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Biotech business information for engineers and scientists
Georgiana McReynolds
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Jan/24 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
his session will help you turn ideas into products. Join this interactive time of learning and fun where you can explore what the Libraries have to offer and what's useful on the Web. Find information about companies, market research, marketing, industries, and more. Learn time saving search tips and how to navigate the complex world of business information.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3766042
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Georgiana McReynolds, E53-168G, 617 253-9349, GMAC@MIT.EDU
Business data: Finding & mapping company information
Jennie Murack, Nick Albaugh
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Jan/30 | Tue | 10:30AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Did you ever wonder where grocery stores are located in a city? Or perhaps biotech firms? We will learn how to query several business directories and then take that information one step further by creating customized maps and finding detailed information for specific companies.
Bring your laptop or use a computer in the lab.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3757939
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Geographic Information Systems Lab
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Business information for engineers and scientists
Howard Silver, MIT Libraries
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Jan/18 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
This session will introduce engineers and scientists to business information resources that will help you understand the commercial potential for your ideas, how to find partners, and sources for financial support. We will use realistic examples and hands-on exercises with key resources to demonstrate how to match your ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the marketplace.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3765558
If your interests are focused on bioscience, consider our related session on Biotech business information.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
CDI-iMUSE Winter IAP Conference
Ziwen Jiang
Enrollment: Email application
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
The MIT China Development Initiative Club is hosting a forum on innovation and technology between students from top Chinese and U.S. universities. Specifically, we will focus on the role of technology in environmental development, governmental operations, and nonprofits in both China and the US.
Contact: Ziwen Jiang, ziwenj@mit.edu
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Jan/21 | Sun | 09:00AM-07:00PM | MIT Campus / Dorms |
List of activities:
-Delegates check-in, meet with student hosts
-Welcome socials & ice-breakers
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Jan/22 | Mon | 09:00AM-07:00PM | Media Lab / Boston |
List of Activities:
-Delegates TED Talk
-MIT Campus Tour
-Visit to MIT Media Lab
-Boston Excursion / Scavenger Hunt
-Project Team Formation
-Welcome Dinner
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Jan/23 | Tue | 09:00AM-07:00PM | Boston |
List of Activities:
-Visit to Google
-Visit to BrainCo Inc. (Startup at Harvard Innovation Lab)
-Networking night with startups at MIT BioTech Incubator at Harvard
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Jan/24 | Wed | 09:00AM-07:00PM | New House |
List of Activities:
- Visit to Cambridge Innovation Center, presentation and UX design workshop with Visual.io
-Service debrief and workshop with PBHA Chinatown Afterschool Program and Harvard Square Homeless Shelter
-Group Projects 1st team meetings
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Jan/25 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:30PM | Sloan E62-262, Open to Public |
List of Activities:
- Guest Talk by Peter Doucette (BOSTON GLOBE Chief Consumer Revenue Officer)
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Jan/26 | Fri | 09:00AM-07:00PM | Campus |
List of Activities:
- Visit to and Presentations with Boston City Hall
- Movie night out at Boston AMC Lowes
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Jan/27 | Sat | 09:00AM-07:00PM | Boston |
List of Activities:
-Hot pot dinner @ iHouse
-Gordon Engineering Leadership Workshop
-Project work time
-PBHA Service Conference @Harvard Science Center
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Jan/28 | Sun | 09:00AM-01:00PM | MIT Campus |
List of Activities:
- Project presentations
- Closing ceremony
Commercialization of University Technology: Innovation, Tech Transfer and Licensing
Jack Turner, Senior Associate Director, Lauren Foster, Associate Director
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Jan/31 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-133 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
Technology transfer is the movement of knowledge and discoveries to the general public. This transfer is generally affected by means of IP licensing agreements (contracts) between universities and private companies.
For MIT, however, technology transfer refers to the formal licensing of technology to third parties, managed and administered by the TLO.
Jack Turner and Lauren Foster will walk you through the commercialization process, patenting decisions, and the MIT policies when it comes to technology transfer.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, which will then be followed by a complementing session on “The Engine and early stage venture fundraising” .
