Major Events Archive

Frequent and varied events—such as lectures, colloquia, symposia, and workshops—play an active role in the continuing vitality and momentum of the Media Lab.

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Sep 15 09 8:30am - Sep 16 09 5:30pm MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theatre	HEMBI: Workshop on Human-Environment Mobile-Based Interactions Host: Dale Joachim On September 15-16, 2009, the MIT Media Laboratory will host a first-of-its-kind workshop to explore how the latest digital technologies can be applied to better understand and preserve our natural environment, locally, regionally, and on a global scale. more ›
Jun 24 08 - Jun 26 08 MIT Media Lab	Scratch@MIT Over 300 participants from all over the world sharing ideas on the Scratch programming tool for kids.
Jun 20 08 8:00am - 6:30pm MIT Media Lab	Media Fabrics for Media Makers: Realizing an Expressive Landscape for Digital Dialogues A symposium celebrating the career of Glorianna Davenport.
May 09 07 Kresge Auditorium, MIT	h2.0: new minds, new bodies, new identities Host: John Hockenberry view webcast › A one-day symposium exploring the innovative research focused on human 2.0—the new science of human adaptability, hosted by John Hockenberry.
May 10 04 Kresge Auditorium, MIT	Designing Bits & Pieces A symposium hosted by the MIT Media Lab and the Consumer Electronics Association, hosted by Walt Mossberg.
Nov 11 03 MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theatre	Benton Vision view webcast › On Tuesday, November 11, 2003, the Media Lab held "Benton Vision"—an event to celebrate Stephen A. Benton—Allen Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and inventor of the white-light transmission, "rainbow" hologram—and the field of holography.
Nov 09 01 Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo 2001 Recognizing the long-standing support of Japanese business leaders, the Media Laboratory introduced the rebirth of its research agenda in a one-day seminar in Tokyo. 11 members of the MIT Media Laboratory faculty presented their most recent research initiatives to the leaders of over 88 Japanese corporations, universities and members of the international press.
Oct 10 01	ID/entity A symposium and exhibit focused on technology's effect on the nature of identity in the 21st century.
May 23 00 MIT Media Lab	Toybox A gathering of toy industry professionals to discuss how technological toys are affecting the creativity of both children and toy designers.
Oct 22 99 - Oct 24 99 MIT Media Lab	Mindfest MindFests are celebrations of the creativity unleashed by new technologies such as computerized construction kits.
Oct 20 99 MIT Media Lab	Sensibles A look into the world of emerging technologies, where computing is not only wearable, but also emotional, squeezable, washable, and edible.
Mar 01 99 MIT Media Lab	EMS Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Experimental Music Studio.
Oct 20 98 - Apr 27 99 MIT Media Lab	Perspectives Media Lab faculty and researchers discussed their current work.
Apr 22 98 - May 20 98 Mount Everest	Everest Working with the Yale Medical School, a Media Lab team performed physiological monitoring of the members of the 1998 American Everest Expedition, monitoring climbers both at base camp and while they were climbing, and keeping track of weather conditions; this information was sent from Everest to the United States in near real time.
Oct 15 97 - Oct 15 07 MIT Media Lab	Wearables Computing left the desktop at this one-day event exploring cyberfashion. The day included a fashion show, panel discussion, and demonstrations of cutting-edge (and stylish!) Wearable computing technology.
Sep 03 96 - Sep 06 96 Vienna, Austria	Brain Opera Speaker: Tod Machover The Brain Opera is an interactive, musical journey into your mind, presented simultaneously in physical and cyberspace. After its European premiere in Vienna, it has travelled around the world, engaging adults and children in the creation of contemporary orchestral music.
Oct 30 95 - Nov 02 95	Junior Summit The Junior Summit brings children from all corners of the globe into discussions about some of the world's most pressing issues. It involves children in the design and creation of information technologies, and offers the children a platform to effect real change.
Oct 09 95 - Oct 10 95 MIT Media Lab	10/10 Speaker: Judith Donath A Day in the Life of Cyberspace was designed as an online festival: a virtual event that people from all over the world could attend and participate in. The goal was to encourage people to think about the development of cyberspace and its impact on their own lives, and to send in writings and pictures about their experience with this new world. With these contributions we would create a "Portrait of Cyberspace"—a global snapshot of the on-line world, circa autumn of 1995.