[act-ma] Energy (and Other) Events
George Mokray
gmoke at world.std.com
Sun Sep 26 18:12:27 PDT 2010
MIT
Monday, September 27, 2010
Complex Bidding in Wholesale Electricity Markets
Speaker: Mar Reguant-Rido (MIT)
Time: 2:30p–4:00p
Location: E62-650
Complex Bidding in Wholesale Electricity Markets
Web site: http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/5938
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop (Sponsored by Analysis Group)
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
theresa at mit.edu
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Multiphase Models of Slag Layer Built-up in Solid Fuel Combustion
Speaker: Sze Zheng Yong
Time: 4:30p–5:30p
Location: 3-343
Center for Energy and Propulsion Research Seminar Series
All coals contain inorganic mineral matter and when burned, turn into
an incombustible ash residue. In an entrained-flow coal combustor
operating above ash fusion temperature, coal ash particles become
molten and accumulate on the internal walls of the combustion chamber,
changing heat transfer characteristics. Particles with combustibles
may be captured by the slag layer and they will continue to burn at a
different rate.
A steady-state model has been developed to describe the flow and heat
transfer characteristics of slag. The model incorporates two submodels
for particle capture and particle consumption; takes into
consideration the temperature and composition dependent properties of
slag, the contribution of momentum of captured particles and the
possibility of slag resolidification. The presentation will cover the
fundamentals of all submodels involved and some methods of
implementing the model in a CFD framework.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): RGD Lab
For more information, contact:
Patrick Kirchen
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Engineers without Borders Fundraising Meeting
Time: 7:00p–8:00p
Location: 26-142
Engineers without Borders Fundraising Team Meeting
Web site: http://ewb.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Engineers Without Borders
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Heywood
rheywood at mit.edu
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Give Me Shelter Lecture Series: Laura Anderson Barbata
Speaker: Laura Anderson Barbata
Time: 7:00p–9:00p
Location: E15-070
MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology presents its Monday night
lecture series, Give Me Shelter: Second Skin for Extreme Environments?
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This series draws together speakers from different disciplines to
discuss questions such as: How can bodywear function as an extension
of the human body and support it under unusual conditions such as hot
and cold climates? How can we expand our thinking about the boundary
between body and environment? What kind of second skin would be
required to survive walking through a volcano, or for living under
water or visiting outer space? When does clothing become a contested
cultural arena for endangered peoples and their environment?
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Laura Anderson Barbata - Living in the Amazon: In the Order of Chaos
Laura Anderson Barbata worked with the Yanomami people of the
Venezuelan Amazon Rainforest. Barbata taught them to make paper and
books so they could write their own history. Their first bookShapono
tells the story of the gods Omawe and Yoawe who taught the Yanomami
how to build their home as a communal dwelling. In her work with the
Yanomami people, she was witness to the fact that contact with
outsiders brought challenges and problems for their traditional tight-
knit communities. Barbata will also discuss Moko Jumbies. This project
engages Haiti's at-risk youth in the ancient tradition of stilt
walking in community-driven cultural activities that support a strong
sense of identity.
Laura Anderson Barbata is a professor at the Escuela Nacional de
Escultura, Pintura y Grabado La Esmeralda of the Instituto Nacional de
Bellas Artes, M?xico.
Held at the MIT Bartos Theater (Lower Level of the Wiesner Building at
20 Ames Street)
Web site: act.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
For more information, contact:
Lisa Hickler
617-253-5229
act at mit.edu
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: What Happened? Where do we go from here?
Speaker: Maria Zuber; Eric Adams; Liz Kujawinski; Alex Slocum; Jerry
Milgram; Amy Glasmeier; Wyman Briggs; Earthea Nance; James Dien Bui ;
Andrew Whittle; Nancy Leveson; Roland Pellenq; Kim Vandiver
Time: 1:30p–5:30p
Location: E14, 6th floor
The Macondo well, now known as the site of the nation's largest oil
spill, erupted on April 22, 2010, approximately 40 miles off the
Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. Over the next 50 days, BP's oil
platform, Deepwater Horizon, poured an estimated four million gallons
of raw petroleum into the Gulf. Throughout the early days of the
spill, accurate information in all forms was scarce, challenging a
recovery response commensurate with the scale of the accident. With
the well now capped, there is still incomplete information about the
spill itself, as well as the temporal nature of and ecological
consequences associated with the leaked oil. Also still uncalculated
are the social costs that have been and will continue to be incurred
by the thousands of individuals, businesses, and communities that make
the Gulf coast their home.
On September 28, 2010 we will hold a forum to review what happened,
and discuss how to move ahead and learn from the experience. The
symposium will feature presentations on the nature of the spill and
the role of information deficit in determining the state and federal
government?s and public and private sectors? reactions to it.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Department of
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Department of Urban Studies
and Planning; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; MIT
Energy Initiative; Center for Global Change Science
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wealth Distribution and Human Capital: How Can Borrowing Constraints
Shape Schooling Systems?
