Reunion Weekend 2013
To see your class specific activities click and login to Class Pages, select your class year or program, and click the Your Events tab.
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| Thursday, June 6 | Friday, June 7 | Saturday, June 8 | Sunday, June 9 |
| Thursday, June 6 |
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10:00 a.m. –
5:00 p.m. |
Registration/Check-In
Alumni and guests can pick up registration materials, sign up for open events and find other information.
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E60-112 |
10:30 a.m. –
1:00 p.m. |
Reunion Boxed Lunch
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11:00 a.m. –
12:30 p.m. |
Executive Education Workshop
Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, and
Executive Mobility
Presented by Professor John Akula |
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1:00 p.m. –
2:30 p.m. |
Career Workshop
Leveraging LinkedIn in a Job Search
Presented by Bryn Panee Burkhart, Associate Director Alumni Career Development |
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1:00 p.m. –
2:30 p.m. |
Boston Duck Tour
This family-friendly activity is a favorite. All aboard! Learn about Boston, its history, and its landmarks, via land and sea. Tour departs from MIT Sloan Tang Center. |
Tang Center Entrance (departure) |
3:00 p.m. –
4:30 p.m. |
Admissions Workshop
Who Gets In? Behind the Scenes at MIT Admissions
Presented by Kim Lesly Hunter ’86, Associate Director of Admissions
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4:45 p.m. –
7:00 p.m. |
Prelude to Pops Buffet Dinner
Enjoy a buffet dinner at Stratton Student Center before Tech Night at the Pops. MIT Sloan will have its own section of table’s reserved. Business attire. One complimentary drink included. Buses to and from Symphony Hall included.
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W20/Stratton Student Center – 2nd Floor |
8:00 p.m. –
10:00 p.m. |
Tech Night at the Pops
MIT’s oldest and largest reunion tradition, the 116th annual Tech Night at the Pops concert at Symphony Hall. BSO conductor Thomas Wilkins leads the Poston Pops Orchestra in a rousing program that will include “Pixar in Concert.” Business attire. Please note: Children under the age of five are not allowed to attend Boston Pops concerts.
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Symphony Hall
Roundtrip bus from W20 |
| Friday, June 7 |
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9:00 a.m. –
9:00 p.m. |
Registration/Check-In
Alumni and guests can pick up registration materials, sign up for open events, and find other information.
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E60-112 |
10:00 a.m. –
11:00 a.m. |
A Winning Combination: Invest in MIT’s Endowment, Generate Income, Reduce Taxes, and Make a Gift
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11:00 a.m. –
12:30 p.m. |
Career Workshop
Positioning Yourself using a Strengths-Based Framework
Presented by Jackie Wilbur, Executive Director for the Master’s Programs
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11:00 a.m. –
12:30 p.m. |
Executive Education Workshop
Social Media @ Work
Presented by Professor John Akula
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12:00 p.m. –
2:00 p.m. |
Fenway Park Tour
Tour the historic home of the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park. Ticket price includes round trip bus transportation departing from the MIT Sloan Tang Center (corner of Wadsworth and Ames St.)
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12:30 p.m. –
1:30 p.m. |
Lunch with Graduating Students
Join the graduating class of 2013 and their families at the MIT Sloan Graduation buffet luncheon. Welcome the newly minted alumni into the alumni network.
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1:30 p.m. –
3:00 p.m. |
Alumni Entrepreneur Workshop
The Reality Behind the Dream
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1:30 p.m.–
3:00 p.m. |
Alumni Workshop
The Seven Seismic Shifts to Becoming a Senior Leader
Presented by Shawna Slack MBA ’98, CEO Genesis Advisers
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3:30 p.m. –
5:00 p.m. |
Back to the Classroom: Professor Andrew Lo: Can Financial Engineering Cure Cancer?
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E51-Wong Auditorium |
5:00 p.m. –
6:30 p.m. |
Speed Networking
The MIT Sloan network in a fun and fast paced way. Participants divide into industry groups and in five minute increments will switch partners. Swap contact information and stories, and begin conversations that may lead to professional and business opportunities.
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E62-233 |
6:30 p.m. –
9:30 p.m. |
Alumni C-Function Reception
The Consumption Function (C-Function) is a tradition at MIT Sloan began in the late 70s. Join all returning classes for a fun-filled reception in E62. Includes heavy hors d’oeuvres (You won’t need dinner after), beer and wine.
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E62-Lobby |
| Saturday, June 8 |
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8:30 a.m. –
4:00 p.m. |
Registration/Check-In
Alumni and guests can pick up registration materials, sign up for open events and find other information. |
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9:00 a.m. –
11:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:30 a.m. –
11:00 a.m. |
Back to the Classroom with MIT Sloan Faculty
Head back to the classroom to learn the latest from MIT Sloan faculty in their fields of expertise.
Professor Jason Jay: Innovating for Sustainability |
Various classrooms |
9:30 a.m. –
11:00 a.m. |
Thomas Malone: Mapping the Genomes of Collective Intelligence |
Various classrooms |
11:30 a.m. –
1:00 p.m. |
Professor Joseph Doyle: Measuring Returns to Healthcare |
Various classrooms |
11:30 a.m. –
1:00 p.m. |
Professor Andrei Kirilenko: Algorithmic Trading and Its Discontents |
Various classrooms |
1:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m. |
Dean’s Luncheon
Join former MIT Sloan deans and all returning alumni for a luncheon with a fireside chat type discussion between David Schmittlein, John C Head III Dean and Dean Emeritus Bill Pounds.
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E62-Lobby |
3:00 p.m. –
5:30 p.m. |
Free Time/Class-Specific Activities
Take this time to reconnect classmates or to show your family around Boston and Cambridge. Your class or program may schedule class-specific activities, as well. Visit your Class/Program page to see what’s planned.
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7:00 p.m. –
10:30 p.m. |
Class-Specific Dinners
Celebrate with all returning classes at an all class reception, followed by your class-specific dinner. Attire is semi-formal.
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Westin Copley Hotel |
| Sunday, June 9 |
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12:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m. |
MIT Sloan Family Barbeque
Join all returning alumni and their families for a fun-filled BBQ with activities for kids of all ages, including arts and crafts, face painting, Toddler Town, carnival games, more. Children under 10 are free.
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McDermott Court |
In addition to these activities, your class may be planning class-specific events. Check your Class Page to see what events in addition to this schedule your class may have planned.
Schedule subject to change.
