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Prize Theory Working Group, biweekly research meetings
Email xprize@mit.edu for more details, or to join in the discussion.


Previous Events

September 16, 2009 - 2nd Annual X PRIZE Energy Forum:
Breakthrough Investments in Energy Storage
With special guests:
Hemant Taneja ,  Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners
Bob Metcalfe , General Partner, Polaris Ventures
Peter Diamandis , Chairman & CEO, X PRIZE Foundation

Join us January 7-8, 2009 for an amazing “Deep Dive” workshop on prizes for deep sea exploration. For details and registration, see our IAP listing.

November 22, 2008: “The X PRIZE: How $10M can change the world”
Splash! High School Immersion Program
Erika Wagner, Executive Director, X PRIZE Lab @ MIT
http://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html

November 20, 2008: “The Carrot at the End of the Stick: Prizes as Incentives for Innovation”
Kauffmann Foundation Global Entrepreneurship Week
Erika Wagner, Executive Director, X PRIZE Lab @ MIT; David Ritter, CTO, Innocentive; Benjamin Mako Hill, open software developer and advocate
http://unleashingideas.org/

September 10, 2008: “X PRIZE Energy Forum: What Would I Advise the Next President”
With special guests Peter Diamandis, Ernest Moniz, Ray Kurzweil, George Church, and Saul Griffith
Video Recap: http://nextprize.xprize.org/2008/09/revolutionizing-technology.html
Event Summary: http://nextprize.xprize.org/2008/09/seeking-radical-breakthroughs-in.html