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First Iberoamerican MIT Alumni Summit

 

The Summit

MIT Alumni Clubs of Mexico, LAMIT and Iberoamerican MIT Alumni Clubs are proudly organizing the First Iberoamerican MIT Alumni Conference to take place in Cancun, Mexico on June 20 to 22 of 2008.

Objective

Share successful experiences of MIT and its alumni furthering political, social and technological development in Iberoamerica.

The Event

  • Three day meeting from Friday to Sunday. Seminars, lectures workshops, lunch, dinner and recreational activity.
  • Alumni from all disciplines will present projects implemented in their countries.
  • MIT officers will present plans and projects the Institute is or will be developing in the region.

Audience

Over 100 participant alumni/ae, leaders in their countries and disciplines, top executive officers of MIT, organizations interested in establishing contact with MIT alumni/ae and with the Institute itself, and families of conference participants.

Date and Place

June 20-22, 2008 In Cancun (Couldn't be better), Mexico.

Organizers

  • MIT Alumni Clubs of Mexico, Monterrey.
  • LAMIT (Latino Alumni Association of MIT).
  • Iberoamerican MIT Alumni Clubs (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Spain).
  • MIT Alumni Association.
Conference Themes
What are the Summit goals? For the first time, a large number of MIT alumni from Ibero-America and the United States will get together to share experiences and strengthen the MIT community in the region. The key goals are to:
  • Share experiences and showcase how MIT alumni have contributed to the region
  • Share views on what current opportunities are there and how to take advantage of them
  • Learn from successful cases in business, education, government and science
  • Explore opportunities to improve our networking and new ideas on what can we do as a community
What are the key themes selected? For this fist event the umbrella theme will be Regional Innovation: Opportunity, Initiative, Community
The region presents unique challenges that sometimes may prevent innovation. Among these are economic and political instability, excessive bureaucracy, corruption, etc. On the other hand, innovation is critical for progress in the region. We want to better understand what is the outlook for innovation in the region, what are the existing opportunities, how successful people have done it and what role the MIT Alumni network can play.
What are the supporting themes?
Opportunity
  
Initiative
  
Community
What is the regional outlook and what opportunities exist today for innovation?   How can we take advantage of opportunities? What does it take to innovate in the region?   How can we do more as a community? How to improve networking of MIT Alumni?
What is the structure of the Summit?
  1. Start with a regional outlook and assessment of existing opportunities
  2. Business: Learn from successful alumni creating and growing business value in the region
  3. Education: Assess prospects for Education and our impact in this area
  4. MIT initiatives: Current and planned future involvement of MIT in various initiatives
  5. Networking: Series of open format sessions on what can we do as a community
  6. Quick "bullets": Informative quick sessions on specific point topics of interest