You're Invited: Solve at MIT Opening, May 16

To the members of the MIT community,

I write to invite you to join an exciting event on our campus: Solve at MIT's Opening Plenary session, "The Heart of the Machine: Bringing Humanity Back into Technology."

Where: Kresge Auditorium (W16, 48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02139)
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 3:00–5:00 PM
Please register here. You will need your Kerberos credentials to register.

Featured speakers include:

• L. Rafael Reif, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman, Mozilla
• Ursula M. Burns, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, VEON
• Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist, Curator of the MIT Solve Arts and Culture Mentorship Prize
• Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
• The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi, Director, Ethics Initiative, MIT Media Lab
• Mark Reading, Head of Foundation, Atlassian
• Eric Schmidt, Technical Advisor and Board Member, Alphabet Inc.
• Tom Taylor, Senior Vice President, Alexa, Amazon
• Manoush Zomorodi, Host and Managing Director of “Note to Self” Podcast, WNYC Studios

I encourage you to explore how you can engage with Solve:

• Volunteer at Solve at MIT — apply today.
• Submit your own solution to the next set of Solve Global Challenges.
• Learn about hosting a Solveathon.

To learn more, please visit Solve's website or email solve@mit.edu.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the opening plenary session. Don't forget to register!

Sincerely,

Martin A. Schmidt
Provost