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Commercializing Research, Creating Change: MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
Karen Golmer, Innovator in Residence, Deshpande Center
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Jan/24 | Wed | 02:30PM-04:00PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Since 2002, the Deshpande Center has helped spur the creation of 32 spinout companies. These firms, which have raised over $600 million in capital, are developing and delivering ground-breaking products and services that not only change people’s lives today but have the long-term potential to transform key markets including energy and lighting, health care, medical research, and information technology.
Karen Golmer (Innovator in Residence) will be here to tell you what the Deshpande Center can offer you, and to help you learn more about other resources that exist on the MIT campus. Karen will also tell us how one goes about commercializing university research.
If you're an MIT researcher, you need to be here to know what options are available to you.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Computational Law Course
Dazza Greenwood, JD, Visiting Scientist, MIT Media Lab
Enrollment: Request Signup at https://law.mit.edu/learning
Sign-up by 12/08
Limited to 150 participants
Attendance: Participants may miss sessions by prior arrangement.
Prereq: N/A
This course provides a conceptual overview and hands-on projects for understanding and solving legal use cases with data analytics, blockchain and other cryptosystems and a special module on rapid design solutions to the MITLegalForum.org Smart City Challenge. The course includes seminar style lecture/discussion sessions and hands-on, experiential learning through team projects. The course covers:
Legal Analytics, including 1) AI/Machine Learning for solving legal use cases; and 2) Using data-driven visualization including AR for display and interaction with models of complex legal and financial relationships and contexts.
Digital Assets, including: 1) Ownership rights, valuation and provenance of digital property; and 2) Storage and exchange of digital property with electronic contracts, automated transactions and autonomous agents
Digital Identity, including: 1) Technology and architecture for autonomy and control of self-sourced digital identity and personal data; and 2) Using individual identity for valid, verifiable login to apps or services and for providing legal acknowledgement, assent or authorization.
Digital Contracts, including 1) Integrating ordinary digital contracts and blockchain "smart contracts" in automated transactions by individuals or businesses; and 2) Standard open-web stack design patterns for executing multiple digital signatures and electronic notarization on digital legal contracts.
For more info, see: law.MIT.edu/learning
Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences
Contact: Dazza Greenwood, E15-449, 617.500.3644, DAZZA@MEDIA.MIT.EDU
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Jan/16 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | Online, Use your laptop and smartphone |
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Jan/17 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | Online, Use your laptop and smartphone |
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Jan/18 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | Online, Use your laptop and smartphone |
These sessions will take place online. Registered participants will receive connection information. A mix of in-person and online office hours will be available for discussion of class topics and student projects upon request and by appointment before or after class sessions.
Dazza Greenwood, JD - Visiting Scientist, MIT Media Lab
Creating a Successful Career--Strategies, Techniques, and the Big Mistakes You're Going to Make
Mark Herschberg 95, MNG 97, 05, Principal, White Knight Consulting
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Jan/31 | Wed | 07:00PM-08:30PM | 32-155 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Upon graduating from MIT you will begin a career. MIT has provided you with countless facts and formulas to help you with your job, but what have you learned to help you with your career? This talk gives you structure to think through your career and help you maximize both your income and happiness. It will teach you how to answer questions such as: How do you know which job is right? Where will you be in 20 years? What to ask for in job negotiations? The talk also covers the common job mistakes and how to avoid them. Register today! Walk-ins welcome.
MARK HERSCHBERG Educated at MIT (with degrees in physics, EE/CS, and a masters in cryptography) Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 100s, and academia. Mark has worked at and consulted to number startups typically taking on roles in general management, operations, and technology. He has been involved from inception and fundraising through growth and sale of the company. These startup companies have included a wireless application platform, online advertising, OLAP, and new language development. Mark was instrumental in launching ServiceLive.com Sears online home services labor market; he also helped fix NBCs online video marketplace (now Hulu.com). In academia, he spent a year at HBS working with two finance professors to create the upTick system now used to teach finance at many of the top business schools and at MIT helped launched UPOP at which he's taught the past 15 years.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Developing Leadership in Yourself and Others
David Nino, Senior Lecturer, GEL-MIT Engineering Leadership Program
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 35 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Graduate Status
Join us for this workshop series designed for MIT graduate students interested in “making a positive difference” in their chosen fields. Grounded in research but experiential and engaging in delivery, these workshops will build practical skills that apply to engineering and technology environments.
