Nan-Wei Gong, Cofounder & CEO, figur8
Ali Merchant, President and CEO, iQ3Connect
Adam Paxson, CEO; Annica Blake, COO; David Borrelli, CTO Dropwise Technologies
Paula Hammond, PhD, David H. Koch Professor in Engineering and Department Head, Chemical Engineering, MIT, Member of the Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research, and Cofounder of Svaya Nanotechnologies and LayerBio
John Andrews, CEO, Celect
Alec Shkolnik, CoFounder and CEO, LiquidPiston
Yet-Ming Chiang, Cofounder & Chief Scientist, 24M Rick Feldt, President, 24M
Rana el Kaliouby, CEO & Cofounder, Affectiva
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