Speaker: Marti Mestieri (MIT)
Time: 4:15p–5:45p
Location: E52-244
Wealth Distribution and Human Capital: How Can Borrowing Constraints
Shape Schooling Systems?
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Macro Seminar
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
theresa at mit.edu
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Democracy After Citizens United
Speaker: Lawrence Lessig
Time: 4:00p–6:00p
Location: E51-115
Boston Review Speaker Series
Lawrence Lessig speaks about the Supreme Court?s decision in Citizens
United v. Federal Election Commission which he believes will lead to
further corruption of Congress by making legislators more dependent on
special interests rather than on voters. Allison R. Hayward, John
Bonifaz, and Gabriel Lenz join the discussion.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/research/boston%20review/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Political Science Department, Boston Review
For more information, contact:
Adriane Cesa
617-253-6194
acesa at mit.edu
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Macroscopic Models of Bandwidth Sharing Networks
Speaker: Bert Zwart
Time: 4:15p–5:15p
Location: E62-550
ORC Seminar Series
The OR Center organizes a seminar series each year in which prominent
OR professionals from around the world are invited to present topics
in operations research. We have been privileged to have speakers from
business and industry as well as from academia throughout the years.
For a list of past distinguished speakers and their seminar topics,
please visit our Seminar Archives .
ORC Fall Seminar Series
Seminar reception immediately following.
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/orc/www/seminars/seminars.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Operations Research Center
For more information, contact:
Allison Chang, Nikolaos Trichakis, Eric Zarybnisky
3-6185
aachang at mit.edu, nitric at mit.edu, ejz at mit.edu
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Aesthetics of Projective Spatiality: New Media as Critical Objects
Speaker: Francisco Ricardo
Time: 5:00p–7:00p
Location: 4-231
CMS Colloquium Series
The CMS colloquium series provides an intimate and informal exchange
between a visiting speaker and CMS faculty, students, visiting
scholars and friends. Each week during the term, we host a figure from
academia, industry, or the art world to speak about their work and its
relation to our studies. These sessions are free, open to the public,
and serve as an excellent introduction to our program.
One theme in the contemporary use of space involves the shift from
production modeled around a physical, centralized "locus" to new
virtual, extended and multi-axial modes of "projective" organization.
We see this in new sculpture, new architecture, and, in electronic
art, an expressive embrace of geographic dispersal. Although new
materials, methods, and media have been central to modernist optimism,
many of their resulting physical and actual constructions have been
dismissed, discredited, misunderstood, or attacked. Using physical and
virtual examples, Ricardo examines the strange tension between
unanimous acceptance of new media and materials and the frequent
rejection of new forms and structures they have made possible.
Francisco Ricardo is media and contemporary art theorist. A Research
Associate at the University Professors Program and co-director of the
Digital Video Research Archive at Boston University, he also teaches
digital media theory at the Rhode Island School of Design. His
research examines historical, conceptual, and computational
intersections between contemporary art and architecture, on one hand,
and new media art and literature, on the other. Recent publications
include Cyberculture and New Media (Rodopi, 2009) and Literary Art in
Digital Performance (Continuum, 2009).
Web site: http://cms.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies
For more information, contact:
Andrew Whitacre
617.324.0490
cms at mit.edu
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Freakonomics (FREE sneak preview)
Speaker: MIT professor Joshua Angrist, film producer Chad Troutwine
Time: 6:30p
Location: 26-100
A FREE sneak preview!
Web site: http://lsc.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
Sponsor(s): LSC
For more information, contact:
MIT Lecture Series Committee
617-253-3791
lsc at mit.edu
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Harvard
NOW? The Architecture of Natural Patterns / L. Mahadevan in
conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi
WHEN
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE
Room 112, Stubbins Room, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S)
L. Mahadevan is the de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics and
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard
University; Mohsen Mostafavi, an architect and educator, is the Dean
of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Alexander and
Victoria Wiley Professor of Design
CONTACT INFO
bking at gsd.harvard.edu
LINK
www.gsd.harvard.edu
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How Expensive is Zero?
David Keith , Director, Canada Research Chair in Energy and the
Environment, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and
Department of Economics and ISEEE Energy and Environmental Systems
Group, University of Calgary
When:
Sep 28, 2010 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Where:
Pierce Hall 209
David Keith will first describe technology for capturing CO2 from air
being developed by Carbon Engineering a small start-up company he
founded, and then use this experience to discuss the challenges of
estimating the cost and performance of future technologies when
government and industry need to make decisions about resource
allocation. Finally, he will discuss NearZero, a project developing
new tools and methods for eliciting and aggregating expert judgment
about the cost and performance of low-carbon energy technologies.
