A THREE-DAY EXPERIENCE, A YEAR ROUND ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM
We imagine a world where collaborative effort across sectors leads to innovative solutions that can short-circuit traditional development and adoption timelines. Where clearly conveying the idea, the actions required, and scaling potential through vivid storytelling is critical but not sufficient. We must put ideas in action.
Our anchor event Saturday and Sunday, November 16 + 17, will bring the best and brightest innovators to Boston to activate the MIT campus across three venues: CSAIL Stata Center, the new MIT Museum, and MIT Sloan School of Business. MIT Faculty advisors Daniela Rus, Yet-Ming Chiang, John E. Fernández, and Andrew Lo have joined a special Advisory Board to create a connective tissue across campus.
The conversation continues Monday, November 18, at New England Aquarium where we'll hear Impact Stories from our wider community of innovators.
See full program details: www.tedxboston.com
We imagine a world where collaborative effort across sectors leads to innovative solutions that can short-circuit traditional development and adoption timelines. Where clearly conveying the idea, the actions required, and scaling potential through vivid storytelling is critical but not sufficient. We must put ideas in action.
Our anchor event Saturday and Sunday, November 16 + 17, will bring the best and brightest innovators to Boston to activate the MIT campus across three venues: CSAIL Stata Center, the new MIT Museum, and MIT Sloan School of Business. MIT Faculty advisors Daniela Rus, Yet-Ming Chiang, John E. Fernández, and Andrew Lo have joined a special Advisory Board to create a connective tissue across campus.
The conversation continues Monday, November 18, at New England Aquarium where we'll hear Impact Stories from our wider community of innovators.
See full program details: www.tedxboston.com
DAY 1
SATURDAY
NOV 16
TEDxBoston Talks
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM @CSAIL
Action Dialogues + Reception
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
@MIT Museum
NOV 16
TEDxBoston Talks
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM @CSAIL
Action Dialogues + Reception
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
@MIT Museum
DAY 2
SUNDAY
NOV 17
TEDxBoston Talks
8:30 AM to 6:00 PM @CSAIL
With Startup Pitches + Case Studies
@MIT Sloan School of Management
NOV 17
TEDxBoston Talks
8:30 AM to 6:00 PM @CSAIL
With Startup Pitches + Case Studies
@MIT Sloan School of Management
SCHEDULE
Saturday, November 16
DAY 1: Protecting the Natural World
8:30 AM
Coffee and Conversation
Pick up you conference credentials and kickoff a compelling weekend of discussion over coffee.
9:00 AM -
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
TEDxBoston Talks @CSAIL
AM SESSION: What is at Stake on Planet Earth?
The beauty and brilliance of natural systems on this planet are under great stress. Explore the range of life across Earth and the critical systems thresholds we’re in danger of surpassing. How are ancient natural systems not only havens for biodiversity, but critical carbon sinks mitigating warming effects and ensuring our survival? Can these be preserved and restored in meaningful ways, while creating thriving economies and compounding the benefits to human flourishing and health?
Kicks off 9:00 AM
Block 1: Wisdom in the Natural World
Block 2: Restoration at Scale
Block 3: Aligning Human + Planetary Health
Kicks off 9:00 AM
Block 1: Wisdom in the Natural World
Block 2: Restoration at Scale
Block 3: Aligning Human + Planetary Health
PARTNER EVENT: The Biomaterials Revolution @MIT Museum
Materials have shaped cultures and societies for eons. While these are an intimate and constant presence in our daily lives, we are inundated by toxic, cheap, allegedly "disposable" materials. A fundamental change is needed in materials production and consumption to make most of the things we use truly sustainable. We explore how the latest lab innovations are reimagining the palette of human materials to more closely align with the nature and the supporting systems changes required to deploy them at scale.
Join researchers and innovators collaborating in novel ways and looking to the natural world to seed the next generation of biomaterials.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM @MIT Museum
Details: https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/the-biomaterials-revolution
Join researchers and innovators collaborating in novel ways and looking to the natural world to seed the next generation of biomaterials.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM @MIT Museum
Details: https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/the-biomaterials-revolution
PM SESSION: The Power of Choices in the Anthopocene Era
How we grow, our inventions, what we build... these are choices that have a profound impact on the future we can have. Topics shift to the growing Toxicity Crisis, investigating how the shift to man-made materials in modern times has contributed to the rapid toxification of every aspect of our world, including our own bodies. How can we intervene to restore health to soils, ourselves, and our built environment?
Kicks off 2:15 PM
Block 4: Restoring Nourishing Soils
Block 5: Building a Non-Toxic Future
Block 6: Resilience in an Era of Extreme Heat
Kicks off 2:15 PM
Block 4: Restoring Nourishing Soils
Block 5: Building a Non-Toxic Future
Block 6: Resilience in an Era of Extreme Heat
6:30 PM -
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Action Dialogues + Reception @MIT Museum
Continue conversations and engage deeply with the ideas through our immersive MIT Museum takeover.
Note: Space is limited, register your interest to attend and confirmations will be shared the week prior to the event.
Sunday, November 17
DAY 2: THE POWER OF HUMAN INGENUITY
8:30 AM
Coffee and Conversation
9:00 AM -
6:00 pm
6:00 pm
TEDxBoston Talks @ CSAIL
Human Innovation to Scale Urgent Solutions
What can we learn at the edges? Extremes can teach us a lot about balance. On Earth, the implications of the extremes occurring on the poles are coming into sharp focus. Wisdom from the poles can inform the need for urgent action to maintain balance on our planet. What is our Plan B? Facing the scale of the problem, we can develop and scale interventions. Starting with a fundamental redesign of our energy system.
Kicks off 9:00 AM
Block 7: Ice Literacy
Block 8: Building a Plan B for Planet Earth
Block 9: 10X Energy Shifts
Kicks off 9:00 AM
Block 7: Ice Literacy
Block 8: Building a Plan B for Planet Earth
Block 9: 10X Energy Shifts
Leveraging Technology to Build a Sustainable World
What does a sustainable future look like? How would we fundamentally change how we shape the world via the materials we create and the models we pursue? As new paradigms enabling sustainable financial models to emerge and the role of AI/ML empowers our decision-making, we can build better models more closely aligned with nature. We explore how the latest lab innovations are reimagining the palette of human materials to align with nature and how the MA ClimateTech ecosystem is supporting systems change. What is possible at the intersections? How do we achieve impact this decade?
Kicks off 2:45 PM
Block 10: Rethinking Finance + What We Value
Block 11: Scaling AL/ML Climate Tech Solutions
Block 12: The Materials Revolution
Kicks off 2:45 PM
Block 10: Rethinking Finance + What We Value
Block 11: Scaling AL/ML Climate Tech Solutions
Block 12: The Materials Revolution
Monday, November 18
DAY 3: IMPACT STORIES @ NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM
9:00AM-
NOON
NOON
What's changed? What's progressed? What's pivoted? Follow progress and impact on ideas as Innovators share stories from the field on the impressive 80ft screen at New England Aquarium Simons Theatre. This is an opportunity to engage with the movers and shakers that are putting ideas into action.
Join us on November 16 + 17 at CSAIL
We look forward to an engaging and active discussion!