Issues in Technology and Policy Seminar Series
Renee Robins
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

Many policy issues involve the application, commercialization, and control of technologies. This annual seminar series explores selected issues in technology and policy, such as the technology & policy of global warming; problems with the country’s air transportation system, the future of space travel, and other current topics. Bring brown bag lunch; light refreshments provided.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tpp
Contact: Renee Robins, E40-381, x3-7662, rrobins@mit.edu
Sponsor: Technology and Policy Program

Considering Risk and Uncertainty in Designing Climate Policy
Mort Webster
A public policy response to the threat of global climate change requires explicit consideration of the scientific, technological and economic uncertainties. In this talk, Prof. Webster will show how formal modeling of the economic and earth systems and their uncertainties can inform how we design our policy solutions to be robust and to manage risks.
Tue Jan 8, 12-01:30pm, E51-149

Space Logistics: Enabler of the New Frontier and Current Research Challenges
Olivier de Weck
Will the 21st century see a human outpost on the moon and our first footsteps on Mars? Successfully undertaking such long-range, long-duration exploration represents a formidable policy, technology and logistics challenge. This talk will draw an analogy between interplanetary logistics as a future enabler and how better logistics management and new technologies led to accelerated exploration of Antarctica after 1913.
Tue Jan 15, 12-01:30pm, E51-149

MIT’s Global Airline Industry Program: Research on the National Air Transportation System
Cynthia Barnhart
In this talk, Prof. Barnhart will describe the mission, people involved and some of the research being conducted as part of MIT’s Global Airline Industry Program. In particular, she will address ongoing and new efforts to reconfigure and manage our national air transportation system, efforts aimed at more effectively utilizing existing system capacity and reducing passenger delays.
Tue Jan 22, 12-01:30pm, E51-149