Harvard X MIT Summit: AI in Construction & Real Estate - Open Registration
Final Event: Harvard + MIT Series
The final event in this series explores how AI and robotics are transforming construction and real estate, from autonomous site inspections and robotic labor to AI driven development, property intelligence, and infrastructure resilience.
This evening examines how physical AI is reshaping the built environment improving safety, accelerating timelines, reducing costs, and unlocking new business models across construction, property management, and urban development. From how buildings are conceived and designed to how they are built, operated, and adapted over time, AI and robotics are rewriting every layer of the architectural and construction process.
Hosted by SFPlayground, in collaboration with the Harvard Club of San Francisco and the MIT Club of Northern California. Sponsored by Universal AI Services.
Panelists
Philip Lorenzo, Senior Director of Product at DroneDeploy, is a construction tech entrepreneur with over a decade of experience scaling AI driven solutions across the built environment. His work in reality capture and field intelligence has helped transform construction operations into data driven systems.
Maarten Deschaumes, Founder and Managing Partner of Lands End Capital, is a real estate investor focused on large scale development, capital markets, and long term value creation, with deep expertise in structuring complex deals and shaping urban infrastructure.
Eric Luttmann, Product and Innovation Leader at Wildey Labs, builds at the intersection of software, architecture, and the built environment, leading teams developing technology driven solutions for real world construction and infrastructure challenges.
Margaret Abe-Koga, Santa Clara County Supervisor and former Mayor of Mountain View, has decades of leadership across housing, transportation, sustainability, and regional infrastructure, with a focus on equitable policy and community driven innovation.
Martin Kirkwood is an entrepreneur focused on AI driven PropTech, smart cities, and urban planning, with experience spanning real estate development, circular manufacturing, and public private partnerships.
Who We’re Bringing Together
Senior government leaders, architects, developers, construction executives, real estate investors, and frontier technologists shaping how the city is designed, built, and delivered.
Focus Areas
AI driven planning and architecture, digital twins, autonomous construction robotics, real time site intelligence, and next generation infrastructure systems.
Schedule
5:30 PM — Doors and Check In
6:30 PM — Program and Talks
7:30 PM — Networking and Dinner
9:00 PM — Event Concludes
Pricing
$20 Harvard and MIT alumni members
$30 non members
$40 last minute tickets
ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5854150305
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