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Kendall Square Association
Civic and Social Organizations
Cambridge, MA 2,434 followers
Your best resource for news & events in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA.
About us
Kendall Square Association enables the future by connecting the people changing the world. In the fall of 2008, a group of Cambridge leaders realized that Kendall had rapidly evolved into something extraordinary and that it was important to think about its future in a more deliberate way. Located next to MIT and surrounded by life sciences and information technology companies, as well as many research institutions, Kendall was already an epicenter for innovation. What was also needed was a greater ability for people to connect and exchange ideas and the creation of equally vibrant and compelling activity at the street level in Kendall. The KSA was launched at a meeting for leaders in the Kendall community to discuss this innovation ecosystem’s unique characteristics. More than 100 people offered ideas about how to improve, promote, and protect Kendall Square. That input resulted in the establishment of the KSA, which had its first Annual Meeting in March 2009. The mission has always been to build partnerships, host events, advocate for public policy issues, and tell Kendall’s story of transformation from an industrial center to a global innovation hub.
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External link for Kendall Square Association
- Industry
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, MA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2009
- Specialties
- Kendall Square and KSA
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510 Kendall Street
Cambridge, MA 02142, US
Employees at Kendall Square Association
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Christine Regan Lindenboom
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
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Sarah Gallop
Director, MIT Office of Government and Community Relations
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Arun Skaria
Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility and ESG at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
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Michelle Izquierdo
M.Ed
Updates
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Thank you Amgen for doing your part to support #Belonging for everyone in Kendall Square
A culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging is integral to @Amgen and woven into everything across Amgen Massachusetts. On Aug 22, we had the pleasure to host OUTbio: the biotech industry’s largest LGBTQ professionals group with a mission to empower the LGBTQ community and its allies in biotechnology and affiliated industries. This was such a vibrant gathering, reflective of the collaborative biotech ecosystem here that makes Amgen in Cambridge a special place to be. Thank you to Brian Lin, Morgan R. Tiffany Thiel Glen Bolton Roger Lee, PHR Jillian Kasha Rexford for your efforts and collaboration with OUTbio to make this event possible. #mycompany #Amgen OUTbio Jerry Murry Sharon Mathelus
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Congratulations! Platinum, exciting to see the Kendall Square community lead in sustainability. Well done Bristol Myers Squibb & DivcoWest
Located in the heart of a robust #LifeSciences hub, our Cambridge Crossing site is designed to support end-to-end drug discovery. Hear site head Emma Lees explain how this epicenter of innovation unites world-class scientists across functions to fuel the future of medicine, ensuring they can rapidly innovate to address patients’ needs. See how our state-of-the-art research facility – recently LEED Platinum certified – in Boston’s backyard is contributing to our worldwide R&D efforts: https://bit.ly/4dzHBU5
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Thank you Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Challengers for doing this important work.
The sheer scale of people who continue to be displaced due to economic, social, and military conflicts is shocking. Through our Alnylam Challengers social impact program, we support organizations in Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, and Italy, providing critical services to #refugees so they can rebuild their lives with dignity. I recently visited with our Alnylam Challengers partners Refugee Action, Forward·Inc and Soleterre to hear more about the successes, challenges, and ongoing needs in each country. They described the critical work they do to help refugees prepare for careers in their new homes, from amplifying digital skills to providing language support and much more. They also highlighted how grateful they are for our employees who serve as volunteer mentors and help raise charitable donations to bolster their work. Thanks to my colleagues Marco Fossatelli Fiona McMillan Federica Stucchi Philip Davey Domenico Guajana Christine Regan Lindenboom Brendon Pires Samip Dhakal Seth Levine Sergio Bullón Marta Calomarde for their leadership and support. To learn more about our Challengers program, read this article written by Phil Davey, Alnyalm Country Manager for the UK & Ireland, and Tim Naor Hilton, Chief Executive, Refugee Action - https://lnkd.in/eRHb4nUf
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A quote from Context Labs BV's Dan Harple on the future of Kendall Square — What do you think? Read more on his pentalytic theory for innovation ecosystems here: https://lnkd.in/eBc_Ecvy
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Exploring new ways to work together solving the world's pressing challenges, with our counterparts from across Europe and around the globe!
