P&G is seeking startups for innovative consumer experiences: 1) Making a Sustainable Lifestyle Effortless 2) AI Technologies for Digital Expert Advisors with conversational AI and hybrid human-ML, 3) Transformative Transactions including sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, and autonomous supply chain, 4) Automation of Daily In-Home Consumer Tasks, and 5) Enabling Breakthrough Growth for Omnichannel Brands.
Alan Ringvald, CEO & Cofounder, Relativity6
Jan Schnorr, CEO, C2Sense
Rana el Kaliouby, CEO & Cofounder, Affectiva
Natalie Kuldell, President, Founder, & Executive Director, BioBuilder Educational Foundation
Investing in the Drivers of the Future of Energy, Ben Sampson, Director, Energy, GE Ventures
Panel discussion
What are the latest advances in energy innovation?
· The here and now: Where are we today? What new tech tools and approaches are available? What are the most successful energy startups from MIT doing at the moment and why?
· What’s on the near horizon? What new applications are opening up? What are the investment opportunities? What is the smart money focused on? What are corporate priorities in seeking novel energy tech? What does the new energy innovation ecosystem look like (infrastructure, interoperability, technology, use cases, stakeholders, success stories)?
· The future: What advances will we see over the next few years? What's in it for consumers? What are you personally the most excited about?
Panelists:
· Kalyan Veeramachaneni, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
· Dave Truch, Technology Director, Digital Innovation Organization, BP
· Ben Sampson, Director, Energy, GE Ventures
· Tor Jakob Ramsoy, CEO & Founder, Arundo
Introduced by Marcus Dahllof, Associate Program Director, MIT Startup Exchange; Cliff Reid, PhD, CEO, Travera; Todd Gierahn, PhD, Cofounder, Honeycomb; Laura Indolfi, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, PanTher Therapeutics; Ulrik Nielsen, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, Torque; Jason Norris, Cofounder, Elektrofi; Patrick Stern, PhD, CEO & Founder, Sextant; Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, Leuko Labs; and Alec Nielsen, PhD, Cofounder, Asimov.
"Trends in automotive robotics," Alexander Zak, Director Corporate R&D, Magna International
"Slowing the aging process of aging by tweaking the body’s metabolism", Prof. Leonard P. Guarente, Novartis Professor of Biology, MIT & co-founder, Elysium Health