Reimagining Urban Life: Tech at the Core

How is technology reshaping the way we live, work, and move in cities? From autonomous checkout and EVs to the sharing economy, our panel of experts will explore how startups, researchers, and investors are driving the next generation of urban solutions.

We are delighted to welcome a star studded panel with some of the leading experts in the field.

Hosted by ​IDEALondon - Giving deeptech and digital startups the space and support they need to grow

Paul Dowling - Moderator
Paul is a founder of KXSB.org which is a platform to support pre-competitive AI startups and open-source projects.

Perry Krug- Senior Solutions Engineer - Pinecone AI
A very technical Systems Engineer with expertise in networking, enterprise storage, Web 2.0 infrastructure databases. Perry works as a Solutions Engineer for Pinecone, the vector database providing long-term memory for AI.

Shailabh Suman - Senior Automotive development engineer -Nvidia
Shailabh is involved in automotive Interior Sensing Software development
- L2++ Driving Features
- Large Scale Data Collection SW development for training the DNNs

• Working on production intent software with leading automotive manufacturer in EMEA

Giulio D’Ippolito - Tech lead machine Learning - Wayve
Giulio D’Ippolito is a platform engineer and tech lead at Wayve. He has extensive experience working with various platform teams within the company, building cloud infrastructure to process data at scale.

Prof. Bani Anvari - UCL Professor and Chair of Intelligent Mobility | Alan Turing Fellow

Full Professor of Intelligent Mobility at the Centre for Transport Studies, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL). Bani possess advanced skills in Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Simulation, Statistical and Analytical Analysis as well as strong Think-Tank skills with a PhD focused on Intelligent Mobility from Imperial College London.

James Mayer - Open Innovation Lead at TfL Open Innovation
James's work as a design thinker (and doer) is driven by a deep sense of empathy and a desire for a creative approach to problem solving, all while retaining a sense of humour.

His interests in design span a diverse group of industries with a sharp people focus: transport and infrastructure, learning & development, public health and technology.

Agenda
18.00 -18.30 Networking
18.30-19.30 Panel Discussion
19.30-20.30 Networking, Beers and Pizza

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