</p>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">ARIZONA </span> <a href="http://www.mitefphoenix.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Phoenix</a> Chair: Armando Viteri '81</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">COLOMBIA</span> <a href="http://www.mitefcolombia.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Colombia</a> Chair: Jorge Barrera '99</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">CALIFORNIA</span> <a href="http://www.vlab.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of the Bay Area</a> Chair: Ron Chavez</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">INDIA</span> <a href="http://www.mit-ef.in/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Bangalore</a> Chair: Vijay Chandru PhD '82</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" align="left"><a href="http://www.entforum.caltech.edu/" target="_blank">Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum</a> Chair: Kevin Debre</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">ISRAEL</span> <a href="http://www.mit-forum.org.il/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Israel</a> Chair: Dr. A.I. (Ed) Mlavsky</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" align="left"><a href="http://www.mitcentralcoast.com/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast</a> Chair: Peter Hartman</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">JAPAN</span> <a href="http://mit-ef.jp/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Japan</a> Chair: Hiroaki Suzuki SM '79</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" align="left"><a href="http://www.sdmitforum.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of San Diego</a> Chair: Pamela Stambaugh</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">LEBANON</span> <a href="http://www.mitarabcompetition.com/mitforum.php" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan-Arab Region (Lebanon)</a> Chair: Hala Fadel MBA '01</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">CONNECTICUT</span> <a href="http://ct.mitef.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Connecticut</a> Co-Chair: Marina Cunningham SM '88 Co-Chair: Thomas Flynn</td>
<td valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PAKISTAN</span> <a href="http://mitef-pakistan.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Pakistan</a> Co-Chair: Farrokh Captain '66, SM '67, MO '68 Co-Chair: Zahir Ali Syed SM '78</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA</span> <a href="http://mitefdc.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington-Baltimore</a> Chair: Ira Gershkoff '73, SM '74</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">RUSSIA</span> <a href="http://www.mitef.ru/index.php?lang=en" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Russia</a> Chair: Alexander Okunev SM '04</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">FLORIDA</span> <a href="http://mitforumfl.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of South Florida</a> Chair: Howard Gitten</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">SINGAPORE</span> <a href="http://mitef.sg/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Singapore</a> Chair: Linus Koh SM '83</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">GEORGIA</span> <a href="http://www.mitforum-atlanta.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta</a> Chair: Virginia Persons</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">SPAIN</span> <a href="http://mitef.es/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Spain</a> Chair: Pablo Fernandez de la Torre SM ’99</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">ILLINOIS</span> <a href="http://www.mitefchicago.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Chicago</a> Chair: Nancy Munro</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">TURKEY</span> <a href="http://www.mitefturkey.org/English/Default.aspx" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Turkey</a> Chair: Gulsun Bozkurt MBA '00</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MASSACHUSETTS</span> <a href="http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge</a> Chair: Jon Gworek</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: bold;">UNITED KINGDOM</span> <a href="http://mitenterpriseforum.org.uk/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of the United Kingdom</a> Co-Chair: George Berkowski '00 Co-Chair: Enrico Sanna MBA '01</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">MICHIGAN</span> <a href="http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/efgreatlakes/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000741&webPageId=P001" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of the Great Lakes</a> Chair: Dennis Nash '82</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEW YORK</span> <a href="http://www.mitef-nyc.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City</a> Chair: James Klaiber '86</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">PENNSYLVANIA</span> <a href="http://www.enterpriseforumpittsburgh.com/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Pittsburgh</a> Chair: Craig Waller</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" align="left"><span style="font-weight: bold;">TEXAS <a href="http://www.mitforum.com/" target="_blank"></a></span><a href="http://www.mitforum.com/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Dallas-Fort Worth</a> Chair: Karl Fultz</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/eftexas/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas</a> Chair: David Hansen</td>
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<tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON</span> <a href="http://www.mitwa.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest</a> Chair: Gaylee Duncan</td>
