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MEDIA LAB - 75 Amherst Street, Building E14, 6th Floor, Cambridge, MA | |||
Innovation Stage | Tech Theatre | ||
8-9:00 AM |
Registration & Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
Lessons in InnovationSteven Johnson, WriterJohnson, the best-selling author and New York Times columnist, will discuss his latest research into the natural history of innovation, or what sparks truly great ideas. |
Does Manufacturing Matter?Willy Shih, Professor of Management Science, Harvard Business School; Suzanne Berger, Professor of Political Science, MIT;
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9:10 | |||
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9:30 AM |
TR35 Pitches: ComputingIn this fast-paced four-minute pitch format, Technology Review’s Young Innova- tors will discuss some of the most exciting directions in computing, from software that can’t crash to a common language for robots. Presenters: June Andronick, Brian Gerkey, Noah Snavely, Jernej Barbic, Gert Lanckriet. |
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9:50 |
The Age of the Life CodeJuan Enriquez, Managing Director, Excel Venture ManagementEnríquez, also the former founding director of the Life Sciences Project at Harvard Business School, will address the game-changing social and impact of the life sciences. |
Mobile Device Video TeleconferenceJeff Rodman, Cofounder, PolycomRodman will demo groundbreaking video conferencing for mobile devices, which will allow workers to make enterprise-grade video calls on any device, over any network, as easily as telephone calls. |
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10:00 AM | |||
10:10 |
BREAK & NETWORKING |
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10:20 | |||
10:30 AM |
TR35 Pitches: Cloud and WebTechnology Review’s Young Innovators will discuss some of the most exciting de- velopments in the areas of cloud and web, from research into what drives online collaboration to cloud security. Presenters: Judd Antin, Alina Oprea, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jesse Robbins, Umar Saif |
TR35 Q&A Session: ComputingIn this interactive 40-minute Q & A session, five of Technology Review’s 35 Young Innovators will answer audience questions and discuss in depth fascinating directions in computing, from software that can’t crash to a common language for robots. Presenters: June Andronick, Brian Gerkey, Noah Snavely, Jernej Barbic, Gert Lanckriet. |
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10:40 | |||
10:50 | |||
Disruptive FundingDavid Lee, Managing Member, SV AngelIn this onstage interview with Technology Review’s Jason Pontin, David Lee discusses his controversial Start Fund and the dramatic shift in the way he and his partners, Ron Conway and Yuri Milner, are funding new startups. |
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11:00 AM | |||
11:10 |
Data Privacy: User-Centric IdentityTom Dignan, Vice President of Research, Reputation.comFertik, also a member of the World Economic Forum Agenda Council on Internet Security, will discuss the “data privacy vault,” a data privacy model that not only compensates individuals for mining their data, but also inspires a new technosystem of profitable services and applications. |
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11:20 | |||
TR35 Pitches: Making Things SmarterYoung innovators will discuss some of the most exciting emerging technologies, from replacing silicon with graphene to robots that learn from people. Presenters: Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Aishwarya Ratan, Dan Berkenstock, Pieter Abbeel. |
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11:30 AM | |||
11:40 |
Untethered TVShadman Zafar, Senior VP of Product Development, VerizonZafar will demo the next-generation TV experiences, untethered from the home and living room, making every device a TV-set-top box. |
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A Smarter GridDario Gil, Worldwide Program Director, IBM Smarter Energy ResearchDario Gil, the worldwide program director of IBM’s Smarter Energy Research program, will discuss the latest developments and the emerging technologies in smart-grid initiatives around the globe. |
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11:50 | |||
12:05 PM |
LUNCH |
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2:00 PM |
The Triumphs and Tensions of TechnologyAndrew McAfee, Author and Principal Research Scientist,
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Next-Generation 3-DJim Mainard, Head of Production Development, DreamWorks Animation; Ellen McGirt, Senior Writer, Fast CompanyIn a discussion with the CNN contributor and Fast Company’s columnist, Ellen McGirt, Jim Mainard, who heads production at DreamWorks, the studio behind some of the highest grossing animated hits of all time Antz and Shrek, will cover the application of the studio’s ground-breaking 3D technologies to a variety of entertainment, business and scientific fields. |
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2:10 | |||
2:20 | |||
2:30 PM | |||
2:40 |
TR35 Pitches: MaterialsTechnology Review’s Young Innovators will discuss some of the most exciting developments in materials, from smarter wireless networks to solar cells that see more light. Presenters: Alexandra Boltasseva, Jennifer Dionne, Riccardo Signorelli, Fengnian Xia, Solomon Assefa. |
Communicating Directly With the BrainGerwin Schalk, Research Scientist, Wadsworth CenterSchalk, a computer engineer at Wadsworth Medical Center, will discuss his laboratory’s pioneering methods for interacting with computers using thoughts instead of muscles. |
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2:50 | |||
3:00 PM |
Gestural Interface DemoAviad Maizels, President and Founder, PrimeSenseWitness the newest gestural interface demo from the company that gave us the 3-D sensing technology behind Xbox 360 Kinect. |
