P&G is looking for partners and solutions that can assist them to optimize their supply chain by improving their back-office operations and order-to-cash cycle through touchless order acquisition solutions. Additionally, P&G would like to understand existing best practices in the e-Commerce industry to improve their own existing processes. P&G is specifically looking for partners and solutions that are able to execute pilots in the Asia, Middle East & Africa region.
This year’s overall theme is Artificial Intelligence.
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