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February 18-24, 2019
A week-long talk series & design challenge promoting innovation, leadership, entrepreneurship, and action for a better future by bringing together people who inspire us to encourage the MIT community to stand up, get involved and bring their ideas to the world.
Between February 18-24, we plan to bring together innovators from various disciplines to discuss the journey of an idea from conception to production.
ITINERARY
ITINERARY
- Monday:
- Kick-Off in West Lounge, 2nd Floor Student Center from 7-9pm — pitch your ideas, meet new people, and form teams!
- Friday:
- Innovation Across Disciplines in La Sala, Student Center -- from 7-9pm — a speaker series on innovation, design, and College of Computing
- Saturday & Sunday:
- BetterMIT Innovation Design Challenge in Lobdell, Student Center
- Saturday
- 9am — Check in & last minute sign ups
- 10am — Opening remarks
- 11a — Challenge begins
- 12pm — MIT Connect Workshop
- 2pm — Community Innovation Panel
- 4pm — Design A Major Workshop
- 6pm — Pitch Practice Workshop
- Sunday
- 10am — Academic Experiments Workshop (Office of Experiential Learning).
- 11:50am — Challenge finishes
- 12pm — Semi Final pitches & judging
- Saturday
- BetterMIT Innovation Design Challenge in Lobdell, Student Center
Awards
Awards
BetterMIT is the birthplace of great ideas, but it doesn't have to be the end! We encourage our participants to pursue ideas they believe in. The top ranking teams from Sunday's semi final judging round will win $300, $150, and $75 respectively. Other awards and opportunities include...
Honorable Mentions - Can present their ideas at the College of Computing Expo Tuesday Feb 26th.
Semi-Finalist - Pitch their ideas to Chancellor Barnhart, Vice Chancellor Waitz, and Dean Suzy Nelson.
Finalists - The best team in each category will receive a $1000 towards their project from our sponsors.
What to Expect
What to Expect
BetterMIT is a design challenge; we accept project entries in all shapes and forms and judge them based on the values to the left.
You will have the resources of student innovators and administrators to help you along the way. The most important thing is planning for successful execution and communicating your ideas, but we welcome proofs of concept! For more information, see the...
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