Blueprint

What is it?

Join Fifth Wall along with the leading real estate owners and operators, climate entrepreneurs, thought-leaders in the energy sector and integral policymakers to discuss the path towards reducing the global real estate industry’s carbon footprint to reach net-zero by 2050.

Who is Speaking

Jason Ballard

ICON

Jason Ballard has dedicated his life to working on big problems in service to humanity, most recently and notably as the co-founder and CEO of ICON, the construction technology company developing robotic and AI systems to lower the cost and increase the speed and quality of construction to tackle the global housing crisis and prepare to build on other worlds. As a pioneer of large-scale 3D printing, ICON continually sets new standards for delivering resilient, dignified housing and recently unveiled a radical new robotic printer that enables multi-story construction, a new low-carbon building material, a digital catalog for residential architecture, and an AI architect for home design and construction. Raising $451 million to date in funding, ICON has delivered communities of high-performance homes in the U.S. and internationally and forged partnerships with world-renowned architects, builders, and housing organizations missionally aligned to shift the paradigm of homebuilding. In fall 2022, ICON was awarded $57.2M from NASA to develop a lunar surface construction system that will target humanity’s first-ever construction on another planetary body. ICON has been named one of the "Most Innovative Companies in the World" by Fast Company and recently profiled on CBS’s 60 MINUTES. In 2021, Ballard was named to TIME100 Next as one of the emerging leaders shaping the future as well as Newsweek’s America's Greatest Disruptors: Visionaries and Innovators Who Are Changing the World. Prior to co-founding ICON, Ballard served as CEO of an eco-friendly home upgrade company that normalized sustainable and healthy approaches to home improvement. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Ballard worked at a homeless shelter, in various roles in sustainable building, and as an environmental consultant for ACRT. Ballard is a GLG Social Impact Fellow and served on the Carbon War Room / Rocky Mountain Institute Energy Think Tank. Ballard hails from East Texas and studied conservation biology at Texas A&M. He completed a masters in Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines in 2022. He enjoys astronomy, ultrarunning, chess, comics & outdoors. He resides in Austin with his wife and four kids.

Blueprint Vegas 2024
Fifth Wall Climate Summit

Who is Speaking

Venue

The Venetian Las Vegas

Who is Speaking

Venue

The Venetian Las Vegas

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