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Day 1
September 22, 2020
10:15 AM - 10:45 AMSustainable, resilient, and digital: A vision for the building of the future
By Aamir Paul US Country President, Schneider Electric
10:45 AM - 11:15 AMIndia's startup ecosystem: cleantech
By Abilash Haridass Co-Founder, WEGoT, John Kuruvilla Chief Mentor, Brigade REAP, Tharun Kumar Mr, ECOSTP Technologies (P) Ltd
10:45 AM - 11:15 AMModular Multi-family
By Bart Tocci Director of Business Development, Tocci Building Corporation
10:45 AM - 11:15 AMHow Mobility Will Change the Future of Real Estate
By Janis Skriveris Ventures Associate, Plug and Play Ventures
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMInner engineering in construction for sustainability & productivity
By Raj Pillai MD, Starworth Infrastructures & Construction LTD
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMMaking the construction supply chain more sustainable
By James Swanston CEO, Voyage Control
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMThe Future Of Retail is Small (Businesses)
By DeAnna McIntosh Global Retail + E-commerce Consultant, The Affinity Group International
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMDigital Transformation in Indian AECO Sector
By Dr Amarnath CB President, India BIM Association
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMLaying out points with marking robots
By Tom Yeshurun CEO & co-founder, Civ Robotics
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMReal Estate Changing as an Asset Class
By Amir Korangy Founder, Publisher & Chairman, The Real Deal, K.P. Reddy Founder, Shadow Ventures
12:15 PM - 12:45 PMUnderstanding and Applying Sustainability: Is it Really the Answer?
By Lexie Goldberg Director of Global Sustainability, Greystar
12:45 PM - 01:15 PMLessons learned – how a failed business led to a bigger opportunity
By Lara O’Connor Hodgson President and CEO, NOW Corp
12:45 PM - 01:15 PMConnected Jobsite for Productivity and Safety
By Bradley Tabone EVP - North America, HammerTech, Niran Shrestha CEO, Kwant.ai, Vivin Hegde Director, Tech Office, Hilti, Brian Sayre Senior Associate, Shadow Ventures
12:45 PM - 01:15 PMWhat Amazon doesn't want you to know -- how apartment operators can own the marketplace for the home
By Everett Lynn CEO and Founder, Amenify
01:15 PM - 01:45 PMCreating a regional community to facilitate the equitable advancement of smart sustainable technologies
By Devan Reddy Vice President, Smart Sustainable Communities Club @ GT (SC)^2, Hoang Ly Founder/President, Smart Sustainable Communities Club @ GT (SC)^2
01:15 PM - 01:45 PMEmbracing technology to build back better
By Matt Gough Director of Innovation, Mace
1:15 PM - 1:45 PMHow ESG and Healthy Buildings Drive Financial Value
By Bradford H Dockser CEO, Green Generation
01:45 PM - 02:15 PMA Healthy, Cost Effective Job Site of the Future
By Matthew Abeles VP Construction Technology and Innovation, ABC (Associated Builders and Contractors)
02:15 PM - 02:45 PMSmart Cities & Sustainability
By Aarti Tandon CEO, Smart City Expo Atlanta, Samuel Man Policy Advisor, NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability, Margot Bagnoli Ventures Analyst, Plug and Play Ventures
02:15 PM - 02:45 PMThe ROI of technology
By David Francis CTO/Co-Founder, Innovative Construction Technology
02:15 PM - 02:45 PMModular: Driving innovation in a complex ecosystem
By Dafna Kaplan CEO / Founder, Cassette
02:45 PM - 03:15 PMMaking the financial case for Net Zero Impact
By Dominique Davison AIA Founder/CEO, PlanIT Impact/DRAW
02:45 PM - 03:15 PMSustainability in the New Normal: How the ESG business values of today are shaping our resilient future
By David Rachelson Chief Sustainability Officer , Rubicon
03:15 PM - 03:45 PMThe Future? Yes...And. Business As a Force for Change
By Sandy Skees EVP/Global Innovation & Impact Lead, Porter Novelli
03:45 PM - 04:15 PMUpcycling: Design Opportunities for Sustainability
By Kavitha Marudadu Associate Principal | AIA, LEED AP, DMAC Architecture
03:45 PM - 04:15 PMInnovation is too risky, let's pay someone else to do it.
