2002-2003 Event Schedule (not yet complete):
September 19, 2002 - David Talbot, Senior Editor, Technology Review
Time: 7 - 8pm
David Talbot, Senior Editor of Technology Review, the premier magazine dealing with almost market-ready technologies will discuss technologies that will change society and the economy in the near future. This is a unique opportunity to peer into the crystal ball of upcoming technologies. September 25, 2002 - MIT Career Fair 2002
May 22, 2002 (CHANGED) - Meet the
Entrepreneurs
Time: 7 - 9:30pm
Heidi R. Wyle, PhD., Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ardais Corporation will discuss entrepreneurship in the genomics industry. May 2, 2002 - Alternative Energy: How to light a city using renewable energy
Time: 7 - 8pm
Barry Webb, Principal of Barry Webb & Associates, Lighting Technology Consultants, Sydney, Australia and MIT Lecturer in Building Technology will be discussing the state of the alternative energy industry. Check out his biography at http://architecture.mit.edu/prtfolio/fac_work/pjwebb.html April 18, 2002 - Consulting Panel -- Technical, Emerging Technologies and Environmental Consulting
Time: 7 - 8pm
You may have heard a lot about careers in management consulting. However, there are other types of consulting like technical consulting, emerging technology consulting and environmental consulting that often receive less publicity. Join 1) Stuart Brown, Principal Engineer and Director of the Boston Office of Exponent, the preeminent technical consulting company in the US with 17 offices throughout the nation;
2) Lisa Granick, Principal of Fletcher Spaght Inc., a strategy consulting and market research company, specializing emerging technologies, and
3) Dr. Laura Green, President and Senior Scientist at Cambridge Environmental, a leading environmental consulting company based in Cambridge, as they discuss careers in non-management consulting. March 20, 2002 - Meet the Entrepreneurs
Time: 7 - 9:30pm
Co-hosted with WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology) Learn to convert your technical ideas into business ventures than meeting entrepreneurs with Stan Lapidus, founder of EXACT Sciences, with 23 patents to his name, and Jill Card, President and CTO of IBEX Process Technology Inc. as they discuss how to become entrepreneurs. February 28, 2002 - Negotiating Skills for Scientists and Engineers
Time: 7 - 9:30pm
Co-hosted with WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology) As you strive to turn technical ideas into viable business ventures, you will need financial and other backing from people with capital and connections. You will also likely need to interface with other technical, marketing, and potentially regulatory folks, and may have to put together collaborative teams to achieve your goals. All of these interactions involve negotiations, both in getting people to work with you to meet your needs and in doing so without excessive cost to you. This seminar addresses some of the negotiation skills you need to negotiate effectively in transforming your ideas into business realities. February 21, 2002 - Management Consulting
Time: 7 - 8pm
Find out about management consulting from Mr. Reggie Van Lee of Booz Allen Hamilton. Learn about the industry, the challenges ahead, what it takes to be a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, and Mr. Van Lee's switch from engineering at MIT to consulting. Mr Van Lee is a Vice President and Lead Partner with Booz Allen Hamilton specializing in international business strategy and the management of technology-driven companies. He is also a Managing Partner of the New York office, the row leader for the Communications and Technology practice in the US and a member of the Booz Allen Hamilton board. His expertise
lies in the area of change management, strategy implementation, corporate transformation and high performance organizational design for the global information industry, specifically, and for
communications, media and technology-based businesses in general. Mr Van Lee's article "Rewiring the Corporation" has appeared in The Journal of Business Strategy and Business Horizons. Mr Van Lee was also a collaborator with Michael J. Wolf for the book "The Entertainment Economy -How Mega-Media Forces Are Transforming Our Lives". Mr. Van Lee holds BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also earned an M.B.A. at the Harvard Business School.
February 7, 2002 - A Career in Venture Capital
Time: 7 - 8pm
If you are interested in the venture capital field, or just want to know more about it, this event is for you. James Lash, who received a SM in Aeronatical and Astronautical Engineering from MIT, an MBA from Tulane, and is the Chairman of Manchester Principal, a leading New York based venture capital firm will be giving a seminar on venture capital.
February 4, 2002 - Biomedical Enterprise Program Student Faculty Mixer
Time: 5 - 7pm
Network with students and faculty interested in biomedical enterprise, learn about spring classes in entrepreneurship, and hear about the proposed curriculum in Biomedical Enterprise designed by the Sloan School of Management and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology to educate leaders in new biomedical ventures. This event is sponsored by: MIT Science & Engineering Business Club, Sloan's Management of Technology Program, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science & Technology, MIT Entrepreneurship Center, MIT HealthTech Club, MIT TechLink, and MIT Venture Capital and Principal Investments Association. January 31, 2002 - Robonaut - The next "man" in space?
