"Insight and Innovation in Uncertain Times"

"Insight and Innovation in Uncertain Times" March 16-17, 2012 MIT Campus, Boston Park Plaza Castle, and The Westin Copley Place

Dear 2012 Conference Attendees: The organizing team is excited to host you for the seventh annual MIT Energy Conference. The information in this email is intended to help you plan your weekend.

Friday Events Friday's events are free and open to the public (no registration required). Workshops will take place on MIT campus (see map) starting at 11 AM. See the full Friday Workshop schedule on our website. The first ever Friday fireside chat will take place with Mark Vachon (GE, VP ecomagination) at 4 PM in 32-123 (see map). Complimentary shuttles will run between the Workshops on campus and the Showcase (more info). The Friday Showcase will take place from 5-8 PM at the Boston Park Plaza Castle (learn more about our venues).   Saturday Events Ticketed Conference, 8 AM - 7 PM, Westin Copley Place Registration and breakfast begin at 8 AM. We're kicking off our content with the MIT Perspectives on Energy Innovation Roundtable shortly thereafter at 9 AM. See the full Saturday Conference schedule on our website. A copy of the agenda will also be provided to you during registration.     Twitter at the 2012 MIT Energy Conference (#mitenergyconf) We will use Twitter in multiple ways to encourage interaction among speakers, attendees, and the public. Join the conversation!  What do you need to know? First, if you don't already use Twitter, then you need to: Sign up for a free Twitter account.  Learn the basics.  Install a free Twitter app on your mobile device. Second, there are three ways to use Twitter at the Conference: Share your thoughts, speaker quotes, and more by including the Summit's Official Twitter Hashtag, #mitenergyconf, in your tweets. Ask questions during panel session Q&A. Incorporate Twitter language basics @Reply: The @ symbol on Twitter is followed by a Twitter username (i.e. @mitenergyconf). Including a @Reply publicly tags that user and is meant to imply the message is directed to them or related to them. Retweet: A retweet, or RT, is used when you wish to repost something another person said on their Twitter feed. Retweeting sends their message to your followers and notifies them that you are quoting them. Hashtag: A hashtag is created when the pound (#) symbol comes before a word or phrase (i.e. #mitenergyconf). A hashtag is used in a message so other people can follow related sets of tweets. Throughout the 2012 Conference, we will pose questions to the audience to answer via Twitter (i.e. "What has been your favorite panel so far?"). Attendees will be able to  tweet their answers to these questions which will then be moderated and displayed as part of the Twitter waterfall on Saturday.   We look forward to seeing you at the Conference! Please let us know if there are any questions in the meantime. The Directors Team