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EmTech MIT 2016 Preview

A Chat with MIT Technology Review’s Editor in Chief and Publisher Jason Pontin

Our team is busy preparing for the flagship EmTech MIT conference this fall, curating conversations around the most important emerging technology news of the year. Listen in as program director Laura Wilson and EmTech emcee Jason Pontin discuss some of the key areas to be addressed. Highlights include an AI track that will feature intriguing start up Vicarious, and a look ahead at the role that emerging technologies will play in addressing climate change. Listen in for a preview of the program that we’re preparing for the show this fall.

 

Jason Pontin addresses the EmTech MIT audience in 2015

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