For more information on David Keith: http://people.ucalgary.ca/~keith/index.html
Speaker Biography:
Professor Keith has worked near the interface between climate science,
energy technology and public policy for twenty years. His work in
technology and policy assessment has centered on the capture and
storage of CO2, the technology and implications of global climate
engineering, the economics and climatic impacts of large-scale wind
power and, most recently, the land footprint of energy technologies.
As a technology developer and innovator, David has built a high-
accuracy infrared spectrometer for NASA's ER-2 and developed new
methods for reservoir engineering to increase the safety of stored
CO2. Since 2009 David has led Carbon Engineering Ltd., a start-up
company developing technology to capture CO2 from ambient air at an
industrial scale.
Host:
HUCE
Contact:
Lisa Matthews
lisa_matthews at harvard.edu 617-495-8883
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Half the Sky: A Journalist Reports on Women Around the World
WHEN
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 1:30 – 3 p.m.
WHERE
Harvard Medical School
TMEC, Carl Walter Amp.
260 Longwood Ave, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Ethics, Health Sciences, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Sponsored by the HMS Division of Medical Ethics
SPEAKER(S)
Nicholas D. Kristof
COST
Free
CONTACT INFO
DME at hms.harvard.edu
NOTE
The 2010 George W. Gay Lecture in Medical Ethics/The Lawrence Lader
Lecture on Family Planning and Reproductive Rights
Booksigning immediately following lecture.
No tickets required.
Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come. first-served
basis.
LINK
medethics.med.harvard.edu
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"Education and Happiness," with Derek and Sissela Bok
WHEN
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
WHERE
Longfellow Hall
13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
TYPE OF EVENT
Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
BUILDING/ROOM
Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME
Amber Haskins
CONTACT EMAIL
askwith_forums at gse.harvard.edu
CONTACT PHONE
617-384-9968
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION/DEPARTMENT
Harvard Graduate School of Education
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
No
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Education
NOTE
Introduction by: Dean Kathleen McCartney
Moderator: Professor Howard Gardner
Panelists:
Derek Bok, president emeritus 1971-1991, 2006-2007, Harvard University,
300 Anniversary University Research Professor.
Sissela Bok, senior visiting fellow, Harvard Center for Population and
Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health.
Derek and Sissela Bok will discuss the correlation between education
and happiness applying themes from their recent books: The Politics of
Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-
Being and Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science. Themes
include how human happiness can and should be used to shape social
policy, as well as the role of happiness in directing how we should
lead our lives and treat one another.
Derek Bok has been a lawyer and Professor of Law, Dean of the Law
School, and President of Harvard University. He has served as 300th
Anniversary University Professor and since July 2003, serves as 300th
Anniversary Research Professor. He has written six books on higher
education, Beyond the Ivory Tower (1982), Higher Learning (1986),
Universities and the Future of America (1990), The Shape of the River
(1998), and Universities in the Marketplace (2003), and Our
Underachieving Colleges (2006). He has also published Labor and the
American Community (1970) and The Cost of Talent (1993) about how our
executives and professionals are paid and why it matters. His research
interests also include the adequacy of government in the United States
in coping with the nation’s domestic problems. He published a book on
this subject entitled The State of the Nation in 1996 and a sequel
entitled The Trouble with Government in 2001. In 2010, he published a
book calledThe Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from
the new Research on Well-Being. He has served on the Board of Trustees
of the World Resources Institute, the University of Massachusetts, and
Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Curtis Institute of Music in
Philadelphia. In 1999, he became the National Chair of Common Cause, a
position he held until 2006. He was Faculty Chair of the Hauser Center
for the study of nonprofit organizations from 2002-2008. He is
presently Chair of the Spencer Foundation since 2001.
Sissela Bok, a writer and philosopher, was born in Sweden and educated
in Switzerland and France. After marriage to Derek Bok, she came to
the United States in 1955. She received her B.A. and M.A. in
psychology at the George Washington University in 1957 and 1958, and
her Ph. D. in philosophy at Harvard University in 1970. Formerly a
Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University, she is currently a
Senior Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and
Development Studies. The third edition of her book Lying: Moral Choice
in Private and Public Life appeared in 1999 with a new Preface. Other
books include Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation
(1982, 1989), A Strategy for Peace: Human Values and the Threat of War
(1989), Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir (1991), Mayhem: Violence as
Public Entertainment (1998), Common Values (2002 ), and Exploring
Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science (2010). A former member of
the Pulitzer Prize Board, Bok is on the editorial boards of the
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Common Knowledge, Criminal
Justice Ethics, and Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, and is a Fellow
of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. She has three
children and four grand-children.
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Restoring Seoul's Cheonggyecheon River / The Tenth Veronica Rudge
Green Prize in Urban Design
WHEN
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE
Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy St., 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Art/Design, Exhibitions, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Graduate School of Design
CONTACT INFO
bking at gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE
Related to exhibit on view through Oct. 17: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/events/exhibitions/current.htm
The Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design was established in 1986
on the occasion of the celebration of Harvard's 350th and the Graduate
School of Design's 50th anniversaries, and to mark the visit of his
Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, to Harvard and the GSD. The award
is made periodically by the GSD for an urban design project larger in
scope than a single building, constructed anywhere in the world during
the previous ten years. Award-winning projects are selected because
they make a positive and substantial contribution to the public realm
of a city, improve the quality of urban life, and demonstrate a humane
and worthwhile direction for the design of urban environments.
