James J. Collins, Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science, MIT & co-founder of Enbiotix, Synlogic, and multiple other startups fostered in the Collins lab, including Sample6.
Synthetic Biology Workshop 2017 - Panel Discussion
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
Rana el Kaliouby, CEO & Cofounder, Affectiva
Startup Lightning Talks, featuring Humatics, Vecna, Woobo, Hydroswarm, Franklin Robotics, GeoScout, Flight Infinity
Matthew Decker
Global Technical Leader - Comfort and Biophysics Group,W.L. Gore & Associates
Lightning Talks featuring startups: Enbiotix, Ginkgo Bioworks, ManusBio, Glympse Bio, BioDevek, Asimov, and BioBuilder.
Investing in the Drivers of the Future of Energy, Ben Sampson, Director, Energy, GE Ventures
Nan-Wei Gong, Cofounder & CEO, figur8
Katharine Sepp, Co-founder & CEO, Oxalys Pharmaceuticals