Dilip Sundaram - Corporate Keynote
Alec Shkolnik, CoFounder and CEO, LiquidPiston
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.
Ali Merchant, President and CEO, iQ3Connect
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
"A call to automate the automation," Thomas Fuhlbrigge, Global Program Manager, Next Generation Robotics, ABB
Sandro Catanzaro Co-Founder DataXu
Rei Goffer, Cofounder & Chief Strategy Officer, ClimaCell
Nan-Wei Gong, Cofounder & CEO, figur8