EmTech MIT: Solve for X Workshop

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EmTech MIT: Solve for X Workshop

By MIT Technology Review

Date and time

Thursday, September 25, 2014 · 9 - 11am EDT

Location

MIT Media Lab, 6th Floor Silverman Room

75 Amherst St Cambridge, MA 02142

Description

Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014 Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Note: This workshop is included in your EmTech MIT full conference registration.

Advance registration is required as seating is limited.


Solve for X is a community of people working to accelerate progress on technology moonshots -- radical technology ideas for solving global problems. Radical in the sense that the solutions could help millions (or billions) of people; that the audacity of the proposals makes them sound like science fiction; and that there is some real breakthrough or new approach that makes us believe these ideas could be brought to life. We meet in-person and online.


We’re running a special interactive Solve for X sessions at this year’s EmTech. After hearing short proposals from three tech pioneers, our audience will breakout into small-group brainstorming -- spending 2/3rds of the time generating ‘yes, and’ feedback (e.g. ideas for resources, funding, scaling), and 1/3rd of the time offering constructive critique (e.g. remaining questions, potential blindspots). We then gather to report back.

Join us!


Interested in attending one of the tours following the workshop? Tours will meet at 11:15am in the WinterGarden area on the 6th floor of the MIT Media Lab. All full conference attendees are invited to register for the tour of their choice.

Tour Options:

  • The MIT Senseable City Laboratory
  • The MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group
  • The MIT Mobile Experience Lab
  • The MIT Media Lab’s Camera Culture Group
  • The McGovern Institute for Brain Research


Register online at: https://emtech14tours.eventbrite.com.

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MIT Technology Review is leading the global conversation about technologies that matter. An independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the company produces publications read by millions of business leaders, innovators, thought leaders, and early adopters around the globe in six languages and on a variety of digital and print platforms. We publish MIT Technology Review magazine, the world’s longest-running technology magazine (established 1899); daily news, analysis, opinion, and video; and Business Reports, which explain how new technologies are transforming companies, disrupting markets, or creating entirely new industries. MIT Technology Review also produces live events such as the annual EmTech MIT and international EmTech conferences, technology summits, and salons. The publication’s entrepreneurial community organization, the MIT Enterprise Forum, hosts over 400 events a year around the world.

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