Registration & Networking

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Engineers as Innovators: Reflections & Emerging Opportunities

7:00 PM - 7:30 PM

K. VENKATESH PRASAD

Senior Technical Leader, Open Innovation Ford Motor Company

K. Venkatesh Prasad, Senior Technical Leader, Open Innovation & Member of Ford Technology Advisory Board, Ford Research and Innovation. Role: Leader of the team responsible for implementing innovation across the Ford Research and Advanced Engineering teams in Dearborn, MI, Palo Alto, CA and Aachen, Germany. Member of Ford’s 12-person global Technology Advisory Board, chaired by the CTO

Power grid & challanges

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Srini Sundhararajan

CEO of Grenence

Srini, the CEO of Grenence has extensive experience in the power industry. He has worked for English Electric (now AREVA), ABB, SIEMENS and ERCOT, in the areas of Industrial Process Automation, Grid Management, Energy Market Management and Credit risk Management. He has handled various responsibilities as Engineer, Consultant, Project Lead, Program Manager, Enterprise Architect and Analyst in the areas of design, sales/marketing, software development and financial analysis.