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ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA (JULY 24-25, 2001)
TUESDAY, JULY 24TH
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8:00 |
Registration and Breakfast
Buffet |
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9:00 |
Welcome and Introduction
Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman, MIT Media Lab |
| 9:15
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Keynote Address
José María Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica
A growing list of Digital Nations Action Projects will be featured at
this meeting. During the morning, brief summaries of the all projects
will be presented, followed by breakout sessions that will go into greater
depth on each project. These breakout sessions will be repeated on the
morning of the second day, so participants will have an opportunity to
attend two in-depth sessions of their choice.
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| 10:00 |
Overview of Digital Nations
Action Projects
Cambodia's
New Schools:
Michael Hawley, Sandy Choi
Computer
Clubhouse: Mitch Resnick
Creating
Community Connections: Randal Pinkett
Designing
a National IT Strategy: Colin Maclay,
Geoffery Kirkman, Magda Ismail
e-Government:
Public Ends by Digital Means: Carlos
Osorio
Health:
Alex (Sandy) Pentland
Language:
Deb Roy
Learning Hubs:
Seymour Papert, David Cavallo, Glorianna Davenport
Learning
Independence: Bakhtiar Mikhak
Little
Intelligent Communities (Lincos): Eleonora
Badilla-Saxe
Playful Invention and Exploration (PIE) Museum
Network: Diane Willow
Silver Stringers and Junior Journal:
Jack Driscoll
Sustainable
Access in Rural India (SARI): Mike Best
ThinkCycle:
Saul Griffith, Yael Maguire, Nitin Sawhney
Universal
Knowledge: Kay Nishi
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| 11:30
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Breakouts for Action Projects
(15 parallel sessions - see above) |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
| 2:00
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Media Lab Research Open House
Students will demonstrate their research projects throughout the building.
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| 3:00 |
To see additional
research at 1 Cambridge Center |
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4:30 |
Panel Discussion:
Low-Cost Computing |
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5:30 |
Break |
| 6:00
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Buffet Dinner in the Media
Lab Atrium (6:00 - 9:00) |
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25TH
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9:00 |
eGrowth: Harvard Center for
International Development
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10:00 |
Panel Discussion: Social
Entrepreneurship (Moderator: Mitch Resnick) |
| 11:00
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Break
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| 11:30
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Breakouts for Action Projects
(15 parallel sessions - repeat of previous day's sessions) |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
| 2:00
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Panel Discussion: Health
(Moderator: Sandy Pentland) |
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3:00 |
Future Directions
at the Media Lab
Walter Bender, Executive Director, MIT Media Lab
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3:30 |
Questions and Answers about
Digital Nations |
| 4:30
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Adjourn |
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