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Federico Casalegno: “Designing Connections”

Thursday, October 6, 2011 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT

Federico Casalegno
Federico Casalegno
Federico Casalegno

By providing a critical description of existing technologies and projects related to the use of information and communication technologies to enhance social connectivity, this talk will illustrate innovative ways to design creative new media and digital interactions to foster connections between people, information, and places.

Federico Casalegno, Ph.D., is the Director of the MIT Mobile Experience Lab and Associate Director of the MIT Design Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since 2008, he is the director of the Green Home Alliance between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Italy. He is adjunct full professor at IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy.

A social scientist with an interest in the impact of networked digital technologies in human behavior and society, Casalegno both teaches and leads advanced research at MIT, and design interactive media to foster connections between people, information and physical places using cutting-edge information technology.

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Thursday, October 6, 2011
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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
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MIT Building 4, Room 231
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States + Google Map
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