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GEnErAL InforMATIon & registration 29 30 March 2017 Vienna, Austria ConfErEnCE VEnuE Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich) Julius-Raab Saal Wiedner Hauptstraße 63 1040 Vienna, Austria EVEnInG reception AnD DInnEr VEnuE PALAIS NIEDERÖSTERREICH Herrengasse 13 1010 Vienna Complimentary shuttle service provided By underground: U3 Herrengasse ConfErEnCE fee ILP Member Complimentary WKO / AFEC Members: EUR 200 (excl. 20% VAT ) Non Members: EUR 400 (excl. 20% VAT ) The conference fee includes a 2-day conference ticket and the evening reception on the 1 st day. ConfErEnCE HoTEL Vienna Marriott Hotel Parkring 12a, 1010 Vienna, Austria Mail: vienna.group.reservations@marriotthotels.com Keyword: MIT Europe Conference 2017 Book your group rate: MIT Conference 2017 for further InforMATIon please ConTACT Ms. Michaela Tippmann Mail: aussenwirtschaft.scitech@wko.at Phone: +43/590900-4180 CurIouS AbouT VIEnnA? Find all attractions at http://www.wien.info/en register now!»regonline.com/2017-mit-vienna
2017 MIT EuropE ConfErEnCE MInD THE GAp TECHnoLoGICAL LEApS VS. STrATEGIC STEpS 29 30 March 2017 Vienna, Austria Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
MInD THE GAp TECHnoLoGICAL LEApS VS. STrATEGIC STEpS 29 30 March 2017 Vienna, Austria From 29 th to 30 th March 2017 elite researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will visit the Federal Economic Chamber in Vienna, Austria. During the 2017 MIT Europe Conference, Vienna will be the focal point for leading specialists and scientists of MIT s research community, where international entrepreneurs, researchers, and technology experts can exchange views and information on the topic MInD THE GAp TECHnoLoGICAL LEApS VS. STrATEGIC STEpS. Join European business leaders for the 2017 MIT Europe Conference to identify new strategic opportunities and increase your competitive advantage by forging international contacts. Attendees will have the opportunity for continued in-depth discussions with faculty speakers during both the conference and an evening networking reception. Credit Cover Image: MIT Dome / MIT
2017 MIT EuropE ConfErEnCE Program 29 March 2017 8:00 am registration 9:00 am welcome AnD InTroDuCTIon CHrISTopH LEITL,President Austrian Federal Economic Chamber karl koster, Executive Director MIT Office of Corporate Relations / ILP HArALD MAHrEr, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy 9:30 am CITIES THAT LEArn AbouT us CArLo ratti, Associate Professor of the Practice Director, SENSEable City Laboratory Director, MIT-Italy Program (MISTI) MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning 10:15 am InnoVATIon & failure THE basis for building THE future bernd EbErSbErGEr, Professor for Economics and Management of Innovation MCI Management Center Innsbruck 11:00 am networking break 11:30 am CAn we be EVErYwHErE, ALL THE TIME, with SMALL AuTonoMouS SATELLITES? kerri CAHoY, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics 12:15 pm what If Your SMArT phone DIDn T need THE CLouD? VIVIEnnE SZE, Assistant Professor MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) 1:00 pm networking LunCH 2:30 pm wireless SEnSorS STEVE LEEb, Professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering; MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 3:15 pm DIGITAL TwInS: Do You HAVE GHoSTS In Your portfolio? DonnA rhodes, Principal Research Scientist Sociotechnical Systems Research Center Senior Lecturer (ESD) Director, Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC) 4:00 pm networking break 4:30 pm SCArLETrED VISIon - EnAbLInG objective SkIn DruG research AnD AuGMEnTED DErMAToLoGY HArALD SCHnIDAr, CEO & Founder SCARLETRED Holding GmbH 5:15 pm what If we MADE SoMETHInG THAT performs AS well AS THE rich-world TECHnoLoGY, but for A fraction of THE price? AMoS winter, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab; MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering 6:30 pm EVEnInG reception AnD DInnEr AT palais niederösterreich Hosted by the province of Lower Austria Musical accompaniment by the String quartet of the Tonkunstler orchestra Complimentary shuttle service provided Agenda and speakers are subject to change.
30 March 2017 8:00 am registration 9:00 am opening remarks walter koren, Director General AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber karl koster, Executive Director MIT Office of Corporate Relations / ILP 9:15 am LET S GET personal: MILLEnnIALS AnD CuSToM ConSuMEr ExpErIEnCES federico CASALEGno, Associate Professor of the Practice; Director, MIT Mobile Experience Lab MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing 10:00 am TrAnSforM: beyond pixels, TowArDS radical AToMS HIroSHI ISHII, Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences Associate Director of MIT Media Laboratory Director of Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab 10:45 am networking break 11:15 am If MAkInG SoMETHInG CAn be CoMpLETELY DIGITIZED, DoES IT MATTEr where IT S MADE or who MAkES IT? john HArT, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering 12:00 noon ALGorITHMS AnD SofTwArE for AuTonoMouS MArInE VEHICLES MICHAEL benjamin, Research Scientist MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering 12:45 pm wrap up & ADjournMEnT MICHAEL friedl, Austrian Trade Commissioner New York, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA