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Soap Box

Soap Box, held at the MIT Museum, is a series of salon-style, early-evening conversations with scientists and engineers who are making the news that really matters. Soap Box is a public forum for debate about important ideas and issues in science and technology.

Now in its fourth season, Soap Box gives its audience the chance to debate serious issues with world-class scientists and engineers in an intimate setting at the MIT 360 program arena located in the new Mark Epstein Innovation Gallery.

Fall 2008 Soap Box Series: Civic Media and the Election

Join speakers from the MIT Center for Future Civic Media this October for a series of discussions on emerging forms of Civic Media and their effects on the 2008 Election cycle. This series will examine the the relationships among traditional media, new media, and politics with an eye to the impact of recent and upcoming technological changes.

"You have done an exceptional job of having these events be inviting and friendly. Thank you and your sponsors for this opportunity to meet and talk with these professors, as well as with the attendees." -Patty Hanifey

MIT Museum Home Programs Soap Box

Soap Box programs are usually broadcast as a live webcast which you can access from the museum multimedia page on the evening of the event.

Archived videos of previous speakers are later viewable in an edited format on MIT World™.

If you have ideas for Soap Box, or are interested in sponsoring the series please let us know.