8 Events

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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Special Series - Open to the Public

Climate Change and the Cocoa Industry: Leveraging Science and Technology for Sustainability

Wed., Apr. 30, 2014 | 2:30pm - 5:00pm

Littauer Building - Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor

The aim of this workshop is to explore the role of science and technology in adapting the global cocoa and chocolate industry to climate change. More specifically, the workshop will develop a roadmap on how to leverage the power of institutions of higher learning to respond to the sustainability challenges facing the industry. The US$95 billion is used as a source of inspirational models on how to respond to sustainability challenges facing other major global agricultural commodities.

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Special Series - Open to the Public

Financing Agricultural Institutions in Africa

Fri., Apr. 27, 2012 | 9:00am - 12:00pm

Harvard Kennedy School - Hauser Center Conference Room

The goal of this brainstorming session is to discuss the challenge of financing agricultural institutions and related projects. By bringing together a group of experts in the fields of finance, consulting, academia, and nonprofit organizations, we will explore the various avenues available for supporting such capacity-building institutions.

Social Media, Crowd-funding, and High Impact Philanthropy

Special Series - Open to the Public

Social Media, Crowd-funding, and High Impact Philanthropy

Tue., Mar. 27, 2012 | 9:00am - 10:00am

Taubman Building - Kalb Seminar Room, Room 275

This is an invitation to see an early demo and test a new and innovative social media platform, ImpacTree—a collaboration between Harvard School of Public Health and the MIT Media Lab. ImpacTree uses novel crowd-sourcing techniques to empower users to convert social capital into real currency for funding important global causes. The seminar also focuses on the academic research opportunities the platform offers and how it enhances corporate social responsibility for high impact and individualized philanthropy.

Please join us! Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Kenya's Attorney General, Amos Wako, right, watches as Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki holds up the country's new constitution after signing it into law, at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Aug. 27, 2010.

AP Photo

Special Series - Open to the Public

Kenya's New Constitution: The Birth of the Second Republic

Tue., Sep. 14, 2010 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Harvard Graduate School of Education - Longfellow Hall

In August 2010, Kenyan citizens approved by referendum a new constitution that sets up an American-style presidential system with checks and balances. The new constitution replaces a colonial-era constitution that had been changed over the years to give the president wide ranging powers. What will the Second Republic will mean for Kenya's future?

Please join us! Everyone is welcome.

Maasai: At The Crossroads

Special Series - Open to the Public

Maasai: At The Crossroads

Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Science Center - D

A world university premiere of a 45-minute documentary about enriching the lives of Maasai children through education while respecting their customs, traditions, and way of life.

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) will do a demonstration of the XO laptop after the screening.