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2008

Changing the World

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Hall D, Science Center, Harvard University, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

Presenting:

Nicholas Negroponte, One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

Calestous Juma, Harvard Kennedy School

SJ Klein, OLPC (XO demonstrations to follow)

Organized by: Harvard College Global Hunger Initiative

In collaboration with:
Millennium Campus Network http://www.millenniumcampusnetwork.org/
Harvard Entrepreneurship Forum http://www.harvardentrepreneurship.org/
Harvard College Alliance for Africa http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hcaa/
Harvard College Engineers Without Borders http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~ewb/
Harvard College Project for Sustainable Development http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hpsd/
Harvard Kennedy School Science, Technology, and Globalization Project http://www.belfercenter.org/global/
Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Club http://www.socialenterpriseclub.com/

Additional resources:

• Engineering change: towards a sustainable future in the developing world (pdf)
• Grand challenges for engineering