This series is offered through the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program in collaboration with the Graduate Student Council. Students are welcome to attend some or all of these workshops. Those who attend the entire series will receive a special acknowledgement from the Gordon-MIT Engineering Program.
Limited to 35 participants
To Register: Email Lisa Stagnone (lstag@mit.edu)
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Lisa Stagnone, lstag@mit.edu
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Jan/18 | Thu | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 4-149 |
Turning a smart group of people into a committed, focused, & effective team is not easy feat and "real teams" rarely evolve naturally. Acquire a proven framework for designing and leading new teams in engineering and technology environments.
Complete this workshop to be able to
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Jan/23 | Tue | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 3-442 |
The heart of leadership is the ability to inspire people without relying on authority. Only one in ten practicing managers are skilled in motivating others. Learn to engage and develop people to deliver their best work.
You'll be able to
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Jan/25 | Thu | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 4-149 |
In a safe and open environment, conflict can serve an essential role in building collective capacity for creativity, innovation, and group learning. Learn how conflict can achieve these constructive outcomes.
Attendees will learn to:
Assess your own personal preferences for conflict.
Become a better problem solver in groups.
Increase your ability to deliver and receive critical feedback.
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Jan/30 | Tue | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 4-149 |
Discover your leadership strengths and invent career pathways for putting them to work. We will be joined by John Strackhouse, who advises some of today¿s top leaders in technology.
Attendees will learn to:
Discover your distinctive professional strengths.
Identify work environments that can bring out your best.
Explore strategies for securing jobs that align with your life aspirations.
Digital Business
Dr. Jeanne Ross, Principal Research Scientist
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Jan/17 | Wed | 08:00AM-03:00PM | E62 - 223 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 50 participants
Instructor: Dr. Jeanne Ross, Principal Research Scientist at MIT CISR
Date: Wednesday January 17, 2018 8am-3pm (8-8:30 - coffee and introductions)
Location: E62-223
Enrollment: Sign up at https://goo.gl/forms/AIZv1fv7dF5eM8tA2
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 50 participants
(As of 12/19, we have plenty of available space)
Leaders who embarked on their careers in the pre-digital economy are finding that many old rules and established practices no longer apply. Powerful technologies are redefining jobs; data is becoming ubiquitous and speed to market has become a dominating force in strategies and business design decisions.
We hope you can join us for this day-long course where we will prepare managers to lead technology-enabled organizational change. Based primarily on research conducted at MIT Sloan’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), this course is intended to make you a more effective leader or consultant in an increasingly digital, fast-paced business environment.
This course neither assumes nor requires a technical background. Experience as a practitioner in a large global company is helpful. We look forward to a fun, practical, and informative day!
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Leslie Owens, E94-1547, 617 324-1901, LOWENS@MIT.EDU
Effective Group Facilitation Techniques
Louis Sweeny SM '95
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Jan/16 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 5-232 |
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Jan/17 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 5-232 |
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Jan/18 | Thu | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 5-232 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
This class will introduce you to the basic micro-structures of these techniques and how they can be combined into exercise tailored to a groups needs.
Class structure will be very simple:
a. I will provide a quick background
b. Explain the "rules" structure of the tool
c. Break into group and use the tool
d. Do a quick de-brief.
e. Move on to the next tool
f. Leave some time at the end for reflection
I'm very open to groups bringing common or individual "problems" they're grappling with to see how these techniques can work. We'll sample a few techniques but the literature and instructions make it easy to reach further into this rich and growing toolbox
Register for this free event: http://alumic.mit.edu/effective_group_facilitation_2018
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Hacking Our Digital Future
David Verrill, Executive Director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 50 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) explores how people and businesses will work, interact, and prosper in an era of profound digital transformation. Major innovations we’ve already glimpsed in the digital age include self-driving cars, additive manufacturing, platform technologies, cryptocurrencies, “fake news”, and beyond.