LINK
www.gsd.harvard.edu
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Persuasion in a Climate of Uncertainty: Panel Discussion
WHEN
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Geo. Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Lecture, Science, Social
Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Museum of Natural History
SPEAKER(S)
Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology
Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School; James J. McCarthy, Alexander
Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard University and
past president of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science; and Bruce Gellerman, award-winning reporter and producer,
Public Radio’s Living on Earth. Moderated by Allan Brandt, Kass
Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
COST
Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO
hmnh at oeb.harvard.edu
NOTE
Climate change, stem cell research, and environmental toxins and the
workplace are some of the most hotly contested issues society today.
Yet we often see a disconnect among scientists, policy makers, and the
public when the evidence is enough to persuade experts, but is
unconvincing to others. How can we foster productive discussion and
resolution of critical issues when scientific knowledge is not
complete? How much evidence is “enough” to support policy? What are
the roles of scientists and the press in addressing these questions?
Explore this topic with: Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of
Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School; James J.
McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography at
Harvard University and past president of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science; and Bruce Gellerman, award-winning
reporter and producer, Public Radio’s Living on Earth. Moderated by
Allan Brandt, Kass Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard
Medical School. Free and open to the public, Geological Lecture Hall,
24 Oxford Street.
LINK
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
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Urban Politics, Urban Security
WHEN
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE
Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy St., 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Art/Design, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S)
Neil Smith, director, Center for Place Culture and Politics
CONTACT INFO
bking at gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE
Neil Smith was trained as a geographer, and his research explores the
broad intersection between space, nature, social theory and history.
He teaches in urban anthropology, cultural anthropology and
environmental anthropology, and directs the Center for Place Culture
and Politics. His environmental work is largely theoretical, focusing
on questions of the production of nature. His urban interests include
long term research on gentrification, including empirical work in
North America and Europe and a series of theoretical papers
emphasizing the importance of patterns of investment and disinvestment
in the the real estate market. He also writes more broadly on New York
City, focusing especially on the "revanchist city" which has filled
the vacuum left in the wake of liberal urban theory.
LINK
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/calendar/index.cgi
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Science in the News' 11th Annual Free Lecture Series
Bots that Mimic Bugs: Flying, Crawling, and Squishy Robots
WHEN
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.
WHERE
Armenise Amphitheatre
Harvard Medical School
200 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Education, Environmental Sciences, Ethics, Health Sciences, Lecture,
Science, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School
Division of Medical Sciences
CONTACT INFO
sitnboston at gmail.com
NOTE
Free weekly science seminars about today's hottest science topics.
LINK
sitn.hms.harvard.edu
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"Transparent Shanghai”: Cityscape, Vertical Montage, and a Left-Wing
Culture of Glass
WHEN
Thu., Sep. 30, 2010, 12:15 p.m.
WHERE
CGIS South, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation
SPEAKER(S)
Weihong Bao, Columbia University; An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow
COST
Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO
lkluz at fas.harvard.edu
LINK
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/index.html
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The Next American Economy: Debating How To Spur Innovation, Growth,
and Jobs
WHEN
Thu., Sep. 30, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE
Tsai Auditorium (S-010, Concourse Level), CGIS South Building, 1730
Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Business, Conferences, Lecture, Social Sciences
SPEAKER(S)
Martin Baily, Brookings; Richard Freeman, Harvard; James K. Galbraith,
UTAustin; Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute; Frank Levy, MIT;
Theda Skocpol, Harvard
CONTACT INFO
Abby Peck: 617.496.0966, peck at wjh.harvard.edu, www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org
NOTE
What do the best projections tell us about growth, employment, and
sources of economic innovation over the next one to two decades — and
what can public policies do to spur improved outcomes for all
Americans? The Scholars Strategy Network has commissioned four
scholars and policy experts to present findings and debate policies.
Free and open to the public. Registration not required. Reception to
follow.
LINK
http://scholarsstrategynetwork.org/events.html
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Biodiversity, Ecology, & Global Change: "Area de Conservacion
Guanacaste, Costa Rica: Conservation through Intersection of Agendas"
WHEN
Thu., Sep. 30, 2010, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
WHERE
Biolabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Environmental Sciences, Humanities, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard University Center for the Environment
SPEAKER(S)
Daniel H. Janzen, the Thomas G. and Louise E. DiMaura Professor of
Conservation Biology, University of Pennsylvania
COST
Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO
617.495.0368
NOTE
Daniel H. Janzen, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences,
has received the MacArthur Fellowship, the Crafoord Prize, and the
Kyoto Prize for his work in tropical biology and conservation. Janzen
and his wife, Winnie Hallwachs, were instrumental in restoring the
Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, and have been working for the last 25
years to expand and endow it in perpetuity.
The Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change lecture series is
sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with
generous support from Bank of America. The lecture will be followed by
a reception.
LINK
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/2010-09-30/biodiversity-ecology-and-global-change
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F.O.R.E.S.T
The Future of Energy
September 20 and October 1
About the workshop:
The F.O.R.E.S.T workshop seeks to explore scientific frontiers in pure
and applied sciences and device engineering in areas potentially
connected to energy technologies. A related goal is to create an
opportunity for students/young scholars to present and discuss their
work with leading researchers.
The 2010 F.O.R.E.S.T workshop program is available here: http://www.energy.harvard.edu/files/FOREST%202010%20Schedule%20JN.pdf
Registration:
Attendance at the workshop is free, but registration is required.
Registration includes a continental breakfast and lunch both days of
the workshop and drinks and hors d'oeuvres at the poster session on
the evening of September 30. Please register on-line: http://www.energy.harvard.edu/events/forest-registration%20
Poster session:
There will be a poster session on the evening of September 30 for
students/post-doctoral scholars working in topics connected to energy
(broadly defined). If you are interested in presenting a poster,
please send your name, complete contact information, and poster title
to Brenda Hugot. Further details on the poster session will be sent to
registered participants in the spring.
Speakers*
Katharina Al-Shamery, Carl von Ossietzky University (Germany)
C. Austen Angell, Arizona State University
Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology
Michael Aziz, Harvard University
Emily Carter, Princeton University
Gerd Ceder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Henderson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Brian Holloway, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Mercouri Kanatzidis, Northwestern University
Efthimios Kaxiras, Harvard University/Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne (Switzerland)
Joachim Maier, Max Planck Institute-Stuttgart (Germany)
Andrew Peterson, Stanford University
Fritz Prinz, Stanford University
Neil Renninger, Amyris CTO
Zhigang Suo, Harvard University
Harry Tuller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jihui Yang, General Motors Research & Development
*partial list of confirmed speakers. Lineup is subject to change.
The F.O.R.E.S.T workshop is sponsored by the Harvard University Center
for the Environment, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
and the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. For technical
questions about the workshop, contact Shriram Ramanathan.
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Biodiversity: Conserving Through Knowing
WHEN
Fri., Oct. 1, 2010, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Humanities, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard University
SPEAKER(S)
E.O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus, Harvard
University; Daniel H. Janzen, University of Pennsylvania
COST
Free and open to the public; donations encouraged
NOTE
At 8 p.m., a benefit dinner with Wilson and Janzen supporting
conservation in
Costa Rica will take place at UpStairs on the Square. Find out more
at http://www.gdfcf.org/fr_cambridge.html for tickets visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/122701
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BU
Presidential Lecture on Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Arun Majumdar
Director, Advanced Projects Research Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
US Department of Energy
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Photonics Building
8 St. Mary’s Street, Boston, MA
Seating is limited. Please Register: http://www.bu.edu/energy/events/pres-lectures/registration-majumdar/
“ARPA-E: Addressing the Sputniks of our Generation”
The report “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” proposed the creation
of ARPA-E, which was later authorized and appropriated by Congress.
The report suggested ARPA-E to be modeled after DARPA, which was
created in 1958 in response to the launch of Sputnik. It was then felt
that the US had lost its technological lead. The US now faces three
Sputnik-like challenges: (a) energy security; (b) US technological
lead; and (c) greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. In many
cases, we as a nation are lagging behind and need to change course
with fierce urgency. ARPA-E’s goal is to help catalyze this change by
attracting the best minds to focus on the major technical challenges
in this field and by stimulating technical and the entrepreneurial
community to innovate on energy technologies. While ARPA-E is adopting
many of the best practices from DARPA, there are key differences
between the defense and energy sectors of our economy, which must be
recognized in ARPA-E’s design. This talk will provide some thoughts
of how we are putting its “DNA” together, and an outlook for the
future.
Arun Majumdar became the first Director of the Advanced Research
Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), the country’s only agency
devoted to transformational energy research and development, in
October 2009.
Prior to joining ARPA-E, Majumdar was the Associate Laboratory
Director for Energy and Environment at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials
Science and Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
His highly distinguished research career includes the science and
engineering of energy conversion, transport, and storage ranging from
molecular and nanoscale level to large energy systems. In 2005,
Majumdar was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering
for this pioneering work.
At Berkeley Labs and UC Berkeley, Majumdar helped shape several
strategic initiatives in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable
energy, and energy storage. He also testified before Congress on how
to reduce energy consumption in buildings. Majumdar has also served
on the advisory committee of the National Science Foundation’s
engineering directorate, was a member of the advisory council to the
materials sciences and engineering division of the Department of
Energy’s Basic Energy Sciences, and was an advisor on nanotechnology
to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Additionally, Majumdar – also an entrepreneur – has served as an
advisor to startup companies and venture capital firms in the Silicon
Valley.
