Event Videos

Is now time to buy? ...sell? ...become an investor/landlord? 

It has been quite a year, navigating the challenges of COVID-19, economic uncertainty and fires. Meanwhile, mortgage rates are near all-time lows — if you can get them. How will this chapter of California real estate play out?

Join us for a lunchtime roundtable with a panel of real estate professionals from around the Bay Area/N.CA. and Ted Egan, Chief Economist of the City and County of San Francisco. His office prepares independent economic analysis of major new city legislation.

We will start with a look at the latest economic data before a lightning-round of updates on the residential markets around the Bay Area and N.CA, plus signals from the commercial real estate market (“jobs”). Then we’ll open up the discussion for Q&A.

Business, industry and consumer behavior drive energy demand to create our improving quality of life while also creating the existential challenge we face: Climate Change. Leading scientists and economists worldwide, including the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and U.S. National Climate Assessment, have issued recent reports demonstrating that immediate action is needed to transform our energy ecosystem to dramatically reduce and eliminate carbon. Increasingly, understanding the impact of climate on operations, businesses are taking action to move towards efficiency, renewable energy and environmental innovation. But Climate Change requires coordinated national and global action: We need legislative and regulatory action to enact solid climate policy and incentives.

Tom Steyer has been a leading energy and environment philanthropist and activist for many years. He is now Co-Chair of the Biden for President Campaign’s Climate Engagement Advisory Council. In a moderated discussion, Tom will discuss Vice President Joe Biden’s newly released climate plan “Build Back Better” to create 10 million new jobs, ensure transformative business development, and spur technological innovation that will fortify the nation in the face of an ever-worsening climate crisis.

Have you been wondering how you could better understand the camera that you already have in your pocket and how to improve your photography? Join Manohar Srikanth, PhD ’13 and former Camera & Imaging Technologist at Apple, to learn how!
This session will shed some light on the camera tech and photography tips for anyone, but mostly MIT folks! By understanding how the camera works and by knowing the relationship between camera settings and photographic outcomes, we can improve our photography. We’ll understand some of the differences between a large camera (DSLR) and a smartphone camera and see how well we can transfer DSLR skills to a Smartphone camera. This course will be fun and quench the thirst for those used to drinking from the fire hose!

Explore the intersection between Buddhist practice and Western scientific understanding of the mind via the lens of Tibetan art.   The works in the Asian Art Museum's recent special exhibition were explicitly intended to awaken novices to the true nature of reality, and to culminate in a vision of clarity that offers a sharp contrast to the distracted confusion of modern life.  MITCNC participants will be guided by exhibit co-organizer and Tibetan Art expert Jeffrey Durham.

Learn about the amazing world of beekeeping, and join us to explore the inside of an active beehive from the comfort of your home. How do bees navigate home and tell their hivemates where the best flowers are? Why shouldn't you be scared of bee swarms? Is the queen really in charge? One former participant wrote: "I've planned events for Stanford alumni for 4 years, and this is the most interesting one I personally have experienced." Presenters Tiffany and Brian Neal maintain a home apiary of 7 beehives with their two kids.