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General Sessions - 2017

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Session #1:  Debt, Equity and Innovation:  How Global Capital Influences Future Development

 Meghan Morris

Bio

Moderator

Reporter
Private Equity Real
​Estate (PERE) Magazine

 Christina Gaw

Bio

Managing Principal Head of Capital Markets
Gaw Capital

Rodrigo Niño

Bio

CEO
Prodigy Network

Luis Pereda

Bio

Executive Chairman
Grupo Lar

Roger Orf

Bio

Partner + Europe Head
Apollo Investment Management

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Session #2:  Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:  Latin America

Ana Maria Pelaez

Bio

Moderator

VP Business Planning + Development
Terranum

 Álvaro Jalaff

Bio

Executive VP
Grupo Patio

 Isaac Khafif

Bio

Managing Director
RAGHSA SA

 Mauro Dias

Bio

President
GLP Brazil

 Mauricio Levitin

Bio

Managing Director
​ Peninsula Investments
MIT '03

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Session #3:  Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:  Africa

Bronwyn Corbett

Bio

Moderator

CEO
Mara Delta Property Holdings

Yomi Ademola

Bio

Head of West Africa
Rendeavour

Jason McCormick

Bio

Managing Director
McCormick Property Development

Thomas Reilly

Bio

Managing Director Growthpoint Investec African Properties,
Head of Africa
Investec Asset Management

Alberto Bounous

Bio

Development Director
Jabi Lake Properties

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Session #4:  Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:  India

​Ajay Prasad

Bio

Moderator

Managing Director - India
Taurus Investment Holdings
MIT '12

Shashi Tharoor

Bio

Lok Sabha Member of Parliament, Thiruvananthapuram
Chairman
​Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs

Raja Seetharaman

Bio

Director
Propstack

​Claude Lavigne

Bio

SVP, Investments & Growth Markets
​Ivanhoé Cambridge

Rajeev Piramal

Bio

Executive
Vice-Chairman & Managing Director
Peninsula Land

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Session #5:  Building City 3.0:  the role of development in our urban futures

Rosemary Feenan

Bio

Moderator

Director
Global Research Programmes + Cities Research Center 
JLL

Tim Blackburn

Bio

General Manager
​Development & Valuations
Swire Properties​

Jonathan Thorpe

Bio

Senior Executive Vice President/Chief Investment Officer
Gale International

Roger Madelin

Bio

Head of Canada Water Development
British Land

 Anita Arjundas

Bio

Managing Director
& CEO
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd

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MIT Forum Faculty

Dr. Andrea Chegut

Bio

Research Scientist,
MIT Center for Real Estate

Prof. Dennis Frenchman

Bio

Class of 1922 Professor of Urban Design and Planning,
MIT Center for Real Estate
MIT '76

Prof. David Geltner

Bio

Associate Director of Research,
MIT Center for Real Estate
Professor, Real Estate Finance & Engineering Systems
MIT '89

Prof. Mark Goulthorpe

Bio

Associate Professor
MIT School of Architecture
Head of Design Stream, SMArchS

Prof. Albert Saiz

Bio

Director,
MIT Center for Real Estate
Associate Professor,
Urban Economics
and Real Estate

Dr. Michael Siegel

Bio

Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan
Associate Director,
Consortium for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (IC)3

Zhengzhen Tan

Bio

Assistant Director
Samuel Tak Lee
​Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab

Prof. Skylar Tibbits

Bio

Assistant Professor
MIT School of Architecture
Co-director + Founder MIT Self-Assembly Lab
MIT '10

Gilad Rosenzweig

Bio

Executive Director - MIT DesignX Accelerator
MIT '13

steve weikal

Bio

Head of Industry + Alumni Relations,
MIT Center for Real Estate
Founder,
MIT Real Disruption Tech Conference
MIT '07, '08

Prof. William Wheaton

Bio

Professor, Center for Real Estate
Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics

Prof. Siqi Zheng

Bio

Professor of Real Estate Development and Samuel Tak Lee Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab

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