​Event Information

​Technological innovation is disrupting the entire world in over 20+ industries as investors and innovative companies seek to address new outcomes from all parts of the construction value chain, residential home buying, to media and ad buying!

​Macro trends such as COVID-19 disruption and differing generational needs of consumers have led the industry through a wave of digital transformation, affecting all constituents in the ecosystem.

​During this time at #SFTechWeek, we will address how corporations have been able to further enable their competitive edge innovatively while utilizing startups to do so. Networking reception to follow the program.

​Topics Covered

• ​Working with Startups

• ​Increasing Pilot/POC hit-rate with structured Dealflow

• ​Innovative ESG Strategies

• ​CVC/Investor Goals

​Panelists

• ​Marcus Rohlfs, Scouting Director at State Farm Ventures

• ​Yuji Doi, Technology Development Manager, Kajima Corporation

• ​Ajey Kaushal, Senior Investment Associate, JLL Spark

• ​Luiz Gabriel Vasconcelos, Head of Ecosystems and Partnerships, Globo

​Agenda

• ​10:00 - 10:20 Check-In

• ​10:20 - 10:30 Introduction to Plug and Play

• ​10:30 - 11:00 Corporate Innovation Panel

• ​11:00 - 11:30 Networking Reception

​About Plug and Play: Plug and Play is the leading innovation platform, connecting startups, corporations, venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we are present in 40+ locations across 5 continents. We offer corporate innovation programs and help our corporate partners in every stage of their innovation journey, from education to execution. We also organize startup acceleration programs and have built an in-house VC to drive innovation across multiple industries where we've invested in hundreds of successful companies including Dropbox, Guardant Health, Honey, Lending Club, N26, PayPal, and Rappi. For more information, visit https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/