He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1985 and his PhD from the
University of California, Berkeley in 1989.
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Other
Peeling Away: How Some Online Newsrooms Are Pulling Away from the Pack
Sep27Mon 6:00 PM
Location
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd.
Dorchester, MA 02108
Who's hosting?
Matthew S Carroll
A panel discussion with:
Lisa Williams, MIT Media Lab fellow and CEO of Placeblogger, the
largest searchable index of local weblogs, will talk about the
changing landscape for local news startups. Placeblogger now tracks
thousands of grassroots, independent local news sites. But are these
sites filling the gap left by traditional newsrooms? Ms. Williams will
discuss how startup news sites are changing and which ones are
beginning to dig deeper.
Robert Kempf: As vice president for product and technology at
Boston.com, as well as the Your Town hyper local initiative, Kempf is
responsible for product strategy and development in support of
editorial, revenue and community initiatives. Since joining the
company in 2006 he has led site redesign, local search, real estate,
community, hyper local, mobile and video product launches – all in
support of the site’s overall strategic mission to grow local reach.
Greg Reibman is vice president of Content, Development and
Partnerships for GateHouse Media New England's network of 161 Wicked
Local and eight daily and regional sites. He is also publisher of 18
GateHouse-owned newspapers in Greater Boston, including the Cambridge
Chronicle, Somerville Journal, Brookline TAB, Newton TAB and Waltham
News Tribune. He was previously a deputy managing editor at the Boston
Herald.
Liz Taurasi is the first regional editor for Patch.com in the Boston
area. An award-winning editor and reporter, hyper-local community
journalism has been Liz's passion for as far back as she can remember.
In her 19-year journalism career, Liz has worked for several community
newspapers as a reporter, editor and assistant managing editor. A
winner of two first place New England Press Association Awards for her
reporting and column writing, Liz is also proud to be a member of a
team which captured two FOLIO Eddie Gold Awards, including one for
online content, as well as a Jesse H. Neal Award. After a four-year
stint in magazine publishing, as executive editor for Reed Business
Information's Design News Liz is back to her roots and looking forward
to working with some of the brightest local editors Massachusetts has
to offer.
Moderator: Dan Kennedy Dan's blog, Media Nation, tracks what is
happening in the news media throughout Massachusetts and beyond. He is
an assistant professor at Northeastern University’s School of
Journalism, specializing in new-media trends. He also writes a weekly
online column for The Guardian’s Comment is Free America section, and
was a finalist for a Syracuse University Mirror Award in media
commentary in both 2008 and 2009.
Time: 6-8 p.m.
6-7 is general schmoozing (great time to meet interesting people).
7-8 is panel discussion.
Directions: http://bostonglobe.com/aboutus/career/career.aspx?id=7112
(btw, plenty of parking at the Globe and easy walk from Red Line's JFK/
UMass stop.
Contact: http://meetupbos.hackshackers.com/calendar/14621915/?eventId=14621915&action=detail
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Mon Sep 27
PechaKucha Boston 19
Mantra, 52 Temple Pl, Boston (near Park St T)
Doors open at 6p for drinks and chit chat. Talks start at 630p.
The event is free and open to the public. Cash bar.
RSVP is optional to help PechaKucha Boston team estimate event
attendance. RSVP on Facebook or email rsvp at pechakuchaboston.org
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> Party with Click & Clack and Cambridge Local First!
> We would like to invite you to "Think Local, Be Local, Party Local"
> for Cambridge Local First's 5th annual business directory launch
> party.
>
> Come party with NPR's Car Talk hosts, Click and Clack, Tom and Ray
> Magliozzi as we celebrate Cambridge being designated as the nation's
> first "Local Economy Community." We will have new 2011 business
> directories available, great food, and prizes!
>
> When: September 27, 2010
> Starting at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
>
> Where: Ole Mexican Restaurant on 11 Springfield St. in Inman Square
>
> Refreshments: Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar
>
> Free and open to all
>
> All attendees are eligible to win great prizes including:
>
> Gift Certificate for brunch for two for Upstairs on the Square
> $50 gift certificate from Cambridge Naturals
> Unlimited Coffee for one person for a week at 1369 Coffee House
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Monday September 27, 2010 — 7pm at Middlesex Lounge (note earlier
start time!)
