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Synthetic Biology Workshop 2017 - Panel Discussion

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

• Simon Hong, Founder & CEO, Robilis
• Iris Sherman, Co-Founder & President, Kitchology
• Laila Zemrani, Co-Founder & CEO, Fitnescity
• Fredric D. Abramson, Founder & CEO, Digital Nutrition
• Nan-Wei Gong, Co-Founder & CEO, figur8
• Alessandro Babini, Co-Founder, Humon
• Josh Sarmir, Co-Founder & CEO, SplitSage
• Bob Jones, Founder & CEO, Food for Sleep

Christina Qi, Partner, Domeyard LP

Ben Vigoda, CEO

Austin Che
Founder, Ginkgo Bioworks

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

Vincent Ling, Senior Director, Materials and Innovation, Takeda 

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