UPCOMING EVENTS
2010 International Development Fair
*** Date to be announced this summer ***
*** Location to be announced this summer ***
This will be the ninth annual Fair of its kind. The Fair is traditionally 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, non-profit organizations, 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.
The annual Fair is organized by the MIT International Development Network (IDN), a community network developed to promote and share information about activities, programs, events, and formal academic offerings related to international development.
RECENT EVENTS
May 8, 2010 D-Lab Project Showcase at the MIT Museum!
Please join us at the MIT Museum to see the final summary presentations and working demos from the growing MIT D-Lab family of classes. Come see how MIT students are developing technologies that make an impact on our world!
To kick things off, the students from six D-Lab classes -- Design, Dissemination, Health, Energy, Wheelchairs, Prosthetics will give brief presentations of their projects. Then the projects will be on display and all the working prototypes demonstrated!
Hope you can make it!
Web site: http://d-lab.mit.edu
INNOVATORS NIGHT
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
7:00pm-9:00pm, 6-120
Hear the amazing stories of 5 innovators who are blazing trails on the ground in India, Tanzania and Uganda. Get their insights on how to take action on societal issues in creative and effective ways. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to meet five unique leaders and change agents in one room!
Featuring:
Fatuma Acan ~ Uganda ~ Director of MADE (Mobility Appliances for Disabled Women Entrepreneurs) and the Pan-African Wheelchair Association, wheelchair rider from childhood polio and the first woman in Africa to train as a wheelchair technologist
Suprio Das ~ India ~ Senior Adviser to Aqua Welfare Society and an independent inventor of water treatment and power generation devices
Harish Hande ~ India ~ Co-Founder and Director of SELCO Solar, a social enterprise that provides sustainable energy solutions and services to under-served households and businesses
Ralf Hotchkiss ~ US ~ Co-Founder of Whirlwind Wheelchair International and a wheelchair rider who has over 35 years experience working in 42 countries teaching people who need wheelchairs how to build and maintain them for themselves
Bernard Kiwia ~ Tanzania ~ Head of Technology for Global Cycle Solutions and a prolific inventor of pedal-powered devices, including a pedal-power hacksaw and mobile phone charger
Moderated by Joost Bonsen, Co-Founder of Howtoons and MIT Instructor of Development Ventures who has advised several start-ups and sits on the Board of Directors of the MIT $100K Competition
For more information, please visit http://d-lab.mit.edu/innovators or contact d-lab-innovators@mit.edu
International Development Night at the MIT Museum
Friday, April 9, 2010
6:00pm-8:00pm, MIT Museum (N51, 265 Massachusetts Avenue)
This is a combination reception/exposition featuring exciting innovations for international development coming out of MIT-affiliated entities.
This event is free and open to the public; no registration is required. Co-sponsors include the International Development Initiative, the International Development Network, the MIT Museum, the Harvard International Development Conference, MIT Graduate Student Life Grants, and the MIT Office of the Dean for Graduate Education.
2009 International Development Fair
Friday, October 2, 2009
1:00pm-3:00pm in Lobby 13
MIT's Annual International Development Fair (IDF) is an event designed to showcase the many groups, projects and activities at MIT that provide students with an opportunity to work on issues related to international development. The Fair brings students and organizations together, to promote awareness and encourage the exchange of ideas. The date and place for the 9th Annual International Development Fair will be announced in the summer of 2010.
To see the 2009 IDF Guide, click here.
2009 International Development Design Summit
July 8-August 12, 2009
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana. For more information, see http://www.iddsummit.org/.
2009 International Development Night @ MIT
Friday, April 3, 2009
5:30-7:30pm
MIT Museum (N51, 265 Massachusetts Avenue)
Last year's ID Night @ MIT was a huge success, with 20+ participants and more than 500 attendees. This event was in conjunction with the International Development Conference at Harvard.
For photos of the event, please click here
 "Ever since last year's event, I had been looking forward to this year's International Development Night. I think that this event provides a unique opportunity for students because you have to present your project to a wide-range of audiences: MIT/Harvard Professors who may be really knowledgeable on the subject and may ask really technical questions; students who not only want to learn about your project, but also would like information on how to get involved in the international development community at MIT; and non-experts who may have no background on your project, but may be potential donors/or supporters! My organization, Community Water Solutions, is somewhat complicated because we have a unique water treatment process and a different, entrepreneurial outlook on water treatment. It used to be really hard for me to quickly explain both the technical, water treatment side and the business-side of CWS, but events like International Development Night have really helped me perfect my pitch. I have received compliments from experts and non-experts on my 30-second pitch! Thanks so much for all of the work that you and your colleagues have done to put this event together!"
Kate Clopeck
MIT '09, TPP
U.Va SEAS '06
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