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The MIT Club of Southwest Florida, the alumni/ae club of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Southwest Florida extending from Naples, Marco Island, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers and to Sarasota and Bradenton.

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Club Events

2009

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Luncheon, Monday, January 12, 2009
Laurel Oak Country Club
Sarasota, Florida

Paul Greene
Social Security Administration

"Paying for Healthcare, Medicare, and Social Security"

Click here to register online (by January 5, 2009). Alternatively, please complete the reservation mail-in form. Please mail this form along with your check to arrive by January 5, 2009.





Thursday, January 15, 2009
Main Building
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation [SCCF]
3333 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel island, Florida 33957

Ms. Kristie Anders
SCCF Education Director

Day Trip to Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation

Click here for information on the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation [SCCF]. Click here to register online (by January 5, 2009). Alternatively, please complete the reservation mail-in form. Please mail this form along with your check to arrive by January 5, 2009.


The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, a boiling water reactor.
Luncheon, February 10, 2009
Laurel Oak Country Club
Sarasota, Florida

Brent MacDonell
Florida Power and Light

"Florida Power and Light and Our Energy Alternatives"

Click here for more information. Click here to register online (by January 27, 2009). Alternatively, please complete the reservation mail-in form. Please mail this form along with your check to arrive by January 27, 2009.


The underground tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerator ring, where the proton beams are steered in a circle by magnets. The LHC, the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator facility, is in France and Switzerland.
Luncheon, Friday, February 20, 2009
Collier Athletic Club
710 Goodlette Rd N
Naples, Florida

Prof. Edmund Bertschinger
Head, MIT Dept. of Physics

"Searching for the Origin of Mass at the Large Hadron Collider"

Click here for information on Prof. Bertschinger and his research. Click here to register online (by February 6, 2009). Alternatively, please complete the reservation mail-in form. Please mail this form along with your check to arrive by February 6, 2009.


McGovern Institute


Dissection class, analysis of a human brain
Luncheon, Monday, March 16, 2009
Laurel Oak Country Club
Sarasota, Florida

Professors Robert Desimone and Ann Graybiel
Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT

"McGovern Institute for Brain Research"

Click here for more information. Click here to register online (by March 2, 2009). Alternatively, please complete the reservation mail-in form. Please mail this form along with your check to arrive by March 2, 2009.


4pm, Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Naples Community Hospital(NCH)
350 7th Street North
Naples, FL 34102

Visit to the da Vinci Robotics Surgical Center
Reception to follow.

This event is "sold out"


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