

Factory Reset: New Models of Production
Join the Wells Fargo Technology Banking Group and UP Labs for a conversation with operators, founders, buyers, and investors shaping the future of robotics, physical AI, and advanced manufacturing - alongside a select group of PhD and entrepreneurship students from local engineering schools.
Discussion Topics include:
How companies win their first enterprise contracts and how it differs for industrial/physical applications
What industrial and corporate buyers look for - and what they avoid
The toughest part of scaling from prototype to production
Where investors and strategic partners see opportunity in the market today
Moderator:
Jess Carter - GM of Industrial Manufacturing at UP.Labs
Panelists:
Jordan Black - CEO at Senra Systems
Cooper Keller - COO at Divergent
Richard Preece - Director of Global Procurement at CAT
Agenda
5:30-6: Hors d'oeuvres + drinks
6-6:10: Opening remarks from Wells Fargo Tech Bank + Investment Bank
6:10-7pm: Panel & brief Q&A
7-8:30pm: Networking