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Join MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing & the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) on Wednesday November 4th, at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing for a fireside chat and panel discussion with GlobalFoundries Executive Chairman Thomas Caulfield. Caulfield will explore the critical role semiconductors play in advancing artificial intelligence.

4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
MIT College of Computing

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Join DMSE for the 2026 Wulff Lecture. Harry Tuller, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, will explore how fundamental materials science leads to unexpected technological advances—and how those advances deepen our understanding of ceramic materials.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Building 6 Room 120

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The 2026 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Gang Chen of MIT.

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET

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Join the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative for their annual symposium on health sciences and semiconductors. 

12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ragon Institute

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The Nano Summit is MIT.nano's flagship conference bringing together leaders from academia, industry, government, and startups to explore the technologies shaping the next decade of innovation. The Nano Summit focuses on the convergence of nanoscience and engineering, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies, supported by the infrastructure needed to advance and scale them.

It is designed for researchers, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and students engaged in advancing next-generation science and engineering.

Thursday, October 29
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

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Join the MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) for their research and development conference. The theme for 2026 is Curiosity on a Mission: Accelerating from Discovery to Real-World Impact.

November 17 – 18, 2026

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Join STUDIO.nano for the next Resonances Lecture! Professor Paola Bertucci from Yale University will present her talk: Invented pasts, past inventions: When technological myths survive historical evidence.

Monday, October 26, 2026
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
MIT.nano Building 12 Room 0168

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The 2026 Compton Lecture will be delivered by Harvard University Professor Martha Minow.

October 22, 2026
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Join MIT.nano and Semilab for a tool talk on the Semilab Mercury CV (MCV) probing system.

Tuesday, October 20
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET
MIT.nano, 12-0168

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Join MIT.nano for our October Seminar. Mark Allen, the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, will present on magnetics in MEMS: From DC to GHz.

3 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Grier Room A (34-401)

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