Venture & Investment Working Group

Research Track Meeting at BuiltWorlds' Venture East: AEC Emerging Tech Conference

When

Nov 19, 2026 12:20PM - 1:20PM

Where

Convene One Boston Place 201 Washington St Boston, MA 02108
Venture Investment Working Group - VentureEast26-BuiltWorlds

Rose Chen

Head of Innovation Investments & Partnerships, Wesco

Venture & Investment Working Group Session

This session is restricted to members of BuiltWorlds’ Venture & Investment Research Track ONLY.

Day 1 Schedule

12:20PM – 1:20PM
The Library | Convene One Boston

The Future of Decision-Making for the AEC Industry - Create a Connected Infrastructure Ecosystem

Rose Chen, Head of Innovation Investments, Wesco

The rapid growth of AI infrastructure and increasingly complex projects outpace the AEC industry's ability to design, procure, and deploy capacity quickly. Supply chain uncertainty, labor shortages, and the loss of tribal knowledge as experienced workers retire add to the challenge. This working group will examine how corporate ventures and investors can create optionality by identifying constraints, leveraging strategic assets, and developing partnerships with emerging technologies to improve visibility, speed, and scale across builders, general contractors, construction & infrastructure partners and owners. Attendees will exchange best practices and explore transformational ideas and breakthrough technologies across engineering, procurement, construction, inventory management, and infrastructure to create differentiated advantage and reshape the future of AEC Industry.

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