By Daniel Fahmi Soliman Co-Founder, Buildfore
03:45 PM - 04:15 PMQuantifying Externalities: The key to building future cities
By Vincent-Charles Hodder CEO & Co-Founder, Local Logic
04:30 PM - 05:00 PMA Better World Through Better Products
By Ron Jarvis Chief Sustainability Officer, The Home Depot
05:00 PM - 05:30 PMIt’s All Geek to Me: Translating Cyber Threats to Bottom Line
By RJ Sudlow IT Advisory Manager, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
05:00 PM - 05:30 PMDigital Twins in The Construction Industry
By Predrag Jovanovic BIM Coordinator, Arup
05:00 PM - 05:30 PMDesigning a better user experience for real estate
By Jose Wyszogrod Senior Manager / Chief Designer , Honda R&D Americas, Chris Frank Division Manager, Windsor Communities, David Perez Chief Operating Officer, Carroll, Alejandro Maldonado CEO and Co-Founder, at HUM
05:30 PM - 06:00 PMRaising seed and early stage capital from Angel Investors
By Tarby C Bryant Chairman and CEO, Sweetwater Capital Corporation/The Gathering of Angels
05:30 PM - 06:00 PMImproving NOI
By Jeanette Flory-Sagan Advisory Board, Kairos IoT, Adam Blake Entrepreneur & Investor,, Kayla Merritt Senior Marketing Strategist, Shadow Ventures
06:00 PM - 06:30 PMAccelerating Convergence: The Future is Faster than You Think
By Anitha Vadavatha Founder, d.Cent Labs
06:30 PM - 07:00 PMPaper to Pixels: The last mile to full digital delivery
By Christine Cavataio President / COO, Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc.
06:30 PM - 07:00 PMThe value photogrametry plays with field coordination
By Mani Golparvar Co-Founder and CTO, Reconstruct Inc., John Jurewicz Director of Innovation, Walbridge
06:30 PM - 07:00 PMUsing a stakeholder lens to amplify your impact
By Isabelle Swiderski Founder, Seven25
07:00 PM - 07:30 PMCA Investment for Sustainable Impact - A Strategic Matchmaking Tool for California
By David M Johnson Principal, SERA Architects
07:30 PM - 08:00 PMAugmenting the Unnecessary to Necessary
By Swapnil Sahu Co-Founder, Arth Design Build
08:00 PM - 08:30 PMQuantifying the Impact of Green/Environmental Innovation on Capital Events in Multifamily
By Akshay Gandhi Vice President - Olive Tree Holdings / Partner - Olive Tree Ventures, Olive Tree
08:30 PM - 09:00 PMRe-Opening of Workplaces Post Pandemic - Workplace of the Future
By Gagandeep Singh Gujral CEO, SuPr Co
Day 2
September 23, 2020
10:15 AM - 10:45 AMRethinking the Economy for the Post-Pandemic Age
By D. Sam Chandan Dean of Schack Institute of Real Estate at NYU & Larry & Klara Silverstein Chair in Real Estate, Schack Institute of Real Estate at NYU
10:45 AM - 11:15 AMIndia's startup ecosystem: design tech
By Sriram Kuchimanchi CEO, Smarter Dharma Sustainable Solutions, Gautam Khot CTO in Residence, Brigade REAP, Altaf Ganihar CEO, Snaptrude
10:45 AM - 11:15 AMCan tech fix Atlanta's Affordable Housing Crisis?
By Kyley Harvey Head of US Design, Katerra, Mike Altman Chief Investment Officer, Cortland, Joshua Humphries Director, Housing and Community Development, City of Atlanta, Jennifer Castenson Vice President of Programming, Hanley Wood
10:45 AM - 11:15 AMHow can digitalization of CRE improve our lives?
By Viktor Viktorov CEO and co-founder, REINNO
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMThe Earth will Survive but we may not- Climate Mitigation of Arab Cities thru Inclusive Integrated Innovation
By Farah Naz Head of Innovation & Sustainable Solutions, Buro Happold
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMModular Construction for Multi Family Developments
By Tom Hardiman Executive Director, Modular Building Institute
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMAPAC Construction Tech scene
By Juan Nieto Asia Representative & Investment Analyst, CEMEX Ventures
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMGenerative Design is Better Design (For Everyone)
By Brian Ho Senior Design Lead, Sidewalk Labs, Amrit Dhir Director of Business Development, Sidewalk Labs
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMCorporate Venturing in the Built Environment
By Mateo Zimmermann González Investment Manager, CEMEX Ventures, Raja Ghawi VC, Suffolk Tech, Ben Price Venture Manager, Saint-Gobain NOVA External Ventures, Brian Sayre Senior Associate, Shadow Ventures
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMMirrored: How the violence we do to the Earth mirrors the violence we do to each other
By Jarid Manos Founder & CEO, Great Plains Restoration Council, Barry Johnson Founder/Chairman, Bedowin Development Group
12:15 PM - 12:45 PMPost-Growth Architecture
By Maria Smith Director of Sustainability and Physics, Buro Happold
12:45 PM - 01:15 PMThird Platform and the Need for a New Type of VC
By Alain Waha co-Founder, Cogital Ltd
12:45 PM - 01:15 PMThe Equitable City
By Scott Wolfe Founder & CEO, Levelset, Atticus LeBlanc Founder & CEO, PadSplit, Matthias Hollwich Founder and Principal, HWKN, Atif Z. Qadir Founder & CEO, REDIST
01:15 PM - 01:45 PMDigital Building Twins - a Platform for the Environment
By Robert Otani, PE Chief Technology Officer, Thornton Tomasetti
01:15 PM - 01:45 PMLeveraging Volumetric Off-Site Construction – Good Samaritan Hospital case study
By Jim Gabriel General Manager, Modlogiq, Inc., John Buongiorno Director Modular Division, Axis Construction
01:45 PM - 02:15 PMGrit and Other Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
By Michael Beckerman CEO, CREtech & FUTURE PropTech, K.P. Reddy Founder, Shadow Ventures
02:15 PM - 02:45 PMHow Venture Capital Can Support ESG Objectives
By Kindra Tatarsky Director, Touchdown Ventures
02:15 PM - 02:45 PMMass Timber, ESG Technology re-shaping construction
By Chris Carbone Structural Engineer, Bensonwood, Jeffrey Hutchins Founding Partner, Trävirke LLC, Nicole St. Clair Knobloch Founder, Olifant, LLC, Aaron Schiller Founder and Principal, Schiller Projects
02:15 PM - 02:45 PMPeople and (work)Places.
