Speakers

Hemant Shukla is Vice President and Fellow for Emerging Technology at AVEVA, where he is responsible for exploring emerging technology trends and helping set technology priorities for the company. He identifies and evaluates innovation opportunities and works to translate them into practical industrial impact. As part of this work, he is building the AVEVA Accelerator in collaboration with Schneider Electric Ventures and partners across the Silicon Valley Bay Area, using the accelerator as a mechanism to connect startups, research, and enterprise needs, and to translate complex technologies into deployable and adoptable industrial solutions.

At Siemens, he operated across R&D, corporate venture investing, and product strategy, influencing numerous investment decisions and contributing to the deployment of a cloud-based prototype for industrial data analytics, later branded as Sinalytics. In 2015, he defined industrial AI and quantum computing roadmaps at Siemens. His work also spanned shaping long-horizon strategies across AI, cybersecurity, and quantum technologies.

With a PhD in physics, Hemant has spent over two decades spanning frontier science and industry. He envisioned and led early GPU-based research before GPUs became mainstream by founding the International Center for Computational Science (ICCS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to advance adoption of GPUs in high-performance computing. He has contributed to major space-based scientific programs including the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the Joint Dark Energy Mission, as well as frontier ground-based initiatives such as the Square Kilometer Array. His work centers on bridging research, startups, and enterprises, with a focus on translating complex technologies into deployable and adoptable industrial solutions. He has authored over 35 publications and, in his personal time, continues research in foundational physics with collaborators across the globe.