Nanotech and New Materials Workshop 10.29.15 Agenda

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Nanotech and New Materials Innovation Workshop
October 29, 2015 One Main Street, Cambridge, MA
AGENDA
8:30am Coffee and Registration
8:45am Welcome: “MIT’s Nanotech and New Materials Startups,” Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, MIT Startup Exchange (STEX), Event host
9:00am
Introductory remarks: “Connecting Industry to Research, Innovation, and Startups” Karl Koster, Executive Director,
MIT Industrial Liaison Program
9:10am Keynote I: "The Emerging Nanotech Landscape," Dr. Venkateswara (Venkat) Pallem, R&D Group Manager, Air Liquide
9:20am
Lightning Talks – (MIT-connected startups, ILP member companies, MIT innovators, etc.)
Marcie Black, CEO & Co-Founder, Advanced Silicon Group; John Cahalen, VP of Engineering, Xtalic; Adam Paxson President
& CEO, DropWise Technologies Corp.; John Ritter, EVP of Product Development, QD Vision
9:30am Coffee break (20 min)
9:50am Keynote II: “MIT's Nanotech Horizon," Prof. Vladimir Bulovic, Associate Dean for Innovation, MIT Innovation Initiative & Lead,
MIT.nano
10:00am Keynote III: "The Oil & Gas Industry's Search for New Materials," Matt Miller, Engineering Manager, Schlumberger
10:10am Keynote IV: “Materials Innovation at MIT and beyond," Professor Kripa Varanasi, Head of the Varanasi Research Group at MIT
10:20am Coffee break (10 min)
PANEL DISCUSSION
10:30am Panel Discussion: The Industrial Future of Nanotech and New Materials
Having built a renewed awareness among workshop participants of trends in nanotech, panelists will address how best to act on these
trends and the new challenges/opportunities they bring:
• Where are there opportunities for collaboration among industry, universities, governments, and startups, and what
challenges do these potential collaborations face?
• How can both established and emerging companies overcome barriers to new technology adoption?
• Is this the 'nanotech decade'? What are the most promising paths to commercialization?
Panelists:
• Moshe Alamaro, CEO, More Aqua, Inc.
• Prof. Vladimir Bulovic, Associate Dean for Innovation, MIT Innovation Initiative & Lead, MIT.nano
• John Cahalen, VP Engineering, Xtalic
• Dr. Venkateswara (Venkat) Pallem, R&D Group Manager, Air Liquide
• Adam Paxson, President & CEO, DropWise Technologies Corp
• John Ritter, EVP of Product Development, QD Vision
• Prof. Kripa Varanasi, Head of the Varanasi Research Group at MIT
The panel will be moderated by Dr. George ("Buzz") Kenny, Sc.D., S.M. S.B., Co-Founder and President of EntraTympanic, LLC
About us: MIT Startup Exchange connects corporations to MIT startups, fostering quality interactions that lead to strong partnerships with impact
across the MIT innovation ecosystem. The STEX web community platform and database has 1000+ active MIT startup companies at all stages of
development and representing seven technology clusters: Tech/ICT, Biotech, Nanotech, Energy Tech, Advanced Manufacturing, Healthcare, and
Hybrid Innovation. See https://startupexchange.mit.edu for more information.

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Panelists
Moshe Alamaro, CEO, More Aqua, Inc
Moshe Alamaro is the Founder and CEO of More
Aqua, Inc. that is developing a nano monolayer film to
suppress evaporation from water reservoirs. The
technology is applicable especially in subtropical
regions where the climate is hot and dry but also volatile requiring large
reservoirs to store water from wet years to later years. He has a
mechanical engineering degree and M.S. in atmospheric sciences both
from MIT, and he has continued his work at MIT as a research scientist
and research affiliate for the past 19 years. He is a prolific inventor in a
variety of fields, including energy and water systems. His work has
received extensive media coverage including in Nature, The New York
Times, The Economist, Le Mond, The Boston Globe and numerous
international media.
Professor Vladimir Bulović, Associate Dean for
Innovation, MIT Innovation Initiative & Lead,
MIT.nano
Vladimir Bulović is the Associate Dean for Innovation in
MIT’s School of Engineering. He is a Professor of
electrical engineering at MIT, holding the Fariborz Maseeh Chair in
Emerging Technology, leading the Organic and Nanostructured
Electronics laboratory, co-leading the MIT Innovation Initiative and co-
directing the MIT-ENI Solar Frontiers Center. Bulović’s research
interests include studies of physical properties of organic and
organic/inorganic nanocrystal composite thin films and structures, and
development of novel nanostructured optoelectronic devices. He is an
author of over 150 research articles (cited over 20,000 times) and an
inventor of over 70 U.S. patents in areas of light emitting diodes, lasers,
photovoltaics, photodetectors, chemical sensors, programmable
memories, and micro-electro machines, majority of which have been
licensed and utilized by both start-up and multinational companies. He
is a founder of QD Vision, Inc. of Lexington MA, producing quantum
dot optoelectronic components; of Kateeva, Inc. of Menlo Park CA,
focused on development of printed organic electronics; and Ubiquitous
Energy, Inc., developing nanostructured solar technologies. Bulović
received his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He is recognized as an
authority in the field of applied nanotechnology.
