Nicholas Negroponte - Cofounder, MIT MediaLab and Founder, One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

Visionary technology futurist and the driving force behind One Laptop per Child. Nicholas Negroponte is one of the foremost futurists of our time with a distinguished history of valuable insights on innovation, technology and their impact on business that few can match. Professor Negroponte was the first to predict and describe how digitalization would affect every industry in every part of the world. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Being Digital. He is the founding chairman of MIT’s Media Lab, one of the world’s leading interdisciplinary research centers. Today Negroponte is the driving force behind One Laptop per Child, a project to bring durable, affordable and innovative computers to children worldwide. Join us for an intriguing conversation with a world class futurist.