Scaleup Summit San Francisco 2022

OCTOBER 17 – 21

The Scaleup Summit is a highly curated, invitation only format, where international corporates and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business, spot technology trends, and benchmark their open innovation approaches.

Scaleup Summit Opening

OCTOBER 17

The Scaleup Summit is a highly curated, invitation only format, where international corporates and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business, spot technology trends, and benchmark their open innovation approaches.

MONDAY | October 17
09:00-09:15 PST | Welcome, Agenda, Who’s Who, Expectations
Marco Marinucci, CEO, Mind the Bridge
Alberto Onetti, Chairman, Mind the Bridge
Genè Teare, Senior Data Editor, Crunchbase
09:15-09:45 PST | New Reports Launches:

  • Corporate Innovation in Silicon Valley
  • Government Innovation in Silicon Valley
  • Tech Scaleup Silicon Valley
09:45-10:45 PST | Panel: Innovating in Energy

  • Jim Gable, President and VP Innovation, Chevron Technology Ventures
  • Paolo Cerioli, Head Open Innovation & Ecosystems Development, Eni
  • Bryan Ryan, VP Innovation, National Grid Partners
  • Massimiliano Garri, EVP Innovation, Terna
  • Paul Breslow, Former Innovation Director EDF (moderator)
10:45-11:15 PST | Networking
11:15-11:45 PST | Technology Talk – Beyond Renewables: Nuclear Fusion
Alex Zylstra, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
TUESDAY | October 18
12:00-12:30 PST | Technology Talk – Beyond Renewables: Hydrogen

Innovation Ecosystem

OCTOBER 17-18

Highlights from key regional Innovation Ecosystems (partners of MTB Ecosystem Platform)

02:00-03:00pm PST | Panel

  • David Brown, Business Development Director, Austrade
  • Anna Hight, Director of West Coast Operations, CzechInvest
  • Samira G. Curtis, Managing Director EIT HUB USA, EIT Digital
  • Peter Bae, CEO/Executive Director, KIC Silicon Valley
  • Moderator: Marco Marinucci, CEO Mind the Bridge
03:00-04:00pm PST | Panel

  • Marco Marinucci, CEO Mind the Bridge
  • Gerard de Graaf, Senior Envoy for Digital to the US, US Delegation of the European Union to the United States
  • Sergio Strozzi, Consul General of Italy in San Francisco
3:00-4:00 pm PST | Panel

“How to grow your business in San Francisco” by Darlene Bryant, Founder of GlobalSF.
Fireside chat moderated by Douglas Wallace – Director of San Francisco, U.S. Commercial Service

Open Innovation Bootcamp
(Invitation only)

OCTOBER 18

Closed door session restricted to corporate innovation execs to assess and benchmark different Open Innovation approaches (Corporate Accelerator, Venture Client, CVC, Venture Builder/Intrapreneurship).

10:00-12:00 PST | Open Innovation Bootcamp
Corporate Innovation Outposts – Extracting Value from an Innovation Outpost in Silicon Valley

  • Marco Marinucci, CEO, Mind the Bridge
  • Robert Altes, Global Head of Open Innovation, BBVA
  • Sokwoo Rhee, SVP, LG Nova
  • Angelo Rigilio, CEO Enel Innovation Hubs
  • Ram Jambunathan, SVO, SAP.iO

CVC Bootcamp
(Invitation only)

OCTOBER 19

Closed door session restricted to corporate innovation execs to assess and benchmark different Open Innovation approaches (Corporate Accelerator, Venture Client, CVC, Venture Builder/Intrapreneurship).

04:00-06:00pm PST | CVC Bootcamp
How To Measure CVC Returns?

  • Alberto Onetti, Chairman, Mind the Bridge
  • Nicolas Sauvage, President, TDK Ventures
  • Ilya Strebulaev, Professor, Standford Graduate School of Business
  • Gabriele Franceschini, President, Eni Next
  • Tiffine Wang, Partner, MS&AD
  • Jim Adler, Founding Managing Director & Board Member, Toyota Ventures
  • Grant Allen, General Partner, SE Ventures

Corporate Insight Sessions

OCTOBER 18 | 9:15-09:45 PST

Corporate Challenges Presentation
Premium Partners via MTB Ecosystem

ACEA | Silvia Celani, Head of Innovation
ACCIONA | Telmo Pérez Luaces, Chief Innovation & New Business
TERNA | Marco Pietrucci, Head of Incubation
FPT Industrial | Daniele Pozzo, Head of Strategy & Product Marketing
PELLICONI | Matteo Mingardi, Head of Innovation
IVECO GROUP | Pablo Arjonilla, Global Innovation Manager
LU-VE | Giovanni Mariani, R&D Engineer

1:1 Matching Session

OCTOBER 20-21

1:1 matching sessions where international corporates and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business and spot technology trends.

09:00-11:15 PST | Matching Sessions

  • Eni
  • Eni Next
  • LU.VE Group
  • Terna
  • Pelliconi
  • Italgas

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