From Capital to Consequence - Corporate Innovation, AI, and the Systems We Depend On
Location: Mana Tech, Downtown Miami - 21 SE 1st Ave, Loft 10 - Miami, FL 33131
7:45am - 8:30am – Welcome & Registration
8:30am - 8:45am – Opening Remarks - Summit Introduction & Objectives
8:45am – 9:00am Session 1.1: AI Ambition Meets Physical Reality: Energy, Grids, Compute, and National Resilience
9:00am – 9:45am Session 1.2: Powering AI to Scale: What Breaks First — Grid, Capital, or Trust?
Moderator: Jennifer Miller - Director of Corporate Development at Oshkosh Corporation
9:45am – 10:05am Session 2.1: Where US AI Leadership is Real — and Where It Is Fragile
10:05am – 10:45am Session 2.2: The AI Leadership Myth: Capital, Talent, Infrastructure — What Actually Decides?
Moderator: Johannes Rott - VP Corporate Partnership, Plug and Play
10:45am – 11:05am Break
11:05am – 12:00pm Working Group: How Can Corporate Capital and Innovation Help Expand the Grid Sustainably?
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch – Networking
1:30pm – 1:50pm Session 3.1: The AI Investment Curve: Hype, Reality, and the Cost of Getting It Wrong
1:50pm – 2:35pm Session 3.2: AI Growth: Bubble or Structural Shift? Who Pays the Price If We’re Wrong?
Moderator: Ivan Rapin-Smith - Managing Director, Watsco Ventures
2:35pm – 2:50pm – Break
2:50pm – 3:35pm Parallel Working Groups
3:35pm – 3:55pm – Coffee Break
3:55pm – 4:15pm Session 4.1: Florida’s Role in Shaping Innovation: From Semiconductors to Defense
4:15pm – 5:15pm Session 4.2: What It Takes to Build a Resilient Regional Innovation Engine
Moderator: Jaret L. Davis - Senior Vice President and Miami Co-Managing Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
5:15pm – 5:30pm – Wrap-up
Networking Dinner: Leadership with Purpose – How Corporates Can Drive Systemic and Inclusive Innovation
What responsibility do corporates carry when innovation reshapes entire systems?
Location: Soya & Pomodoro
DAY 2 – ROBOTICS, GEOPOLITICS, BOARDS & EXECUTION
Location: Mana Tech, Downtown Miami - 21 SE 1st Ave, Loft 10 - Miami, FL 33131
8:30am – 9:00am Welcome Coffee & Networking
9:00am – 9:20am Session 5.1: Robotics at the Inflection Point: Industry, Care, and Dual-Use Reality
9:20am – 10:00am Session 5.2: Robotics Beyond Demos: Where Business Models Survive Reality
Moderator: Simon Dean, Chief Innovation & Development Officer, Pratt Miller / Oshkosh
10:00am – 11:00am Parallel Working Groups
11:00am – 11:20 – Coffee Break
11:20am - 11:40am Session 6.1: Trade, Tariffs, and Capital Allocation in a Fragmented World
11:40am - 12:20pm Session 6.2: USMCA 2.0, Defense Spending, and the Geography of Innovation
Moderator: Philipp Willigmann - Board Member, Ecosystem and Bridge Builder, u-path advisors, and Host CVC | OI Summit
12:20pm - 12:40pm – Introduction to Mana Tech
12:40pm – 1:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm – 1:50pm Session 7.1: Balancing Growth, Change, and Profitability Through CVC
Moderator: Daniel Kennel - Global Director, Corporate Strategy & Ventures at BorgWarner Inc.
Moderator: Philipp Willigmann - Board Member, Ecosystem and Bridge Builder, u-path advisors, and Host CVC | OI Summit
Please note: The program remains dynamic and may be adjusted as speakers are confirmed. We ask all participants to plan for full-day participation on February 11 — the afternoon working sessions are a central part of the Summit experience, and where much of the cross-industry collaboration happens.
