‘Hub Week’ planned for fall 2015
Boston-area institutions are teaming up to bring to the city what is being billed as a "first-of-its-kind" event for the fall of 2015 that will attempt to showcase the strengths of the region and bring together thought leaders, researchers and the public to tackle problems.
Like South by Southwest meets the World Economic Forum, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are partnering with Massachusetts General Hospital and the Boston Globe to organize what they are calling "Hub Week."
Partnership organizers, who hope to attract other participants, plan to put on a week-long series of events that will feature lectures and conferences, competitions and cultural exhibitions.
"It's a weeklong series of events bringing together leading thinkers and doers from an array of backgrounds, and through events and competitions, hands-on demonstrations and conferences, those people will engage with each other and the community to develop solutions to big problems," said Brendan Ryan, who has been hired as the executive director of the event.
Ryan, a former top advisor to Gov. Deval Patrick who most recently left his post as chief of staff to work on the governor's political action committee, said the goal is to make it an annual event attracting as many participants as possible.
"It's a signature civic moment to show us at our best and put all of our skills to use," Ryan said.
Leaders from all four institutions plan to announce their vision for "Hub Week" Friday at an invitation-only press conference at the Ragon Institute in Cambridge. The Ragon Institute is another partnership between Harvard, M.I.T. and MGH funded with a $100 million gift to research new ways of preventing and curing human disease.
One of the event's envisioned is a "Master Class" at Fenway Park that will bring in professors, experts and citizens to teach a class or give a presentation to the general public in what organizers hope will be the largest "classroom" the region has ever seen.
Each institutional partner is also planning their own events. While some are still in development, M.I.T. has already organized itself around four areas for research and problem-solving exercises.
Some of the events in the series next fall will be organized jointly, while others will be handled individually by the partners.
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