Northcoast Seafood in downtown Boston installed 117.6 kW of photovoltaic panels consisting of 674 panels and an inverter, manufactured in Massachusetts, with partial funding through MTC's Renewable Energy Trust.

Dialogue on energy details, choices, opportunities

Joint board meeting explores future energy landscape in Massachusetts

CAMBRIDGE – In February, the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative met jointly with the Governing Board of the John Adams Innovation Institute to discuss the future energy vision and landscape for the Commonwealth.

Susan Hockfield MIT President

Dr. Susan Hockfield, President of MIT, joined Gordon van Welie, President and CEO of ISO-New England; Susan Tierney, Managing Principal of the Analysis Group in Boston; and Mary Smith, Manager of the Energy Supply and Utility Administration at Harvard University, as keynote presenters.

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Gillett, broadband expert, chosen to lead state's Department of Telecommunications and Cable

Momentum builds for robust telecommunications infrastructure and competitive, affordable broadband marketplace throughout the Commonwealth

BOSTON – Gov. Deval Patrick’s appointment of Sharon E. Gillett to head the new MA Department of Telecommunications and Cable is one of a series of promising developments on the broadband connectivity front.

Sharon E. Gillett

Gillett, who is a principal at Victory Research, had previously served as chair of the Broadband Working Group and principal research associate for the Communications Futures Program at MIT. She also served as a member of the Boston Wireless Task Force, a group established by Mayor Thomas Menino to develop plans for a wireless network serving Greater Boston.

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Don Dubendorf
Innovation Institute Chairman

A Mind for All Seasons

One-on-one interview with Don Dubendorf, the chair of the John Adams Innovation Institute Governing Board

WILLIAMSTOWN – When you talk with Don Dubendorf and ask him a question, don’t be surprised if he immediately responds, not with an answer, but instead with a penetrating question for you.

It’s not that Dubendorf, a partner with the law firm Grinnell, Dubendorf and Smith, is a strict disciple of the Socratic method. Rather, it’s more a measure of his insatiable curiosity and desire to engage in dialogue. He’s much more comfortable, he says, conversing with people than in speaking from a podium.

Those skills have helped to make him a talented lawyer – as well as an expert facilitator when leading meetings, a role that Dubendorf often finds himself in as chair of the Governing Board of the John Adams Innovation Institute. He has led wide-ranging discussions with key industry, legislative and policy leaders on any number of complex topics, from the intricacies of capturing the revenue stream with commercialization of new technologies to the technical details of wireless technology deployment.

At the most recent quarterly meeting of the full Governing Board, a joint meeting with the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Board of Directors focused on energy issues, Dubendorf shared center stage with MIT President Susan Hockfield and a host of energy experts examining the energy outlook for the Commonwealth.

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Governor Patrick and two members of his cabinet gather with the Organizing Committee of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Collaborative on March 30th. Left to right: Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby, Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Dan O’Connell, Governor Deval Patrick, Harvard Provost Steve Hyman and MTC Executive Director Mitchell Adams.

Changing the ‘protein structure’ of the Massachusetts Life Sciences industry Gov. Patrick announces plans to change state's stem cell research regulations at Massachusetts Life Sciences Collaborative Organizing Committee meeting CAMBRIDGE – The gathering had the feel, one university provost said, “not unlike a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.” Crowded around a circular array of tables in a conference room at the Hotel@MIT on March 30th were the best and the brightest of the life sciences industry in Massachusetts. There were university presidents and provosts from Harvard, MIT, BU, Tufts, Northeastern and the University of Massachusetts. There were leaders of major research institutes and medical centers, including Beth Israel Deaconess, Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center. There were also corporate leaders from Abbot, Biogen-Idec, Merck, Zoll Medical, Haemonetics, Genzyme, and Novartis, as well as representatives from venture capital investment firms. Read more of this article >>

Innovation Institute Investments

New Partnership To Spur Job Growth on Cape

FALMOUTH –  Efforts to translate R&D into job creation on Cape Cod received a strong boost with the investment of a $150,000 award to the Regional Technology Development Center of Cape Cod from MTC’s John Adams Innovation Institute. Read more>>

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Strategic pipeline for medical devices

LOWELL – MassMEDIC and the University of Massachusetts Lowell have teamed up to create an initiative known as M2D2 to help bridge a persistent and growing gap in funding sources to convert ideas for medical devices into commercial products. It is being underwritten by a $150,000 investment from MTC’s John Adams Innovation Institute. Read more>>

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OpenCape: Affordable and Reliable Connectivity

BOURNE – The “OpenCape” initiative, which seeks to achieve the deployment of affordable and reliable broadband connectivity for the region, was recently awarded $150,000 in a regional priority investment from MTC’s John Adams Innovation Institute. Read more>>

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Expanding emphasis on science and mathematics

BOSTON – In partnership with a NASA-funded program to develop a STEM teacher education program, Wheelock College is launching a College Math and Science Education Initiative, underwritten with a $112,000 award from the Research Center Matching Grant program of MTC’s John Adams Innovation Institute. Read more>