Dear Colleagues:
Please join me at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s second annual Innovation Week, Tuesday, Sept. 26, through Friday, Sept. 29. All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend, and members of the public are also welcome.
I encourage you to review the information on our featured sessions and use the links below to register today. Free lunch is provided at all noon sessions!
- Tuesday, Sept. 26, noon–2 p.m.: , the Fariborz Maseeh Professor of Emerging Technology at MIT and the founding director of MIT.nano, plus presentation of Faculty Distinguished Research Awards.
- Wednesday, Sept. 27, 10:45–11:45 a.m: The Office the Provost engages a panel of experts in timely and topical "Critical Conversations." These cross-disciplinary conversations cover important (and often controversial) topics providing multiple contexts. This critical conversation will address the .
- Wednesday, Sept. 27, noon–2 p.m.: Luncheon, presentation of Innovator of the Year awards, and panel discussion on "Innovation as Problem Solving at Scale," moderated by Weatherhead School of Management Associate Professor J.P. Stephens and featuring:
- Freddy Collier, senior vice president of strategy and new initiatives at Greater Cleveland Partnership;
- Ethan Karp, president and CEO of MAGNET; and
- Mary Wadel (GRS ’98), director of technology integration and partnerships at NASA.
- Thursday, Sept. 28, noon–2 p.m.: on "Innovation and Corporate Engagement" moderated by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Senior Vice President for Research and Technology Michael Oakes and featuring:
- Julie Edgar, chief technology officer at Lubrizol;
- Steve Sumner, vice president for corporate innovation at Lincoln Electric; and
- Rohan Aklokar, the Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.
- Friday, Sept. 29, noon–2 p.m: for students and postdocs. Participants will compete to win one of 10 $1,000 awards!
View a full schedule of Innovation Week events.
I look forward to seeing you at Innovation Week!
Joy K. Ward
Interim Provost and Executive Vice President