315 Mass Ave, Cambridge
In Central Square
Talk 1: “Computational Couture: Clothing for the Techy Fashionista”
By Ada Brunstein
Talk 2: “Pigeons: The surprising story of the birds you love to
hate”
by Courtney Humphries
Talk 3: “Tricks of the Trade: Using Your Stuff Better”
by Tim Lillis
Got a question about Nerdnite? Have an idea for a talk? Send us an
email using the alluring “contact” tab at http://
boston.nerdnite.com/
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 06:00 PM
Boston Area Sustainability Group Networking Event
Our networking events create a relaxed and casual atmosphere where
sustainability professionals come together every other month to
exchange experiences, knowledge and ideas. We generally have about two
guest speakers who give the group informal presentations relative to
their niche in sustainability. Presentations are followed by a few
hours of open networking and cocktails with some of Boston’s most
prominent figures in sustainability and green practices. We have a
great speaker lined up for you: John Katovich founded the Katovich Law
Group in 2002, committed to responsible business development and
assisting clients in integrating sustainable, social and
environmentally responsible practices into their businesses at every
level, while pursuing efforts to bring sustainable concepts into the
capital markets. And our usual mix of a great venue and great
networking!
Closing date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 12:00PM
http://www.basg.org/events.html
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“Home”, 4th screening in an Environmental Film series
WHEN: September 29, 2010, beginning at 6:30pm
WHERE: Main Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Lecture Hall; on Lowest level (L2 in elevator)
*A FREE event, with light refreshments provided*
Home, produced by French cinematographer Yann Arthus‐Bertrand. For
viewers whose eyes glaze over at descriptions of the way Earth
recycles energy and matter, Home underscores the beautiful and awesome
reality of that complex process.” ‐‐Tom Keogh
Co‐sponsored by the Cambridge Renewable Energy Action Team (CREATe),
the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA), the Cambridge
Energy Alliance (CEA), the Office of the Vice Mayor Henrietta Davis,
and Cambridge Green Decade
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2nd Massachusetts Green Career Conference
"Find Your Role in the New Green Economy"
October 1, 2010 | Holiday Inn | Marlborough, MA
Full Conference Details at www.MassGreenCareers.com
THE CONFERENCE
Massachusetts is greening its economy and its workforce. The
Massachusetts Green Career Conference strives to answer the timely
question "What is my role in the new, green economy?" by showcasing
experts and exhibitors who provide green career guidance, a forum for
stakeholders (government, businesses, colleges, individuals), current
news from business & industry experts, and networking opportunities.
THE OBJECTIVES
l Learn from leading experts about current and prospective green
careers.
l Network with professionals and companies that are hiring
l Go home with knowledge and resources on green jobs and training.
THE EXHIBITORS
l Businesses That Are Hiring - Small to Corporate Businesses
l Education/Training - Universities, Colleges, Training programs
l Careers - Services and Resources
Businesses are accepting resumes at the conference for these positions
and more: Administrative Assistant l Business and Home Energy
Advisors l Customer Service Assistant l Customer Service
Representative Spanish/English Bilingual l Electrical Energy
Specialists l Employment Specialist lEnergy Efficiency Analysts l
Interns with Backgrounds in Environmental Sicience/Biology/Chemistryl
Journeyman l Marketing Associate l Project Engineer/Analyst l
Professors/Teachers/Trainers for Energy & Sustainability Programs l
Technical Support Consultants with Experience l Weatherization and
Insulation Technicians/Installers/Crew Leaders... More info at www.MassGreenCareers.com
.
THE PRESENTERS
Thirty-five leading experts from education, business and government
sectors. More info atwww.MassGreenCareers.com.
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NESEA's Green Buildings Open House Tour
Make your plans now to join us on October 2nd for the annual Green
Buildings Open House (GBOH). NESEA's Green Buildings Open House is the
largest sustainable energy event in the Northeastern US, from Maine to
Pennsylvania. It operates in conjunction with the American Solar
Energy Society's (ASES) National Solar Tour and helps to kick off
National Energy Awareness Month.
For the past 14 years, the Green Buildings Open House program has
inspired thousands of individuals to learn about and implement energy
efficient and renewable energy solutions in their homes. The goal of
the GBOH event is to enable participants to see, firsthand, energy
efficiency and renewable energy improvements in their communities and
motivate them to adopt similar solutions for their own homes. At host
sites, participants are able to talk with home and business owners,
ask questions, and see how their renewable energy technologies
actually work. GBOH also connects building owners and managers with
professionals who can provide them with sustainable energy services or
energy efficiency retrofits.
In 2009, more than 15,000 people toured over 500 Green Buildings Open
House host sites throughout the Northeast, including homes,
businesses, and public buildings. 71 local volunteer organizers,
including representatives from NESEA chapters, local and regional
energy organizations, and municipal energy committees collaborated
with NESEA to promote this event in local media and through
organizations in their area. NESEA builds a database of host sites
that can be searched by energy efficiency and renewable energy
building features and by geographic area, allowing visitors to choose
what interests them.
As host sites register, detailed information and photos of the
buildings' innovative energy features are posted, providing an ongoing
educational tool. A study by the American Solar Energy Society found
that participation in this program increased the likelihood that
attendees would invest in energy efficiency and/or clean energy
measures by 24%, from 54% to 78%, matching our goal of bringing these
measures into everyday use and thereby increasing our region's
adoption of clean energy and energy efficiency.
All participating house in MA: http://www.nesea.org/openhouse/listings/?feature=&fuel=&state=MA&submit=GO
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Saturday, October 2
11 am to 5 pm
Sustainable Business Network (SBN), in collaboration with many
community groups and local businesses, is presenting the first-ever
Boston Local Food Festival, to be held on Saturday, October 2, 2010,
on the historic Boston waterfront at Boston Children's Museum Plaza in
Fort Point Channel. This zero waste event will be a delicious outdoor
celebration of the many health and economic benefits of eating locally
grown food.
The festival will feature freshly harvested produce, delicious dishes
created with locally grown ingredients, and take-away from Made in
Massachusetts producers. Participants will be able to meet local
farmers, interact with local Boston restaurant chefs, check out a
"Fishstock", featuring a fish "Throwdown" competition and
demonstrations, and sample local beer. Other activities include health
and fitness activities, urban gardening exhibits, chef and butchering
demonstrations, kids activities, local music, and a variety of
workshops.The most important objective of the Boston Local Food
Festival is to increase accessibility and availability ofhealthy local
food for all. Massachusetts eaters of all ages, races, and socio-
economic levels will be able to see, taste, and appreciate the variety
of healthy, ethnic, and delicious food choices that local specialty
crops and products make available to them in their own back yards. We
anticipate festival participants to come from the Greater Boston area,
and extending throughout Massachusetts into other New England states.
This unique festival will bring Massachusetts farms together with
individuals and families from diverse backgrounds, organizations,
businesses and local food advocates in an informative and fun way.
Join us on October 2, 2010, and enjoy luscious local food and support
our farmers and food entrepreneurs!
http://bostonlocalfoodfestival.com/
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Greenport will be tabling on Saturday Oct 2 at 2:00 PM at Dana Park in
conjunction with "If This House Could Talk". We'll be highlighting the
potential effects of rises in sea level on Cambridgeport. If you are
able to help, please contact Steve Wineman at swineman at gis.net.
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Upcoming
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED--EXCHANGE FREE EFFICIENT LIGHT BULBS IN NORTH
CAMBRIDGE
SUNDAY 10/10/10, 1-5:00 p.m.,
followed by potluck dinner, open to all
MEET AT CAMBRIDGE COHOUSING,
175 RICHDALE AVE.
MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS. HAND THEM A GIFT
WE WILL GO DOOR TO DOOR AND EXCHANGE compact fluorescent light (CFL)
bulbs for inefficient incandescent bulbs. Each CFL bulb exchanged
SAVES $60 in electricity costs over its lifetime. Exchanging 20 bulbs
saves OVER 8 TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE. Free CFL’s provided by
Cambridge Energy Alliance.
JOIN THOUSANDS OF GROUPS WORLDWIDE and participate in the Global Work
Party on climate change—see www.350.org
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! You must sign up at either
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dC1RS25Jb2VXMl9KVjhBMk1PNk1hV0E6MQ
or by e-mailing heet.cambridge at gmail.com
COSPONSORS: Cambridge Cohousing, Cambridge Energy Alliance, Cambridge
Climate Emergency Action Group, Home Energy Efficiency Teams (HEET),
Richdale Neighborhood Association
FOR MORE INFORMATION, Contact Robin Finnegan rfinnegan at comcast.net
or John_MacDougall at uml.edu
HEET is also looking for Cambridge non-profits who need weatherization
for upcoming barnraisings.
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Thursday, October 14
Boston Area Solar Energy Association
The BASEA forums are held September through May, the second Thursday
of each month, at the 1st Parish Unitarian Church, #3 Church St.,
Harvard Square, Cambridge.
A reception begins at 7:00 p.m., with the program beginning at 7:30 p.m.
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Ongoing
What happens when an artist finds a new source of energy?
"Park Spark" Project by Matthew Mazzotta
Turning Dog Waste into Energy
First public methane digester for dogs in the world is in Cambridge!
Location: Pacific Street Park (Sidney St. between Pacific and Tudor),
Cambridge
Dates: August 25 - September 25, 2010
www.parksparkproject.com
The Cambridge Arts Council invites you to visit and participate in the
Park Spark Project - a scientific-art intervention that transforms dog
waste into energy. Artist Matthew Mazzotta has installed the first Dog
Park Methane Digester in the United States at Pacific Street Park in
Cambridge. As dog owners dispose of their pet's waste in the Park
Spark Digester, it creates a steady stream of burnable methane gas
that powers an old-fashioned gas-burning lamppost in the park.
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Resource
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project
http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
This is a project by Wellesley College students that invites
participation.
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Links to events at over 30 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering
in the Boston Area http://fhapgood.fastmail.fm/site02.html
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
http://www.mitenergyclub.org/calendar/mit_events_template
http://green.harvard.edu/events
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