How to Leverage Open Innovation to Sustain the Planet: Strategies, Tools, Approaches & Policies
April 30 – May 3, 2024
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
Host:
BIF Spring 2024 Speakers
Saeed Amidi
Founder & CEO,
Plug and Play
Alexandre Bayen
Associate Provost,
Berkeley Space Center
Prith Banerjee
CTO,
Ansys
Rupak Biswas
Director, Exploration
Technology, NASA
Penny Boston
Nadia Carlsten
SandboxAQ
Henry Chesbrough
Faculty Director,
Garwood Center,
UC Berkeley
Solomon Darwin
Executive Director,
Garwood Center,
UC Berkeley
Will Decker
Advisor,
Garwood
Center
Darek DeFreece
Executive Director,
Berkeley Space Center,
UC Berkeley
Sabin Dima
Founder & CEO,
Humans.ai
Charles Duke
NASA Astronaut,
Apollo 16
Dotty Duke
Co-Founder,
Duke Ministries
Jim Dukhovny
President & CEO,
Alef Aeronautics
Lisa Dyson
CEO,
Air Protein
Justina Gallegos
Kam Ghaffarian
Co-Founder &
Executive Chairman,
Intuitive Machines
Omer Gozen
SVP, Partner
Plug and Play
Tech Center
Rey-Sheng Her
George Jacob
Steve Jurvetson
SpaceX Director,
Future Ventures
Parimal Kopardekar
Research Institute (NARI)
Ram Kumar
Principal Secretary,
Govt. of Meghalaya, India
Dan'l Lewin
Rich Lyons
Naveen Mathur
Ravi Prasher
Srikar K. Reddy
Consul General
of India
at San Francisco
John Roese
Cindy Schmidt
Greg Schmidt
Paul Shapiro
Param Singh
Jim Spohrer
Emma Stewart
Dr. Arjoon Suddhoo
Commonwealth Sectt.
Mallik Tatipamula
Astro Teller
Dr. Eugene Tu
Uma Valeti
CEO and Founder,
UPSIDE Foods
Shardul Vikram
CTO,
Head of Data & AI, SAP
Suresh Yadav
Po-Wen Yen
Andrew Zolli
Chief Impact Officer,
Planet
Day 1: Tue, April 30
The Ameswell Hotel: 800 Moffett Boulevard Mountain View, CA 94043
5:30pm – 6:30PM
Fireside Chat: Reflections on the Journey Back to the Earth
Charles Duke, Apollo 16 Astronaut with Dotty Duke, Moderated by Solomon Darwin
Solomon Darwin
Executive Director,
Garwood Center,
UC Berkeley
Charles Duke
NASA Astronaut,
Apollo 16
Dotty Duke
Co-Founder,
Duke Ministries
7:00PM – 8:00PM
Welcome Cocktail and Dinner
Held at NASA Ameswell Hotel
800 Moffett Boulevard
Mountain View, CA 94043
Day 2: Wed, May 1
NASA Ames Research Center: Moffett Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94035
7:45am
Bus pick-up from The Ameswell Hotel
8:00am – 9:00am
Registration and Networking Breakfast
9:00am – 9:10am
Welcome Session
Dr. Eugene Tu
9:10am – 9:20am
Remarks by Rich Lyons
Rich Lyons
9:20am – 10:00am
Panel on Celebrating the Launch of the Berkeley Space Center at NASA – The Open Innovation Platform for Creating a Sustainable Future
Alexandre Bayen
Associate Provost,
Berkeley Space Center
Darek DeFreece
Executive Director,
Berkeley Space Center
Rich Lyons
10:00am – 10:30am
Opening Remarks by Henry Chesbrough
Henry Chesbrough
Faculty Director,
Garwood Center,
UC Berkeley
10:30am – 10:40am
Booth Displays Introduction
Will Decker
Advisor,
Garwood Center
10:40am – 11:30am
Speed Dating
11:30am – 12:00pm
Networking Break
Showcase Booths: Emerging Technologies of the Future
12pm – 1pm
Uniting Cosmic & Terrestrial Perspectives to Create a Sustainable Future
NASA scientists offer harmonizing perspectives to sustain our planet
Moderated by Solomon Darwin
Greg Schmidt
Penny Boston
Director of Astrobiology
Institute, NASA
Cindy Schmidt
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Networking Lunch
Showcase Booths: Emerging Technologies of the Future & NASA technology tour
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Food Innovation
Moderated by Solomon Darwin
Lisa Dyson
Paul Shapiro
The Better Meat Co.
