IST Webcasts

Topic: War, Genocide and Refugees: Narratives from the Sudan and Dafur

Watch the Press Conference:

• Welcome & Opening Statement, Dr. Micere Mugo, Chair, Africa Initiative
• Overview of the Crisis in the Sudan and its Effect on Creativity:
• Keynote Address and Discussion: Dr. Wanjiru Kamau, CEO, African Refugees International Foundation
• Question and Answer Session, Dr. Wanjiru Kamau, CEO, African Refugees International
• Workshop 'Stories' as Innovations in Entering Forbidden Spaces: Dr. Rae Banks, Moderator, Department of African American Studies
• Resolutions and Follow-Up Action: Dr. Horace Campbell, moderator, Department of African American Studies
  

Topic: Engaging Children in Learning: The Role of New Media Technologies in the 21st Century

Presented by: IDIT HAREL CAPERTON
Sponsored by: Center for Digital Literacy

When: Thursday, November 18, 4:30 p.m.

Speaker Profile:

Harel Caperton is founder, Chairman and CEO of MaMaMedia. Idit Harel has been developing and introducing new-media technologies to kids since the early 80's - the earliest days of the personal computer. One of the first graduates of Harvard's Education Technology Program and the MIT Media Lab, Harel founded MaMaMedia in 1995, in NYC, to develop a business for creating playful web-based products and services that help kids and families use the Internet constructively and creatively for learning and play. Over the past seven years, critically acclaimed MaMaMedia.com had tens of millions of visitors, grown to a community of almost five million registered kids members, and received numerous awards, including the coveted Computerworld Award for Technology Innovation (in 1999 & 2002), and Yahoo! Internet Life's "Best of the Net" Award for Kids two years in a row (1999 & 2000).

Topic: Partners in Risk: Danger and Opportunity in China and Japan's Financial and Industrial Reform
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Presented by: Mr. Asahiko Isobe

When: October 25, 2004

Speaker Profile:

Former Member, Prime Minister of Japan's Select Commission on Financial Reconstruction
Former Member of the Executive Board, Hitachi Corporation
Former President, Hitachi Research Institute
Chairman, Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs, Tufts University
Professor Emeritus, Qingdao University, China

Topic: Voter Education: Everything You Should Know and May Not Want to Know
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When: October 21, 2004

Panelists Include:

Presented by: Karen Steinberg

When: October 15, 2004

Presentation Summary::
Karen Steinberg, CIO of Aon Risk Services, will  speak on "Adventures in IT Management: From Saleswoman to CIO."  Karen will expand on how she built a successful career in IT management, based on her experiences at MONY, Computer Sciences Corporation, IBM and Aon. She will discuss how her sales background continues to play a role in her current position as a CIO and in managing IT.