As the imperative for sustainable development intensifies, Thailand and Southeast Asia stand at the crossroads of challenges and opportunities in fostering effective industry-academic collaboration. The region's diverse ecosystems and economies necessitate a nuanced understanding of the interplay between sectors, urging stakeholders to navigate obstacles, capitalize on synergies, and develop effective policies.
MIT faculty will be joined by MIT-connected startups to facilitate conversations with senior executives from Thailand to foster dialogue, share insights, and cultivate a roadmap for effective collaboration. Through a multifaceted exploration of challenges and opportunities, participants will contribute to shaping a future where industry and academia work together with local government to address pressing sustainability issues, with a focus on how MIT-industry collaboration can accelerate substantial results.
The THRIVE | Shell Climate-Smart Agriculture Challenge seeks to identify and support top start-up and scale-up innovators driving the global transformation to climate-smart agriculture practices
-Rio Tinto is looking for partners with innovative technologies and ideas for repurposing this material to help eliminate the need for storage and to make a lasting difference to local communities and the environment.
Think & Act Differently (TAD), powered by BHP, is a dynamic team with a passion for people and innovative ideas dedicated to assembling inquisitive minds to address today's resource challenges and revolutionize mineral and metal extraction for the future.
P&G is looking for new technology-enabled solutions, services and business models that incentivize and drive lasting behavior change.
Johnson Matthey (JM) is looking for clean air solutions applicable to Oil & Gas wells, agriculture, biomass/waste gasification.
What are the key tech and business trends in the world of agriculture? How is high tech impacting the production of food? Join MIT Startup Exchange for the first AgTech Workshop to explore how big companies should react, how startups and MNCs are collaborating to create more efficient and more sustainable foods, and what technologies are on the horizon.