Director of Corporate Innovation - Avangrid
Dr. Enrique Bosch is the Director of Corporate Innovation at Avangrid, a leading sustainable energy company in the United States. In this role, he leads Avangrid’s innovation initiatives and definition of global development strategies, including: clean hydrogen, energy storage, smart grids and energy optimization.
Dr. Bosch has over two decades of energy sector experience on projects for the design and implementation of clean energy technologies, climate change, energy transition, emissions control and process optimization. He holds a MBA and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Seville, has co-authored +15 scientific papers presented in international conferences, co-invented 2 patents related to environmental technologies, and is a member of the UMass Amherst Offshore Wind Advisory Board.
Clean Energy Venture Builder - MIT Proto Ventures
David Cohen-Tanugi is the Venture Builder for Clean Energy & Fusion at Proto Ventures, MIT's new venture studio. In this role, he is responsible for developing new businesses that leverage people and technology on campus and that could transform the energy industry. David's background is in materials science as well as technology commercialization. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT's Department of Materials Science & Engineering (Course 3), where he developed a novel category of membrane to efficiently produce fresh water using seawater desalination. In 2012, Smithsonian highlighted his work as one of the "Top Most Surprising Scientific Discoveries" of the year.=
Prior to re-joining MIT as a venture builder, David most recently built the smart devices & automation team at a late-stage climate tech company focused on electric grid flexibility. Before that, he was a cofounder of Embr Labs a connected hardware startup founded at MIT, where he led the product vision for the company's flagship cooling wristband, which now has over 150,000 customers. Davidhas also been recognized by Forbes' 30 Under 30 award (2014) and by MIT Technology Review's French Innovators Under 35 award (2015).
In his current role at MIT, David is especially interested in the future of the power grid, critical materials, and fusion energy.
CEO and Co-Founder - Sublime Systems
Leah Ellis is the CEO and co-founder of Sublime Systems, a company revolutionizing the cement industry through its breakthrough process to produce low-carbon cement. With a pilot plant in Somerville, Massachusetts capable of producing 100 tons of decarbonized cement annually, Sublime recently secured a $40 million series A funding to drive growth. Leah and her co-founder, Yet-Ming Chiang, developed the technology while she was an NSERC/Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Leah holds a PhD in chemistry from Dalhousie University, where she worked with Professor Jeff Dahn on lithium-ion battery optimization in partnership with 3M and Tesla. Leah is an Activate Boston Entrepreneurial Fellow and has been recognized as one of MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators under 35.