Cloud: What Is It and Can You Trust It?Simson L. Garfinkel, AuthorWe all use the cloud, but should we trust it? Will the cloud be there when we need it? Is there a way to make the cloud more reliable, or is the cloud already more reliable than our desktop systems, which it is fast replacing? Garfinkel will discuss the security, reliability and privacy issues that arise from using the cloud, and how we can make cloud-based services more trustworthy and reliable. |
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3:10 | |||
3:20 |
BREAK & NETWORKING |
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3:30 PM | |||
3:40 |
Fostering InnovationJoi Ito, Director, MIT Media LabThis onstage interview is a conversation between Technology Review’s Jason Pontin and the Media Lab’s new director, an influential angel investor and a leading thinker and writer on innovation, global technology, and the role of the Internet in transforming society. |
How to do Business with GoogleKristen Morrissey, Principal, New Business Development, GoogleMorrissey will discuss Google's work with for-profit and non-profit partners. |
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3:50 | |||
4:00 PM |
TR35 Q&A Session: Cloud and WebIn this interactive 40-minute Q&A session, five of Technology Review’s Young Innovators will answer audience questions and discuss in depth some of the most exciting developments in the areas of cloud and web, from reBriefs search into what drives online collaboration, to cloud security. Presenters: Judd Antin, Alina Oprea, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jesse Robbins, Umar Saif |
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4:10 | |||
4:20 | |||
4:30 PM |
Data Security in the CloudCraig Gentry, Researcher, IBMA 2011 TR10 winner, Gentry is working on an encryption system that could eliminate the security risks currently keeping many organizations from using cloud computing to analyze and mine data. |
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4:40 |
Teaching Elephants to Dance:
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Next-Generation Energy CompaniesEric Toone, Deputy Director for Technology, ARPA-EToone will present case studies of a number of agency funded startups and their game-changing technologies, which might redefine the economics of renewable energy sources. |
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4:50 | |||
5:00 PM | |||
5:10 | |||
5:20 |
The Next Generation of InnovatorsBill Miller, Director, FIRST Robotics Program |
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5:30 PM |
2011 TR35 Awards CeremonyThis special onstage presentation honors this year’s TR35 award recipients and the Humanitarian of the Year. |
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5:40 | |||
5:50 | |||
6:00 PM |
Reception and Kind of Blue Jazz TributeBookending our innovation theme, which starts with the author of Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson, we pay tribute to the most influential jazz album of all time, Miles Davis’s ground-breaking Kind of Blue, performed by the Mark Harvey Trio. |
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6:10 | |||
6:20 | |||
6:30 PM | |||
8:00 PM |
MEDIA LAB - 75 Amherst Street, Building E14, 6th Floor, Cambridge, MA | ||
Innovation Stage | Tech Theatre | |
8-9:00 AM |
Registration & Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
Innovations in Health Care TechnologyGreg Sorenson, CEO, Siemens HealthcareSorenson will discuss the company’s corporate innovation culture, which helps Siemens anticipate trends in health-care technology. He will also focus on how the company is engineering tools to help improve clinical processes. |
Personalized Medicine, Here and NowAlexis Borisy, Partner, Third Rock VenturesA 2003 TR100 winner, Borisy will discuss personalized medicine as it is currently unfolding, including the emerging enabling technologies, the changing rules of the game, disruptive business models, societal costs, and health economics. |
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9:20 | ||
9:30 AM | ||
9:40 |
Disruptive Energy Q&ABill Joy, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and ByersIn this onstage interview with Technology Review’s Jason Pontin, Joy will discuss the role of disruptive technologies in achieving long-term energy goals. Joy oversees a portfolio of nearly 60 green startups. |
Collective Intelligence on Sustainable EnergyRobert Heffernan, Associate Partner Business Analytics
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9:50 | ||
10:00 AM |
TR35 Q&A: Making Things SmarterIn this interactive 40-minute Q&A session, five of Technology Review’s Young Innovators will answer audience questions and discuss in depth some of the most exciting emerging technologies, from replacing silicon with graphene to robots that learn from people. Presenters: Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Aishwarya Ratan, Dan Berkenstock, Pieter Abbeel. |
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10:10 | ||
10:20 |
The Cloud-Connected CarVenkatesh Prasad, Group and
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10:30 AM | ||
10:40 |
BREAK & NETWORKING |
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10:50 | ||
11:00 AM |
Extruding Innovation: Making Cleantech a Commercial RealityScott Elrod, VP and Director, PARC, a Xerox companyPARC, a XEROX company, has turned its attention to making cleantech a commercial reality. Elrod will discuss borrowing from the practices of the printing industry to enable higher-efficiency solar cells, to producing affordable energy storage for EVs without the typical power-energy tradeoffs. |
Measured-Life Demo & Q&ADavid Marvit, VP, Fujitsu Labs of America; Jef Holove, CEO, Basis; Brian Bergstein, Deputy Editor, Technology Review (Moderator)In this fast-paced demo session, two of the most “disruptive” emerging tech pioneers will demo technologies that are changing the way we approach health care. Audience Q&A will follow. |
