Renee Robins, Executive Director, J-WAFS
| Jan/15 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:30PM | E51-145, bring your own lunch, snacks provided |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Thinking of doing a start-up in water, food, or agriculture? Interested in the Water Innovation Prize or the new MIT Food and Agribusiness Prize Competition or the MIT Ideas Global Challenge? Want to hear about resources -- inside the Institute and beyond -- available for students and others that support innovation and entrepreneurship? This 90-minute seminar will feature speakers from the MIT Innovation Initiative, the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship, Clean Tech Open, and the New England Water Innovation Network. Speakers will explain what their centers or organizations do and how you can engage with them. Ample time will be provided for Q&A as well as general discussion and networking.
Speakers are:
Georgina Campbell, Executive Director, MIT Legatum Center
Trish Cotter, Entrepreneur in Residence, Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship
Karen Golmer, Executive Director, New England Water Innovation Network (NEWIN)
Katie MacDonald, Executive Director, Cleantech Open Northeast
This introduction to MIT and outside resources is intended aimed at MIT students and post-docs. Recent alumni are also welcome.
This seminar is a brown bag lunch. Light snacks will be provided.
Co-sponsored by J-WAFS, the MIT Innovation Initiative, the MIT Water Club, and the MIT Food and Ag Club.
Sponsor(s): Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Sec Lab, MIT Innovation Initiative
Contact: Renee Robins, E70-1279, 617 324-6726, RROBINS@MIT.EDU