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MIT Connection Science Annual Sponsors’ Conference
“Horizon 3: Trust & Finance, Mobility and Infrastructure”
November 15-17, 2021
MIT Media Lab, 6th Floor
Monday, November 15
3:00 – 5:00 PM MIT Connection Science Fellows and Executive Board Meeting (closed door session for MIT Connection Science Sponsors and Executive Board)
5:00 – 8:00 PM Cocktail reception and dinner at the MIT Media Lab
Tuesday, November 16: MIT Trust Data and Finance Initiative
8:00 AM – 9:00: Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 AM: Welcome Remarks, Introductions and Agenda Review,
Diane Greene – Chairperson, MIT Corporation, Prof Alex “Sandy” Pentland
9:15 – 10:45 AM TRUST::DATA – NEW FINANCE : Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Digital Currency – a new “Bretton Woods” Accord exploring new payment rails, new risk, regulatory, taxation models, and solutions: Panelists: Wilson D’Souza – CTO Akoya, Thomas Hardjono – MIT Connection Science, Peter Tsahalis,- EVP & CIO Wells Fargo, Jeffrey Saviano, Partner, EY. Moderator: Alex “Sandy” Pentland
10:45 – 11:00AM : Break
11:00 – 12:30: TRUST::DATA – DATA PRIVACY : The future of data privacy, and data ownership – threats, risks and solutions for consumer services, insurance, healthcare and financial services. Panelists:Bob Hedges – SVP Global Strategic Initiatives at Visa, Ben Moskowitz – Consumer Reports, Hossein Rahnama – CEO of Flybits, Robert Pozen – lecturer at MIT and former President of Fidelity Moderator: Alex “Sandy” Pentland
12:30 – 1:30 PM : Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 PM : TRUST::DATA – AI Driven Finance: opportunities and risks of Artificial Intelligence in automation of financial applications, financial systems and markets, fairness in algorithmic decision making. Panelists: Peter Tsahalis,- EVP & CIO Wells Fargo, Prof. Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT, Mona Vernon – Head of Fidelity Labs, Rohit Chauhan, EVP of AI, Mastercard. Moderator: Douglas Kim
3:00- 3:30PM: BREAK
3:30 – 4:00 PM : “CBDC and Digital Identity”, Thomas Hardjono, CTO Connection Science
4:00 – 4:30 PM : “Social Bridges in Community Purchase Behavior, Understanding consumer behavior in terms of healthcare, financial decisions and commerce”, Prof. Vivek Singh
4:30 – 5:00 PM : “Computational Law”: Exploring the ways that law and legal processes can be reimagined and engineered as computational systems – Dazza Greenwood – MIT Connection Science
5:00 – 6:00: Cocktail Reception
6:00: Dinner at the MIT Media Lab
Wednesday, November 17 MIT Trust Data Mobility and Infrastructure
8:00 AM – 9:00: Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 AM: Introducing Trust Data:: Mobility and Infrastructure – Prof Alex “Sandy” Pentland, MIT Connection Science, Prof Jinhua Zhao at MIT MIT Mobility Initiative,
9:30 – 10:30 AM: “Building Back Better” our communications, transportation and public service infrastructure to improve healthcare, commerce, and the environment. Panelists: Praveen Mandal – CTO Volta Charging, Layla Shaikley, Co-Founder, Wise Systems, Adam Grosser, Chairman and Managing Partner, UP Partners, Lakshmanan Chidambaram – President – Tech Mahindra, John Moavenzadeh – MIT Mobility Initiative. Moderators: Prof. Alex “Sandy” Pentland & Douglas Kim
10:30 – 11:00 AM: BREAK
11:00- 11:30AM: “Social Determinants of Health”, Prof Alex “Sandy” Pentland
11:30 – 12:00 PM : “Economic Opportunities with Mobility Data” Dr. Shenhao Wang
12:00 – 1:30 PM : Lunch and Lightning Talks, “The Atlas of Opportunity”, Dr. Mohsen Bahrami, “Voyage Viewer” Isabella Loiza Saa, “Who are the Influencers?: How to reach your customer”, Dr. Tara Sowrirajan
1:30 – 2:00: Prof. Jinhua Zhao, “The Future of Work and Impact on Urban Mobility”
2:00 – 2:30: “Mobility Rich Census” Prof. Esteban Moro
2:30-3:30: In depth discussion and next steps.
3:30: Adjourn
