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Humanitarian Technology Festival @ Media Lab

LocationMIT Media Lab Description

Saturday — Sunday
May 9, 2015 —
May 10, 2015
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Media Lab @ Mozilla Festival 2013

LocationRavensbourne, London, UK DescriptionBuild and Teach the WebWorkshop: kids programming on tablets | Champika Fernando Open Data for …

Saturday — Sunday
October 26, 2013 —
October 27, 2013
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Media Lab @ Mozilla Festival 2012

LocationLondon, UK DescriptionMIT Media LabMaking | Connections @ Mozilla Festival 2012Follow the team: @medialab/mozfest2012 The MIT Media…

Friday — Sunday
November 9, 2012 —
November 11, 2012
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Media Lab @ 2023 Cambridge Science Festival

Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is an annual celebration of science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM)

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Media Lab @ Ars Electronica Festival 2020

The following research from the Media Lab will be featured at the 2020 Ars Electronica Festival, which will take place September …

Wednesday — Sunday
September 9, 2020 —
September 13, 2020
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MIT Media Lab @ Aspen Ideas Festival

LocationAspen, CO Description

Sunday
July 1, 2012
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Festival of Learning 2022 at the MIT Media Lab

Festival of Learning is always a time of meeting new people while reconnecting with friends I haven't seen in a while, which has been espec…

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Media Lab hosts screenings with Boston Film Festival

The screenings highlight stories of the Black community in the US featuring innovation, tradition, and courage.

Saturday — Sunday
September 23, 2023 —
September 24, 2023
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envision | invent | inspire: the Media Lab @ Aspen Ideas Festival 2013

LocationAspen, CO DescriptionTo create tomorrow's inventions, we must transcend what is recognizable and comfortable. To create new paths w…

Sunday — Monday
June 30, 2013 —
July 1, 2013
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Data-driven Humanitarian Mapping and Policymaking, 3rd Workshop at the ACM SIGKDD 2022

#human-AI collaboration #decision-making #Data science #AI #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #HumanitarianCrisis #SDGs #Sustainability

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Data-driven Humanitarian Mapping and Policymaking, 1st Worksop at the ACM SIGKDD 2020

Neil Gaikwad from the Space Enabled research group is co-organizing the KDD Workshop on Humanitarian Mapping.

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MIT Media Lab @ Mozilla Festival 2012 in London

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Festival of Learning

An annual celebration of learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.

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Data-driven Humanitarian Mapping and Policymaking, 2nd Workshop at the ACM SIGKDD 2021

climate change, sustainability, humanitarian actions, global development

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Media Lab Focus | September 2020: Technology and Social Equity

The Media Lab Focus series for September 2020 will present research every week on the theme of Technology and Social Equity.

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Strengthening Community Data Engagement in Humanitarian Health Crisis: A reflection from Sierra Leone

In a post for the MIT Governance Lab, Media Lab grad student Leonard Francis Vibbi discusses his recent work in Sierra Leone.

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Media Lab @ Design, Technology + Social Innovation Workshop 2020

The following Media Lab students joined the MIT India Initiative in Mumbai for this workshop.

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Media Lab at Sundance 2020

Several members of the Media Lab community are participating in the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Friday — Saturday
January 24, 2020 —
February 1, 2020
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Wearable Lab at London Design Festival: Biodesign Here Now 2019

Biodesign—the future of materials, manufacturing, architecture, and fashion.

Thursday — Saturday
September 19, 2019 —
September 21, 2019
10:00am — 8:00pm ET
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Festival of Learning 2020

An event by the Media Lab, for the Media Lab. To celebrate our passions & learn together :)

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Digital Humanitarian Marketplace

The Internet has disrupted the aid sector like so many other industries before it. In times of crisis, donors are increasingly connecting d…

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Festival of Learning 2019

An event for the Lab community to celebrate our passions, learn together, eat, make, share , play, dance, and more!

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Media Lab work honored by the 2018 World Technology Awards

Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2018 World Technology Awards, including Arnav Kapur, M. Ehsan Hoque, and Affectiva.

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Women Take the Reel Film Festival 2024

The MIT Media Lab's Program in Media Arts and Sciences is supporting the festival, and presenting three films at the MIT Bartos Theater.

Friday — Monday
February 23, 2024 —
March 25, 2024
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INSCRIPT Experimental Type Festival

At Inscript Festival, research assistant Vera van de Seyp gave a talk with the title "Type in Motion: Code as a Design Tool"

Friday
October 14, 2022
8:00am — 9:00am ET
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Festival of Learning 2020

A day for learning, sharing, making, creating, and debating at the MIT Media Lab.

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Media Lab @ Ars Electronica 2019

A variety of research from the Media Lab will be featured at the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival.