But in the future, what are the unforeseen, unintended consequences—positive and negative—of these new aspects of the digital age?
We invite students and other members of the MIT community to develop plausible scenarios and narratives of the future in 2030 that expand the thinking of decision-makers and stakeholders to positively impact productivity, employment and equality.
IDE will provide suggested pre-reading articles and host guest lectures from leading futurists, but student teams will be largely self-guided.
Additional program information and materials are available at: https://hacking-our-digital-future.eventbrite.com
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Dalton Perras, E94-1518, 617-324-6536, dperras@mit.edu
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Jan/09 | Tue | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/11 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/16 | Tue | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/18 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/23 | Tue | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/25 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/30 | Tue | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Feb/01 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
Students kick off this 4-week long hackathon with an overview lecture and choose a topic area around which they will develop multiple scenario storylines. Food provided.
How to Start a Fintech Venture
Sophia Lin MBA '12
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Jan/31 | Wed | 06:00PM-07:00PM | E62-250 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Fintech is shaping financial services, succeeding in areas where traditional financial institutions failed. Building a fintech idea is interesting, but also challenging. This short talk will walk through the fintech ecosystem, the challenges you should prepare yourself for, and the local resources you should look into.
Register for this free event: http://alumic.mit.edu/how_to_start_a_fintech_venture_2018
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
How Will Your Venture Make Money?
Sanjay Manandhar '89, SM '91, Founder & CEO Aerva, Inc
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Feb/01 | Thu | 06:00PM-07:00PM | 32-144 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
This session will discuss how to think about:
1. Business model of the venture
2. Pricing Framework
3. LTV (lifetime value) of a customer
4. COCA (cost of customer acquisition)
Among other topics to make sure a venture is designed correctly to be in a good position to make money. The Case Study I will take is the company I founded, ran, and exited without taking any outside capital, called Aerva (www.aerva.com).
Register today!
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Human Factors Engineering -- Designing for the Human
Dr. Ben D Sawyer, Research Scientist, AgeLab, Department of Engineering
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None
In this class, you will learn the fundamentals of Human Factors, and put them to use in your own Human-Centered Design. Each team will choose a common tool or device to reimagine for a specific population. The winning team will receive publicity and write-ups at both MIT and in the popular press.
We have all seen beautiful, well-engineered products that were a pain to actually use. Successful design and engineering is far more likely when the human is considered as part of the process. Join Build an understanding of Human Performance, Physiology, and Psychology -- a body of knowledge called Human Factors. Human factors professionals are in demand from Silicon Valley to the Department of Defense to the developing world.
From day one, you and your team will actively discuss and collaborate on your redesign. Each day, learn about the fundamentals of Human Factors, with guest speakers explaining how human-centered design is used in industry and government. Workshop space for projects will be available at the International Design Center (IDC).
Dr. Ben D. Sawyer's work has been covered by Forbes, Reuters, Fast Company, and The BBC. He is the winner of The Human Factors Prize for 2017, led the first driving evaluation of Google Glass, and formerly worked with the US Air Force’s BATMAN group, evaluating and designing new technologies for airmen. For more information, visit bendsawyer.com.