Karl F. Koster, Executive Director, MIT Office of
Corporate Relations/Industrial Liaison Program
Karl F. Koster is the executive director of the MIT Office
of Corporate Relations. The Office of Corporate Relations
at MIT includes the Industrial Liaison Program, which
celebrated 60 years of service to the Institute and its corporate
partners in 2008.
In that capacity, he and his staff work with the senior
administrative and faculty leadership of MIT in developing and
implementing strategies for enhancing corporate involvement with
the Institute. Mr. Koster has been involved with faculty leaders in
identifying and designing a number of major international programs
for MIT. Many of these programs focus on institutional development
and are characterized by the establishment of strong, international,
programmatic linkages between universities, industry, and
governments.
Mr. Koster graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in
geology and economics in 1974, and received an M.S. from the MIT
Sloan School of Management in 1980. At the Sloan School he
concentrated in international business management and the
management of technological innovation. Prior to returning to MIT,
Mr. Koster worked as a management consultant for seven years in
Europe, Latin America, and the United States on projects for private
and public sector organizations.
Matt Miller, Ph.D., Engineering Manager,
Schlumberger
Matt Miller joined Schlumberger in Midland Texas
in 1994, after graduating from the University of
Michigan with a Ph.D. in Chemical
Engineering. Throughout his career, he has focused on well
completion and stimulation technology developments that enable
production companies to maximize their reservoir value and lower
the environmental and social impacts of their operations. He has held
leadership roles in operations technology application, established and
led a new product development center in Russia focused on hydraulic
fracturing technologies, lead Schlumberger’s chemistry research in
Cambridge, England, and served as the Well Services global portfolio
manager for Stimulation chemistry and materials. He is currently the
engineering manager for the development of new well construction
and well stimulation materials and processes.
Venkateswara Pallem, Ph.D., Fine Chemical
Synthesis & Surface Science Group
Manager, Air Liquide
Venkat Pallem is the group manager for Fine
Chemical Synthesis & Surface Science division at the R&D center in
Air Liquide, United States located in Newark, Delaware. His research
group focuses on developing novel precursors/gases for Atomic
Layer Deposition and Etching (continuous and Atomic Layer
Etching) processes for semiconductor applications. He has 14+ years
of experience in research and development areas, where he held
several technical and project management positions. His
contributions as a researcher mainly encompass IP in High-k
precursors/process development and in novel etching
molecules/process.
Venkat received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay, India. He then moved to Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA as a post-doctoral researcher where his research
work focused on bioinorganic chemistry and later in development of
precursors for electronic materials.

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Adam Paxson, President, CEO, DropWise
Technologies Corp
Dr. Paxson (MIT Course II Ph.D. ’14, S.M. ’11, S.B. ’09)
is an expert on advanced dropwise condensation
technologies, with 6 years experience with advanced
hydrophobic coatings. He previously co-founded LiquiGlide, which won
the 2012 MIT $100K Audience Choice and was one of the TIME
Magazine Best Inventions of the Year. He completed his Ph.D. in the
lab of Prof. Kripa Varanasi in mechanical engineering, where he was
a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, MIT Energy
Fellow, and Martin Family Sustainability Fellow, co-author of 9 journal
publications, and co-inventor of 11 patents.
Trond Undheim, Ph.D., Lead, Startup
Initiative, MIT Industrial Liaison Program
Trond heads up the Startup Initiative at MIT’s
Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), facilitating
productive relationships between industry and MIT’s startup
ecosystem. He is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of
Management.
Trond is a serial entrepreneur with Scandinavian roots and is
currently the founder of Yegii, Inc., the insight network, and
managing director of Tautec Consulting.
Trond is a leading expert on technology development across
industries such as IT, Energy, and Healthcare. His knowledge spans
entrepreneurship, strategy frameworks, policymaking, action
learning, virtual teamwork, knowledge management, standardization,
and e-government. He wrote the book Leadership From Below
(2008). Trond speaks six languages and is a frequent public speaker
on business, technology, and wine. Trond was a strategy/business
development executive at Oracle Corp. (2008-12) and a policymaker
in the EU (2004-8) where he built the ePractice.eu web platform with
120,000 members. He has worked with multinational companies,
with mid-caps and startups in Brazil, China, Colombia, France,
Indonesia, Norway, the UK, and the U.S.
Trond holds an M.A. in sociology and a Ph.D. in sociological
technology and policy studies from the Norwegian University of
Science and Technology.
