Blog Archive Beyond the MBA Classroom The MIT Energy Conference

Blog Archive Beyond the MBA Classroom The MIT Energy Conference When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Held each spring since 2006, the  MIT Energy Conference  attracts technologists, investors, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and energy professionals who are defining the world’s energy future. The conference theme in 2016 was “Big Meets Small: A New Era Emerges.” The event’s numerous keynote speakers included a senior executive director at GE, the U.S. secretary of energy, and the director of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Panel sessions focused on such topics as “Global Environmental Policy: Balancing International and Domestic Needs,” “The Innovation Roadmap for Solar Energy,” and “Energy Access in Emerging Economies: The Trade-off Between Short Term and Long Term.” For in-depth descriptions of social and community activities at MIT Sloan and 15 other top MBA programs, check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Beyond the MBA Classroom Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) Blog Archive Beyond the MBA Classroom The MIT Energy Conference When you select an MBA program, you are not just choosing your learning environment but are also committing to becoming part of a community. Each Thursday, we offer a window into life “beyond the MBA classroom” at a top business school. Held each spring since 2006, the  MIT Energy Conference  attracts technologists, investors, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and energy professionals who are defining the world’s energy future. The conference theme in 2015 was “Global Energy Shifts: Disruption and Convergence.” The event’s numerous keynote speakers included the chairman and CEO of C3 Energy, the CEO and president of SunEdison Inc., and the chief strategy officer of Exelon Corporation. Panel sessions focused on such topics as “Energy Efficiency: Our Greatest Untapped Natural Resource,” “Unconventional Resources: Present to Future, U.S. to Global,” and “Funding Moonshots and Fostering Global Collaboration in Energy RD.” For in-depth descriptions of social and community activities at MIT Sloan and 15 other top MBA programs, check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Beyond the MBA Classroom Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)