So, are you up to the challenge of designing for the human? Sign up today: space is limited.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD International Design Center
Contact: Dr. Ben D Sawyer, humanfactors@mit.edu
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Jan/16 | Tue | 03:30PM-05:00PM | IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies |
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Jan/17 | Wed | 03:30PM-05:00PM | IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies |
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Jan/18 | Thu | 03:30PM-05:00PM | IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies |
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Jan/19 | Fri | 03:30PM-05:00PM | IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies |
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Jan/22 | Mon | 03:30PM-05:00PM | IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies |
Dr. Ben D Sawyer - Research Scientist, AgeLab, Department of Engineering
Leadership through a Different Lens
Nadi Kassim, Assistant Professor of Military Science
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 35 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None
Leader development is a critical component to ensuring younger generations are prepared for the challenges in the 21st century. Leaders must develop a balance of character and competence to respond to this ever-changing world of diverse cultures, technological innovations, and globalization. Taught by combat veterans who have led organizations of up to 120 people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Europe and elsewhere, this interactive 2-day seminar will use thoughtful classroom instruction, meaningful small group discussion, and innovative practical exercises to develop skills, leadership qualities, and techniques that can help prepare you to lead in the most complex situations. This course will undoubtedly resonate with young adults and emerging leaders.
Light breakfast, lunch and costs associated with this seminar will be provided. MIT Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni are welcome to attend.
The seminar is scheduled for 30-31 January from 730 AM - 430 PM each day and will start at 1st Floor, W59 (201 Vassar St, Cambridge MA 02139 - Heinz Building across the street from the MIT Football and Baseball Field).
Contact: Nadi Kassim, W59-192, 979-824-0026, NKASSIM@MIT.EDU
MIT VMS Boot Camp: Crash Course in Enterprise B2B Sales for Startups
Kent Summers, MIT VMS Mentor, Haley Tidd, Program Administrator
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Jan/26 | Fri | 09:00AM-04:00PM | 4-370, Lunch break from 12-1 PM |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 110 participants
Prereq: None
In its 7th year, this popular IAP workshop is consistently received by attendees with enthusiasm. Providing practical knowledge of "how to sell," the Sales Boot Camp provides entrepreneurs starting a new venture and business school graduates entering a new profession with basic tools for success—how to target enterprise sales opportunities, manage a sales process, acquire customers and generate revenue. Attendees will gain basic knowledge and confidence to support better sales decisions.
The workshop is comprised of two 3-hour sessions, combining lecture, interactive exercises, and anecdotal evidence from real sales situations. Attendees will trouble-shoot “failed sales” Case Studies and recommend corrective action or behavior. The first session focuses on basic concepts and tools and mechanics required for sales focus and efficiency. The second covers more subtle aspects of selling with emphasis on how to navigate an organization, overcome bias, build consensus, negotiate and close deals.
Kent Summers has been offering this Boot Camp in collaboration with VMS since 2008. He regularly presents the Sales Boot Camp at the MIT Sloan School, the Harvard MBA program and the Wharton School of Business. Summers founded and sold three software companies in the Boston area, and since 2002 has served as a mentor to dozens of MIT start-ups. His success with early-stage ventures and enterprise sales is uniquely suited to the needs of start-up ventures.
Email vms@mit.edu to register
Sponsor(s): MIT Venture Mentoring Service
Contact: Haley Tidd, W31-310, (617) 258-0720, vms@mit.edu
Nuts and Bolts of New Ventures
Joe Hadzima, Sloan School - Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, Joost Bonsen, Media Arts and Sciences
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 300 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: No Pre-requisites
Enrollment: nutsandbolts.mit.edu/email.php
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, February 1, 2018
Room: 10-250 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Nuts and Bolts of New Ventures will be explored in this 29th annual course offering. Nuts and Bolts is the largest entrepreneurship class taught at MIT and the oldest ongoing IAP offering on new ventures.
Open to members of the M.I.T. Community and to others interested in entrepreneurship. You may take the course for credit (15.s21 – 3 Units Pass/Fail) or just sign up and attend in a Not for Credit capacity – see Enrollment above.
Recommended for persons who are interested in starting or are involved in a new venture, including social development ventures, and for persons wanting to get an introduction to the area. Persons planning to enter the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition should find the course particularly useful. Historically approximately 50% of the class has been from Sloan and 50% from the Science, Engineering and Architecture Schools. This "cross-school" course has resulted in the formation of $100K Competition Teams and a number of successful startups.
