Scaleup Summit San Francisco 2024

SEPTEMBER 23 – 26

The Scaleup Summit is the Mind the Bridge proprietary format (invitation only) where international corporates and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business, spot technology trends, and benchmark their open innovation approaches

Agenda

SEPTEMBER 23

3:00 – 5:00 PM PST | Introduction to Silicon Valley
Marco Marinucci, Mind the Bridge
Alberto Onetti, Mind the Bridge

5:00 – 6:30 PM PST | Welcome Networking Cocktail
sponsored by Mind the Bridge

SEPTEMBER 24

8:00 – 9:45AM PST | Utility Innovation Council (Close-door)

10:00 – 10:30AM PST | Scaleup Summit Opening: Welcome and Who’s Who
Marco Marinucci, Mind the Bridge
Alberto Onetti, Mind the Bridge

10:30 – 11:00 AM PST | Market Review with Crunchbase
Gene’ Teare, Crunchbase

11:00 – 11:30 AM PST | The end of the Startup M&A Era? Launch and presentation of TECH STARTUP M&A Report
Alberto Onetti, Mind the Bridge

11:30 – 12:15 PM PST | Industry Panel: Utilities of the Future
Kevin Ruble, Southern California Edison
Louise-Anne Comeau, Emera
Timo Köster, EWE

Moderator
Ron Erd

1:30 – 2:30PM PST | Startup Showcase: AI for Utilities
Thomas Vadora, Splight
Andy Allison, SymphonyAI
Tim Whelan, Datch
Shankar Somasundaram, Asimily

Moderator
Ramon Betolaza, BP Energy Partners

2:30 – 3:15 PM PST | AI Regulation Panel
Sean Randolph, Bay Area Council Economic Institute

3:45 – 4:15 PM PST | Fireside Chat: What’s Shaking in the Energy Industry? Tech Scenarios, Investments and Innovation Strategies
Nicola Rossi, Enel Group

Moderator
Alberto Onetti, Mind the Bridge

4:15 – 5:00 PM PST | The Open Innovation Stars: Corporate Startup Stars Panel
Paige Wilson, Acubed (an Airbus innovation center)
Domitilla Caputo, SAP
Daniel Seo, 3M

5:00 – 6:30 PM PST | Networking Cocktail (drinks by Singapore Global Network)

SEPTEMBER 25

8:00 – 9:45AM PST | Mining Innovation Council (Close-door)

10:00 – 10:30AM PST | Corporate Startup Star 2023: Microsoft keynote
Fireside chat with Ludo Ulrich, Microsoft
Moderator
Marco Marinucci, Mind the Bridge

10:30 – 11:00AM PST | Startup Showcase: Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact
Tim Stewart, Exergenics

11:00 – 11:30AM PST | Keynote: The role of Lithium in the critical mineral value chain
Dave Snydacker, Lilac solutions

11:30 – 12:15PM PST | Startup Ecosystem Stars: Fireside Chat
Will Ferguson, JETRO
Moderator
Giovanni Martinez, Mind the Bridge

1:30 – 2:30PM PST | Corporate Innovation Antennas: does it still make sense?
Luisa Marotta, Terna
Clement Anthonioz-Blanc, Winnovation
Ankur Jindal, Tata Communication
Moderator
Marco Marinucci, Mind the Bridge

2:30 – 3:15PM PST | Industry Panel: Mining of the Future
Pamela Antonioli, Mining Innovation Hub Peru
Masatoshi Nishi, INPEX
Moderator
David Zhen Yi, Stanford Mineral X Initiative

3:30 – 4:30PM PST | Startup Showcase: AI for Mining
Tyler Hall, Explore Tech
Roman Teslyuk, Earth AI
Taylor Robinette, Armada
Ekaterina Romanova, SafeAI
Mark Ott, Westwin Elements
Moderator
Luis Valencia, AlkaLi Labs

4:30 – 5:15PM PST | Open R&D Panel
Daniele Vitullo, Terna
Anton Ricafort, Acciona
Roland Scharrer, former AXA
Moderator
Marco Marinucci, Mind the Bridge

