Sustainability is a broad and popular topic. Renewable energy; energy transition; recycling and the circular economy; climate and environment; water and food – these topics are quickly maturing into fields of their own. But what is next for sustainability? What lies beyond what we now consider sustainable technologies and business practices, and how will they affect your industry? What does emerging government policy suggest will be the hot sustainability topics of the future? Join MIT faculty, researchers, and startups as we review core topics like energy and climate, but also explore new ones, like digital sustainability, sustainability for the built environment, and how we teach sustainability – both to the workforce of the present and the workforce of the future.
Understanding current state-of-the-art and anticipating major advances for autonomous systems, either in product development or on the manufacturing floor, is critical for many industries. The conference has three major themes: * Autonomous vehicles (land, air, and sea) * Autonomous manufacturing * Platforms for autonomous systems – connectivity, infrastructure, and socio-economic implications of autonomy and policies
Procter & Gamble is looking for new approaches and technologies that can help them to address key business challenges/opportunities. The following innovation brief(s) will provide a high-level overview of specific business goals and needs, as well as a high-level overview of what they are looking for in a solution.
Wise Systems: AI-driven platform to optimize fleet-wide efficiency James Agan, Product Marketing Manager, Wise Systems
DUST Identity: Linking objects to digital records to solve complex supply chain security needs Ophir Gaathon, CEO & Co-Founder, DUST Identity
Aulera: Create and Leverage Digital Identities for Physical Products Nathan Stempel, CFO & Co-founder, Aulera
Colvin Run Networks: Defense-grade assurance and analytics solutions Michael McComas, VP of Innovation, Colvin Run Networks
SourceTrace: Agri-Food digital solutions for sustainable farming and efficient, transparent and traceable supply chains Venkat Maroju, CEO, SourceTrace
Lightning Talk
Gerdau, a large iron & steel company, is looking for startups in Computer Vision and AI for Industry 4.0. They need to monitor with computer vision and AI/ML in the following use cases...
MIT Startup Exchange is looking for 8-12 startups (in IoT, advanced manufacturing, energy, materials, life science & medical devices) to speak at MIT ILP's annual Wuxi Symposium, held virtually on Zoom evening of Wed. Jan. 27th (Jan. 28th Beijing time).
P&G is looking startups to partner and/or develop novel ways to map communities with common, relevant interests and then use technology to deliver targeted content/solutions.