Web: nutsandbolts.mit.edu
Contact: Teaching Assistants, nutsandbolts-ta@mit.edu
Planning to work as an Engineer? How to Make Sense of your Engineering Education
Emanuel Sachs, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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Feb/02 | Fri | 03:00PM-04:00PM | Rm 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None
Happily, you will not be doing problem sets as a working engineer! Not even close. No one right answer, for starters. So, what will you be doing? How do the pieces of engineering that you have been exposed to fit together? What other pieces are needed to complete the puzzle? What is the picture formed by the completed puzzle? (Hint: math and science may not be at the center.)
Come hear the thoughts of a faculty member who has spent half his career in academia and half in industry and has been involved with eight start-ups (some in 3D Printing, some in Photovoltaics) including licensor, co-founder and CTO roles.
Just an hour long. Good chance you'll hear something worth the hours' time.
Contact: Emanuel Sachs, 35-136, 617 253-5381, SACHS@MIT.EDU
PURPOSE LAB: DISCOVERING YOUR PURPOSE
Ashley Heacock
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Steve Jobs
Are you one of the crazy ones who wants to bring change to your community? Are you searching for your purpose in life and hoping to reach your potential? You’ve come to the right place!
Purpose Lab is a two-day workshop where we will ask the questions: Who am I, Why am I here, and What can WE do together?
With the help of experienced coaches from Harvard and MIT, you will be pushed to examine yourself and the world in new and exciting ways, leading you on your path towards a more purpose-filled life. You will come away from this workshop with a commitment to action and a renewed sense of self. You will feel empowered, be more connected and aware, and be ready to take the next step towards creating a world that works for more people.
Day 1 will entail discovering your purpose, and Day 2 will explore fulfilling your purpose. Sign up for one or both days.
Apply by 01/07/2018 using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/UPjMkDspoDmF20Cn2
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Ashley Heacock, ashleyheacock@gmail.com
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Jan/20 | Sat | 10:00AM-05:00PM | E62-233 |
Ashley Heacock
PURPOSE LAB: FULFILLING YOUR PURPOSE
Ashley Heacock
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Steve Jobs
Are you one of the crazy ones who wants to bring change to your community? Are you searching for your purpose in life and hoping to reach your potential? You’ve come to the right place!
Purpose Lab is a two-day workshop where we will ask the questions: Who am I, Why am I here, and What can WE do together?
With the help of experienced coaches from Harvard and MIT, you will be pushed to examine yourself and the world in new and exciting ways, leading you on your path towards a more purpose-filled life. You will come away from this workshop with a commitment to action and a renewed sense of self. You will feel empowered, be more connected and aware, and be ready to take the next step towards creating a world that works for more people.
Day 1 will entail discovering your purpose, and Day 2 will explore fulfilling your purpose. Sign up for one or both days.
Apply by 01/07/2018 using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/UPjMkDspoDmF20Cn2
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Ashley Heacock, ashleyheacock@gmail.com
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Jan/21 | Sun | 10:00AM-05:00PM | E62-233 |
Reading the Collective Mind - Deep Learning By Social Signals
Peter Gloor, Qi Wen
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
Find out who and what makes you happy
Find out who likes you best and who is your most creative collaborator
Find out what will be the next big thing on social media
In this course we will try to predict what small teams and entire populations are thinking based on analyzing their communication archives. Using the Condor and Happimeter software developed by the presenters and their team members we will use latest algorithms from machine learning and dynamic semantic social network analysis to read their collective mind.
Using the Happimeter smartwatch software will allow you to automatically measure how happy you are, how much you like others around you, how stressed you are, your fairness, and how much you trust and are trusted by tracking your body signals through the sensors of the smartwatch.
Applying the Condor analysis tool to your own e-mail (or slack, WhatsApp, or Skype log) will show your social network in a virtual mirror, and tell who respects you most, how passionate you and others are, and who your role models and influencers are.
