Spring Luncheon at Endicott House
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
11:30am – 3:00pm
Endicott House
80 Haven St.
Dedham, MA 02026
This year, We are very excited to welcome Robert Buderi as our keynote speaker whose talk “Where Futures Converge — The Kendall Square Story” will illuminate Kendall Square’s deep industrial history, its cycles of changes and reinvention, and why it is now called “the most innovative square mile on the planet.” Bob is the former Editor in Chief of MIT’s Technology Review and an award-winning author of Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub.
Many MIT retirees have fond memories of Kendall Square (think the F&T or working in Bldg. E19). Our program will include an opportunity for you to share your favorite recollections during an open mic session. No pressure, but it will be so much fun to hear your first-hand stories!
Bob will also be available after lunch to chat and sign his book Where Futures Converge. Limited copies of Bob's book will be available for purchase at the luncheon.
About Robert Buderi
Robert Buderi is an author, journalist, and entrepreneur. In 2007, he founded Xconomy, an online news organization covering the business of technology that was sold to British company Informa in 2016. Before launching Xconomy, Bob served as Editor in Chief of MIT’s Technology Review and as BusinessWeek's technology editor.
Bob has twice been a Fellow at MIT, most recently in its Security Studies Program. After the sale of Xconomy, he served as President of the World Frontiers Forum, a non-profit established by MIT Institute Professor and Moderna co-founder Robert Langer, Harvard scientist David Edwards, and Dennis Ausiello of Massachusetts General Hospital.
Bob is the author of five books about technology and innovation, including The Invention That Changed the World, which told the story of the MIT Radiation Lab and its post-war legacy. His latest book, Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub, was published in May 2022 by MIT Press and won the 2023 New England Society Award for contemporary non-fiction.