AI for Impact: Venture Studio Meet-and-Greet 6pm, Dec 15th

75 Amherst Street,Cambridge MA 02139

15 December, 2021

Description

Please join us for a Meet-and-Greet on Wednesday, Dec 15th, 6-8pm, for AI for Impact: Venture Studio (MAS644 Spring 22) class. Please join us for a Meet-and-Greet on Wednesday, Dec 15th, 6-8pm, for AI for Impact: Venture Studio (MAS644 Spring 22) class. This course will focus on opportunities in the broad sectors of climate change, health, mobility and behavior change with data and AI centric technologies such as privacy-tech, geospatial analysis and blockchain which can enable or accelerate major positive impact throughout the world. This semester’s course will be structured as a “Venture Studio” with mentors and engagement with VCs, CEOs and Academics. Broader MIT community is invited for our kick-off social event and meet: Instructors: Alex ’Sandy’ Pentland, Ramesh Raskar, Joost Paul Bonsen, Ryan Chin, Ramiro Almeida, and Vivek Sharma. Expected Mentors and Speakers Profs / Lecturers: Jinhua Zhao, Daniela Rus, Cynthia Breazeal, Hari Balakrishnan, Fadel Adib CEOs: David Morczinek (AirWorks), Kartik Venkataraman (Akasha Imaging), Shahid Azim (REACT Neuro), Rajeev Surati (Skyline Nav AI Inc), Kuldeep Singh Rajput (Biofourmis), Aditya Khosla (PathAI), Dan Raviv (Lendbuzz) VCs: John Hawthorne (2Lantern), Eric Chen (OVO Fund), Calvin Chin (E14 Fund), Habib Haddad (E14 Fund), Dave Blundin (Link Ventures), John Werner (Link Ventures), Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), NextView (Lee Hower), Jon McNeil (DVx Ventures), Katie Rae (MIT Engine) Location: MIT Media Lab, E14-240 Time: 15th Dec, Wednesday, 6-8pm Event: Food and nonalcoholic beverages will be served. More on the course: https://aiforimpact.github.io