By Sara Maffey Managing Director, Placemaking, Transwestern
02:45 PM - 03:15 PM17 UN SDGs to guide a more sustainable industry and economy
By Gary Brett Clavio Principal, Clavio Designs and Planning
02:45 PM - 03:15 PMWhat Every Start-Up Should Know About Equity Incentive Compensation
By Sarah Bock Partner, Goodwin
02:45 PM - 03:15 PMThe coming age of self-powered buildings
By Bill Nussey CEO, Freeing Energy / Solar Inventions
03:15 PM - 03:45 PMBuild your Brand: Find Your Frequency
By David Meltzer Co-Founder, Sports 1 Marketing
03:45 PM - 04:15 PMGovernment Fleets Blaze the Trail to Becoming a Smart City
By Michael Allegretti Chief Strategy Officer, Rubicon
03:45 PM - 04:15 PMInnovation inside a 130 year old construction company
By Eric Law Senior Director Technology & Innovation, Swinerton
03:45 PM - 04:15 PMInnovation in Commercial Real Estate
By Steven Silverman Senior Vice President, Investment Advisory & Brokerage Services, Friedman Real Estate
04:30 PM - 05:00 PMFostering a culture of innovation in a traditional industry
By Arjun H. Chowdri Chief Innovation Officer, PGA of America, K.P. Reddy Founder, Shadow Ventures
05:00 PM - 05:30 PMThe Connected Jobsite
By Paige Bovard VP of Product Marketing - MEP Tools, Milwaukee Tool, Andy Lambert Group Program Manager, Milwaukee Tool
05:00 PM - 05:30 PMBringing Digital Twin Technology and Artificial Intelligence to the Civil Infrastructure Asset Management Community
By Ali Khaloo CEO and Founder, Aren
05:30 PM - 06:00 PMSustaining vs. building the right building
By Adam Rendek Co-chairman, buildingSMART International - Airport Room, Zigmund (Zig) Rubel Co-Founder / CEO, A Design+Consulting
05:30 PM - 06:00 PMCreating an Impactful Technology Ecosystem
By Aaron Geiger Chief Technology Officer, Alberici Group
05:30 PM - 06:00 PMLive In Your P.O.W.E.R.®
By Sheri Riley Empowerment Speaker, High Performance Life Coach, Author, Exponential Living
06:00 PM - 06:30 PMOur Industry in the Age of the Pandemic
By Paul Doherty, AIA, IFMA Fellow Chairman and CEO, TDG The Digit Group
06:30 PM - 07:00 PMHow the "Fear Factor" will accelerate investment and adoption of technology in AEC
By Benjamin Welle Director of Energy Lab, Perkins and Will
06:30 PM - 07:00 PMDisrupt a Broken Industry - The Industrial Construction Sandbox
By Brian Sayre Senior Associate, Shadow Ventures
06:30 PM - 07:00 PMData-driven decisions in multifamily
By Ethan Stein Strategic Partnerships Consultant, TriNet, Trachelle Spencer Co-Founder | CEO, RezDox, Brett Duke Chief Operating Officer, Atlantic | Pacific, Dean Fung-A-Wing CEO/Co-Founder, Kairos IoT
07:00 PM - 07:30 PMHigh Performance Human Ecology
By Josiah Cain Director of Innovation, Sherwood Design Engineers
07:00 PM - 07:30 PMSolar and Building Controls - Ideal Sustainability Combo
By John Powers CEO, Extensible Energy
07:30 PM - 08:00 PMDigital twins demystified- the What, Why and How of implementing digital twins
By Amanda Wyzenbeek Airport Design Manager, Sydney Airport, Belinda Hodkinson Director, Magnae, Cristina Savian CEO and Founder, BE-WISE
07:30 PM - 08:00 PMImpact Investing in Housing Innovation: investor insights from other top sectors
By Ian Fishburn Co-founder, Global Urban Village, Arun Asok Fund Manager, Bamboo Capital Partners
07:30 PM - 08:00 PMHow automation will transform our lives for the better
By Barrett Clark Principal Applied Scientist, Bright Machines
08:45 PM - 09:15 PMRole of Green Forms: Energy Efficient and Low Carbon Technology for a Green, Affordable Built Environment
By Ravi Kishore Vankayala Director, Green Forms Private Limited
9:15 PM - 09:45 PMBuilding for a Billion: Affordable housing with 3D Printing
By Adithya Jain CEO, Tvasta, Meera Siva Lead, Innovation, India, Habitat for Humanity International, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter
