Agenda
Pre–Departure for MIT
The Spirit of Invention, Innovation and High Tech Entrepreneurship: What's Hot and What's Not
- Speaker: Mr. Kenneth P. Morse, Senior Lecturer and Managing Director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center
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August 2nd, Monday
Student Arrival
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August 3rd, Tuesday
Orientation Day 1
8:15 am
Distribution of T–pass
8:30 am
Pick–up at Holiday Inn
9:00 – 9:30 am
Breakfast (10–105)
9:30 – 9:45 am
Registration
9:45 – 10:30 am
Athena Training Orientation (10–250)
10:30 – 10:45 am
Group Photo Session (Killian Court)
10:45 – 12:45 pm
Athena Cluster / MIT Museum / Photo Session by Programmes
12:45 – 1:45 pm
Lunch (Sala De Puerto Rico)
1:45 – 3:45 pm
MIT Campus Tour
3:45 – 4:45 pm
Ice Cream Social (Sala De Puerto Rico)
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August 4th, Wednesday
Orientation Day 1
7:30 am
Pick–up at Holiday–Inn
8:00 – 8:30 am
Breakfast (10–105)
8:30 – 9:45 am
"Best Practice in Professional Writing" (10–250)
9:45 – 10:00 am
Stretch Break
10:00 – 11:30 am
"Best Practices in Presenting Information" (10–250)
11:30 – 1:00 pm
Lunch (Sala De Puerto Rico)
1:00 – 1:15 pm
Transportation to the Duck Tour
1:30 pm
Duck Boarding
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Duck Tour
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Museum of Science
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August 5th, Thursday
Entrepreneurship Session
Note: Most of the presentation during the Entrepreneurship Session will be taped, digitized, and posted on the SMA website. Q&A will take place after each speaker's presentation. Please have your questions ready.
9:00 am
Breakfast (10–105)
9:45 – 9:50 am
Registration (10–250)
9:50 – 10:00 am
Welcome Remarks
- Mr. John C. Desforge, SMA–MIT Assistant Directory
- Professor Andrew Nee Yeh Ching, SMA–Singapore Co-Director
10:00 – 11:00 am
"Commercialization of Fundamental Technology"
- Chair: Mr. John C. Desforge, SMA–MIT Assistant Director
- Speaker: Professor Eugene Fitzgerald, Merton C. Flemings–SMA Professor of Materials Engineering
11:00 – 12:00 pm
"Light the fire? — A Case Study"
- Chair: Professor Alan Hatton, MEBCS Faculty Fellow
- Speaker: Dr. Michael Gordon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AngelDeals.com
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch (10–105)
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Making it in Manufacturing
- Chair: Professor Steven Graves, IMST Faculty Fellow
- Speaker: Dr. Gary Burchill, Co–Founder and Chief Executive Officer of 2Is Inc.
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Building a Content Delivery Network Business
- Chair: Professor Charles Leiserson, CS Programme Chair
- Speaker: Professor Bruce M. Maggs, Vice President of R&D at Akamai Technologies
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Administrative Wrap–up (Lucky draw, distribution of SMA shirt, and T-pass)
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August 6th, Friday
Open Day
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August 9th, Monday – August 20th, Friday
Commencement of Programme
Course Schedule – CS, IMST, and MEBCS
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August 9th, Monday
Welcome Dinner
Location: Sala De Puerto Rico, Student Center
- 5:00 – 6:00 pm Cocktails and Hors d'Oeuvres
- 6:00 – 7:30 pm Dinner
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August 19th, Thursday
Lunch hosted by Dean Magnanti
Note: The 2004 Summer Conference Students Survey will be distributed to the students before lunch. Students who complete the survey will be given a ticket for a chance to win a prize in the lucky draw.
Location: 34–401 Grier Room
- 12:00 – 12:20 pm Student Survey
- 12:20 – 1:30 pm Lunch
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August 21st, Saturday
Student Departure
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