Day 1 - Thursday, May 19, 2016
Morning8:30 Breakfast/registration
9:30 Welcome and introductions 9:45 Opening keynote: Towards the Autonomous (Self-driving) City Dr. Ryan C.C. Chin CEO, Optimus Ride Former Managing Director & Research Scientist, City Science Initiative, MIT Media Lab 10:30 Session #1: Across Borders: Global City Building Rapid urbanization around the world presents tremendous opportunities for real estate development. In this session, global designers and developers will speak about the challenges of working with different cultures and communities, new types of alliances and partnerships necessary for success, innovative solutions for complex development projects, and the implications of uncertain planning and investment horizons.
11:55 Closing remarks an announcements 12:00 Lunch |
Afternoon | Evening
1:30 Session #2: Growth Markets, Development Opportunities: Latin America
Meet the regional power players in often-overlooked markets of Central and South America. Learn what’s driving development activity in Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Peru.
3:00 E-mail/refreshment Break 3:30 Session #3: Growth Markets, Development Opportunities: Africa & the Middle East Meet the regional power players in often-overlooked markets. Learn what’s driving development activity in Africa and the Middle East.
5:00 Attendee Reception 6:00 End of day 1 MIT Center for Real Estate Partners Event
(for Center Partners and invited guests)
7:00 Partners Reception 7:30 Partners Dinner Welcome - Albert Saiz, Director, MIT Center for Real Estate Daniel Rose Associate Professor of Urban Economics & Real Estate 8:15 Keynote: Beyond IoT - Ubiquitous Sensing and Human Experience Prof. Joseph Paradiso Alexander W. Dreyfoos Professor in Media Arts and Sciences Director, Responsive Environments Group Co-Director, Things That Think Consortium MIT Media Lab 9:00 Closing |
Day 2 - Friday, May 20, 2016
Morning
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Afternoon - The Edge Sessions
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8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Welcome and introductions 8:45 Framing the discussion 9:00 Session #4: Global Impact: New Roles for Sovereign Funds Hear how and where some of the world's largest investment entities and their partners deploy capital around the globe – which markets, product types and types of sponsors.
10:30 Session #5: Debt, Equity and Innovation: How Cross-border Capital Flows Propel Development The velocity and pattern of global capital flows is ever changing. Learn about innovative approaches to opportunity and risk, from seasoned experts in international banking, private equity, REIT platforms and large scale crowd funding.
11:55 Closing remarks an announcements 12:00 Lunch |
From 1:00 - 4:30
The Edge Sessions: MIT leads in Innovation The Edge Sessions present a unique opportunity for conference attendees to engage directly with MIT faculty and researchers to learn about MIT’s most exciting, cutting edge research related to the global real estate industry. Track A: MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab: Innovation in place and product 1:00 Unlocking the Power of Urban Big Data
2:15 Valuing Real Estate Innovation
3:30 MIT.nano: Why the Future will be measured in Nanometers
1:00 Beyond Bitcoin: How Blockchain will change real estate forever
2:15 How do we get there from here?: Autonomous Vehicles and their impact on commercial real estate
3:30 Resilience and Adaptation in the Age of Climate Change
Track C: The Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab: Innovations in China 1:00 Trends in Entrepreneurship
2:15 Opportunities in Urban Regeneration
3:30 New Development Models for an Aging Population
4:30 End of Day 2 |
