Networking
IDI runs two major Institute-wide - and several smaller events - for the larger MIT International Development community annually. Working closely with the MIT Technology and Culture Forum as co-hosts for these events, IDI hopes to spotlight and celebrate the many approaches, aspects and faces of international development at MIT.
IDNight at the mit museum
The 2012 ID Night at the MIT Museum will be held on Saturday, April 14th from 7 - 9 pm
The event brings together a diverse audience to share ideas and learn about MIT international development technologies and projects, and serves as a fantastic networking opportunity that promotes social awareness about pressing global issues such as poverty, public health, education, and mobility. ID Night at the MIT Museum is a unique opportunity for MIT students and staff to present their projects to a wide range of audiences. The ID Night draws hundred of attendees, including a large number of Harvard and MIT students, local scientists, engineers and participants from the Harvard International Development Conference that runs in conjunction with the IDNight.
2012 PRESENTERS
D-lab’s mission is to improve the quality of life of low-income households through the creation and implementation of low-cost technologies.
e-Luma is a local market place, built out of recycled shipping containers, that uses renewable energy to provide training and energy services to help microentrepreneurs grow rural economies in a sustainable way.
Emerge Global is a non-profit the equips teenage survivors of sexual abuse in Sri Lanka with business acumen, life skills, and financial capital, using jewelry design as a therapeutic and practical teaching tool.
Essmart makes essential, social impact technologies available in underserved communities. We are a technology distributor working with existing retail shops to reach end users. We deliver the goods.
The Global Poverty Initiative (GPI) at MIT is made up of three teams that all serve different aspects of the fight against global poverty: Education, Outreach, and Action.
IDEAS Global Challenge invites the worldwide MIT community and their collaborators to participate in student-led innovation as public service.
Innovations in International Health (IIH) accelerates the development of global health technologies to address the needs of patients and physicians in resource-poor settings.
iHouse is an MIT living group focused on international development and the celebration of diversity in all of its forms.
OpenIR is the next generation of mapping, democratizing infrared data about the environment for use in ecological planning, analysis, and crisis response.
OttoClave is a low-cost autoclave designed to stop many preventable post-surgical infections in rural health posts around the world.
The Practical Energy Network (PEN) is a global community that empowers students to become creative engineers by teaching them to design and build their own solutions to local energy needs.
The Prince of Wales/Prince Edward Fellows (based at MIT and Harvard) are engaged with various governmental agencies for the investigation and development of new Civil Affairs Science.
The Public Service Center (PSC) offers a wide range of support for public service experiences that suit the interests, abilities, and needs of MIT students, and in some cases, the larger MIT community.
Takachar addresses the issues of waste management, income generation, and cooking fuel supply in Kenya by creating local enterprises that turn household organic waste into charcoal.
Trudev provides technologies for rural development, focusing on water quality testing and purification.
True Africa is a mobile directory service for African service providers at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
Urban Africa is a student led initiative to build an Institute-wide platform for development practice and research on African cities. In its first year, it has hosted NGO practitioners and researchers for events that have attracted crowds from throughout the Institute and elsewhere in the Boston/Cambridge area.
international development fair
The annual International Development Fair is held each year in late September or early October and provides incoming and continuing MIT students, recent graduates and members of the MIT community an opportunity to learn about ways that they can become engaged in international development through student groups, academic course offerings and other activities on and around MIT's campus. Groups and organizations of all types set up booths to display their development projects and enlist the interested individuals who pass through the fair grounds.
