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The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research is a cancer research center affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The Institute is one of eight National Cancer Institute-designated basic research centers in the United States.The Institute was launched in October 2007 with a $100 million grant from David H. Koch and the 180000sqft research facility opened in December 2010, replacing the MIT Center for Cancer Research (CCR). The Institute is affiliated with 25 MIT faculty members in both the Schools of Engineering and Science.

Founded in 1910 as a dental infirmary for disadvantaged children, the Forsyth Institute has a proud history of not just meeting the oral health needs of kids – but exceeding the traditional limits of oral medicine. In the mid-1900s, researchers at Boston-based Forsyth revolutionized the oral health profession when they discovered the connections between dental decay and bacteria. Building on these revelations, the Institute has become an independent research organization dedicated to advancing human health and well being through scientific discovery and education. Although our hallmark is the study of oral health, our focus has widened over time to include the investigation of such diverse areas as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and regenerative medicine. We have adopted this multidisciplinary research approach in order to analyze and prevent the severe systemic ramifications of oral infections. The world's most trusted authority in our field, we have a reputation for redefining convention – and we've made a century-long commitment to the community. Our work has inspired our profession to re-examine the scientific basis for oral disease. Today, the gifted scholars from around the globe who join our quest are dedicated to achieving a new generation of breakthroughs in oral health and disease prevention. Forsyth, an independent non-profit organization, is affiliated with Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School and has collaborations with university and research organizations around the world.

MIT Medical has served members of the MIT community and their families for more than 100 years. We offer comprehensive, high-quality physical and mental health care in personal, welcoming, and convenient local settings. We provide a centralized source for routine and urgent health care needs, including health insurance and physical and mental health care and treatment. We also offer an extensive roster of health and wellness promotion programs.

We began with the nascent biotech industry, and went on to help more than 300 biotech firms to raise capital and position themselves as visible and credible for financing and corporate alliances. We then set our sights on pharmaceuticals, helping mid-size and large global companies to improve patients’ understanding and raise awareness of brands that are changing clinical outcomes in cancer, diabetes, HIV, multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions, rare diseases, serious infections, urological disorders, and women’s health. With the arrival of the new millennium, we created the world’s first molecular medicine communications practice, and stood with government agencies, academic centers, and commercial start-ups at the intersection of genomics, proteomics, informatics, and team science. Today, we are also front and center in health information technology and bioinformatics, helping to broker the convergence among IT, biology, medicine and consumer empowerment in the movement known as Health 2.0.

More than 1-in-3 people will have cancer in their lifetime. Even more eye opening is that tiny, microscopic cancers are developing in our bodies all the time, even before we are old. It is whether blood vessels near these dormant tumors are held in check or instead grow that determines if the cancer will expand and spread. Angiogenesis is the name of the natural process that blood vessels grow in the body. How important are these vessels? The healthy body maintains its blood vessels in a continuous state of balance. Cancer develops into a disease when abnormal cells overcome this balanced state and new blood vessels grow to feed cancers. But these blood vessels are also cancer's Achilles Heel. Cutting off a tumor’s blood supply starves it of oxygen and nutrients. Forty years of research has now resulted in modern drugs that effectively combat cancer through anti-angiogenesis. These drugs effectively starve growing cancers in a way totally different from toxic chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. Novel drugs based on this unique approach have been successfully tested in thousands of patients, been approved by the FDA and other drug agencies throughout the world and have helped increase the survival and quality of life of people living with cancer. The anti-angiogenesis approach has been proven to be an effective in fighting cancers. Targeting angiogenesis also provides an opportunity to prevent cancer. Certain foods contain natural molecules that can suppress abnormally growing blood vessels. What separates Eat to Beat is its focus on what you should add to your diet, rather than what to eliminate.

NEHI (Network for Excellence in Health Innovation) is a health policy institute focused on enabling innovation that will improve health care quality and lower health care costs. Working in partnership with members from across the health care system, NEHI brings an objective, collaborative and fresh voice to health policy. We combine the collective vision of our diverse membership and our independent, evidence-based research to move ideas into action.

NeoBioLab is headquartered in the center of a biopharmaceutical zone located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We are a dedicated biology service provider and partner, providing innovative solutions to molecular and cellular biology, in vivo experiments and drug screening services. NeoBioLab routinely works with pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies and academic institutions of all sizes, advancing their research efficiency and core competitiveness and ultimately improving their research productivity. NeoBioLab guarantees the quality of its products and services through multiple layers of quality control management. In addition, we seek strategic collaborators and integrate various resources so that we can maximize our talents in the discovery and development of medicines and therapies. NeoBioLab’s mission is to provide innovative solutions and accelerate the healthcare R&D.

NEHI (Network for Excellence in Health Innovation) is a health policy institute focused on enabling innovation that will improve health care quality and lower health care costs. Working in partnership with members from across the health care system, NEHI brings an objective, collaborative and fresh voice to health policy. We combine the collective vision of our diverse membership and our independent, evidence-based research to move ideas into action.

The Veritas Forum invites students and faculty to ask life's hardest questions. With a commitment to courageous discourse we put the historic Christian faith in dialogue with other beliefs and invite participants from all backgrounds to pursue Truth together. Founded at Harvard in 1992, The Veritas Forum now partners on dialogues at over 130 leading universities in North America and Europe. Past presenters include Francis Collins, Tim Keller, N. T. Wright, Marilynne Robinson, Peter Singer, Nicholas Kristof, Cornel West, Condoleezza Rice, Steven Pinker, and Jean Bethke Elshtain.

The Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety (ACRES), a non-profit multi-sector alliance working in the public interest, brings together diverse stakeholders from across the clinical research enterprise and harnesses their expertise and investments to collaboratively build an open, integrated global system, based in principles of Accountable Research™. This system, employing integrated information technologies and interoperable standards, policies and practices across the global drug development enterprise, will enhance safety, quality and efficiency worldwide and industry-wide to benefit all stakeholders, especially patients.