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<h2>MIT Entrepreneurship Center</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/" target="_blank">MIT Entrepreneurship Center</a>team provides content, context, and contacts that enable entrepreneurs to design and launch successful new ventures based on innovative technologies. They help MIT students, alumni, and colleagues access an array of educational programs, networking opportunities, technologies, and resources, both at MIT and around the world. Members of the MIT E-Center community form a global network to actively advise and assist each other for mutual benefit, enabling them to set and meet their highest expectations.</p>
<h2>Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://web.mit.edu/deshpandecenter/" target="_blank">Deshpande Center</a>was established at the MIT School of Engineering in 2002 to increase the impact of MIT technologies in the marketplace, and has funded more than 80 projects with over $10M in grants. Twenty projects have spun out of the center into commercial ventures, having collectively raised over $180M in outside financing. Thirteen venture capital firms have invested in these ventures. The Deshpande Center supports a wide range of emerging technologies including biotechnology, biomedical devices, information technology, new materials, tiny tech, and energy innovations.</p>
<h2>MIT Venture Mentoring Service</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://web.mit.edu/vms/index.html" target="_blank">MIT Venturing Mentoring Service</a>(VMS) supports innovation and entrepreneurial activity throughout the MIT community by matching prospective entrepreneurs with skilled volunteer mentors. VMS uses a team mentoring approach with groups of 3 to 4 mentors sitting with a fledgling entrepreneur(s) in sessions that provide practical, day-to-day professional advice and coaching. VMS mentors are selected for their experience in areas relevant to the needs of new entrepreneurs and for their enthusiasm for the program. VMS assistance is given across a broad range of business activity, including product development, marketing, intellectual property law, finance, human resources, and founders issues. VMS services are offered without charge to MIT students, alumni, faculty and staff in the Boston area.</p>
<h2>MIT Legatum Center for Developmental Entrepreneurship</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://legatum.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship</a>was founded on the belief that economic progress and good governance in low-income countries emerge from entrepreneurship and innovations that empower ordinary citizens. The Center administers programs and convenes events that promote and shape discourse on bottom-up development and runs a highly competitive fellowship program for MIT graduate students who intend to launch enterprises in low-income countries. In addition, the Center convenes an annual conference, hosts lectures, and supports teams of enterprising men and women at MIT who are passionate about starting viable businesses in the developing world.</p>
<h2>Lemelson-MIT Program</h2>
<p>Dedicated to honoring the acclaimed and unsung heroes who improve lives through invention, the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/invent/" target="_blank">Lemelson-MIT Program</a>encourages tomorrow's inventors through outreach programs. The cornerstone of the program is the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the world's largest single cash prize for invention.</p>
<h2>MIT Technology Licensing Office</h2>
<p>The <a href="http://web.mit.edu/tlo/www/" target="_blank">Technology Licensing Office</a>(TLO) manages the patenting, licensing, trademarking and copyrighting of intellectual property developed at MIT, Lincoln Laboratory and the Whitehead Institute and serves as an educational resource on intellectual property and licensing matters for the MIT community.</p>
<h2>Industrial Liaison Program</h2>
<p>The Office of Corporate Relations' <a href="http://ilp.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Industrial Liaison Program</a> (ILP) promotes MIT/Industry collaboration, encouraging the flow of knowledge and resources between the Institute and innovation-driven companies for their mutual benefit. The exchange of ideas and capabilities resulting from ILP-facilitated interactions often speed the incorporation of new technologies into products and services - helping MIT research make its way to the marketplace and out to the global community.</p> Identifying the Gaps in the S…tag:normanmacrae.ning.com,2012-05-30:6339278:Comment:91242012-05-30T21:31:50.344Zchris macraehttp://normanmacrae.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<h3 class="blogtitle"><a href="http://bostinno.com/channels/learning-from-joi-ito-mit-media-lab-director/" rel="bookmark">Identifying the Gaps in the System: Learning from Joi Ito, MIT Media Lab Director</a></h3>
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<p><a href="http://cloudfront2.bostinno.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tim-Rowe-+-Joi-Ito.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-154632" title="Tim Rowe + Joi Ito" alt="" src="http://cloudfront2.bostinno.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tim-Rowe-+-Joi-Ito-300x224.jpg" width="300" height="224"/></a>Last night, Tim Rowe, founder and CEO of the Cambridge Innovation Center, interviewed MIT Media Lab Director, Joi Ito, in a fireside chat hosted by the MIT Enterprise Forum at MIT’s Stata Center. Ito shared his story, from childhood in Detroit through helping start Japan’s first ISP in his “toilet” to his point of view on learning versus education, and the role a place like the Media Lab can play in facilitating discovery and driving innovation.</p>
<p>We’re lucky to have Joi Ito now call Boston home; he’s one of the technology world’s true rock stars. His story is one full of daring, vision—and self-effacing humor—that more of our neighbors should hear. A few takeaways that lingered with me:</p>
<p><em>“What was the bug became the feature.”</em></p>