Doing dynamic semantic social network analysis with Condor on Twitter and other global social media data will allow you to automatically measure the influencers and virtual tribes behind fake news, and to decide in which virtual currency to invest.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Peter Gloor, E94-1504D, 617 253-7018, PGLOOR@MIT.EDU
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Jan/11 | Thu | 02:00PM-05:00PM | E62-446, Bring your laptop |
Introduction to Swarm Creativity and COINs (Collaborative Innovation Networks)
Creating a Virtual Mirror of your own mailbox with Condor
Measuring personal happiness and trust with the happimeter
Peter Gloor, Qi Wen
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Jan/12 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | E62-446, Bring your laptop |
Coolhunting on Social Media with Condor to find trends and trendsetters
Finding fake news and measuring virtual currencies
Measuring altruism with the happimeter
Peter Gloor, Qi Wen
Tax Issues for Employees and Entrepreneurs
Howard Mandelcorn, LL.M., Joseph Weber, Professor of Accounting
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Jan/31 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | E52-164 |
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Feb/01 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | E52-164 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
This course intends to expose students to a broad range of tax issues OVER A 2 DAY PERIOD that students will encounter shortly after graduation as an entrepreneur or an employee. For a new employee, taxes are an important consideration in decisions regarding deductions and retirement savings (through employee and employer contributions such as 401k's IRAs, etc). Taxes feature prominently in decisions with respect to stock option-based compensation. Also, tax related issues for U.S. taxpayers working overseas will be addressed. For the entrepreneur, taxes also influence a new business venture's choice of entity: Corporation, LLC, Partnership, Sole Proprietorship. Instructor: Howard Mandelcorn is a partner at the Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn LLP law firm in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Howard Mandelcorn, hmandelcorn@hutchingsbarsamian.com
The Engine and early stage venture fundraising
Reed Sturtevant, General Partner at The Engine
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Jan/31 | Wed | 12:30PM-02:00PM | 3-133 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
In this session you will learn about The Engine, the new initiative that MIT put into motion to support tough-tech startups with capital and other resources.
Reed Sturtevant, General Partner at The Engine, will also talk about the general early stage venture capital funding in Boston and how to think about that. Over the last seven years, Reed has invested into more than 100 companies in Boston - as an angel, at Techstars, Project 11, and now at The Engine.
We will have time for interactive feedback and advice on your companies & plans as well.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, and will be followed by this session.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
The Entrepreneur's Market For Inventions
Everardo Ruiz SM '00, Intellectual Ventures, Rob Aronoff, SM '90
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Jan/23 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:30PM | E62-250 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Product Innovation and invention surges ahead at rates unimaginable just a few decades ago. With good reason inventors protect their intellectual property (IP) internationally with a variety of tools - patents, copyright, and trademarks. But how should an inventor monetize the invention? Form and build a startup? Sell the invention? License it?
The speakers will examine the basics of patents, copyright, and trademark and consider monetization – entrepreneurship by building a startup, outright sale, and out-licensing – as well as factors and recent trends affecting patent valuation. The presentation is based on decades of VP, Director, and entrepreneurial experience in product development and intellectual property at Intellectual Ventures, Oracle, Alcatel, Texas Instruments, Kodak, Sun Microsystems, private law firms, and startups.
Leading the discussion:
Everardo Ruiz, SM ’00 Ph.D. (Managing Director, Energy Transition Partners)
Rob Aronoff, SM ’90 (Managing Director, Pluritas)
Sanjay Prasad, J.D. (Managing Director, Prasad IP)
Register for this free event: http://alumic.mit.edu/entrepreneurs_market_IAP_2018
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
The Right Legal Steps When Starting Your Company
Leon Sandler, Executive Director
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Jan/11 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:30PM | 6-120 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 100 participants
What legal steps do you need to take as you spin your technology out of MIT? How do you divide the equity between founders? When should you incorporate and in what form? What contracts do you need to have in place? How do you ensure the right legal protection as you proceed? What minefields should you avoid?
Come and discuss these topics with a panel of legal experts and MIT entrepreneurs who have spun-out their Deshpande Center projects into companies. Lunch will be served.