11:10 | ||
11:20 |
Solar at the Price of CoalEly Sachs, CTO, 1366 TechnologiesSachs will discuss his company’s drive to produce solar electricity at a price of coal, through revolutionizing the current manufacturing processes while building on the existing silicon PV supply chain. |
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11:30 AM | ||
11:40 |
TR35 Pitches: BiomedicineTechnology Review’s Young Innovators will discuss some of the most exciting developments in biomedicine, from reprogramming stem cells to tailoring polymers for biodegradable implants. Presenters: Christopher Bettinger, Andrew Phillips, Yemi Adesokan, Miriah Meyer, Fan Yang. |
Preparing for the Electric Vehicle Revolution
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11:50 | ||
12:00 PM |
LUNCH SESSION - Silverman Skyline
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2:00 PM |
Sustainable Energy and Scale
Alex Tkachenko, President and Cofounder, Siluria; William R. Gould, Jr., CTO, SolarReserve; Ernie Moniz, Director, MIT Energy Initiative (Moderator) , Henry Kelly, Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for EERE, US Department of Energy |
TR35 Q&A: MaterialsIn this interactive 40-minute Q & A session, five of Technology Review’s Young In- novators will answer audience questions and discuss in depth, some of the most exciting developments in materials, from smarter wireless networks to solar cells that see more light. Presenters: Alexandra Boltasseva, Jennifer Dionne, Riccardo Signorelli, Fengnian Xia, Solomon Assefa. |
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2:20 | ||
2:30 PM | ||
2:40 |
The Future of TVDeb Roy, Founder and CEO, Bluefin LabsRoy will discuss Bluefin’s technology platform, which analyzes social media commentary to measure real-time audience response to TV ads and shows. |
Business of Innovation: The ZocDoc StoryCyrus Massoumi, Cofounder and CEO, ZocDocMassoumi will recount the rise of this eureka moment startup to what Forbes calls “the fastest growing health information technology company.” ZocDoc offers patients free online scheduling of doctor appointments. |
2:50 | ||
3:00 PM |
Doubling the Range of EVs with Solid State BatteriesAnne Marie Sastry, Founder, Sakti3A 2011 TR10 winner, Sastry will discuss her quest to double the 100-mile range of a typical electric car by producing solid-state batteries systems one half to one third the size of conventional ones. |
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3:10 | ||
3:20 |
BREAK & NETWORKING |
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3:30 PM | ||
3:40 |
Economic Success and Environmental PerformanceMark Vachon, VP, GE EcomaginationVachon will discussthe company’s innovative approach to transformational emerging technologies in the areas of healthcare and energy, as well as the company’s strategic approach to advanced manufacturing. |
TR35 Q&A: BiomedicineIn this interactive 40-minute Q & A session, five of Technology Review’s Young Innovators will answer audience questions and discuss in depth some of the most exciting developments in biomedicine, from reprogramming stem cells to tailoring polymers for biodegradable implants. Presenters: Christopher Bettinger, Andrew Phillips, Yemi Adesokan, Miriah Meyer, Fan Yang. |
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4:00 PM | ||
4:10 |
TR35 Pitches: HealthTechnology Review’s Young Innovators will discuss some of the most exciting emerging technologies in health care, from networking patients to combat chronic diseases to letting consumers analyze their sleep. Presenters: Paul Wicks, Ben Rubin, Ajit Narayanan, Piya Sorcar. |
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4:20 |
I’d Put My Money on the SunChristopher Norris, President & CEO, Alta DevicesNorris will discuss harnessing the sun’s energy at a scale and cost to compete effectively with fossil fuels. |
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4:30 PM |
The Effects of Desktop DNA Sequencing on Personalized MedicineJonathan Rothberg, Founder, Ion TorrentRothberg will discuss how the ability to cheaply sequence large volumes of DNA will revolutionize personal medicine, agriculture, and energy. |
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4:40 |
BREAK & NETWORKING |
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4:50 |
BREAK & NETWORKING |
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5:00 PM |
Mobile HealthcareDon Jones, VP, QualcommJones, also the founder of the Wireless Life Sciences Alliance, will discuss how ‘smart’ sensor technologies, combined with wireless, will create major transformations in the way we deliver health care and will profoundly change the quality and cost structure of medicine. |
TR35 Q&A: HealthIn this interactive 40-minute Q&A session, five of Technology Review’s 35 Young Innovators will answer audience questions and discuss in depth some of the most exciting emerging technologies in health care, from networking patients to combat chronic diseases to letting consumers analyze their sleep. Presenters: Paul Wicks, Ben Rubin, Ajit Narayanan, Piya Sorcar. |
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5:20 |
User Experience Design for Disruptive TechGianfranco Zaccai, Founder and Chief Design Officer, ContinuumZaccai will discuss the critical role user experience design plays in the adoption of “disruptive” technologies. |
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The Quantified SelfGary Wolf, Cofounder, Quantified SelfWolf will discuss the global phenomenon of supplementing self knowledge with quantitative tools and his ideas about what the concept of “the macroscope” (the distributed data aggregation) might mean for health and health care. |
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5:30 PM | ||
5:40 | ||
5:45 |
Emtech MIT 2010 has now concluded. Thank you to all of our sponsors and attendees for making it a successful event.