MIT and 30 of its faculty members, headed by Professor Fred Moavenzadeh, Macomber Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will help plan and organize the program for about 600 top leaders involved in 11 key industries across America and around the world. The Industry Summit of the World Economic Forum is to be held in partnership with MIT, with the collaboration of Harvard University. It will involve activities on both campuses. The cold war has ended.
Business is truly global.
Economic rivalry among nations has intensified. But we are interconnected as never before. In this era of rapid technological, economic, environmental and social change, it is crucially important that we cooperate on the global economic and environmental challenges ahead of us. If we are to succeed, I believe that industries, nations and universities will have to form new alliances across the globe. To maintain the relevance of our educational and research programs in today's world, it is more important than ever that we actively work to keep in close touch with the concerns of the global industrial community.