Showcase Event April 21, 2022
Climate Conversation, Flagship Project
Presentations, and Panel Discussion
Thursday, April 21, 2022 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Agenda
| 10:00 | WELCOME L. Rafael Reif • President, MIT Fireside Chat President Reif in conversation with Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, Secretary John Kerry |
| 10:35 | FLAGSHIP PRESENTATIONS ________ Center for Electrification and Decarbonization of Industry Yet-Ming Chiang • Kyocera Professor Bilge Yildiz • Breene M. Kerr (1951) Professor ________ Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge Raffaele Ferrari • Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Oceanography Noelle Selin • Professor, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society ________ Revolutionizing Agriculture with Low-Emissions, Resilient Crops Mary Gehring • Associate Professor of Biology ________ Preparing for a New World of Weather and Climate Extremes Paul O’Gorman • Professor of Atmospheric Science Miho Mazereeuw • Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism Jessika Trancik • Professor, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society ________ The Climate Resilience Early Warning System (CREWSnet) Elfatih Eltahir • H. M. King Bhumibol Professor of Hydrology and Climate Deborah Campbell • Senior Staff, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Systems Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory ________ Session Closing Maria Zuber • Vice President for Research and the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics |
| 11:20 | FROM INNOVATION TO IMPACT AT SCALE – SOLUTIONS IN TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Alicia Barton • President & CEO, FirstLight Power, and Board Chair Greentown Labs Manish Bapna • President & CEO, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) Jack Litte • CEO & Cofounder, MathWorks Arati Prabhakar • President, Actuate Katie Rae • President & Managing Partner, The Engine |
| 11:55 | THANK YOU Richard Lester • Associate Provost for International Activities and the Japan Steel Industry Professor |
| 12:00 | RECEPTION |
Speakers
Rafael Reif
President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Kerry
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former US Secretary of State
Yet-Ming Chiang
Kyocera Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Bilge Yildiz
Breene M. Kerr (1951) Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Raffaele Ferrari
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Oceanography, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Noelle Eckley Selin
Professor with a joint appointment in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Mary Gehring
Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biology
Paul O’Gorman
Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Miho Mazereeuw
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, Department of Architecture
Jessika Trancik
Professor, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Elfatih Eltahir
H. M. King Bhumibol Professor of Hydrology and Climate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Deborah Campbell
Senior Staff, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Systems Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Maria Zuber
Vice President for Research and the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics
Alicia Barton
President & Chief Executive Officer, FirstLight Power, and Board Chair, Greentown Labs
Manish Bapna
President & Chief Executive Officer, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Jack Little
CEO and Cofounder, MathWorks
Arati Prabhakar
Chief Executive Officer, Actuate and Former Director, United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Katie Rae
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, The Engine
Richard Lester
Associate Provost for International Activities and Japan Steel Industry Professor