Rana el Kaliouby, CEO & Cofounder, Affectiva
The MIT Energy Conference will be back on campus on February 23-24, 2026, with a new edition themed “Securing the Energy Future: Resources for Resilience”. A core feature of the conference is the Innovators Forum, a curated showcase where cutting-edge startups and research initiatives in energy and climate present their technologies to industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and students.
Natalie Kuldell, President, Founder, & Executive Director, BioBuilder Educational Foundation
JC Gutiérrez-Ramos, President and CEO, Synlogic
Trond Undheim, PhD, Program Director, MIT Startup Exchange; Paula Hammond, PhD, David H. Koch Professor in Engineering and Department Head, Chemical Engineering, MIT; Laura Indolfi, PhD, CEO of PanTher Therapeutics; Peter Sandor, VP, Head of Oncology Marketing Strategy, Astellas.
Dr. Cory Kidd, Founder & CEO, Catalia Health
Karl Koster welcomes attendees to Robotics workshop.
Hear from distinguished MIT faculty and startups on topics such as recent advances in precision medicine for a more targeted and personalized treatment, immunotherapy to fight cancer cells, gene therapy, AI to improve diagnosis, treatment, and patient outcomes, and more.
Robots inspired by animals," Sangbae Kim, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Biomimetic Robotics Lab, MIT