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MIT Climate CoLab

The conference in Novermber 2014 features keynote speakers and panelists who are leading experts on issues related to climate change and to new information technologies.

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Speakers & Panelists The conference featurs keynote speakers and panelists who are leading experts on issues related to climate change and to new information technologies. They include business people, politicians, NGO leaders, scientists, journalists, academics, and others. Keynote speakers: Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication at Yale University and widely recognized expert on American and international public opinion on global warming. Jeremy Grantham, Co-founder and chief investment stategist at Grantham Mayo van Otterloo (GMO) and founder of the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. Plenary Panelists and Breakout Session Experts: Thomas Malone, Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence Matt Swibel, Director of Sustainability Strategy, Lockheed Martin Corporation Victoria Mills, Managing Director, Environmental Defense Fund Jason Jay, Director, MIT Sloan Sustainability Brian Swett, Chief of Environment, Energy and Open Space, City of Boston Bina Venkataraman, Lecturer in the MIT Department of Science, Technology, & Society and former Senior Advisor on Climate Change Innovation, Executive Office of the President of the United States Eric Maltzer, former Foreign Affairs Officer in the US State Department's Office of Global Change Jake Levine, Director for Strategy, Office of the President & Chief of Staff, Opower Gary Langham, Vice President and Chief Scientist, National Audubon Society Vanessa Rule, Co-Director and Lead Organizer, Mothers Out Front Stephanie Berzin, Co-Director, Boston College Center for Social Innovation Celeste LeCompte, Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University Marshall Ganz, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Harvey Michaels, Director, Energy Efficiency Strategy Project Albert Wenger, Venture Capitalist, Union Square Ventures Dennis Costello, Managing Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures Christina Becker-Birck, Senior Consultant, Meister Consultants Group Stephanie Gray, President, Massachusetts Parent Teachers Association Rusty Russell, Lecturer, Environmental Law, Tufts University ...and more.