About
A festival for the future
Produced by the MIT Museum, in partnership with MIT Technology Review and the MIT Morningside Academy for Design.
MIT Future Fest is a five-day annual festival that opens the Institute’s doors to the world.
Across open laboratories, public talks, immersive exhibitions and evening performances, the festival offers an unprecedented invitation to the research, ideas, and people sharing the next era of science, technology, and human understanding.
Each event in the program connects to one or more of MIT’s strategic initiatives – the major cross-cutting bets MIT is making on the future. These initiatives represent not just research priorities but a statement of institutional purpose: that the world’s most pressing problems demand the kind of convergent, interdisciplinary work that only a place like MIT can orchestrate.
MIT Museum
The MIT Museum aims to connect curious minds to MIT’s unique culture of problem-solving and playful creativity, bringing together science, technology, art and design in surprising ways to explore our future.
In addition to exhibitions and thematic programming, the Museum invites visitors to take part in on-going research while demonstrating how science and innovation will shape the future of society.
MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review is a world-renowned independent media company founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899. MIT Technology Review’s insight and analysis explain the newest technologies and their commercial, social, and political impacts through award-winning journalism and premium live events. Our mission is to empower our audience with credible insights to understand what’s coming next in emerging technology, and why it matters.
MAD
The MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MIT MAD) is an interdisciplinary hub that celebrates the transformative power of design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and beyond. MAD exists to foster innovation, empower individuals, and reshape the way we learn.
MAD weaves in science, engineering, architecture, planning, humanities, and business to foster an environment where design acts a catalyst for positive change.
Advisory Committee
- Paola Antonelli
- Christl Baur
- Elizabeth Bramson
- Stuart Candy
- Iain Cheeseman
- José Luis de Vicente
- Juan Enriquez
- Behnaz Farahi
- Manolis Kellis
- David S Kong
- David Mindell
- John Ochsendorf
- Desirée Plata
- Carlo Ratti
- Jay Scheib
- Skylar Tibbits
- John Werner
Initial curation was developed with PACT (Planetary Arts Culture Technology)
Student Advisory Committee
- Fatma Nur Aydin
- Carlotta Barone
- Hilary Chee
- Sophia Chen
- Sophie Chew
- Vivian Dinh
- Constantinos Gallis
- Aima Hossen
- Vinson Huang
- Fechi Inyama
- Jenny Kim
- Mariia Maliar
- Lucie McCormick
- Tarek Meah
- Lauren Ramlan
- Diana Ryu
- Pria Sawhney
- Zadriana Smith
- Aimee Su
- Teagan Sullivan
- Molly Triana
- Simone Wall
- Akua Yeboah
- Heidi Zhang
- John Zhang
- Maureen Zhang