5:00 – 6:30 PM PST | Networking Cocktail

SEPTEMBER 26

8:00 – 9:45AM PST | Construction Innovation Council (Close-door)

10:00 – 11:00 AM PST | New Energy Lab Open R&D Hackathon
Final Pitches

11:00 – 12:00PM PST | Startup Showcase: AI for Construction
Jeff Stieber, Trunk Tools
Gabriel Denis-Arrue Munes, OpenSpace
Chaitanya Krishna, Track3D
Kevin Albert, Canvas
Moderator
Kaustubh Pandya, Brick & Mortar Ventures

1:30 – 2:15PM PST | Industry Panel: Transforming Construction with AI: Trends and Future Prospects
Felipe Dominguez, Suffok Construction
Sang Yoon Choi, GS Futures
Yuji Doi, Kajima International
Thai Q Nguyen, Hensel Phelps
Moderator
Navin Kunde, Black & Veatch

2:15 – 3:00PM PST | The M-Lab Consortium: Fast-Tracking Japanese Innovation in Silicon Valley
Reina Ozani, M-Lab
Kazuo Igarashi, M-Lab

3:00 – 3:30PM PST | Open sourcing AI: the AI Alliance panel
Uttam Tripathi, Qualcomm
Jonathan Beri, Golioth
Moderator
Marco Marinucci, Mind the Bridge

Scaleup Summit Speakers

Roland Scharrer

Former Group Chief Data, AI & Emerging Technology Officer, AXA

Paige Stanton Wilson

Chief Operating Officer at Acubed, an Airbus Innovation Center

Heloise Pajot

Exploring the future of Tech & Energy, EDF

Yuji Doi

Innovation Manager, Kajima International

Felipe Dominguez

Construction Technology Product Manager, Suffolk Construction

Domitilla Caputo

Strategic AI Partnerships, SAP

Kazuo Igarashi

Senior Tech Scouting Manager, Yazaki North America Inc

David Zhen Yin

Senior Scientist & Program Director, Co-founder, Stanford Mineral-X

Gené Teare

Senior Data Editor, Crunchbase

David Snydacker

President & CTO, Lilac Solutions

Enrico Pochettino

Head of Innovation, Iren

Marco Marinucci

CEO, Mind the Bridge

Pamela Antonioli De Rutté

Gerente General en Hub de Innovación Minera del Perú

Daniele Vitullo

Head of Ideas And Solutions Scouting, Terna

Alberto Onetti

Chairman, Mind the Bridge

Uttam Tripathi

Vice President, Developer Relations, Qualcomm

Reina Ozaki

M-Lab

Nicola Rossi

Head of Innovation, Enel Group

Clement Anthonioz-Blanc

Chief Executive Officer, Winnovation

Jonathan Beri

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Golioth

Ron Erd

Daniel Seo

Investment Manager, 3M Ventures

Matteo Vacchetti

CVC and Investments, Gruppo Iren

Ludovich Ulrich

Principal PM, Clipchamp & AI Video, Office Product Group, Microsoft

Luis Valencia

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at AlkaLi Labs

Slater Sharp

Science & Technology Policy Fellow, California’s Assembly

Yosuke Sasajima

Automotive & Mobility Group, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)

Navin Kunde

Innovation Leader, Black & Veatch

Taihei Kawamoto

Senior Manager, Business Development, Mitsubishi Corporation

Luisa Marotta

International Innovation, Terna

Timo Köster

VP Innovation, EWE AG

Kevin Ruble

Principal AI Product Manager, Digital & Process Transformation, Southern California Edison

Sang Yoon Choi

LP Representative, GS Futures

Sean Randolph

Senior Director, Bay Area Council Economic Institute

Ramon Betolaza

Managing Director, BP Energy Partners

Ankur Jindal

Vice President, Global Head Venturing, Technology and Innovation, Tata Communications

Louise-Anne Comeau

VP New Energy Markets & Innovation, Emera

Thai Nguyen

Director of Innovation, Hensel Phelps

Ryosuke Sasaki

Project Lead, Mitsubishi Corporation

Anton Ricafort

Innovation Director, Acciona

Masatoshi Nishi

VP – Venture and Business Development, INPEX