Uma Valeti
UPSIDE Foods
3:15pm – 3:45pm
Networking Break
Showcase Booths – Emerging Technologies of the Future
3:45pm – 4:45pm
Policies for Creating a Sustainable Future – ESG Challenges
Moderated by Henry Chesbrough
Emma Stewart
Officer, Netflix
Po-Wen Yen
Dr. Arjoon Suddhoo
4:45pm
Bus pick-up to Computer History Museum (1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043)
5:30pm – 6:30pm
“Journey through Great Moments in Computer History” Tour of The Computer History Museum
The Past, Present, and Future of Computing
Dan'l Lewin
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Networking Reception – The Computer History Museum
Global Sustainability Awareness Programs
Day 3: Thur, May 2
NASA Ames Research Center: Moffett Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94035
7:45am
Bus pick-up from The Ameswell Hotel
8:00am – 9:00am
Networking Breakfast
9:00am – 9:10am
Welcome
by Solomon Darwin
Solomon Darwin
Executive Director,
Garwood Center,
UC Berkeley
9:10am – 10:00am
Open Innovation Handbook for Practitioners
Moderated by Henry Chesbrough
Jim Spohrer
Mallik Tatipamula
Param Singh
10:00am – 11:00am
Tools for Creating a Sustainable Future – Managing ESGS
Moderated by Solomon Darwin
Prith Banerjee
CTO, Ansys
Shardul Vikram
CTO & Head of
Data & AI, SAP
Ravi Prasher
11:00am – 11:10am
Open Innovation Squad Introduction
By Henry Chesbrough
11:10am – 12:00pm
Networking Break, Booths, and NASA Tour
Showcase Booths – Emerging Technologies of the future
Open Innovation Squad Presentations (Room TBD)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Investing in Moonshots for Creating a Sustainable Future
Astro Teller
Steve Jurvetson
Jim Dukhovny
Alef Aeronautics
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Networking Lunch
I-Squad Innovation Challenges
Showcase Booths – Emerging Technologies of the future
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Altering the World with AI & AQ (Quantum) Technologies – Benefits & Dangers
Moderated by Henry Chesbrough
Nadia Carlsten
Rupak Biswas
Director, Exploration
Technology, NASA
John Roese
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Networking Break
Showcase Booths – Emerging Technologies of the future
3:30pm- 4:30pm
Strategies & Best Practices for Sustainability
Moderated by Solomon Darwin
Justina Gallegos
Parimal Kopardekar
Research Institute (NARI)
Andrew Zolli
Chief Impact
Officer,
Planet
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Closing Remarks by Henry Chesbrough
Evaluations
5:00pm
Bus pick-up to Plug & Play (440 N Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94085)
5:15pm – 6:00pm
Showcasing Top Startups in the Silicon Valley: Why Some Startups Fail and Some Succeed
Tour of Plug and Play
Saeed Amidi
Founder & CEO,
Plug and Play
Omer Gozen
SVP, Partner
Plug and Play Tech Center
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Networking Dinner
8:00pm
Bus pick-up to hotel
Day 4: Fri, May 3
Future Ventures Space Museum: 465 1st St, Los Altos, CA 94022
Stanford University: 175 Electioneer Wy, Stanford, CA 94305
Smithsonian-affiliated Aquarium of the Bay, San Francisco: Pier39 The Embarcadero &, Beach St, San Francisco, CA 94133
Bus will transport participants to all venues.
