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🌟 Reinventing Retirement: AI, Longevity, & New Ventures with Dr. Ronjon Nag – May 16 Lunch MIT Club of Hong Kong is excited to invite you to the next Sloan Futures Series – an exclusive lunch talk with a true pioneer at the intersection of AI, longevity, and entrepreneurship: Dr. Ronjon Nag. Join us on May 16, 2025, at 12:30 PM at The Square, Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong This thought-provoking session, Reinventing Retirement: AI, Longevity, and Entrepreneurial Opportunities, will explore how artificial intelligence and advances in genetics are redefining what it means to retire and creating new opportunities for founders and investors in a world of 100-year lives.  🗓️ Event Details When: Friday, May 16th, 2025, 12:30 PM Where: The Square, Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong Price: US$59 🚀 Meet Our Esteemed Speaker   Dr. Ronjon Nag (SM ’91) - is an Adjunct Professor in Genetics at Stanford Medicine, where he teaches AI, genes, longevity science, ethics, and venture capital. He has been building AI systems for 40 years and co-founded or advised companies sold to Motorola, RIM/BlackBerry, and Apple. He is a venture capitalist and president of the R42 Group, which invests in and creates AI and longevity companies. He is founder of Agemica, working on an aging vaccine and Superbiio.ai, an agentic life scientist. He became a Stanford Interdisciplinary Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow in 2016. He received a PhD from Cambridge, an SM from MIT Sloan, and a BSc from Birmingham, UK. He has received the MIT Great Dome Award, the IET Mountbatten Medal, the $1 million Verizon Powerful Answers Award, the 2021 IEEE-SCV Outstanding Engineer Award, and the 2023 CogX AI Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the 2024 Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame Inductee. Ronjon currently sits on the Board of the MIT Club of Northern California and heads up the MIT Alumni Angels of Northern California. 🎁 Bonus: You can even talk to Prof. Ronjon Nag’s digital twin ahead of the event now! 🔍 Discussion Highlights How AI and genetics are transforming the future of retirement and longevity New entrepreneurial opportunities in the age of 100-year lives Insights from Dr. Nag’s journey as an AI innovator, investor, and founder This is your chance to engage with one of the world’s leading minds in AI and longevity, gain actionable insights, and connect with like-minded professionals over lunch! 🍴 Seats are limited - secure your spot today and register now! We look forward to seeing you there!

Learn More 2025-05-16 04:30:00 2025-05-16 06:00:00 UTC Sloan Futures Series - Reinventing Retirement: AI, Longevity, & New Ventures 🌟 Reinventing Retirement: AI, Longevity, & New Ventures with Dr. Ronjon Nag – May 16 Lunch MIT Club of Hong Kong is excited to invite you to the next Sloan Futures Series – an exclusive lunch talk with a true pioneer at the intersection of AI, longevity, and entrepreneurship: Dr. Ronjon Nag. Join us on May 16, 2025, at 12:30 PM at The Square, Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong This thought-provoking session, Reinventing Retirement: AI, Longevity, and Entrepreneurial Opportunities, will explore how artificial intelligence and advances in genetics are redefining what it means to retire and creating new opportunities for founders and investors in a world of 100-year lives.  🗓️ Event DetailsWhen: Friday, May 16th, 2025, 12:30 PMWhere: The Square, Exchange Square, Central, Hong KongPrice: US$59 🚀 Meet Our Esteemed Speaker   Dr. Ronjon Nag (SM ’91) - is an Adjunct Professor in Genetics at Stanford Medicine, where he teaches AI, genes, longevity science, ethics, and venture capital. He has been building AI systems for 40 years and co-founded or advised companies sold to Motorola, RIM/BlackBerry, and Apple. He is a venture capitalist and president of the R42 Group, which invests in and creates AI and longevity companies. He is founder of Agemica, working on an aging vaccine and Superbiio.ai, an agentic life scientist. He became a Stanford Interdisciplinary Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow in 2016. He received a PhD from Cambridge, an SM from MIT Sloan, and a BSc from Birmingham, UK. He has received the MIT Great Dome Award, the IET Mountbatten Medal, the $1 million Verizon Powerful Answers Award, the 2021 IEEE-SCV Outstanding Engineer Award, and the 2023 CogX AI Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the 2024 Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame Inductee. Ronjon currently sits on the Board of the MIT Club of Northern California and heads up the MIT Alumni Angels of Northern California. 🎁 Bonus: You can even talk to Prof. Ronjon Nag’s digital twin ahead of the event now! 🔍 Discussion Highlights How AI and genetics are transforming the future of retirement and longevity New entrepreneurial opportunities in the age of 100-year lives Insights from Dr. Nag’s journey as an AI innovator, investor, and founder This is your chance to engage with one of the world’s leading minds in AI and longevity, gain actionable insights, and connect with like-minded professionals over lunch! 🍴 Seats are limited - secure your spot today and register now! We look forward to seeing you there! Club of Hong Kong

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Come geek out with local MIT alumni at a different brewery each month. MIT alumna, Nadia Eichfeld Lundy '99, has solicited the advice of her husband, John, a certified beer judge and homebrewer of 30+ years, to select a respected and well-tested establishment in the Austin area. ICover your own tab. Look for the Tim the Beaver cardboard cutout to find us.