A symposium where we will explore how regions and cities can work in new ways with innovation districts over the next decade to strengthen economic development and attractiveness. The purpose of this meeting is to share international experience about what it will take to create, support, and enhance innovation districts as they adapt and change to new technologies and demands. The symposium takes place in #Hagastaden, Stockholm, a mid-stage innovation district specialising in life science. It will welcome partners and decision-makers operating in innovation districts across Europe and North America. Opening speech by Karin Wanngård, Mayor of Stockholm Speakers: Peter Wallenberg Jr, Chair, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Beth O'Neill Maloney, Esq. O’Neill Maloney, Executive Director, Kendall Square Association Travis McCready, Head of Life Sciences, Americas, JLL Annika Östman Wernerson, President, Karolinska Institutet Annika Borgenstam, Vice President, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan Astrid Söderbergh Widding, President, Stockholms universitet Andrea Ruckstuhl, CEO Europe, Lendlease Anikka Fulop-Laczi, Manager Community Building & Partnerships, Amsterdam Science Park - Science & Business organisation Johan Christenson, Partner, HealthCap Magnus R. Björsne, PhD, MBA, Assoc. Prof., CEO, AstraZeneca BioVentureHub Emma Frost, Chair, UK Innovation Districts Group Stefan Dahlbo, CEO and President, Fabege Christine Wergeland Sørbye, CEO, Oslo Science City Peter Skogh, Museum Director, The National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska museet) Mikael Ahlström, Entrepreneur and CEO, The Park Johan Weigelt, CEO, KI Holding and KI Innovations AB Jonas Schorr, Partner, Urban Impact Petter Magnusson Hartman, CEO, Medicon Village Innovation Simon Danielsson, Project Manager, KFUM Central Jacob Sahlqvist, Managing Director, White Arkitekter Gothenburg Moderator: Dr Tim Moonen Moonen, Chair Co-Founder, The Business Of Cities, London
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Massachusetts wants to hear from YOU with your ideas on child care—how to make it more available, and more affordable.
Having trouble finding or paying for child care? Share your ideas on how to make it better: https://lnkd.in/eaSQUn5Y
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Educator | Environmentalist | MOOCs proponent | Accessibility advocate | Lifelong learner | PhD in Physics
A great place to visit in Cambridge
Mark your calendars for a free admission day at the MIT Museum! We are excited to be joining cultural institutions across the Commonwealth in Highland Street Foundation's August Adventure program, which offers free activities throughout the month. The Museum will have free admission all day on August 20. You can learn more about our drop-in activities on that day here --> https://lnkd.in/eGAvQx3n
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Happening here . . .
On a backstreet near Central Square is one of the most secretive research and development labs in New England. The front door is behind a chain link fence. No name or logo is on it. Just a bell. Applied Invention's co-founder, Danny Hillis, was part of the "AI 1.0" era in Cambridge, as co-founder and chief technologist of the supercomputer maker Thinking Machines. (You may have seen its computers in the original Jurassic Park movie... or at the Museum of Modern Art.) No one I knew had ever been inside Applied Invention. When I met a senior executive for lunch five years ago, the disappointing denouement to our meal was that it was unlikely anyone would talk to me on the record, let alone invite me for a visit. But I am nothing if not persistent. Link to my Boston Globe Media column in the first comment.
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A must read: Context Labs BV’s Dan Harple says: ". . . Kendall Square 3.0 will be climate tech." The full MIT News article is here: https://lnkd.in/gjHCbG5x
Context Labs BV was born from Massachusetts Institute of Technology research, so it’s a full-circle moment that today’s MIT News features a profile of our company. Our founder Dan Harple performed and completed research in 2013 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a Sloan Fellow. He founded Context Labs shortly after with a goal “to help the planet get better, faster, using advanced AI to build context and trust in the data we all rely on,” Dan says in an interview for the article. In the story, Dan discusses his experience coming to MIT after developing several foundational internet technologies, how his pentalytics theory on innovation ecosystems laid the groundwork for what would become Context Labs, and how the company puts emissions data into context to accelerate the energy transition of some of the world’s largest energy companies. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gjHCbG5x #MIT #Decarbonization #Sustainability #ContextLabs #ClimateTech #EnergyTransition #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #EnergyInnovation