Brazilian Connection to Knowledge, Innovation and Creativity Our mission is to connect Brazilian scientists, artists and entrepreneurs working abroad and to mobilize their talents to create a more prosperous, fair and sustainable Brazil.

The mission of the Venture Café Foundation consists of three pillars: - Building and connecting communities of innovation locally, nationally, and internationally. - Expanding the definition of innovation and entrepreneurship. They are not just about making apps . - Building a more inclusive innovation economy. We want to make sure that questions about inequality and inclusion are part of the innovation and entrepreneurship conversation –not an afterthought.

More than 1-in-3 people will have cancer in their lifetime. Even more eye opening is that tiny, microscopic cancers are developing in our bodies all the time, even before we are old. It is whether blood vessels near these dormant tumors are held in check or instead grow that determines if the cancer will expand and spread. Angiogenesis is the name of the natural process that blood vessels grow in the body. How important are these vessels? The healthy body maintains its blood vessels in a continuous state of balance. Cancer develops into a disease when abnormal cells overcome this balanced state and new blood vessels grow to feed cancers. But these blood vessels are also cancer's Achilles Heel. Cutting off a tumor’s blood supply starves it of oxygen and nutrients. Forty years of research has now resulted in modern drugs that effectively combat cancer through anti-angiogenesis. These drugs effectively starve growing cancers in a way totally different from toxic chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. Novel drugs based on this unique approach have been successfully tested in thousands of patients, been approved by the FDA and other drug agencies throughout the world and have helped increase the survival and quality of life of people living with cancer. The anti-angiogenesis approach has been proven to be an effective in fighting cancers. Targeting angiogenesis also provides an opportunity to prevent cancer. Certain foods contain natural molecules that can suppress abnormally growing blood vessels. What separates Eat to Beat is its focus on what you should add to your diet, rather than what to eliminate.

TEL is dedicated to bringing communities out of poverty by driving the adoption of innovative, cost-effective and sustainable solutions that improve the lives at the bottom of the pyramid. We host a crowdsourced database of over 600 innovations in order to connect practical solutions to the people who need them most. Through our Project Accelerator service, we help NGOs and communities leverage appropriate technology solutions to maximize the impact of last-mile development.

The Collaborative’ s Board of Directors and Program Partners include national leaders in government, industry, academia, and environmental advocacy. Our work is non-partisan and framed by four organizing principles: • Over-dependence on fossil fuels has immediate, cumulative, and systemic impacts on human health, the environment, and national security. America must aggressively pursue cleaner, more sustainable and secure energy pathways now. • Offshore wind, an abundant renewable resource close to major load centers, is the best opportunity for coastal and Great Lakes regions to make a significant contribution to the nation’s energy portfolio. Taking on the short-term challenges associated with building this new clean energy industry will yield long-term energy, environmental and economic benefits. • Market-scale offshore wind development has transformative economic potential: industrial scale job creation, new manufacturing, advanced transmission, and revitalized maritime infrastructure. Realizing this potential requires a long-term, market-based, sustainable industrial development strategy. • Seizing the offshore wind opportunity calls for regional infrastructure and deployment approaches, supported by national clean energy policy and federal investment. Individual state action alone is not enough to build a cost-competitive domestic offshore wind industry.

OLE realizes that there is no ‘one size fits all’ answer when it comes to improving education. We are therefore committed to implementing customized learning solutions — and to providing local educators with the essential training to foster successful employment of these processes. In order to do this, we maintain a ‘catalogue’ of robust learning solutions that can be adapted to fit a wide variety of educational needs and contexts.

My mom, Margaret, was diagnosed in October, 2007 with Stage III Ovarian Cancer. Our family was devastated and had no idea about Ovarian Cancer. After learning more than we ever wanted to know, we realized my mom experienced all the symptoms – bloating, pelvic or abdominal pain, trouble eating or feeling full quickly, feeling the need to urinate urgently or often. After 11 months filled with doctors’ appointments, treatments, and side effects, my mom lost her battle on September 19, 2008. During the last three years of grieving, I had wanted to do something to honor my mother, but couldn’t decide what effort would be worthy of my mom’s name...until this fall. In September 2011, I launched a non-profit organization, Margaret’s Mission for Ovarian Cancer Awareness, to sponsor an initiative to obtain the first Ovarian Cancer Awareness specialty license plate in Massachusetts. In order for the Massachusetts Department of Motor Vehicles to begin manufacturing the Ovarian Cancer Awareness specialty license plate, we must obtain 750 pre-paid orders for the plate. Although the rate at which we are receiving applications is slow, we are dedicated to this effort and sure that we will reach this goal. The goal of this initiative is to raise awareness of Ovarian Cancer to educate women (and those who love them) about the symptoms and the importance of early detection, which can save lives. It is my hope that people will see this plate, Google it and learn all about this devastating disease to extend the lives of women, both young and old.

The Clean Energy Prize innovation and entrepreneurship competition awards over $400,000 in prizes to cutting-edge startups from universities across the US. We prepare tomorrow's clean energy leaders by advancing their relationships with academic, community, industry, and government players to help them meet the world’s pressing energy challenges. The CEP is generously sponsored by: Title Sponsor: NSTAR Gigawatt Sponsors: GE and GDF Suez Legal Sponsor: Morrison and Foerster Megawatt Sponsors: Factor(E) and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

Based within MIT’s School of Engineering’s Engineering Systems Division, the AgeLab has assembled a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, business partners, universities, and the aging community to design, develop and deploy innovations that touch nearly all aspects of how we will live, work and play tomorrow.