Paid members of MITCASA get their first drink free!

This month, we will be meeting at Lazarus Brewing Co. Their urban taproom resides at the heart of their brewery, providing an insider's view of the brewing process from grain to glass. They have a wide range of beer on tap, as well as wines and cider. Food is available from Austin Chronicles 2023 Best Food Truck, Spicy Boys Chicken which does have vegetarian options.

Be sure to RSVP so we know what size table to grab.

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eichfeld@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-05-17 20:00:00 2025-05-17 22:00:00 UTC Engineers and Beers May - Zilker Brewing Co. Come geek out with local MIT alumni at a different brewery each month. MIT alumna, Nadia Eichfeld Lundy '99, has solicited the advice of her husband, John, a certified beer judge and homebrewer of 30+ years, to select a respected and well-tested establishment in the Austin area. ICover your own tab. Look for the Tim the Beaver cardboard cutout to find us. Paid members of MITCASA get their first drink free! This month, we will be meeting at Lazarus Brewing Co. Their urban taproom resides at the heart of their brewery, providing an insider's view of the brewing process from grain to glass. They have a wide range of beer on tap, as well as wines and cider. Food is available from Austin Chronicles 2023 Best Food Truck, Spicy Boys Chicken which does have vegetarian options. Be sure to RSVP so we know what size table to grab. Club of Austin and San Antonio eichfeld@alum.mit.edu

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MITCASA has a book club in San Antonio. We focus on popular STEM non-fiction or hard-science science fiction (not hard to read, but science-oriented) that will fit into our busy lives (no textbooks, Ph.D. theses, or thousand-page novels). We can choose other subjects, too. Each month, we’ll choose books for the following month by consensus.

The thirteenth meeting will be on Monday, May 19, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. We’ll meet at Rome’s Pizza at 5999 De Zavala Road, San Antonio, TX 78249. Rome’s Pizza has counter service featuring salad’s, pasta, sandwiches, desserts, and ... wait for it … pizza.

This month’s book is The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History by biology professor Roland Ennos. It is available from Amazon in paperback and hardcover form. It is also available from the San Antonio Public Library under a different title, The Age of Wood, in book, eBook, and audiobook form.

From the Amazon description:

Roland Ennos’ The Wood Age is a love-letter to the world’s most vital and yet most threatened material. It is the story of how wood has shaped our human experience from the earliest foragers to the modern four poster bed.

‘A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood…’ John Carey, The Sunday Times

In a journey to appreciate how much wood matters – and has done since prehistory – Roland Ennos takes the reader chronologically through four key phases: the impact of wooded habits on the lives of primates; human emergence and the discoveries of fire and woodwork; wood’s role in an environment both pre- and post-industrialisation; and lastly, the possible future of wood in an
increasingly technologized world.

In an original and essential investigation, The Wood Age challenges the traditional model of
historical development – stone, bronze, iron – and instead guide readers through a revealing and
innovative wooded history of the world.

Contact

steven.j.alexander@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-05-19 23:00:00 2025-05-20 01:00:00 UTC MITCASA Book Club - May (San Antonio) MITCASA has a book club in San Antonio. We focus on popular STEM non-fiction or hard-science science fiction (not hard to read, but science-oriented) that will fit into our busy lives (no textbooks, Ph.D. theses, or thousand-page novels). We can choose other subjects, too. Each month, we’ll choose books for the following month by consensus. The thirteenth meeting will be on Monday, May 19, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. We’ll meet at Rome’s Pizza at 5999 De Zavala Road, San Antonio, TX 78249. Rome’s Pizza has counter service featuring salad’s, pasta, sandwiches, desserts, and ... wait for it … pizza. This month’s book is The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History by biology professor Roland Ennos. It is available from Amazon in paperback and hardcover form. It is also available from the San Antonio Public Library under a different title, The Age of Wood, in book, eBook, and audiobook form. From the Amazon description: Roland Ennos’ The Wood Age is a love-letter to the world’s most vital and yet most threatened material. It is the story of how wood has shaped our human experience from the earliest foragers to the modern four poster bed. ‘A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood…’ John Carey, The Sunday Times In a journey to appreciate how much wood matters – and has done since prehistory – Roland Ennos takes the reader chronologically through four key phases: the impact of wooded habits on the lives of primates; human emergence and the discoveries of fire and woodwork; wood’s role in an environment both pre- and post-industrialisation; and lastly, the possible future of wood in anincreasingly technologized world. In an original and essential investigation, The Wood Age challenges the traditional model ofhistorical development – stone, bronze, iron – and instead guide readers through a revealing andinnovative wooded history of the world. Club of Austin and San Antonio steven.j.alexander@alum.mit.edu