From Capital to Consequence - Corporate Innovation, AI, and the Systems We Depend On
Location: Mana Tech, Downtown Miami - 21 SE 1st Ave, Loft 10 - Miami, FL 33131
7:45am - 8:30am – Welcome & Registration
8:30am - 8:45am – Opening Remarks - Summit Introduction & Objectives
8:45am – 9:00am Session 1.1: AI Ambition Meets Physical Reality: Energy, Grids, Compute, and National Resilience
9:00am – 9:45am Session 1.2: Powering AI to Scale: What Breaks First — Grid, Capital, or Trust?
Moderator: Jennifer Miller - Director of Corporate Development at Oshkosh Corporation
9:45am – 10:05am Session 2.1: Where US AI Leadership is Real — and Where It Is Fragile
10:05am – 10:45am Session 2.2: The AI Leadership Myth: Capital, Talent, Infrastructure — What Actually Decides?
Moderator: Johannes Rott - VP Corporate Partnership, Plug and Play
10:45am – 11:05am Break
11:05am – 12:00pm Working Group: How Can Corporate Capital and Innovation Help Expand the Grid Sustainably?
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch – Networking
1:30pm – 1:50pm Session 3.1: The AI Investment Curve: Hype, Reality, and the Cost of Getting It Wrong
1:50pm – 2:35pm Session 3.2: AI Growth: Bubble or Structural Shift? Who Pays the Price If We’re Wrong?
Moderator: Ivan Rapin-Smith - Managing Director, Watsco Ventures
2:35pm – 2:50pm – Break
2:50pm – 3:35pm Parallel Working Groups
3:35pm – 3:55pm – Coffee Break
3:55pm – 4:15pm Session 4.1: Florida’s Role in Shaping Innovation: From Semiconductors to Defense
4:15pm – 5:15pm Session 4.2: What It Takes to Build a Resilient Regional Innovation Engine
Moderator: Jaret L. Davis - Senior Vice President and Miami Co-Managing Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
5:15pm – 5:30pm – Wrap-up
Networking Dinner: Leadership with Purpose – How Corporates Can Drive Systemic and Inclusive Innovation
What responsibility do corporates carry when innovation reshapes entire systems?
Location: Soya & Pomodoro
DAY 2 – ROBOTICS, GEOPOLITICS, BOARDS & EXECUTION
Location: Mana Tech, Downtown Miami - 21 SE 1st Ave, Loft 10 - Miami, FL 33131
8:30am – 9:00am Welcome Coffee & Networking
9:00am – 9:20am Session 5.1: Robotics at the Inflection Point: Industry, Care, and Dual-Use Reality
9:20am – 10:00am Session 5.2: Robotics Beyond Demos: Where Business Models Survive Reality
Moderator: Simon Dean, Chief Innovation & Development Officer, Pratt Miller / Oshkosh
10:00am – 11:00am Parallel Working Groups
11:00am – 11:20 – Coffee Break
11:20am - 11:40am Session 6.1: Trade, Tariffs, and Capital Allocation in a Fragmented World
11:40am - 12:20pm Session 6.2: USMCA 2.0, Defense Spending, and the Geography of Innovation
Moderator: Philipp Willigmann - Board Member, Ecosystem and Bridge Builder, u-path advisors, and Host CVC | OI Summit
12:20pm - 12:40pm – Introduction to Mana Tech
12:40pm – 1:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm – 1:50pm Session 7.1: Balancing Growth, Change, and Profitability Through CVC
Moderator: Daniel Kennel - Global Director, Corporate Strategy & Ventures at BorgWarner Inc.
Moderator: Philipp Willigmann - Board Member, Ecosystem and Bridge Builder, u-path advisors, and Host CVC | OI Summit
Please note: The program remains dynamic and may be adjusted as speakers are confirmed. We ask all participants to plan for full-day participation on February 11 — the afternoon working sessions are a central part of the Summit experience, and where much of the cross-industry collaboration happens.