Both Healey and MIT President Sally Kornbluth emphasized the power of curiosity and innovation during introductory remarks, while formally kicking off MIT Future Fest as a new kind of event that opens MIT's doors to the world. Spanning five days and featuring talks from leading MIT scholars, panel discussions, open labs, exhibitions, performances, screenings, and much more, MIT Future Fest adds up to a demonstration of campus research, teaching, thinking, and discovery. 'MIT and Massachusetts are known around the world as leaders in innovation,' Healey said. 'Future Fest is a chance to celebrate that. But it's also a chance to connect with each other. To learn from each other, and to imagine what comes next. In life sciences and biotech, robotics, advanced manufacturing, in energy and climate technology and quantum, and in the people who make it all happen.' In remarks preceding Healey's talk, Kornbluth observed that 'in a world as complex and interconnected as ours, we aim to...
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