Kripa Varanasi, Associate Professor in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
MIT
Dr. Varanasi received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
MechE from MIT in 2002 and 2004 and his M.S. in
EECS from MIT in 2002. Prior to joining MIT, Dr. Varanasi was a
lead researcher and project leader at the GE Global Research Center.
The primary focus of his research is in the development of nano-
engineered surface, interface, and coating technologies that can
dramatically enhance performance in energy, water, agriculture,
transportation, medical, and consumer devices. Dr. Varanasi has
received numerous awards for his work including NSF Career and
DARPA Young Faculty Award. Dr. Varanasi has co-founded two
startups, LiquiGlide in 2012 to commercialize super-slippery
coatings, then featured in Time and Forbes magazines. This year he
co-founded DropWise, to commercialize an advanced coating
material that increases efficiency in power plant desalinization and
refrigeration systems. DropWise was a Gold Winner at the 2014
MassChallenge Accelerator Program Awards.
Moderator
George “Buzz” Kenney, Sc.D., S.M., S.B.,
Co-founder and President of EntraTympanic,
LLC
Dr. Kenney is currently the Co-founder and President
of EntraTympanic, LLC, a medical device company
developing a patented device and in-office procedure that provides
immediate pain relief, accelerates recovery, and eliminates the use of
antibiotics.
A serial entrepreneur, technologist and CEO, Buzz brings to the
medical device ecosystem his decades of advanced materials, high
tech and engineering experience at MIT and industry in developing
innovative technologies and platforms via domestic and international
partnerships, collaborations and strategies for financing R&D and its
translation to commercial applications and products.
Educated at MIT, he earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s ‘75, and
Doctor of Science ‘78 in materials science and engineering while
minoring in both economics and law.

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Lightning Talk
Marcie Black, Ph.D., Co-founder/CEO, Advanced
Silicon Group
Marcie Black is CEO and Co-founder of Advanced
Silicon Group. Prior to founding ASG, Marcie was the
President and Co-founder of Bandgap Engineering, which focused on
increasing the deployment of solar generation by lowering the cost of
solar technologies. Before joining Bandgap, Marcie was a technical
staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory a prestigious
Director’s Funded Post Doc, developing organic and nano solar cells.
Marcie has a Ph.D. from MIT in electrical engineering, under the
supervision of Institute Professor, Mildred Dresselhaus. In 2009, she
was awarded an R&D 100 award for her contributions to work at
LANL. Marcie also was honored as one of the ten “Women-to-Watch
in 2010” by Mass High Tech. Marcie has over 30+ papers and more
than 15 issued patents with many more pending.
John Cahalen, VP Engineering, Xtalic
John joined Xtalic in November 2007 to lead the
commercialization of the Xtalic product lines and
development of the electronic’s applications area. John
has more than 20 years of experience in R&D and
Commercialization of industrial materials. Prior to joining Xtalic he
was the metallization manager for the newly formed Photovoltaic’s
business group within the Rohm and Haas, electronic materials
business unit. From 1994 until 2007 he worked for Shipley
Company/Rohm and Haas in their electronic materials division
developing and commercializing products and processes in the
metallization, surface finish, and photolithography areas. John holds
a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University.
Adam Paxson, President, CEO, DropWise
Technologies Corp
Dr. Paxson (MIT Course II Ph.D. ’14, S.M. ’11, S.B. ’09)
is an expert on advanced dropwise condensation
technologies, with 6 years experience with advanced
hydrophobic coatings. He previously co-founded LiquiGlide, which won
the 2012 MIT $100k Audience Choice and was one of the TIME
Magazine Best Inventions of the Year. He completed his Ph.D. in the
lab of Prof. Kripa Varanasi in mechanical engineering, where he was
a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, MIT Energy
Fellow, and Martin Family Sustainability Fellow, co-author of 9 journal
publications, and co-inventor of 11 patents.
John Ritter, EVP Product Development, QD
Vision
John Ritter has more than 22 years of experience in
developing and commercializing new technologies, and
is responsible for all aspects of product development at
QD Vision. Prior to joining QD Vision, John was Vice President of
Development at E-Ink where his responsibilities
encompassed materials, process, and product development and
engineering. In this capacity, he successfully developed E Ink's front
plane laminate (FPL) product, and transferred the necessary
materials, processes and systems to E Ink's manufacturing operations
and partners. He also worked closely with E Ink's direct customers
(display makers) and end customers (set makers) to ensure that the
FPL product functioned in the intended application.
Ritter has an additional 17 years of experience with
Corning Incorporated, where he held a variety of technical and
leadership positions in development, engineering and manufacturing
functions in the optical fiber, photonic components, flat panel display
glass, and semiconductor materials businesses. He has significant
international business experience, including a three-year work
assignment in France.
Ritter holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical
Engineering from MIT.