Financial Technology Insight 2009 will be held at the historic Harvard Club on scenic Commonwealth Avenue in beautiful downtown Boston.
About Boston
Boston is the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as Boston English, and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, rum, salt, and dairy products.
With many colleges and universities within the city and surrounding area, Boston is a center of higher education and a center for medicine. The city's economy is also based on research, finance, and technology – principally biotechnology. Boston ranks first in the country in jobs per square mile ahead of New York City and Washington DC. The city has been experiencing gentrification and has one of the highest costs of living in the United States, though it remains high on world livability rankings.
About The Harvard Club
The Harvard Club of Boston invites you to experience an exceptional combination of rich history and incomparable elegance. When people think of the Harvard Club of Boston a few things usually come to mind: fine dining, weddings, and squash; but it is much more than that. The Harvard Club of Boston is dedicated to serving the interests of our members, including their sponsorship of meetings, conferences, and celebrations in our well-appointed function rooms.
The Harvard Club has been blessed with a rich and colorful history. Even the manner in which the Club was founded provides an interesting story. A group of alumni gathered in 1908 to discuss the idea of forming a Harvard Club in Boston. Since an earlier attempt had failed it was decided that it was an inopportune time to begin such a venture. However, on their railroad ride home that evening three members of that group, in a mutinous frame of mind, made plans to establish a Harvard Club anyway. One month later they gathered with 19 other alumni, signed the articles of association, set the dues at $5.00 a year and the Harvard Club of Boston was born. Within a year there were almost 1,200 members.
Though times have changed, the Club's original mission is as viable today as it was then: to "encourage the social, intellectual, and athletic interests of its members, promote the welfare of Harvard University, assist worthy students with financial aid, and foster the Harvard spirit in all Harvard men and women."