Workshops - MIT GradEl

Program

Workshops

Learn from current leaders.

GradEL workshops are a chance for students to hear firsthand from professionals across a range of industries and backgrounds. These are two-hour, one-time sessions that provide insight into the real-world experiences of MIT faculty members, industry business leaders, and more.

Upcoming Workshops

September 26, 5-7pm

How Women in STEM Lead

Panel discussion
Room 32-144

Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D panel discussion hosted by Monica Pheifer, Principal Lecturer, GradEL. A panel of women in science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing, and design will share the unique challenges they’ve experienced and the unique value they’ve provided in their technical leadership careers.

October 16, 5-7pm

Making Informed Tradeoff Decisions: What Do Stakeholders Care About?

Joia Spooner-Fleming, Global R&D Senior Executive
Room 32-124

Learn how technical leaders make important tradeoff decisions while taking into account the engineering results, the business impact, and the variety of stakeholder needs that come with all challenging issues.

October 30, 5-7 pm

Reimagining the Hearing Aid Industry - the Case of Eargo

Danny Shen, Funder and President of Ruby Robotics, Serial Entrepreneur

Room 32-124

From garage to IPO, MIT alumn Danny Shen shares his story of founding Eargo, a company that challenged an industry of entrenched incumbents to reimagine the hearing aid industry and break down barriers to adoption. This is an interactive workshop where product and strategic questions faced by the founders are presented and discussed.

November 14, 5-7 pm

World-Class R&D for Geographically Distributed Markets

Reza Rahaman , Managing Director, Technical Leadership and Communication Programs (UPOP, GEL, GradEL, CommLab)

Room 32-155

This workshop gives a high-level view of where R&D fits, strategically and organizationally within the enterprise. It looks at some of the issues in operating across cultures and highlights how cultural differences may lead to product development solutions that optimize for different value equations. This is brought to life by a group exercise that looks at developing a simple cleaning product across two geographies.