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The Future of Government-Citizen Engagement Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 27, 2010 As the U.S. moves toward universal broadband access, look for increased government openness, new opportunities for civic engagement, and some dang...

What’s New at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media? Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 Based on this roster of speakers, the MIT Center for Future Civic Media exists in a constant state of productive ferment, if not adrenaline rush. ...

Apollo: Reflections and Lessons Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 In this first of three AeroAstro symposium events to mark the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, an extraordinary cast of luminaries recount th...

The Tough Get Growing: How to Succeed in a Down Economy Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 Stay calm, stick with your vision and business fundamentals, and you’ll survive and perhaps even thrive in rough economic times, counsel these ent...

Liberty by Design Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 Recalling a lecture he gave at MIT in 2005, Alan Davidson returns to the questions of the impact of public policy on the way technology is evolvin...

The Next Giant Leaps in Energy, Environment, & Air Transportation Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 It’s no exaggeration to say John Holdren’s job involves tackling the most critical issues of our age: economic recovery and growth, health care, e...

Global Pandemics Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 In his role as a biochemist, Hidde Ploegh explains the "essential features of the lifestyle of the flu virus" discussing not only how viruses work...

Contemplative Dimensions of Human Experience Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 In a mind-stretching talk covering the history of the planet, development of higher-order consciousness, and East-West religious practices, Trappi...

Leadership Amidst Crisis Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 In thirty years, S. D. Shibulal has seen his share of economic crises, three to be exact. But in thinking hard about the role of crises in the fu...

Humans in Space Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 The future of space exploration is "the Moon, Mars, and beyond." For the human scientist-astronaut, "the issue is one of location and locale," acc...

Health Care Reform in the U.S.: What Will it Look Like and What Does it Mean? Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 Years of extreme partisanship and lobbying have left Americans cynical and bewildered about health care reform, but, say these panelists, the urge...

The Economic Meltdown: What Have We Learned, if Anything? Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 The U.S. has had more than 70 years to come to terms with the Great Depression, and we really thought we knew how to avoid another one, says Paul ...

The Role of Information Technology in Improving Transit Systems Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 “Punch brothers! Punch with care! Punch in the presence of the passenjare!...” This ditty about tram car ticketing made famous by Mark Twain might ...

The Culture Beat and New Media Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 Celebrity culture and the brutal economics of print journalism have conspired to kill arts criticism, but it has begun migrating to the web, where...

Sustainable Accessibility: A Grand Challenge for the World and for MIT Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 Transportation systems, as we know them today, will simply not sustain the worlds’ growing population. Imagine a projected population of nine bill...

Leading through Adversity Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 Few companies have endured such hardship, or risen to such heights in a brief span of time as Akamai Technologies. Paul Sagan tells how he became ...

Deploying Our Gifts for the Betterment of Humankind: What Would Dr. King Say about Us? Student Remarks Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 In urging the MIT community to use its gifts to help others in need, particularly, the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, Dylon Rockwell recalls ...

Carbon and Energy Efficient Supply Chains Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 23, 2010 Consumers will soon be able to quantify the carbon footprint of products they consume, and that could begin to change consumer behavior. The commo...

Carbon and Energy Efficient Supply Chains Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 18, 2010 Consumers will soon be able to quantify the carbon footprint of products they consume, and that could begin to change consumer behavior. The commo...

Leading through Adversity Channel: MIT World Length: 0 Date: March 10, 2010 Few companies have endured such hardship, or risen to such heights in a brief span of time as Akamai Technologies. Paul Sagan tells how he became ...

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