8:30am
Bus pick-up from Ameswell Hotel
9:00am – 11:00am
The Future Ventures Space Museum Tour
Group 1: 9AM – 10:00AM
Group 2: 10:00AM – 11:00AM
10:30am – 11:30am
11:30am – 12:30pm
Sustainability in Space and Space Technology
Kam Ghaffarian
Co-Founder &
Executive Chairman,
Intuitive Machines
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Networking Lunch at Stanford Educational Farm
1:30pm
Bus pick-up to Bay Ecotarium, San Francisco
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Chief Innovation Officer Round Table – Smithsonian-affiliated Aquarium of the Bay at Pier 39 in San Francisco
Opening remarks by Srikar Reddy
Strategies for Sustainability
Srikar K. Reddy
Consul General of India
at San Francisco
Sabin Dima
Founder & CEO
Humans.ai
Ram Kumar
Principal Secretary
Govt. of Meghalaya, India
George Jacob
Rey-Sheng Her
Naveen Mathur
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Tour and Cocktail Reception
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Dinner
Transportation on your own
Technology Displays
Green Emerging Technologies for Sustainability
Transportation Solutions
Energy Solutions
- Bloom Energy – Affordable Green Energy Solutions
- Hygge Energy Solutions – Empowering Smart Villages in India
- Urenco Technologies
Communication Solutions
- Taara Technologies – Google X Technologies
- Dove Satellites (TBC) – Generating Data and Analysis for Sustaining the Planet
- Starlink Technologies
Digital Tools for Earth Stewardship
- Earth CEO Scorecard – powered by Wipro Technologies
- Smart Villages DIY AI Powered Toolkit – powered by Humans.AI
Material Recycling Technologies
- Kaneka Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet
- Building Material for 3D Printing
- Recyclable Tires
Labor Saving Technologies
Robotic Technologies
Ethereal Virtual Immersive Experiences
Journey with companions
- Swim under the oceans
- Soar into the skies
- Travel through cosmos
- Take a tour around the world
Sensor & Connectivity Technologies
Sensor & Connectivity Technologies Empowering Engineering Designs by Eliminating White Spaces
Space Exploration Vehicles
Autonomous Low-cost Spacecraft for Interplanetary Space Exploration (Prof. Pister, UC Berkeley)
NASA Campus Tours
Drone Technologies
Mission to Mars
Touching the Moon
Wind Tunnels
BIF Spring 2024 Speakers
Saeed Amidi
Founder & CEO,
Plug and Play
Alexandre Bayen
Associate Provost,
Berkeley Space Center
Prith Banerjee
CTO,
Ansys
Rupak Biswas
Director, Exploration
Technology, NASA
Penny Boston
Director of
Astrobiology Institute, NASA
Nadia Carlsten
VP of Product,
SandboxAQ (a Google X spinoff)
Henry Chesbrough
Faculty Director, Garwood Center
for Corporate Innovation, UC Berkeley
Solomon Darwin
Executive Director, Garwood
Center for Corporate Innovation
Will Decker
Advisor,
Garwood Center
Darek DeFreece
Executive Director,
Berkeley Space Center, UC Berkeley
Sabin Dima
Founder & CEO,
Humans.ai
Charles Duke
NASA Astronaut,
Apollo 16
Dotty Duke
Co-Founder,
Duke Ministries
Jim Dukhovny
President and CEO,
Alef Aeronauticsy
Lisa Dyson
CEO,
Air Protein
Justina Gallegos
Deputy Director,
White House, Office of S&T Policy
Kam Ghaffarian
Co-Founder &
Executive Chairman,
Intuitive Machines
Omer Gozen
SVP, Partner
Plug and Play
Tech Center
Rey-Sheng Her
George Jacob
President, CEO,
Bay Ecotarium
Steve Jurvetson
Board Member,
SpaceX Director, Future Ventures
Parimal Kopardekar
Research Institute (NARI)
Ram Kumar
Principal Secretary,
Govt. of Meghalaya, India
Dan'l Lewin
President & CEO,
Computer History Museum
Rich Lyons
Naveen Mathur
Aquatech
Ravi Prasher
CTO,
Bloom
Energy
Srikar K. Reddy
Consul General
of India
at San Francisco
John Roese
President &
Global CTO,
Dell Technologies
Cindy Schmidt
Earth Scientist
NASA Ames
Greg Schmidt
Director, Solar System
NASA Ames
Paul Shapiro
CEO and Co-Founder,
The Better Meat Co.
Param Singh
Vice President,
Salesforce
Jim Spohrer
Retired Director
of Innovation, IBM
Emma Stewart
Chief Sustainability
Officer, Netflix
Dr. Arjoon Suddhoo
Mallik Tatipamula
CTO,
Ericsson
Astro Teller
CEO,
Google X
Dr. Eugene Tu
Director,
NASA Ames
Uma Valeti
CEO and Founder,
UPSIDE Foods
Shardul Vikram
CTO, Head
of Data & AI, SAP
Suresh Yadav
Sr. Director (AI),
The Commonwealth
Po-Wen Yen
CEO,
Tzu Chi Foundation
Andrew Zolli
Chief Impact Officer,
Planet