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2002
Pizza will be served. The SEBC proudly presents Jennifer Rochlis (MIT PhD), who is working at NASA on the Robonaut, which is the next-generation humanoid robot designed for tasks that currently require spacewalks. The robonaut will be used either alongside human astronauts or for work that is too dangerous for humans to perform. Please join us for this look into the future of space research. Visit the robonaut web site at: http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er_er/html/robonaut/Robonaut1.htm
January 18, 2002 - The 2nd Annual Technology and Entrepreneurship Forum
Date: Friday, January 18, 2002
VentureFest to follow The SEBC proudly presents the 2nd Annual Technology and Entrepreneurship Forum, showcasing leaders in hot technologies, and providing tips on how you can get starting on the path to successful entrepreneurship. November 29, 2001 - Patent Law Panel
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2001
Pizza will be served. Come and meet three panelists from the leading patent law firms: Fangli Chen (Tech Specialist from Testa, Hurwitz and Thibeault), Joe Teja (Associate from Wolf, Greenfield and Sacks), and Sharon Webb (Associate from Foley Hoag)! Learn about opportunities for transitioning from academia to patent law. Our panelists are at various stages of their careers: from a recent MIT Biology grad, to more senior Associates who have years of experience in patent law. They can address issues such as making the transition from academia, job opportunities, family issues, and much more. There will be an open question-and-answer session.
November 15, 2001 - Applied Genomics: Harnessing Nature's Operating System
Noubar B. Afeyan, Ph.D. ** Chinese food catered by Peach Farm ** Genomics represents a new industry that is emerging from the biotechnology sector, with some characteristics more akin to high technology than pharmaceuticals. Following the initial sequencing of many species' genomes, the creation of value is shifting from information to applications and to end markets beyond human healthcare. One can envision this emerging industry as a race to develop new applications of nature's operating system. NewcoGen Group's diverse portfolio exemplifies the range of business themes that have grown out of the Human Genome Project. Noubar Afeyan, President and CEO of NewcoGen Group, will present his vision of how these applications will revolutionize many markets, including health care, agriculture, materials, nanotechnology, energy, environmental and computing.
October 29, 2001 - Building a Biotech Startup
Alexis Borisy Pizza will be served. Established by a group of leading biologists and chemists from Harvard University and MIT, CombinatoRx is based in Boston with research laboratories in the BioSquare at Boston University Medical Center.
October 11, 2001 - Management Consulting
Interview Techniques
The Boston Consulting Group
Refreshments will be served. BCG is a leading, global management consulting firm. Our mission is to help our clients achieve sustained success by identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for change and improvement. We are considered thought leaders in the world of business, and are unique in our reputation among executives worldwide. BCG has also acknowledged as "the best consulting firms to work for" by Consulting Magazine, a leading publication in our industry.
October 2, 2001 - Lucent Info Session: Leading Lucent's Future Program
Jay Carter, COO Worldwide Sales
Refreshments will be served. Bring your genius to the company that's designing tomorrow's communication networks. To find out more about joining the team that is changing the way the world communicates, please join us.
September 27, 2001 - The Future of Technology and Entrepreneurship
Desh Deshpande
Pizza will be served. Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande has a B.S. and M.E. in Electrical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Data Communications. Prior to founding Sycamore, he founded Cascade Communications and Coral Network Corporation, has worked at Codex (Motorola subsidiary), and has taught at Queens University.
September 20, 2001 - Meet the SEBC
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2001
Pizza will be served. Missed the Activities Midway? - No problem. Didn't get to talk to the SEBC officers enough? - No problem. Just want to come for the food? - No problem. Come meet the SEBC and preview all the great events that we have for you this year. August 28, 2001 - Activities Midway 2001
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Refreshments will be served. Activities Midway is not only for the freshmen but everybody!! Come stop by our Activities Midway booth and table. Enjoy some good chats with the SEBC officers. Find out what SEBC is all about. Find out what events we're having this year. Just come hang out with us!!
Place: 6-120
Place: TBA
Place: Room 4-149 (map)
Place: Room 1-190
Place: Room 1-190 (map)
Place: Swiss House for Advanced Research and Education (420 Broadway -- between Kendall Square & Central Square
Place: Room 4-370 (map)
Place: Room 6-120 (map)
Place: Room 6-120 (map)
Place: Room E25 Atrium (map)
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: Room 4-270 (map)
Time: 10am - 5pm
Place: E51 Wong Auditorium (map)
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: Room 4-370 (map)
President and CEO of NewcoGen
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2001
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: E25-111 (map - near MIT Medical Center)
For a detailed description of Dr. Afeyan's bio and what genomics is, please click here.
