MIT Museum Free Soapbox series on Energy this fall
Submitted by MIT Museum
2006-09-07 17:16:27
Soap Box @ the MIT Museum: Debating Cutting Edge Issues with World-Class Scientists and Engineers
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Free
Location: MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA
Informal/light food and drink served
This popular series with MIT professors is back!
Soap Box: Special Series on Energy
The MIT Museum is working with MIT's Energy Research Council to create programming that will help citizens make informed choices in the coming years as the nation takes the challenge to change the way we produce and use energy to meet all our needs.
Wednesday, October 18
The Challenge: Meeting Global Energy Demands Sustainably
Speakers:
Ernest Moniz - Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Physics and Co-Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Kerry Emanuel - Professor of Meteorology
Wednesday, October 25
The Role of New Technologies in a Sustainable Energy Economy
Speakers:
Daniel Nocera - W.M. Keck Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry
Angela Belcher - Professor of Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Wednesday, November 1
Growing Pains:Transitioning to a Sustainable Energy Economy
Speakers
John Heywood - Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director Sloan Automotive Laboratory
Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor of Political Science
For directions and more information: Directions, Parking, and Map:
http://web.mit.edu/museum/about/soap-box/06fall-schedule.html