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IAP 2008 Activities by Sponsor

MIT Energy Initiative

Campus Energy Roundtable
Leon R. Glicksman
Thu Jan 17, 11am-12:30pm, 3-270

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

An open discussion on visions for an energy-efficient campus of the future. Professor Leon R. Glicksman will moderate a panel of MIT faculty and staff, including discussion of the green design of the new Sloan Building

Refreshments provided.

Part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Steve Lanou, slanou@mit.edu

Campus Energy Showcase
Leader: TBD
Tue Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, E15 First Fl. Atrium

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

A poster session of student campus energy projects to reduce MIT's energy and environmental footprint

Refreshments provided

A part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Steve Lanou, slanou@mit.edu

Energy Education Blitz
Faculty leaders of energy-related academics
Tue Jan 15, 10am-12:00pm, E15-070

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

A preview of spring energy-related classes and invitation for student input on future energy academics

Refreshments provided.

A part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Amanda Graham, agraham@mit.edu

Energy in a Carbon Constrained World
presented by MITEI
Wed Jan 16, 02-03:00pm, E15-070

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

A panel discussion by national and world leaders in the energy field, including Phil Sharp, president of "Resources for the Future" and Bob Metcalf, co-inventor of the Ethernet.

Followed by reception.

Part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Melanie Kenderdine, makender@mit.edu

The New Energy Reality
Clay Sell, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
Thu Jan 17, 02-03:00pm, E15-070

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

The US is faced with a new and different energy reality: high prices worldwide, changing world conditions as evidenced by more vulnerable infrastructure and a trend toward resource nationalism, and the challenges posed by global climate change. Ongoing and future programs and initiatives are discussed in terms of how they will help enable the U.S. to meet these new energy challenges.

Part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Melanie Kenderdine, makender@mit.edu


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