30th September - 2nd October 2025 | Barcelona, Spain

Driving Innovation: MIT’s Blueprint for Transforming Challenges into Opportunities

Wed 25 Sep | 17:00 - 17:45

At this session, you’ll hear about how MIT is boosting innovation and why it has successfully tackled the world’s most pressing challenges, transferring knowledge and launching startups.

You’ll also learn about two main initiatives from the Office of Corporate Relations, the main gateway to connect industry to the Institute to address its main strategic challenges: the Industrial Liaison Program and Startup Exchange.

Finally, you’ll learn how the Boston-Cambridge Innovation ecosystem stakeholders collaborate, to make Kendall Square the most innovative square mile on earth.

Speaker
Klaus Schleicher

Klaus Schleicher

Corporate Relations Director

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Moderator
Josep Jorge

Josep Jorge

Congress Director

The District World Summit