Scalable production of RNA for agriculture Andrey Zarur, Cofounder & CEO, GreenLight Biosciences Potassium fertilizer innovation Philip Wender, Managing Director, Advanced Potash Technologies Chemiresistive gas sensing for food safety Merry Smith, Senior Scientist, C2Sense Novel dehumidifying material for indoor farms Sorin Grama, Cofounder, Transaera Probiotics for plants Michael Miille, CEO, Joyn Bio [Joyn is a JV between Ginkgo Bioworks and Leaps by Bayer]
Panel moderator: Marcus Dahllof, Program Director, MIT Startup Exchange Panelists: Caleb Harper, Director, OpenAg, MIT Media Lab Dilip Sundaram, President, Corporate, Mahindra Group - Americas Jan Schnorr, CEO, C2Sense Alan Kriz, Strategic Alliance Manager, Crop Science, Bayer Tejal Mody, Managing Director, Rabobank
Joshua Feast, CEO & Cofounder, Cogito
"Trends in Wellness Investments", David T. Thibodeau, Managing Director, Wellvest Capital
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.
Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Moderator: Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, MIT Startup Exchange, MIT ILP
Matthew Decker
Global Technical Leader - Comfort and Biophysics Group,W.L. Gore & Associates
Dave Truch, Technology Director, Digital Innovation Organization, BP
Hilton Pryce Lewis, Co-founder, President and CEO, GVD Corporation
Robots inspired by animals," Sangbae Kim, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Biomimetic Robotics Lab, MIT