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"Slowing the aging process of aging by tweaking the body’s metabolism", Prof. Leonard P. Guarente, Novartis Professor of Biology, MIT & co-founder, Elysium Health

Andrea Adamo, Founder & CEO, Zaiput Flow Technologies

Startup Lightning Talks, featuring Humatics, Vecna, Woobo, Hydroswarm, Franklin Robotics, GeoScout, Flight Infinity

Yet-Ming Chiang, Cofounder & Chief Scientist, 24M
Rick Feldt, President, 24M

MIT Academic innovator: "AI killer apps for Energy," Kalyan Veeramachaneni, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems

David Shrier, CEO & founder, Distilled Identity

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]

David Mindell, Founder & CEO, Humatics

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

Panel Discussion 

• How can technology improve the lifestyle choices we make and how productive we are at work over time?  
• As wearables move from measuring physical data to measuring brain health, how can we “listen” to our bodies to minimize stress, and avoid lost productivity?
• What nutritional technologies will enable individuals and companies to make the right dietary decisions for healthier and happier lives?
• What role do companies play in furthering these changes?

Panelists: 

• Prof. Leonard P. Guarente, Novartis Professor of Biology, MIT & co-founder, Elysium Health
• Matthew Decker, Global Technical Leader - Comfort and Biophysics Group, W.L. Gore & Associates
• David T. Thibodeau, Managing Director, Wellvest Capital
• Josh Sarmir, Co-Founder & CEO, SplitSage

Moderator: Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, MIT Startup Exchange, MIT ILP