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MEET was born at MIT. Two of the MEET founders are students at MIT and all of the summer teaching instructor team is comprised of MIT students and graduates. Moreover, MEET is supported by a wide range of students, faculty and alumni of MIT. MEET has generated a great buzz and excitement at MIT. We have the personal support and commitment of former MIT President Prof. Charles Vest as well as Prof. Rodney Brooks, head of CSAIL.

MEET is supported by a prestigious network of business and academic leaders from the Middle East, the United States and Europe. MEET is a non-profit and non-political grassroots program that was founded in 2003. MEET puts an emphasis on bringing together the academic and business worlds of the region, with the belief that a positive dialogue in the Middle East will be greatly enhanced by such partnerships. MEET’s programs are run by a highly dedicated team of American instructors from MIT and Israelis, and Palestinians that are determined to help shape tomorrow by empowering our youth today.

MEET harnesses the students’ interests in technology creating a process in which mutual respect and understanding comes from working together and accomplishing tangible real-world goals.

• MEET uses technology to create a common language between Israelis and Palestinians that can be translated into future cooperation between the communities.
• MEET is an environment in which the pursuit of excellence and creative thinking are paramount.
• MEET works to sustain participant relationships over long periods of time. The controlled atmosphere of a summer program is an excellent place to start building these relationships, but it is out in the realities of their region in which they must thrive. MEET mentors continue working throughout the year with the students continuing to develop their projects and build on their relationships with one another.

Technology enables creating a process in which mutual respect and understanding comes from working together and accomplishing tangible real-world goals.

• The technology focus and the demanding curriculum let the students relate on the professional undermining their differences. The students learn to thrive together as professional team-members to achieve their mutual goals.
• Allows MEET to attract students with diverse political views from both sides.
• MEET believes that only a focus on a neutral professional common denominator such as technology can sustain participant relationships over long periods of time.