To sign up, please register here.
Space is limited to the first 100 registrants.
Sponsor(s): Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
Contact: Amy Davis, E70-1273, 617 253-8987, amydavis@mit.edu
The SBIR Program, How do I get involved?
Dan Lilly, SBIR Advisor
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Jan/24 | Wed | 12:30PM-02:00PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
The Federal SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Provides R&D funding to small businesses.
The program helps small businesses engage in R&D with potential for commercialization.
Dan Lilly (SBIR Advisor) will provide an overview of the SBIR program, including information on the program’s purpose, eligibility and sources of funding and ideas of what is necessary to succeed.
The seminar is designed to provide enough information to determine if the program is right for you and if you would like to seriously pursue SBIR proposal development.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, and will be followed by this session.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
About SBIR:
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a highly competitive program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) that has the potential for commercialization. Through a competitive awards-based program, SBIR enables small businesses to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization. Click here for more.
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Think Security by (IC)3 with Kaspersky Lab
Keri Pearlson, Executive Director of (IC)3
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
The event will be organized by MIT (IC)³ with Kaspersky Lab
Our 2018 IAP activity is an ideal opportunity to learn more about the actual cyber threat landscape, especially about rapidly evolving cyberthreats for industrial environments, and to find out why we need to keep one step ahead of the threat actors.
Our activity is split into two workstreams:
Days 1 and 2 are dedicated to Industrial Cybersecurity, specifically to forensic analysis of incidents and the advantages of using YARA rules to detect cyberattacks.
On days 3 and 4, the sessions will focus on the managerial, strategic and organizational aspects of cybersecurity. Participants will learn about the NISF Framework for Policy and Management, experience a demonstration of the types of decisions cybersecurity leaders make and the consequences of those decisions, and create a cybersecurity plan of action. The latest research from the Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan will be included.
Our agenda is designed to ensure that participants have sufficient time for informal communication and networking. We promise an interactive and fun event.
There will also be a Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge that requires you to think out of the box and be one step ahead of your fellow competitors.
More information on this IAP and and registration for the course can be found here.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Kathryn Means, E62-571, (617) 324-4253, kmeans@mit.edu
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Jan/23 | Tue | 10:00AM-04:30PM | E51-057 |
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Jan/24 | Wed | 10:00AM-04:30PM | E51-057 |
Days 1 and 2 are dedicated to Industrial Cybersecurity, specifically to forensic analysis of incidents and the advantages of using YARA rules to detect cyberattacks.
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Jan/25 | Thu | 09:30AM-04:30PM | E51-057 |
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Jan/26 | Fri | 09:30AM-04:30PM | E51-057 |
On days 3 and 4, sessions will focus on the managerial, strategic and organizational aspects of cybersecurity. Participants will learn about NISF Framework for Policy and Management, experience a demonstration of the types of decisions cybersecurity leaders make and the consequences of those decisions, and create a cybersecurity plan of action. The latest research from the Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan will be included.
Use of Name: Policy and Philosophy
Peter Bebergal, Use of Name & Trademarks Licensing Officer
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Jan/29 | Mon | 12:30PM-01:30PM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
MIT is one of the most widely respected and known Trademarks in the world. This class will examine MIT’s use of name policy as well as general ideas of trademarks and higher education.
This interactive Q&A will also offer guidance on how MIT’s start-ups and other student businesses can use MIT’s name. There will be plenty of time given to questions.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries.
Lunch will be served between 11:30 - 12:30 PM, and will be followed by this session.
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
You've invented something cool! Now what?
Christopher Noble, MIT ESI Director of Corporate Engagement, Tod Woolf, MIT Technology Licensing Officer
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Jan/24 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 3-370 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Chris Noble (MIT ESI Director of Corporate Engagement) and Tod Woolf (MIT Technology Licensing Officer) will give you the inside scoop on getting a patent (and if you need to) and how to negotiate with the TLO and with your investors to spin out your startup.
This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries. Food will be served.
Wednesday, January 24, 10:00am - 11:30am EST
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
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