09/30/16: Engineering & Entrepreneurship: The Internet of Things Tickets, Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 8:30 AM | Eventbrite

The “Internet of Things,” in which everyday objects possess network connectivity that allows them to send and receive data, is poised to radically transform the way we live and work.

As part of their collaborative series on engineering and entrepreneurship, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Harvard Business School will host a symposium on the Internet of Things, exploring the thrilling opportunities it provides for technological innovation and social organization.

The event will feature lightning talks by four Harvard SEAS faculty members: David Brooks, Na "Lina" Li, Scot Martin, and Jim Waldo. The event will also feature a keynote talk by Chicago Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) Commissioner and CIO Brenna Berman, called “Transforming the Future City.” Berman says, “Adopting IoT technologies in the urban environment offers cities a host of opportunities but also presents just as many challenges. Learn about one city's experience - its successes and lessons learned - as it uses connected technologies to course its future.”

Following the keynote, this symposium will feature a quintessential HBS experience – a case study discussion. The “case method” was introduced by HBS faculty in 1925, and has since become a powerful tool for interactive business education. It gives participants the unique opportunity to reason through a real-world management challenge. HBS remains the world’s leading case-writing institution, and symposium attendees will have the opportunity to experience a case study firsthand.