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SXSW 2022 PanelPicker Proposals

Aug. 11, 2021

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Voting for SXSW 2022 is open until August 26! Explore the Media Lab community’s PanelPicker proposals below, or see the full list on the SXSW website.

Can Robots Make the Future of Work More Human? (Samuel Reimer, Otto Bock HealthCare LP; Marisol Barrero, Toyota Motor North America; Erwin Heine, SK-Plastische Chirurgie; Hugh Herr, Biomechatronics, MIT Media Lab)
Earth and Space: Living our Interplanetary Future (Ariel Ekblaw, Space Exploration Initiative, MIT Media Lab)
Every School Community is Rich with Opportunity (Zach Varnell, Partner Schools; Jaleesa Trapp, Lifelong Kindergarten, MIT Media Lab)
Machine or Human? The Ethics Behind Smarter AI (Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, MIT Technology Review; Rana el Kaliouby, spinoff Affectiva)

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The Research Powering Humanity’s First Space Civilization with Ariel Ekblaw

On StarTalk, Dr. Ariel Ekblaw talks about her work with the Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) and the Aurelia Institute.

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Ariel Ekblaw Wants To Go to Space So We Can Save Earth

Media Lab's Ariel Ekblaw talks to Inverse about the questions and the philosophies that drive her work with SEI and the Aurelia Institute.

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Rana El Kaliouby named to 2023 USA Eisenhower Fellows

Former Labber Rana El Kaliouby has been named to the 2023 USA Eisenhower Fellows and hopes to explore AI investment while on fellowship.