The forum will help mobility professionals define their business goals, plot their routes to success, and focus on tactical decisions that will steer their businesses toward profitability. During the event, mobility executives, autonomy engineers, venture capitalists, legal professionals and startups will convene to analyze the current market for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) deployment. As the automated mobility industry continues to grow at a rapid speed, the BAM Forum allows attendees to connect and collaborate with mobility leaders to help them navigate and grow their business in a competitive and constantly changing market, said Frank Menchaca, chief growth officer at SAE International. We are offering a wide range of content and keynote speakers to share how startup companies can define business objectives and plot a route to success so they can make their future of automated mobility goals a reality.
Realtime Robotics was founded to transform automation with flexible robot control capabilities, built on its innovative, real-time collision-free motion planning technology. Realtime s products enable single or multiple robots to operate autonomously at full speed in unstructured and uncaged environments.
With Realtime, industrial robots can be deployed, updated and/or re-deployed with minimal programming. Its technology empowers companies to automate more processes by removing engineering complexity and reducing cycle time, lowering overall expenses, increasing throughput, driving greater operational efficiency and significantly improving ROI. This investment by some of the world s leading manufacturers and automation providers stands as a testament to our ability to dramatically improve the value proposition for robotic implementations, said Peter Howard, CEO, Realtime Robotics. Having already realized early deployment success, a broad spectrum of customers and partners are
• Jigar Shah, Executive Director, Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Hosted on an easy-to-use digital event platform, the ACORE Finance Forum will feature interactive panels and keynote addresses, attendee-to-attendee networking and messaging, engaging Q&A and discussion sessions, and virtual exhibiting.
FEATURED TOPICS:
• Capital Flows and Tax Equity in a Climate-Focused Economy
• The Repercussions of ESG and the Next Wave of Sustainable Finance
• Priorities for a More Reliable Electric Grid
• Risk Management Post-Texas: Investor, Corporate Buyer and Sponsor Perspectives
• The View from Lenders
• Where VC Meets Capital Markets: The Intersection of Technology, Energy and Finance
ACORE President and CEO Gregory Wetstone will kick off the conference with a state of the industry presentation and the release of ACORE s annual $1T 2030 report, which will assess expectations for renewable energy finance in 2021-2024 and the progress we ve made
Science fiction and mass media have done the automation industry a disservice. Today, the mere mention of robots can drum up ideas of all-knowing beings capable of replacing human workers in every facet of their job. Admittedly, this type of futuristic thinking can even seep into our industry, with manufacturing organizations pushing the idea of lights out factories. These idealistic environments are entirely automated and seamlessly pump out new products without human intervention.
The problem? Automation doesn t work without human workers. In fact, Elon Musk famously commented on this nearly three years ago, stating excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, having made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House. As Speaker, Pelosi has made the climate crisis her flagship issue, enacting comprehensive energy legislation in 2007 that raised vehicle fuel efficiency standards for the first time in 32 years and making an historic commitment to American home-grown biofuels. For 33 years, Speaker Pelosi has represented San Francisco, California s 12th District, in Congress. She has led House Democrats for 16 years and previously served as House Democratic Whip.