President, CEO and Founder of CombinatoRx
Date: Monday, October 29, 2001
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: 68-181 (map)
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: Room 4-270 (map)
Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Time: 12noon - 1pm
Place: E51-335 (map)
Co-Founder and Chairman of Sycamore Networks
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2001
Time: 7 - 8pm
Place: 1-190 (map)
In addition to the many industry awards won by Sycamore and Cascade, Desh has won numerous personal awards, including the 1999 Red Herring and Massachusetts Investors Digest Entrepreneur of the Year, Massachusetts Telecommunications Council Industry Player for 2000, and the 2001 International Institute of Boston Golden Door awards.
Time: 5 - 6pm
Place: 1-190 (map)
Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Place: Johnson Athletic Center
May 3, 2001 - Management Consulting
McKinsey
Date: May 3, 2001
Time:
6pm to 7pm
Place: 4-237
Pizza will be served.
Come learn about the life of management consulting. MIT alums from McKinsey will answer questions and address career opportunities for those interested in a consulting career.
May 1, 2001 - Sun Microsystems
Greg Papadopoulos, CTO of Sun Microsystems
Date: May 1, 2001
Time:
6pm to 7:30pm
Place: E51-345
Refreshments will be served.
Want to meet a high level manager at the world's leading server manufacturer? Come hear Greg Papadopoulos, CTO of Sun Microsystems speak about his career at Sun and as an entrepreneur.
April 26, 2001 - Life on Wall Street (Part II)
Armen Avanessians, Investment Banking Division
of
Goldman Sachs
Date: April 26, 2001
Time:
5:30pm to 6:30pm
Place: 4-270
** Chinese food catered by Peach Farm **
** Limited number of free SEBC t-shirts **
** First come, first serve **
Come
learn about the life and lingo of Wall Street. Bankers
from Goldman Sachs will try to answer these
questions and more. They will also address career opportunities
in I-Banking for those interested in a banking career.
March 15, 2001 - Life on Wall Street!
Tim
Cohan, Sales, Fixed Income Group
Joe Naggar, President, Derivatives Product Group
of
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Date: March 15, 2001
Time:
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Place: 8-302
Chinese food will be served.
Come
learn about the life and lingo of Wall Street. Bankers
from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter will try to answer these
questions and more. They will also address career opportunities
in Sales and Trading, Derivatives, and Fixed Income
for those interested in a banking career.
February
22, 2001 - Dot.com
v.2.0: Entrepreneurship in 2001
Bill
Hughes, Managing Director
Andy Olmstead, Co-Founder and Head of Corporate Development
of
Cambridge Incubator
Date: February 22, 2001
Time:
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Place: 6-120
Delicious
food will be served.
Hear
specialists from Cambridge Incubator talk about startups,
obtaining funding, and the role of incubator companies
in general.
February
12 & 13, 2001 - MIT-SEBC
Recruiting/Information Session
Come
learn more about what we do, what we have planned for the
rest of this year, and how you can help organize interesting
events.
Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Place: 2-147
Pizza and refreshments will be served.
January 19, 2001 - Entrepreneurship Conference
TECHNOLOGY
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
"VISIONS OF THE FUTURE"
Sponsored
by NewcoGen Inc.
Date:
January 19th, 2001 (during IAP)
Time: 1:00p.m. - 5:30p.m.
Place: Wong Auditorium, E-51
Food and refreshments will be served.
Reception to follow.
This
half-day event will feature a series of lectures by some of the
most influential thought leaders in:
BIOTECHNOLOGY:
Dr. Elazer Edelman, Director
of he Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center.
NANOTECHNOLOGY:
Dr. Joe Jacobson, Cofounder of E-Ink.
HIGH TECH/E-COMMERCE:
David Schantz & Edgar Masri, Partners atMatrix
Partners.
SPEECH RECOGNITION:
Michael Phillips, Co-founder and CTO of Speechworks.
OPTICAL NETWORKING: Kevin Oye,
VP of Business Development at Sycamore Networks.
Speakers
will share their views on where their fields are headed and on how
future developments will lead to potential entrepreneurship opportunities.
This will also provide a chance to network with key people in these
areas and to meet representatives from local venture capitial firms.
Are
you and undergrad or grad interested in pursuing a career in Patent
Law?
Representatives from two leading patent law firms will be on hand
to answer questions on careers in intellectual property, complex
litigation, and technology law.
Fish and Richardson PC
Hale and Dorr LLP
Date:
Thursday, November 30th
Time: 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Place: 6-120
Pizza and refreshments will be served.
November 13, 2000 - Special Address
K.B.
