This coming month we are running a public war game on The Battle for China’s Smart Grid. We have very quickly seen that this is more than a strategic fight of Western companies for a share of a China mega-infrastructure project. It will likely demonstrate how Western companies can succeed in a very fluid China market – where [...]
Daniel Doctoroff 6 Rules of Life & other Advice
From a speech given at the Yale Entrepreneurial Innovation Summit. May 1st 2010. Test your passions first Develop good work skills early Constantly refine what your passions are No matter what, new ideas matter You can’t be afraid to fail Work hard Notes: 1. Test your Passions First do something that excites you take note [...]
Yale Conference on Development Finance and Sustainable Energy
Growing out of the School’s 30 year tradition of exploring the complex relationships among the public, private and non-profit sectors, SOM’s Program on Social Enterprise has been exploring the intersections between development finance and sustainable energy, both within the US and in developing countries. In particular, we want to examine whether the intentional linking of [...]
A Better World by Design – October 2-4
A Better World by Design brings a global community of innovators to Providence, Rhode Island, to reach across disciplines and unite under a common goal. Presenters share engaging stories, workshops teach creative skills, and discussions reframe perspectives. A Better World by Design is an immersive experience that deepens our understanding of the power of design, [...]
Middle East, Inc. | PBS
It is easy to think of Egypt as an ancient and timeless place. But today’s Cairo is a city of young people, and it’s growing fast. They’re mostly under 30 and they’re the new majority in Egypt. People here call them the “Waiting Generation” as they are having trouble finding a place in the country’s [...]
BeyondTalk.net
December 7-18, 2009, the world’s leaders will meet in Copenhagen to decide what to do about climate change. If this meeting were held today, it would produce an agreement – but it wouldn’t be strong enough to do much good.* In order to bring global CO2 back to the safe zone, we need to make [...]
Cool cuisine – taking the bite out of global warming – PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
Global warming has become one of the defining scientific, political and social issues of our era. Interest in reducing heat trapping gases has spurred both environmentalists and entrepreneurs toward developing new strategies and products to reduce the carbon footprint of humanity. While more efficient automobiles and renewable energy sit center stage in the solutions category, [...]
TEDxShanghai
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxShanghai, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxShanghai event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep [...]