<p>Ito attended elementary and early junior high in Detroit, where he was the only Japanese student in a place and time where, to put it mildly, it wasn’t popular to be Japanese. He felt trapped by the structure and routine of his traditional school. Ito wound up graduating from an international school in Japan where he found that his ability to successfully navigate between American and Japanese culture became a noticeable strength. Where he’d been at the bottom in his junior high school, he found himself at the top of his high school class. The bug had become the feature.</p>
<p>Paying attention to what happens on the periphery, outside of conventional bounds became the lens through which he saw the world. He described the work of the MIT Media Lab as being distinctive and ingenious because of the undirected research that happens there. ‘Peripheral’ ideas have the time to develop and evolve. Captains of industry are not invited to pursue narrowly scoped, incremental innovation through projects like “developing the new sharpest razor blade” but are encouraged to sponsor the lab and to encounter serendipitous learning via the 300 people making new connections across disciplines who work there.</p>
<p>So many of us in the startup community wound up here because, like Joi Ito, we believe continuous learning can lead to major breakthroughs—new products, services, and solutions that can change the world.</p>
<p>Boston’s entrepreneurial eco-system is shifting into high gear right now. New solutions to how we share news, gather and meet, continue learning, get feedback on what we’re doing, and find the resources we need are springing up every month. What are the things on the periphery in Boston’s entrepreneurial eco-system right now that are exciting you? What nascent ideas need more fans? What gaps in the system need more attention? Where are the places you look for serendipity?</p>
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<h1>get involved</h1>
<p class="gray">A comprehensive overview of the classes, research, student groups, support programs and living groups that contribute to the international development community at MIT</p>
<h1 class="small">classes</h1>
<p>Classes touching on various aspects of international development are available through almost every academic department at MIT. Some classes give…</p>
<h1><a href="http://web.mit.edu/idi/get_involved.htm">http://web.mit.edu/idi/get_involved.htm</a></h1>
<h1>get involved</h1>
<p class="gray">A comprehensive overview of the classes, research, student groups, support programs and living groups that contribute to the international development community at MIT</p>
<h1 class="small">classes</h1>
<p>Classes touching on various aspects of international development are available through almost every academic department at MIT. Some classes give students the technical skills to get their hands dirty building or designing for the benefit of the world. Business, entrepreneurship, language and communication classes provide instruction of nontechnical skills. Regional and global context classes cover topics such as the culture, history, and current political situations of developing nations. Project classes incorporate the other three categories throughout the process of creating a product to aid the developing world. This page describes departments, labs and centers that are specifically focused on international development.</p>
<p><b><a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/">D-Lab</a></b> is a program that fosters the development of appropriate technologies and sustainable solutions within the framework of international development. D-Lab’s mission is to improve the quality of life of low-income households through the creation and implementation of low cost technologies. D-Lab’s portfolio of technologies also serves as an educational vehicle that allows students to gain an optimistic and practical understanding of their roles in alleviating poverty.There are currently eleven different academic offerings that make up the suite of D-Lab classes, falling into the broad categories of <b>Development</b>, (<a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/development">Development</a>), <b>Design</b> (<a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/cycle-ventures">Cycle Ventures</a>, <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/design">Design</a>, <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/energy">Energy</a>, <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/health">Health</a>, <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/ict">ICT</a>, <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/developing-world-prosthetics">Developing World Prosthetics</a>, <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/wheelchair-design-in-developing-countries"> Mobility</a>) and <b>Dissemination</b> (<a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/dissemination">Dissemination</a>, <a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/development-ventures">Development Ventures</a>). All D-Lab courses are based on the same values and principles of providing experiential learning, using technology to address poverty, building the local creative capacity, promoting local innovation, valuing indigenous knowledge, fostering participatory development and co-creation, and building sustainable organizations and partnerships.</p>
<p><b><a href="http://cee.mit.edu/">The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)</a></b> is dedicated to balancing the built environment with the natural world. In their research, they seek to understand natural systems, to foster the intelligent use of resources and to design sustainable infrastructure systems. CEE provides leadership in the field by focusing on technological innovations, seeking advances in basic knowledge and taking a systems perspective. Efforts are concentrated on quantitative and analytical approaches, novel experiment-based modeling, and the development and/or use of appropriate tools and technology. Research and graduate education programs coalesce around three fields of inquiry: environmental science and engineering; mechanics, materials and structures; and transportation.</p>
