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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
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Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
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