MIT Scaling Development Ventures

The speakers for the inaugural MIT Scaling Development Ventures conference who had to travel from farthest away — from Nigeria, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Indonesia, Ghana, India, Scotland and Nepal — mostly made it to Boston before the weekend's major snowstorm, but for others the trip became impossible.

 

The conference — scheduled to have taken place Saturday, Feb. 9, at the MIT Media Lab, during what turned out to be a historic storm — had 250 participants pre-registered and 125 more on the waiting list. Quickly, the conference organizers took action to convert the planned conference sessions to a webinar and a live reception at D-Lab for those close-by. 

 

Full 2013 MIT SDV Conference Program (PDF)

 

Keynote

Krista Donaldson, D-Rev.

 

Panel: Drawing Inspiration

Short presentations by established social entrepreneurs about how they successfully scaled their ventures.
Kate Montgomery, d.light; Toshi Nakamura, Kopernik; Anand Narayan, SELCO; David Reich, Assured Labor; Greg van Kirk, Community Enterprise Solutions.

 

MIT Team Presentations

Evotech, Lallitara, OttoClave, PotaVida, Practical Education Network, RetiCue, Solarclave, Takachar, Wecyclers.

 

Panel: Applying Lessons Learned 
Young social entrepreneurs discussing successes, failures, and challenges that they are facing while scaling up their ventures.

Jodie Wu, Global Cycle Solutions; Kenfield Griffith, mSurvey; Khalida Brohi, Sughar; Sam Reilley, Community Water Solutions.

 

This conference was made possible by funding to the D-Lab Scale-Ups program from the Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives.

 

NEWS & BLOGS

 

MIT News
Scaling Development Ventures conference goes digital in face of storm
Speakers and attendees from around world convene online to share lessons learned on the path to 'scaling-up' products and services for global social impact.