<p><b><a href="http://dusp.mit.edu/">Department of Urban Studies and Planning: Minor in International Development</a></b> The DUSP undergraduate minor in international development increases the capability to understand, analyze and tackle today 's problems in emerging countries, including the challenges of dealing with increasing urbanization, the need for industrial growth and jobs for increasing number of educated youth, the crisis of resources and infrastructure, the fragmentation of state capacity and rising violence, the ethical and moral issues raised by development planning, the role of appropriate technology and research, and the challenge of dealing with popular discontent. Through research and teaching, we combine a robust introduction to the theoretical framework of the field, with a strong analytical orientation and problem-solving method tested through field engagement. Taught by faculty from one of the world s premier academic centers of expertise in planning, at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and with more than a quarter century of experience in dealing with problems of international development, the minor is a new offering to MIT students that emphasizes problem-solving, multidisciplinarity and an understanding of institutions at various levels from the local to the global as the key to solving today s problems in emerging countries.</p>
<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/dusp/idg">The International Development Group (IDG)</a> is the longest standing and largest program within a U.S. planning school devoted to graduate study and research in subjects specific to the developing world. Approximately one-quarter of the Master's students entering DUSP each year choose the IDG specialization, as do approximately one-third of the entering PhD students. This program area attracts internationally focused students with a wide range of backgrounds, work experiences, and interests. With six sub-specializations, it provides students with an integrated view of the institutional, economic,physical and socio-political factors necessary for effective planning in today's world..</p>
<p>As part of the <a href="http://shass.mit.edu/mission">School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS)</a>, <b><a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/">Anthropology's</a></b> undergraduate offerings span a broad range of time and space: from ancient societies known from history and pre-history, to tribal and peasant communities, to contemporary industrial and scientific cultures. The program offers a number of courses related to International Development, including <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/course_desc/index.html">21A.345 The Politics of International Development</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/course_desc/index.html">21A.225J Violence, Human Rights, and Justice.</a>, <a href="http://web.mit.edu/anthropology/course_desc/index.html">and 21A.800J Environmental Conflict and Social Change (G).</a></p>
<p><b><a href="http://actionlearning.mit.edu/g-lab/">Sloan Global Entrepreneurship Lab (G-Lab)</a></b> is the flagship international internship course offered at the MIT Sloan School of Management. G-Lab is a mix of classroom learning matched with a global internship in an emerging market. From 2008 - 2011 G-lab has been focused on <a href="http://globalhealth.mit.edu/home/ghd-lab/">Global Health Delivery</a>, addressing pressing challenges facing a carefully selected set of partner enterprises delivering health care in resource-limited settings in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.</p>
<p>The Public Service Center's <b><a href="http://web.mit.edu/servicelearning">Service Learning</a></b> program provides an academic venue for pursuing an interest in international development. Service learning grants are available to students and faculty for class projects that serve communities. Faculty grants have enabled classes in the school of Architecture to travel to Cambodia, Hawaii, and El Salvador to continue course projects. Student grants enable project continuation following the end of the semester. Students can also participate in the Service UROP program, which empowers them to extend their research into fieldwork that yields community benefits.</p>
<h1 class="small">research</h1>
<p>Research at MIT aims to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most daunting challenges. From addressing the energy needs of tomorrow to improving cancer therapies, MIT’s research efforts are enhanced through creative collaborations with leading research institutes and consortia around the world. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/research/"">Click here</a> for a comprehensive overview of the many research initives at MIT. The list below is illustrative of the most innovative work on campus focusing on International Development.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.povertyactionlab.org/">The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)</a> is a center within the Department of Economics that aims to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is based on scientific evidence. J-PAL serves as a hub for a network of more than 40 affiliated professors at universities around the world, who are united by their use of randomized evaluations to answer questions critical to poverty alleviation. J-PAL professors and staff work with NGOs, international organizations, and others to evaluate programs aimed at reducing poverty, and identify the most effective ways to achieve policy goals based on this rigorous body of research. These policy lessons are disseminated among policymakers to promote the scale-up of highly effective policies and programs in areas as diverse as boosting girls' attendance at primary schools, improving the output of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, racial bias in employment in the US, and the role of women political leaders in India.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iddsummit.org/">The International Development Design Summit (IDDS)</a> is a month-long, intense design experience that brings together students, faculty, and community partners from all over the world to create technologies and ventures to improve the lives of people in the developing world. IDDS 2011 will take place at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, enabling participants to travel more easily to rural villages where they can collaborate with potential end users throughout the entire design process. IDDS is a joint effort, organized by MIT, Olin College, Cooper Perkins, KNUST and Colorado State University.</p>