Chandrasekhar, CEO of Jamcracker
and founder of Exodus
Sponsored
by:
e-MIT, MediaTech Club, MIT-SEBC
Date:
Monday, November 13th
Time: 12:00 to 1:30
Place: E51-345 (map)
Lunch reception will follow the event.
October
30, 2000 - Fuel Cells:
Engines of the Future?
Fuel Cells are being touted as the "engine of the future". Come and learn
more about the future of this exciting new technology, with potential
applications in cars, buses, stationary fuel cell power plants, and in
portable applications for emergency and recreational use.
"Fuel
Cell Technology and its Prospects for the Future"
by:
Firoz Rasul, CEO of Ballard Power Systems
Sponsored by:
Sloan Canadian Club
MIT Science and Engineering Business Club
Date: Monday, October 30th
Time: 12:00 to 1:00
Place: E51-325 (map)Food and refreshments will be provided.
October
24, 2000 - Identifying
and Applying New Technologies at Fidelity
Fidelity
Investments has a long history of technical innovation and has historically
used technology to differentiate itself from its competitors. Technology
workers now outnumber Fidelity fund managers, analysts and traders by
more than 18 to 1 and Fidelity's spending on technology passed $1.5 billion
last year - far beyond the totals for many competitors.
Mr. Ted Charrette, VP Technologies R&D will give a brief overview
of the different businesses within Fidelity (some may surprise you), describe
the major technologies which are currently in use at Fidelity, and provide
some insights into how Fidelity monitors, evaluates, selects and implements
emerging technologies.
Refreshments
will be provided.
Rm 3-370 at 7:00 p.m.
Photo gallery:
October
20, 2000 - I-Banking
and Consulting Cocktail Hour
If you are an undergrad/graduate student/post-doc interested in pursuing
a career in investment banking or consulting this is a great opportunity
to meet and mingle with representatives from many of the leading firms
and network with other students with similar interests. Companies expected
to attend include:
Bain & Company JP Morgan Chase McKinsey Morgan Stanley - Dean Witter Boston Consulting Group Credit Suisse First Boston American Management Systems Robertson Stephens AT Kearney
Food and refreshments will be provided.
Attendance is restricted to members of sponsoring clubs
Sponsored by:
Sloan Undergraduate Management Club (SUMA)
Sloan Finance Club
Science and Engineering Business Club
September
28, 2000 - Management
Consulting Interviewing Techniques
Interested in learning how to spin your skills in an interview? Want to
learn how to describe your research in an interesting and concise way?
Want to know what interviewers really want to hear? Consultants from the
Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey
& Company will be on hand to talk about what they look for in
prospective candidates and also how to make sure you "ace the case".
Bring lots of questions.
Light snacks and refreshments will also be provided.
Rm 6-120 at 7 p.m.
Photo gallery:
September
21, 2000 - Entrepreneurship
and the Life Sciences Field: Opportunities and
Experiences
Noubar Afeyan, Ph.D,
will speak on the business side of biotechnology and the importance of
a variety of new technologies in biotechnology. Dr. Afeyan was the initiator
and oversaw the development of Celera
Genomics, one of the leading entities responsible for sequencing the
human genome. Dr. Afeyan has founded numerous biotech companies with an
aggregate value of over $15 billion. Come listen to one of the world's
leading experts on cutting edge biotechnology.
Pizza and refreshments will be provided.
Rm 6-120 at 7 p.m.
Photo gallery:
September
12, 2000 - Introduction
to the Science and Engineering Business Club
Come meet the members of the Science and Engineering Business Club and
find out what we are all about. Representatives from various MIT Sloan
clubs will also be there to answer questions about their clubs. Find out
what how we can help you get a career in business and how we're involved
in entrepreneurship.
Pizza and refreshments will be provided.
Rm 4-270 at 6p.m.
August
29, 2000 - Activities
Midway
Visit our booth at the Activities Midway in Johnston
Athelic Center. We will have representatives from our club on hand to
explain who we are and why you should join our club. Make sure to pick
up some of our pamphlets!!
Johnston Athletic Center (W34) from 6-9 p.m.
May 4, 2000 - Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus and a current member of Accel Partners spoke on entrepreneurship
April 25, 2000 - Natasha Simkovich from the Boston Consulting Group spoke on careers in management consulting
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Jamie Goldstein, Northbridge Venture Partners
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Jon Goldstein,TA Assosciates
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Duncan McCallum, One Liberty Ventures
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David Schantz, Matrix Partners
March 30, 2000 - James Geshwiler of CommonAngels spoke on obtaining startup funding
January 27, 2000 - Patrick Waller of Testa, Hurwitz, & Thiebault spoke on Patent Law
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