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IAP 2009 Activities by Sponsor

Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation

Global Health Networking Event
Erika Wagner, Anjali Sastry
Tue Jan 27, 05-07:00pm, Stata R&D Commons

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Are you interested in global health?

Did you know that MIT is strategically positioned to contribute to this field in a unique way?

Would you like to meet like-minded individuals and learn about a new student program that will train you to be a leader in issues relating to global health?

PLEASE JOIN US AT THE KICK-OFF RECEPTION FOR MIT'S EMERGING GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE

Refreshments will be served.
Contact: Michael Goldberg, E17-528, (617) 253-6457, mgoldbrg@MIT.EDU
Cosponsor: Sloan School of Management

X PRIZE Lab “Deep Dive” Ocean Prizes Workshop
Erika Wagner
Wed Jan 7, Thu Jan 8, 09am-05:00pm, 1-150

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 01-Jan-2009
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic to win the $20K Orteig Prize.
In 2004, Burt Rutan launched SpaceShipOne to space twice in two weeks to capture the $10M Ansari X PRIZE.

Join us for an exciting and interactive workshop looking at how prizes could open up the oceans for revolutionary new exploration and science.

Special guests include ocean exploration pioneers David Gallo, Graham Hawkes and Sylvia Earle, as well as representatives from the X PRIZE Foundation.

If you are interested in the deep sea, exploration, oceanography, autonomous vehicles, manned submersibles, marine biology, marine chemistry, new frontiers, innovation, incentives, or just stimulating conversations, register today!

Lunch provided.
Open to the whole MIT / WHOI community.
Contact: Erika Wagner, 37-219, x3-0017, erika@mit.edu


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