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Please note this schedule is tentative and subject to change. More details will be added as they are announced.
Sunday, June 23: Workshop & Tours
Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
10AM – 6PM | Registration desk open | MIT.nano |
11AM – 12PM | Welcome first-time attendees & a history/roadmap to UGIM conferences | 10-250 |
12PM – 1PM | Welcome lunch & mingle | 10-250 |
1PM – 4PM | Sunday session - "Tips for building a lab: systems and components of a modern lab". A series of short invited talks by experts in the field, each with a very specific focus on how to design/build a particular aspect of a facility. Guiding theme is "Top 3 things everyone should really know about [xzy system]". | 10-250 |
2PM – 7PM | Staff guided tours, starting every 30 to 60 minutes: Fab, Characterization, Infrastructure, Packaging & immersion, MIT Campus. | MIT.nano |
6PM – 8:30PM | Reception in- and around the building, selection of food trucks. | MIT.nano |
Monday, June 24: Conference
Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
7:30AM | Breakfast | MIT Media Lab |
8:00AM | Welcome remarks | MIT Media Lab |
8:20AM | Keynote | MIT Media Lab |
9AM – 12PM | Seven talks, details to be announced (includes a 40 min break / vendor time) | MIT Media Lab |
12PM – 1:40PM | Lunch and networking / vendor time | MIT Media Lab |
1:40PM – 4:40PM | Seven talks, details to be announced (includes a 40 min break / vendor time) | MIT Media Lab |
4:50PM | Trolley tour departs MIT; visits historic parts of Boston on the way to banquet venue | MIT Media Lab |
6:00PM | Reception and dinner in the MFA | Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston |
9:00PM | Early bus return to MIT | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
10:00PM | Late bus return to MIT | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Tuesday, June 25: Conference
Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
7:30AM | Breakfast | MIT Media Lab |
8AM – 12PM | Nine talks, details to be announced (includes a 20 & 40 min break / vendor time) | MIT Media Lab |
12PM – 1:40PM | Lunch and networking / vendor time | MIT Media Lab |
1:40PM – 5:40PM | Nine talks, details to be announced (includes a 20 & 40 min break / vendor time) | MIT Media Lab |
5:45PM | Walk to MIT Museum | MIT Media Lab |
6:00PM | Reception and dinner in the MIT Museum | MIT Museum |
9:45PM | Conclude | MIT Museum |
Wednesday, June 26: Conference
Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
7AM - 5PM | Luggage storage at MIT.nano for those departing late or attending tours (morning-only attendees can store in Media Lab venue) | MIT Media Lab & MIT.nano |
7:30AM | Breakfast | MIT Media Lab |
8AM – 12PM | Nine talks, details to be announced (includes a 20 & 40 min break / vendor time). Closing remarks | MIT Media Lab |
12PM – 1PM | Lunch available to-go | MIT Media Lab |
1PM – 5PM | Additional staff guided tours, for those departing later in the day (identical to Sunday tours: Fab, Characterization, Infrastructure, Packaging & immersion, MIT Campus) | MIT.nano |