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Yet-Ming Chiang, Cofounder & Chief Scientist, 24M
Rick Feldt, President, 24M

Panel Discussion 

• How can technology improve the lifestyle choices we make and how productive we are at work over time?  
• As wearables move from measuring physical data to measuring brain health, how can we “listen” to our bodies to minimize stress, and avoid lost productivity?
• What nutritional technologies will enable individuals and companies to make the right dietary decisions for healthier and happier lives?
• What role do companies play in furthering these changes?

Panelists: 

• Prof. Leonard P. Guarente, Novartis Professor of Biology, MIT & co-founder, Elysium Health
• Matthew Decker, Global Technical Leader - Comfort and Biophysics Group, W.L. Gore & Associates
• David T. Thibodeau, Managing Director, Wellvest Capital
• Josh Sarmir, Co-Founder & CEO, SplitSage

Moderator: Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, MIT Startup Exchange, MIT ILP

Natalya Baily, CEO & Cofounder, Accion

Scalable production of RNA for agriculture
  Andrey Zarur, Cofounder & CEO, GreenLight Biosciences
Potassium fertilizer innovation
  Philip Wender, Managing Director, Advanced Potash Technologies 
Chemiresistive gas sensing for food safety
  Merry Smith, Senior Scientist, C2Sense
Novel dehumidifying material for indoor farms
  Sorin Grama, Cofounder, Transaera 
Probiotics for plants 
  Michael Miille, CEO, Joyn Bio [Joyn is a JV between Ginkgo Bioworks and Leaps by Bayer]

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.

David Knezevic, CTO, Akselos

Vincent Ling, Senior Director, Materials and Innovation, Takeda 

Matthew Decker

Global Technical Leader - Comfort and Biophysics Group,W.L. Gore & Associates

David Shrier, CEO & founder, Distilled Identity

• Simon Hong, Founder & CEO, Robilis
• Iris Sherman, Co-Founder & President, Kitchology
• Laila Zemrani, Co-Founder & CEO, Fitnescity
• Fredric D. Abramson, Founder & CEO, Digital Nutrition
• Nan-Wei Gong, Co-Founder & CEO, figur8
• Alessandro Babini, Co-Founder, Humon
• Josh Sarmir, Co-Founder & CEO, SplitSage
• Bob Jones, Founder & CEO, Food for Sleep