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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

Tor Jakob Ramsøy, CEO, Arundo Analytics

Emilio Frazzoli, MIT Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics, nuTonomy CTO

JC Gutiérrez-Ramos, President and CEO, Synlogic

Synthetic Biology Workshop 2017 - Panel Discussion

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

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

Introduced by Marcus Dahllof, Associate Program Director, MIT Startup Exchange; Cliff Reid, PhD, CEO, Travera; Todd Gierahn, PhD, Cofounder, Honeycomb; Laura Indolfi, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, PanTher Therapeutics; Ulrik Nielsen, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, Torque; Jason Norris, Cofounder, Elektrofi; Patrick Stern, PhD, CEO & Founder, Sextant; Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, Leuko Labs; and Alec Nielsen, PhD, Cofounder, Asimov.

"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

Anurag Bajpayee, Founder and CEO, Gradiant