<p><a href="http://iih.mit.edu/">The Innovations in International Health (IIH)</a> program aims to accelerate the development of global health technologies that address the needs of patients and physicians in resource-poor settings. Working with a network of researchers, doctors, inventors, and clinicians, IIH enhances the sustainability of its technologies by bridging the gap between the invention, funding, and clinical trial stages of medical products aimed at patients in the developing world. Our members’ presence in more than 15 countries, including 3 H-Lab medical innovation sites, gives our group effective global reach in medical technology transfer, scaling up, and saving lives. In addition, our D-Lab Health academic offering teaches students the current state of global health and how to structure innovative responses to healthcare challenges. Students will employ hands-on medical-technology-learning modules, experience on-site visits in Nicaragua, and participate in real-world design collaboration with international partners.</p>
<p><a href="http://mlab.mit.edu/">The Mobility Lab (M-Lab)</a> is an organization that is focused on improving the design and distribution of mobility aids worldwide while training MIT students as global citizens. M-Lab fosters inter national partnerships and cultural exchange by sponsoring student travel to community partner organizations to develop, test, and implement new designs, as well as bring mobility experts from around the world to interact with the MIT community. As an academic entity, M-Lab provides a physical space to develop projects as well as a group through which students can pursue theses/independent research projects, publish papers, and attend conferences.</p>
<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/watsan/">Safe Water for 1 Billion People</a> is the MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) web portal on water and sanitation projects in developing countries. Over the past eleven years, students, staff, and faculty have been working on issues of water and sanitation in developing countries, primarily through the Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Degree program offered in the CEE Department. This website contains information and links to student theses, project reports, photos, WHO Household Treatment Network, and other useful resources focused on the development and improvement of water and sanitation in many countries.</p>
<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/sigus">Special Interest Group in Urban Settlement (SIGUS)</a> explores methods for promoting affordable and equitable housing for low-income communities, with focus in developing countries. It champions participatory technique through short workshops and courses, and undertakes research on innovative approaches in support of low-income housing. It concentrates on the new professionalism emerging for designers, architects, and planners demanding a shift in practice and teaching. SIGUS has over 15 years of experience in Action-Learning workshops. It has lead programs in Peru, Ecuador, Poland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, India, Bhutan, Syria, and Ethiopia; hosted by governments, development agencies, or NGOs, with local universities as counterparts. Current focus on incremental housing as a proactive strategy for urban areas, and effective rebuilding in Haiti.</p>
<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/spurs/www/">The Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS)</a> is a one-year, non-degree program designed for mid-career professionals from newly industrializing countries. Founded in 1967 in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), SPURS has a long-standing commitment to bringing outstanding development planners to MIT to reflect on their professional practice. The program is designed to nurture individuals, often at turning points in their professional careers, to retool and reflect on their policy-making and planning skills. SPURS Fellows return to their countries with a better understanding of the complex relationships between local, regional, and international issues. SPURS has hosted over 550 women and men from more than 90 countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern and Central Europe. SPURS enables the MIT community to build professional and personal connections with these advanced professionals from the developing world. In 2010-2011, there are 16 SPURS Fellows, ranging from politicians to planners and engineers.</p>
<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/mit-tdp/www">The Technology and Development Program (TDP)</a> provides developing nations greater access to scientific and technological capabilities through collaborative research and educational programs. TDP’s most recent collaborative program is the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi. The need for regional and global energy sustainability is the driving force behind the establishment of The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. This graduate level university is dedicated to the development of new and viable energy technologies and policies. The Masdar Institute, established with the assistance of TDP, is working with the Government of Abu Dhabi and industry to offer a landmark opportunity for world-class graduate level research and education.</p>
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