Fostering Innovation: Bridging Academia and Industry at MIT
Jason Shumaker, Joost Bonsen
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Why does MIT value a creative culture and how can one tap into the available resources and relationships to be innovatively successful at the Institute? The Cambridge-MIT Institute attempts to answer these questions by looking at new technologies and their influence at and around MIT; the role of mentoring as demonstrated by the Venture Mentoring Service; and the entrepreneurial spirit of MIT faculty, with a specific focus on American Superconductor. Dates for specific events listed below. Limited enrollment for tours and site visits.
Contact: Jason Shumaker, 6-203, x3-0676, jasons@mit.edu
Sponsor: Cambridge-MIT Institute
The Founding of American Superconductor Presentation
Professor John Vander Sande
Professor John Vander Sande, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, to discuss the founding of American Superconductor. Tour of facility to immediately follow.
Wed Jan 22, 10am-12:00pm, 2-105
Trip to and Tour of American Superconductor
Professor John Vander Sande
Follow-up to "Founding of American Superconductor" presentation. Bus to leave promptly at noon. Lunch will be provided. Limited space.
Wed Jan 22, 12-04:30pm, Devens, MA
Venture Mentoring Service Presentation
Jason Shumaker
Mr. Sherwin Greenblatt will discuss MIT's Venture Mentoring Service (VMS), of which he is Co-director, while highlighting how alumni, faculty, and older generations mentor, advise, and encourage next generations of entrepreneurs at MIT. Tour of Bose (an MIT mentoring success story) to immediately follow.
Mon Jan 27, 10am-12:00pm, 4-231
Trip to and Tour of the Bose Corporation
Jason Shumaker
Follow-up to "Venture Mentoring Service" (VMS) presentation. Early development of the Bose Corporation was a result of a mentoring relationship between Mr. Sherwin Greenblatt (VMS) and Dr. Amar Bose. Bus to leave promptly at 12:30pm. Limited space. Lunch will be provided.
Mon Jan 27, 12:30-04:30pm, Framingham, MA
Latest update: 23-Jan-2003
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