Kumbhathon: Smart Citizens for a smart city

Join us for Kumbhathon@MIT
Cambridge, MA - October 26 and 27, 2015

 

Monday October 26th 

 

9am - Tour of Cambridge Innovation Center

11am - Tour of Harvard

1pm Tour of Mass Challenge

3pm Visit to Boston Mayors Office

 

6pm - TIE Boston Dinner

 

Tuesday October 27th

 

 

Morning Session Kumbh@MIT

9am - MIT Media Lab Welcomes Kumbhathon

Opening Remarks from Professor Ramesh Raskar and MIT Team

10am - Panel from Kumbhathon thought leaders

11am - Nashik Governemnt officials present on Smart CIty Initiative

12pm - Lunch at MIT Media Lab with MIT scientists

 

Afternoon: Emerging Worlds Meeting

1pm - MIT Professors present

-Ramesh Raskar - Camera Culture

-Kent Larson - Changing Places

-Iyad Rahwad - Scaleable Coorporation
-Sandy Pentland - Human Dynamics

-Ethan Zuckerman - Civic Media

-Cesar Hidalgo - Macro Connections

3pm - Discussion with MIT Member companies

4pm - Unconference on potential deployment and success in the Emerging World

6pm - Dinner at MIT Media Lab with invited corporate guests

 

In attendance:

From Nasik and Maharashtra: Key stakeholders, Business leaders, Innovators, Entrepreneurs

From MIT: Faculty, innovators, MIT India program, Corporate Sponsors  and affiliates

From Boston: City officials, Entrepreneurs, TiE Boston, Change Makers