# LDV Blog

At our 11th Annual LDV Vision Summit earlier this year, a panel of distinguished experts explored the future of materials science powered by visual tech and AI. Click the link below to hear from **Dr. David Smith**, Associate Chair and James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of ECE at Duke University; **Dr. Kristin Schmidt**, Strategy Assistant for Accelerated Discovery and Vice Chair of the Physical Sciences Council at IBM; **Dr. Chirranjeevi Gopal**, Co-Founder and CTO at Mitra Chem, the first lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer; **Dr. Amanda Petford-Long**, Director of the Materials Science Division at Argonne National Lab; and **Ash Cleary**, Associate at LDV Capital.

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LDV Capital's Evan Nisselson and Ash Cleary cover topics ranging from spectroscopy and nanomaterials to enhance food and agricultural production, to renewable energy forecasting and grid management, and predictive digital twins for the supply chain.

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The next guest in our Women Leading Visual Tech series is Dr. Sujatha Ramanujan, a serial entrepreneur and seasoned executive with 25 years of experience in medical devices and consumer electronics. She currently serves as the Managing Director of Luminate – the world’s largest accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging enabled applications. LDV Capital’s Abigail Hunter-Syed spoke with Sujatha about managing a crisis, fear of boredom, and a mission to revitalize the Rochester area.

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