June 11 | Montreal Science Centre, Montreal, Canada
Mark your calendars. Book your flights. The McRock Annual Symposium is back.
On June 11, 2025, the sharpest minds in Industrial Software – entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate leaders – will converge in Old Montreal for a full-throttle exploration of the industry’s explosive growth.
This is where connections spark, deals take shape, and the future of industrial innovation gets debated over a well-earned cocktail at the end of the day. Back by popular demand: Speed Pitching (high stakes, no fluff) and our legendary Networking Reception, where rubbing elbows often leads to striking deals.
Stay tuned for our lineup of Keynote Speakers and Panels – because when software meets industry, transformation isn’t just inevitable. It’s already happening.
Join us. The future is being written in code. And cocktails.
Hosted By
SCOTT MACDONALD
Co-founder & Managing Partner McRock Capital
WHITNEY ROCKLEY
Co-founder & Managing Partner McRock Capital
ALLISTAIR ELLIOT
Trumpet Master and Maestro of Good Vibes
Keynote Speaker Announced
Get ready to hear from top minds in the Industrial Software space.
David Hindley
Vice President, Corporate Development - Autodesk
David Hindley is VP of Corporate Development for Autodesk, a global provider of design, engineering and technical software for the manufacturing, AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) and media & entertainment industries.
He is responsible for leading inorganic growth efforts as well as integration. During his tenure Autodesk has completed over 150 transactions for $4B+ in consideration. Recent notable acquisitions include Plangrid ($875M), Spacemaker ($240M), Innovyze ($1B) and Payapps ($390M). His team partners with industry and product executives across the company and is at the forefront of accelerating the technology and business strategy for the company. In addition to acquisitions David leads a robust strategic investing program across both direct investments and a portfolio of LP positions.
Prior to Autodesk David was an investment banker with RBC Capital Markets and Concordia Capital (tech-focused M&A advisory in San Francisco). He graded from UC San Diego with a BS in Management Science and received his MBA from Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