Thursday — Monday
September 5, 2019 —
September 9, 2019
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Poet of Code @ WIRED Festival UK

AI Ethics Keynote

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IMPETUS: Works from the MIT Media Lab @ Ars Electronica Festival 2009

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Wiring WIC, a virtual symposium presented by the WIC Health and Technology Initiative, co-hosted by the MIT Media Lab

​On May 23, 2022, Wiring WIC, a virtual symposium hosted by the WIC Health and Technology Initiative—a project of New America in collaborat…

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Opera of the Future @ BSO's Music for the Senses Festival

Listen to the panel discussions and concerts happening in Symphony Hall as part of this festival!

Saturday — Wednesday
April 6, 2024 —
April 10, 2024
6:15pm — 9:30pm ET
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Data-driven Humanitarian Mapping, KDD Virtual Conference 2021

Data-driven Humanitarian Mapping: Harnessing Human-Machine Intelligence for High-Stake Public Policy and Resiliency Planning, KDD 2021 | &n…

Saturday — Wednesday
August 14, 2021 —
August 18, 2021
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Art, Science, Technology Inspires Walt Disney Imagineers at MIT Media Lab Event

“Happiness makes the world go round."

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Fast Company's 2022 Innovation by Design Awards: Media Lab Honorees

The honorees will be included in the October 2022 print issue of Fast Company Magazine.

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Media Lab at Ars Electronica 2018

The Ars Electronica Festival runs from September 6-10, 2018 in Linz, Austria

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Synthetic:Sync film premiere at the Media Lab

The film was a semi-finalist at the Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival and will be released online following a private screening at the Lab

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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

The Challenge: To secure a sustainable future for all living thingsHow can we reduce harm to our planet and the future prospects of life on…

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Collective Echos at Ars Electronica Festival 2023

Human-AI Systems for Dialogue and Listening

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The Media Lab @ the MIT Museum

We're thrilled to welcome our friends at the Museum to Kendall Square!

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Roundglass + the MIT Media Lab

At the MIT Media Lab, we imagine, design, and invent a future filled with possibilities giving everyone the opportunity to thrive…

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Festival of Learning 2021: Connecting the Curious

In this post, we’re sharing some highlights from the 5th annual Festival of Learning and how we tried to keep the magic of the event alive!

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Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

The Challenge: To Transform Mental + Physical WellbeingAs mental health and physical ability challenges surge worldwide, driven by ine…

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MIT Media Lab Spinoff Endor Named Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum

Endor, a predictive analytics startup originating at MIT Media Lab and co-founded by former Media Lab post-doc Dr. Yaniv Altshuler, has bee…

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Bluefin Labs Debuts Social Media Monitoring Technology

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Ars Electronica Festival 2020

Live Q+A session with Neri Oxman and Gerfried Stocker.

Wednesday
September 9, 2020
1:30pm — 2:30pm ET
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Programme for the Edinburgh International Festival 2013 puts artists and technology centre-stage

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Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

The Challenge: To shape the future with decentralized technologiesOur world faces a range of complex challenges across multiple sector…

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Media Lab @ UIST2020

The following Media Lab community members are participating in the virtual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST).

Tuesday — Friday
October 20, 2020 —
October 23, 2020
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Deblina Sarkar @ MIT Media Lab

Excessive power consumption and dissipation by the information technology industry threatens both information society and the environment.

Tuesday
November 29, 2016
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Media Lab metaverse panel

What does the future with a metaverse look like, and how will it impact us?

Wednesday
December 8, 2021
3:00pm — 4:00pm ET
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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

The Challenge: To harness AI for humanity's leap forwardMachines are becoming more intelligent and more powerful every day. But, like all t…

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Hiroshi Ishii @ Cannes Lions Festival

LocationCannes, FR Description

Friday
June 21, 2013
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Dan Novy @ Sundance Film Festival

LocationSundance Film Festival, UT DescriptionWhen you think about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, filmmaking, civic activism, a…

Sunday
January 20, 2013
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Media Lab Spinoffs

For more than three decades, the people of the Media Lab have spurred progress and change not just through academia, but across startups an…

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MIT Media Lab in the Media

Explore coverage of MIT in the MediaFor media inquiries, visit the Information for the Press page.

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Media Lab’s new head

Aero-astro professor Dava Newman, noted for her pioneering spacesuit designs, will take over in July.

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MIT Media Lab at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024

Members of the Media Lab community participated in the 54th Annual Meeting of The World Economic Forum. Watch videos of selected sessions!

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MIT Media Lab Impact Report 2023

​​​I am thrilled to present the MIT Media Lab Impact Report 2023-2024. This document is a testament to the pioneering spirit and collaborat…