10 Things Every Young Parent Should Know: Protecting and Planning for your Children
Mark Porter '05, Brian Mahoney, Esq.
Tue Jan 24, 03-04:00pm, 4-237
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Becoming a parent is a joyous and life altering event. It can also have a serious impact on your finances. How can you best protect your children? How can you best plan for their future? Come learn the essentials from Mark Porter, CFP® and Brian Mahoney, Esq. on topics such as:
• Wills
• Emergency and Permanent Guardianship Provisions
• Trusts
• Education Savings Options
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
The seminar itself will last 60 minutes and then Brian and Mark will be available for questions.
Light snacks will be served. Please register using the link below.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=61842&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98, x2-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
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AMITA Woman-to-Woman - Mentoring, Networking, and more
AMITA, Association of MIT Alumnae
Mon Jan 23, 06:30-09:00pm, 10-105
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
AMITA, the Association of MIT Alumnae, invites women undergraduate and graduate students to an informal night of networking with MIT alumnae. We'll talk about life choices and our experience with selecting grad schools, integrating family life and career.
Join us for supper and networking in a friendly and supportive environment. We'll provide alumnae, tables, topics --and pizza supper.
Please pre-register so we'll have enough food. Student registration is FREE.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=63021&groupID=182
Contact: Dorothy Curtis '73, dcurtis@alum.mit.edu
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Animating New Physics
Douglas Sweetser '84
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Please register using the link below to let us know you which session(s) you plan to attend.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=60861&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-200, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
Quaternion Quantum Field Theory Demystified
Douglas Sweetser '84
Four rules will be used to rewrite any physics equations with
quaternions: 1) keep 4-vectors together 2) drop all factors of i 3) write all constants 4) make terms dimensionless. This approach will be applied to Newton's second law, the uncertainty principle, the Schrodinger wave equation, the Klein-Gordon equation and the Dirac equation. Last through this much hard core math and get a "Nerds Know"
bumper sticker.
Wed Jan 18, 03-05:00pm, 3-270
Analytic Animations Using Quaternions
Douglas Sweetser '84
Rene Descartes gave us analytic geometry. Modernize this tool to make animations from the same expressions. When animated, triangles and squares are fleeting but of interest to physicists. See a real spacetime cube. A vast new way of thinking visually about time's relationships with space is opening up.
Thu Jan 19, 03-05:00pm, 3-270
Derive the Maxwell Equations and More
Douglas Sweetser '84
Tell God what to say using quaternions. The Maxwell equations will be derived. Repeated the derivation with a different multiplication rule leading to field equations that unify a linear approach to gravity and the standard model symmetries. All this fits on a t-shirt which will be given to participants for free. A dinner will follow at the Asgard Bar & Grill.
Fri Jan 20, 03-05:00pm, 3-270
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CANCELLED: The Converging Information Technology Landscape
Harrison Roberts MBA'99 Consulting Product Manager, EMC
Fri Jan 20, 01-04:00pm, 32-141
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
CANCELLED
This panel discussion will offer an overview of the Information Technology landscape, including Q&A discussion on Virtualization/Cloud, Industry trends/M&A and Green/Sustainability.
Panel includes:
Harrison Roberts, MIT Sloan '99, Infrastructure Management Group (IMG) Business Development, EMC
Shankar Jagannathan, VP- IMG Product Management and Business Development, EMC
Kathrin Winkler, VP Corporate Sustainability, EMC
Sal DeSimone, IMG VP and CTO, EMC
Panel and Q&A from 1-3pm
Networking Reception immediately following from 3-4pm.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=63541&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-200, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
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EVENT FULL -- Knife Skills at the Clover truck
Rolando Robledo
Thu Jan 19, 03:30-04:30pm, Clover Truck
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Event full
Use link below to be added to the wait-list.
Come learn knife skills from Rolando (chef) and the crew of the Clover truck. We'll teach knife safety, basic cuts, and how to change your cuts depending on what you want to make. We'll tackle onions, garlic, tomatoes, and how to break down something really large. Free. Open to all. At the truck.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=63421&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, ebyrne@mit.edu
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EVENT FULL: Knife Skills at the Clover truck
Rolando Robledo, Ayr Muir '00, SM'01
Thu Jan 26, 03:30-04:30pm, Clover Truck
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
EVENT FULL -- Use link below to be added to the WAIT LIST
Come learn knife skills from Rolando (chef) and the crew of the Clover truck. We'll teach knife safety, basic cuts, and how to change your cuts depending on what you want to make. We'll tackle onions, garlic, tomatoes, and how to break down something really large. Free. Open to all. At the truck.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=63921&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-200, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
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IBM Herat, Afghanistan Development Project
Keith Van Leeuwen
Mon Jan 9, Mon Jan 30, 01-05:00pm, 2-142
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Must attend the kick-off (1/9) & the wrap-up (1/30).
