MIT Water Night, April 22, 2021
6 -9 PM EST, Virtually
MIT Water Night 2021 will feature stories and works from two artists who keep environmental conservation at the forefront of their work.
We’re pleased to present an interactive workshop that will allow our guests the ability to create something new and beautiful from found items, reflecting on the importance of upcycling, and keeping plastics out of the ocean.
Water Night will also have career panels featuring 12 professionals who have made water their full-time job, and will share their stories of how they were able to do so from many different facets of water, including startups, large multi-national companies, government agencies, and academia.
We hope everyone who comes is able to take time to reflect on the importance of water in our daily lives.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
6:00 - 7:00 pm EST: Artist Cindy Pease Roe will lead us all in an art workshop to create a small whale from found objects in our homes or around our communities. We’ll also learn about the importance of upcycling and keeping plastics out of our natural environment
Please come with a used plastic bottle and scraps of cloth found around your home/community to participate in this workshop.
Please DO NOT purchase anything new for this workshop.
7:00 - 7:30 pm EST: Photographer and Videographer Keith Ellenbogen will share stories and his works with us in capturing the ocean.
7:30 - 8:00 pm EST: Career Panels 1 & 2 will commence. Choose whichever you prefer, or switch back and forth!
8:00 - 8:30 pm EST: Career Panels 3 & 4 will commence. Choose whichever you prefer, or switch back and forth!
8:30 - 9:00 pm EST: MIT Water Club will host a round of trivia. Come test your knowledge (and what you learned throughout the night) to win prizes!
KEYNOTE PRESENTERS:
Cindy Pease Roe is an artist from Long Island who uses primarily marine debris in her work. Her goal is to create art that not only sends a message but also allows the audience to learn and digest the information at their own rate. Her work to give a voice to the natural world which has been silenced and abused, to inspire change and to ignite a desire to live healthier lives.
Keith Ellenbogen is a photographer and videographer who focuses on capturing the ocean. Through Keith’s photography, he seeks to evoke a sense of discovery and create intimate, personal connections to inspire positive social change and a global understanding of the world around us.
CAREER PANELISTS:
Career Panel 2:
Matthew Silver, CEO of Cambrian Innovation
Cindy Wang, Environmental Scientist at Exponent
David Warsinger, Assistant Professor at Purdue University
Career Panel 1:
David Dellal, CEO of Floe
Erik Ekdahl, Deputy Director, Division of Water Rights, California State Water Resources Control Board
Janet Glazer, Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments
Career Panel 4:
Anurag Bajpayee, CEO of Gradiant
Libby Hsu, Lecturer and Associate Director of Academics at MIT D-Lab
Jantje Johnson, Founding Partner at Orange Boat
Career Panel 3:
Shreya Dave, CEO of Via Separations
Tyler Elkins, Global Product Manager – DEW Flygt, Grindex, Ready at Xylem
David Kaplan, Watershed Manager, City of Cambridge Water Department