2015 Fall Meeting Presentations


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The following is a list of presentations from sessions at the 2015 Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California.

 

 

Wednesday, October 7

Small-Scale Development Deals: Perspectives from the Capital Sources
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.

  • Allan S. Glass
    President and Chief Executive Officer, ASG Real Estate, Inc.

Not Your Grandfather’s Warehouse District: How Cities Are Reusing Industrial Land
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.

  • Ilana Preuss
    Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Recast City
  • Alexa C. Arena
    Senior Vice President, San Francisco, Forest City Enterprises Inc.
  • Adam D. Thies
    Assistant Vice President, Capital Planning, Indiana University
  • Juvarya Veltkamp
    Manager, Green Economy Initiatives, Vancouver Economic Commission

Real Estate Innovations Track 18-Hour Cities Are Taking Off!
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m

From Dismal to Great: How Underperforming Commercial Corridors Are Crafting a Healthier, Better Connected Future
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.

  • Ben Quintana
    Council Member, City of Boise
  • Joaquín Torres
    Deputy Director, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, City and County of San Francisco

Don’t Get Sandbagged: Measuring Resilience and Mitigating Risks
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.

Learning in Real Time: Experts Share Their Forecasts for Real Estate in ’15, ’16, and ’17
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

  • Mark H. Wilsmann
    Managing director, MetLife Real Estate Investors
  • Ben Breslau
    Managing director, Americas Research, JLL
  • Kenneth T. Rosen
    Chairman, Rosen Consulting Group
  • Kevin J. Thorpe
    Chief economist, Americas, Cushman & Wakefield

New Demands from Buyers at Resort and Second-Home Communities
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

  • Adam T. McAbee
    Vice President, Advisory, Meyers Research LLC, a Kennedy Wilson Company

Risky Business—Adapting to a Drier West: Development Impacts and Mitigation Strategies
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

  • Charles E. Teal
    Chief Executive Officer, Saussy Burbank
  • David Chen
    Chief Executive Officer, Equilibrium Capital
  • Thomas DiPrima
    President, Southern California Urban Operations, KB Home
  • Matthew J. Diserio
    President and Cofounder, Water Asset Management LLC
  • Thomas Iseman
    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Ryan Starck
    Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer, Wells Fargo Bank

Food Glorious Food: The Growing Power of Food in Cities and Real Estate Projects
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Housing for All: New Strategies for Providing Housing for Low- to Middle-Income Households in High-Cost Cities
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

  • Carol J. Galante
    Faculty Director and Distinguished Professor, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, University of California, Berkeley
  • Patrick Kennedy
    Owner, Panoramic Interests
  • James Patchett
    Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, City of New York
  • Ann Silverberg
    Executive Vice President, BRIDGE Housing Corporation
  • William A. Witte
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Related California

Old Buildings, New Ideas for Adaptive Use
1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

  • Stephanie Meeks
    President and Chief Executive Officer, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Shape Shifting the Future: How Cascading Disruptions Will Change Our World
1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

  • Peter Albers
    Head of Market Development, Google Fiber
  • Stephen DeBerry
    Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Bronze Investments
  • Tod Desmarais
    Director, Gensler
  • Wayne Fitzgerald
    Managing Director, BlackRock
  • Karin Giefer
    Associate Principal, Arup
  • Deborah L. Weinswig
    Executive Director, Li and Fung/FBIC Global

Playing to Win in High-Cost Cities with (or Despite) Inclusionary Housing Policies
1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

  • Richard Blakeway
    Deputy Mayor for Housing, Land and Property, Greater London Authority
  • Sarah Dennis-Phillips
    Office of Economic and Workforce Development, City and County of San Francisco
  • Carl Weisbrod
    Director, New York City Department of City Planning, and Chairman, New York City Planning Commission

Bay Area Catalysts for Technology Innovation and Urban Redevelopment
1:15 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

  • Jay Sholl
    Senior Vice President, CBRE
  • Kelly Kline
    Economic Development Director, City of Fremont
  • Robert J. Lalanne
    Vice Chancellor Real Estate, University of California, Berkeley
  • Esther Morales
    Assistant Vice Chancellor, Real Estate Services, University of California, San Francisco

Navigating Unpredictable Waters: Negotiating the Joint Venture Waterfall
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.

  • David Geltner
    Associate Director of Research, Center for Real Estate, MIT Respondents

Making Stone Soup: New Ways to Fund and Leverage Capital
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.

  • Amy Chung, director, program related investments, The California Endowment
  • Nancy O. Andrews, president and chief executive officer, Low Income Investment Fund
  • Lindy Hahn, executive director, global sustainable finance,Morgan Stanley
  • Julia Shin, vice president, innovation, Enterprise Community Partners

Changing Tenant Demands and the New Shape of Office Buildings
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.

  • Kay Sargent
    Director of Workplace Strategies, Lend Lease
  • Donald Davis
    Senior Vice President and Global Head of Real Estate, Visa International
  • Jeremy Neuner
    Founder, NextSpace
  • Todd Sklar
    Senior Vice President, Head of Development, Shorenstein Properties LLC
  • Peter Weingarten
    Principal, Gensler

Demographic Reality Check
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.

The Value of Accessing Cultural Assets through Urban Open Space
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.

  • Will Rogers
    President and Chief Executive Officer, the Trust for Public Land

From Sprawl to Density: The Global Challenge of Urbanization
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.

  • Peter Calthorpe
    Founder and President, Calthorpe Associates Discussion Leaders

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Thursday,October 8

New Life from Old Bones: Case Studies of Transformative Projects
9:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.

Reemploying Urban Manufacturing Zones for the 21st Century
9:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.

  • Deborah Acosta
    Chief Innovation Officer, City of San Leandro
  • Christopher Brewer
    Vice President, Economics, AECOM
  • Michael Damore
    Executive Managing Director and President Architecture and Interior Design
  • Epstein Jim Solari
    President, G&W Electric Company

Resorts Reimagined: From Urban to Destination
9:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.

Not Just a Coffee Shop: The Rise of Coworking Platforms
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Mixed Use: Building in Flexibility in a Chaotic Environment
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Disrupting Industrial Sprawl: Reinvent, Reurbanize, and Repurpose Infill Industrial Sites for Industrial Use
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

The Great Wall of Capital: A Look at Trends in Asian Real Estate Investment Capital
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.