Welcome to our Video Library

Our video library provides on demand video of events form our South Florida chapter as well as significant public events at MIT. For more videos, please also visit MIT World’s video index which contains more than 700 videos. Here are some of our featured videos:

The World is Flat
The World is Flat: Thomas L. Friedman describes the unplanned cascade of technological and social shifts that effectively leveled the economic world. Friedman lists the “flatteners”.

Software Breakthroughs: Solving the Toughest Problems in Computer Science
Bill Gates’ explores the next generation of computer science, now that the “rough draft” is done. Gates finds a paradox in that computer science is poised to transform work and home life, “but people’s excitement level is not as high as it was five years ago.”

Composing a Career and Life
Linda Mason was originally going to make a case study of Bright Horizons, her $1.3 billion, early childhood care business, but reconsidered in light of the current economic crisis — to the benefit of her audience.

The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband-Enabled World
The digital revolution that brought us Facebook, Twitter and YouTube could help revive participatory democracy in the U.S., says Eugene J. Huang. He unveils the FCC’s plan for providing broadband access to every American and its impact on democracy.

When to Seed, When to Harvest: The Four Quads of Innovation, Growth
When to Seed, When to Harvest: The Four Quads of Innovation, Growth: Under Michael Eskew’s direction, UPS is expanding its emphasis on developing new lines of business that complement the company’s core package operations.

Leading through Adversity
Few companies have endured such hardship, or risen to such heights in a brief span of time as Akamai Technologies. Paul Sagan tells how he became the CEO of this young firm, and helped it survive and then flourish despite “unimaginable adversity.”