Keith Van Leeuwen, other IBM guest lecturers
Learn about the field of consulting by working on development projects, which create real impact! Come join IBM consultants and create an IT innovation hub in Herat, Afghanistan by connecting venture capitalists with university students and start-ups in the area to rebuild the local economy. We are looking for students to act as business analysts to create business plans and technical advisors to sharpen technical skills of local students in Afghanistan to make the innovation hub sustainable.
Attendance mandatory at the kick-off and wrap-up sessions.
2-142 is reserved on Tuesday, 1/17 and 1/24 from 1-2:30 p.m. for the group to work on the project.
Please register via the link below.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=61821&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-200, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
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IP Business Negotiations Between US and Japanese Companies
Everardo Ruiz SM '00, Intellectual Ventures, Yoshi Ryujin, Ryujin Patents and Licensing of Japan
Tue Jan 31, 03-04:30pm, E62-221
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
COURSE TAUGHT IN JAPANESE
Successful negotiation of intellectual property (IP) business agreements between US and Japanese companies is very challenging. This class will discuss successful tips and pitfalls, as well as common misunderstandings and troubles surrounding the negotiation of US/JP License Agreements, Joint R&D agreements, NDAs, and Letters of Intent. The course will also discuss patent litigation in the US and Japan, and discuss how to improve negotiation skills in preparation for US/JP negotiations.
Please use link below to register.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=64161&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-200, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
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Introduction to Corp. Credit Analysis & Equity Valuation
Andrew Henwood MBA'07, John Piskorowski SM '07
Wed Feb 1, 11am-02:30pm, E62-276
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
This two-part workshop is to first to cover the key concepts in Corporate Credit analysis including the role the ratings agencies and typical financial ratios employed in order to determine the credit risk of a company. The class will introduce students to the Investment Grade (IG) bond market and provide several examples on how bonds are priced and why an IG rating is desirable for a company today.
(1:00 p.m.--2:30 p.m.) The second part is to give students an introduction to Equity valuation. Typically students are familiar with DCF analysis, but other approaches, such as multiple analysis, net asset value and sum-of-the parts valuation, are important techniques in providing a broader measure of equity valuation. An effort will be made to include several real world examples of how investment professionals value equities in the Energy and Financial sectors.
11:00 a.m.-- 12:30 p.m. -- Corporate Credit Analysis
1:00 p.m. -- 2:30 p.m. -- Equity Valuation
Please register using the link below.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=61361&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-200, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
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Personal Finance: 101
Mark Porter '05
Tue Jan 24, 05:30-06:30pm, 10-250
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
MIT has done a great job teaching us how to earn money.
Unfortunately, no one has taught us what to do with it when we get it! This hour long seminar will give you the basics of a financial planning approach. We will cover definitions and best practices regarding:
• Cash Reserves
• Liability Management
• Tax Planning
• Insurance Planning
• Savings Vehicles
• Investments
Class will be most useful for those already working or graduating in 2011, but all are welcomed! Taught by Mark Porter, CFP® Class of 2005.
Light snacks will be served. Please register using the link below.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=61841&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
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Technology Transfer of Industrial Wind Turbines
John Carlton-Foss '67, SM '69
Tue Jan 31, 10:30am-12:30pm, 3-133
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
One of the early wind installations in MA is "Wind-1," a Vestas V82 industrial scale wind turbine at the Falmouth Wastewater Treatment Facility. The town building inspector ruled that the Town had the right to install a wind turbine as an accessory facility to the waste water treatment facility. The neighbors, however, strenuously contested the installation of a nearby turbine. At the present time Wind-1 has been temporarily shut down in response, some neighbors have filed a law suit to attempt to undo the permitting, and the neighbors have claimed that they are suffering from Wind Turbine Syndrome.
The beginning of the seminar will be a slide show and discussion about the technics and processes for the construction of the wind turbine. The politics, psychology and medicine of this situation will also be explored.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=64141&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-200, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
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The Marketplace for Ideas - The Monetization of Patents
Everardo Ruiz SM '00, Intellectual Ventures, Patrik Edenholm, Siembra Group, Yoshi Ryujin, Ryujin Patents and Licensing Japan
Wed Feb 1, 10am-12:00pm, E62-250
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 28-Jan-2012
Single session event
Inventions are now bought and sold worldwide as businesses, institutes, agencies, and inventors seek to monetize their intellectual property through the sale of patents.
This seminar will present an overview of the patent marketplace from several regional perspectives, discuss modern patent strategy, and review several patent valuation approaches including key economic and legal factors.
Please register through the weblink below.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=61581&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
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