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Given the overwhelming response from our last visit, we are excited to invite you on an exclusive tour that will take you behind the scenes of two leading robotics companies: UBTECH 优必选and Huayan Robotics 华沿机器人 (previously known as 大族机器人) on May 22, 2025 (Thu). Tour Details: ~8:45 am High Speed train from HK (or earlier) 9:30 am Gather near Starbucks @ Shenzhen Futian High Speed Rail Station 9:45 am Bus leaves train station 10:15 -12:00 am UBTECH visit 12:00 -2:30 pm Lunch & travel to next company 2:30 - 4:15 pm Huayan Robotics 4:30 pm bus to Futian High Speed Rail Station Cost: US$60 per person (includes lunch and bus only.) Pls purchase your own train tickets. Join us for this unique opportunity to learn about latest development of robotics industry and network with industry leaders, gain insights into innovative practices, and explore potential collaborations. Spaces are limited, so please reserve your spot today! if you have any questions, please contact lgao@alum.mit.edu or karen_ng@alum.mit.edu. We look forward to seeing you in Shenzhen!   About the Companies UBTECH 优必选   UBTECH ROBOTICS, founded in March 2012, is a pioneering company specializing in humanoid robots and smart service robots. On December 29, 2023, it successfully listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 9880.HK. We are honoured to have the opportunity to tour their facilities and meet with their CFO and other key executives. Join us as we explore how UBTECH is committed to creating an integrated intelligent ecosystem, leveraging intelligent robots as the core platform and AI technology as the driving force, combining hardware, software, services, and content to achieve this vision.     Huayan Robotics 华沿机器人   Huayan Robotics, formerly known as Han's Robot, is a leading developer and manufacturer of intelligent collaborative robots, serving diverse industries including manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, education, and services. With a global presence spanning over 100 countries and regions, Huayan Robotics is renowned for its innovative solutions. We are excited to visit their showroom and engage in an interactive discussion with the founder and key executives to delve deeper into the dynamic world of industrial robots and explore future trends.

Learn More 2025-05-22 01:30:00 2025-05-22 09:00:00 UTC MITCHK Shenzhen Robotics Company Tour Given the overwhelming response from our last visit, we are excited to invite you on an exclusive tour that will take you behind the scenes of two leading robotics companies: UBTECH 优必选and Huayan Robotics 华沿机器人 (previously known as 大族机器人) on May 22, 2025 (Thu). Tour Details: ~8:45 am High Speed train from HK (or earlier) 9:30 am Gather near Starbucks @ Shenzhen Futian High Speed Rail Station 9:45 am Bus leaves train station 10:15 -12:00 am UBTECH visit 12:00 -2:30 pm Lunch & travel to next company 2:30 - 4:15 pm Huayan Robotics 4:30 pm bus to Futian High Speed Rail Station Cost: US$60 per person (includes lunch and bus only.) Pls purchase your own train tickets. Join us for this unique opportunity to learn about latest development of robotics industry and network with industry leaders, gain insights into innovative practices, and explore potential collaborations. Spaces are limited, so please reserve your spot today! if you have any questions, please contact lgao@alum.mit.edu or karen_ng@alum.mit.edu. We look forward to seeing you in Shenzhen!   About the Companies UBTECH 优必选   UBTECH ROBOTICS, founded in March 2012, is a pioneering company specializing in humanoid robots and smart service robots. On December 29, 2023, it successfully listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 9880.HK. We are honoured to have the opportunity to tour their facilities and meet with their CFO and other key executives. Join us as we explore how UBTECH is committed to creating an integrated intelligent ecosystem, leveraging intelligent robots as the core platform and AI technology as the driving force, combining hardware, software, services, and content to achieve this vision.     Huayan Robotics 华沿机器人   Huayan Robotics, formerly known as Han's Robot, is a leading developer and manufacturer of intelligent collaborative robots, serving diverse industries including manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, education, and services. With a global presence spanning over 100 countries and regions, Huayan Robotics is renowned for its innovative solutions. We are excited to visit their showroom and engage in an interactive discussion with the founder and key executives to delve deeper into the dynamic world of industrial robots and explore future trends.               Club of Hong Kong

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at East Side King.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

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dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-05-28 00:00:00 2025-05-28 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - May 27 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at East Side King. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Tacodeli.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

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dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-06-25 00:00:00 2025-06-25 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - June 24 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Tacodeli. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Veracruz All Natural (at Radio).

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

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dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-07-30 00:00:00 2025-07-30 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - July 29 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Veracruz All Natural (at Radio). Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

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dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-08-27 00:00:00 2025-08-27 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - August 26 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Meanwhile Brewing. Please note that this instance of Taco Tuesday will be combined with the Harvard Welcome to Your City event.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

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dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-10-01 00:00:00 2025-10-01 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - September 30 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Meanwhile Brewing. Please note that this instance of Taco Tuesday will be combined with the Harvard Welcome to Your City event. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Salsa Limón.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

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dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-10-29 00:00:00 2025-10-29 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - October 28 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Salsa Limón. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Taco Pegaso @ Fareground.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

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dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-11-19 01:00:00 2025-11-19 02:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - November 18 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Taco Pegaso @ Fareground. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at OneTaco Taqueria @ Research Blvd.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

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dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-12-17 01:00:00 2025-12-17 02:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - December 16 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at OneTaco Taqueria @ Research Blvd. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu