KUMBHA@MIT
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