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2018 Forum Agenda

Monday, May 21 (DAY 1)
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8:00 AM     Breakfast/registration
9:00 AM     Welcome and introductions
9:15 AM      Keynote
Prof. Erik Brynjolfsson
Director, The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Co-author:
  • Machine, Platform, Crowd
  • The Second Machine Age
  • Race Against the Machine
10:00 AM   Session #1:  Debt, Equity and Innovation:  How Global Capital Influences Future Development
  • The velocity and pattern of global capital flows is ever changing.  Learn about innovative approaches to opportunity and risk from seasoned experts from sovereign wealth funds, international banking, private equity, REIT platforms and large scale crowd funding.
11:00 AM   E mail/refreshment break
11:30 AM   Session #2:  Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:  Mexico
  • Meet the regional power players in growth markets of Mexico.  Learn about what’s driving development activity, the risks and rewards, and hear their vision for future.
12:30 PM    Lunch
2:00 PM     Tech Talk Keynote
Ira Winder
Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS)

​2:30 PM     Session #3:  Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:  Eastern + Central Europe
  • Newly developing economic regions of Eastern and Central Europe will provide immense opportunity for real estate.  Meet the industry leaders uncovering opportunity and spurring development.
3:30 PM     E mail/refreshment break 
4:00 PM     Session #4:  Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:  India
  • India is expected to have the world’s fastest growing economy in 2018.  Find out what this means for the future of Indian real estate and hear from leading developers, investors and influencers about their strategy for the future.
5:00 PM     Attendee reception
                    C(RE)-connect MSRED Alumni event

​6:30 PM     End of day 1
Tuesday, May 22 (DAY 2)
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8:00 AM     Breakfast/registration
9:00 AM     The Edge Sessions:  MIT leads in Innovation
  • The Edge Sessions present an unparalleled opportunity for conference attendees to engage directly with MIT faculty and researchers.  Learn about MIT’s latest, most exciting research related to the global real estate industry.
TRACK A: Smart Places, Smart People
TRACK B: Real Estate on the Frontier
9:00 AM
A: Welcome and Introduction
B: Welcome and Introduction
9:05 AM
A: The Innovation Campus:  a new model for suburban re-development
B: On the Cusp of Change: research from the Real Estate Innovation Lab
10:00 AM
A: E-mail / Refreshment Break
B: E-mail / Refreshment Break
10:15 AM
A: Unlocking the hidden value of sustainability
B: UI / UX: customer driven tech for real estate
11:15 AM
A: E-mail / Refreshment Break
B: E-mail / Refreshment Break
11:30 AM
A: Bottom-up Real Estate: using street level data for development decision making
B: Smart Buildings, Smart Data
12:30 PM                LUNCH
TRACK C: Innovation - The Power of Place
TRACK D: Real Disruption: How Technology is Changing and Challenging Real Estate
1:30 PM
C: Right industries for right places
D: Blockchain: where we've been, where we're going
2:30 PM
C: E-mail / Refreshment Break
D: E-mail / Refreshment Break
2:45 PM
C: On Location and Entrepreneurship:  rethinking real estate development in China
D: Big, small and smart data: moving toward a dynamic pricing model
3:45 PM
C: E-mail / Refreshment Break
D: E-mail / Refreshment Break
4:00 PM
C: "Smart zones" and the user interface of real estate
D: MIT DesignX: built-environment tech Ssart-up showcase
5:00 PM      End of day 2
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