Date: Saturday, May 5, 2007
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Stata Center (32-155), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Speakers: Iqbal Quadir, Sandy Pentland and Amy Smith, Harish Hande from SELCO-INDIA and Chuck Lacy (former President of Ben & Jerry’s), et al.
Price: Cost: Students $10, Faculty/Admin $20, MIT Alumni $25 and All Other $50
Description:
On Saturday, May 5 the Lemelson-MIT Program and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance will host a workshop on affordable technology at MIT.
This daylong workshop focuses on technologies that improve the lives of people living in poverty; it is an introduction to the process and practice of technology entrepreneurship. Our goal is to engage a wide range of participants from the university community, including science and technology students and faculty, as well as members of the surrounding business community.