Daikin’s Open Innovation Lab invites startups of all stages and from all over the world to submit ideas and insights to collaborate and help develop solutions that can provide HVAC services and solutions fit for the remote/hybrid working world amid the current pandemic environment and thereafter.
Sourcemap: Supply chain transparency platform Leonardo Bonanni, Founder and CEO, Sourcemap
Tamr: Cloud-native data mastering solution for unprecedented scaling and reduced costs Mitch Tompkins, Sales Manager, Tamr
Sensai Analytics: Scaling Enterprise AI Ian Mathews. CEO & Co-founder, Sensai Analytics
ThruWave: 3D millimeter wave image sensors for verification and efficiency in industrial and commercial applications Matt Reynolds, Founder & CEO, ThruWave
Jeeva: Re-imagining Connectivity to Automate Consumable Replenishment Scott Bright,CEO, Jeeva
Meter: Next-generation volumetric imaging for manufacturing inspection Realtime Robotics: Autonomous Motion Planning and Spatial Perception for Industrial Automation Akasha Imaging: "See it, Build it!" Perception Solutions for Manufacturing Eureka Robotics: Enabling High Accuracy – High Agility automation
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
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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.