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2019 AGENDA
Day 1, Monday May 20
​The Next Wave   
Time
12.00 PM

1.00 PM

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1.15 PM
  







1.45 PM

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2.00 PM






2.45 PM

3.15 PM





4.00 PM





4.30 PM



6:00 PM


Registration

Welcome

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Keynote
Imperceptible Technology:
The power of the nano-scale to transform the built environment
Dr. Vladimir Bulović
Director, MIT.nano
Professor of Engineering
MacVicar Fellow Fariborz Maseeh (1990) Chair in Emerging Technology


Framing the Conversation: A New Future for Real Estate
Prof. Dennis Frenchman
Class of 1922 Professor of Urban Design and Planning
Director, MIT Center for Real Estate
DesignX Faculty Director


Real Estate's Industry Transformation: from developing projects to making cities
This opening session explores the transformation taking place in the global real estate industry, including the impact of technology, innovative new product types, global urbanization, and the remarkable shift from developing real estate projects to city-making on an unprecedented scale.

​Email Break

Changing Places: How tech firms are getting into the real estate business
Non-real estate firms are becoming some of the largest global drivers of development, due to competition for talent, rapid urbanization, the powerful influence of technology and data on our daily lives, and the investment opportunity.  Learn about their long and short term strategies, it impacts the industry.

Real Estate Meets Innovation: The Next Frontier 
Dr. Andrea Chegut
Research Scientist
Co-Founder + Director, Real Estate Innovation Lab
Co-Founder + Head of Research, DesignX


The Real Estate Innovation Lab Science Fair

Attendee + Alumni Reception

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Day 2, Tuesday May 21
​The Edge Sessions

Time
8.00 AM

9.00 AM 

9.15 AM 
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10.00 AM 

10.30 AM




11.15 AM 

11.45 AM 
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12.30 PM



2.00 PM
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2.45 PM

3.00 PM
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3.45 PM

4.00 PM
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5.00 PM

Track A-AM: Living
Breakfast/Registration

Welcome

Real Estate Transformed: New Models for Living
This session discusses a number of new residential business models, such as co-living, shared membership and others, that are fundamentally changing how we look at multi-family.
 
Email Break

Can Technology Reinvent Housing?
Housing faces myriad challenges, from affordability to sustainability to equity.  Technology is often considered the panacea for solving the world's problems, but can it help change housing?

​Email break

Dollars & Sense:  New Models for Housing Finance
Hear from industry leaders who are challenging traditional housing financing models with innovative new platforms and business models.

Lunch 

Track A-PM: Tech Intersect

Ai: Hype vs. Reality
​Lots of headlines, lots of promises.  Find out what's the reality behind the hype around Ai and machine learning and how the industry can prepare for a future of 'smarter' real estate.

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Email Break 

Building for the Future:  New Innovations in Process and Technology
The industry is undergoing dramatic changes in project delivery, materials and construction techniques.  Hear from some of the innovators who are reinventing how we create the built environment.


Email Break

Mining Gold:  using geo-spatial analytics for real estate decision making
With the advent of big, small and smart urban data, and increasingly flexible tools for visualizing this data, we can understand the built environment in ways never before possible.  See the latest platforms and methods to empower real estate decision making.
 
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Track B-AM: The Next Wave
Breakfast/Registration

Welcome

Real Estate Transformed: The Industry Goes all-in on Digital
Learn from leaders who are bringing their deep tech expertise to real estate from other industries, as they share their perspective on the opportunities and challenges for a future ‘digitized’ real estate business.

Email Break 

Data is the New Oil but it needs to be Refined
​Big, small, smart, specialized - we now have plenty of data.  But how do we use use it for strategic decision making and where do we begin?
 

Email break

Dollars & Sense:  New Models for CRE Finance 
Hear from industry leaders who are challenging traditional financing models for commercial real estate with innovative new platforms and business models.

Lunch 

Track B-PM: RE:think

Forget tech, what about the humans?
Much attention is paid to apps and gadgets, but the influence of the human dimension is often underestimated when integrating new technology in real estate.  Hear what we're learning about making real estate technology more human-centric.


​Email Break

Transformative Real Estate: Urban transformation through innovation, equity and social impact
Economic and social dynamics can transform real estate — and vice versa, real estate can also be a key to generative city transformation. What are ways developers can and are approaching economic and social impact?

​Email break

From Idea to Introduction: DesignX Showcase
MIT DesignX is dedicated to design innovation and entrepreneurship, providing a powerful platform for students, faculty and researchers to build new business ventures and forward-thinking solutions.   Come see the latest, exciting ideas for addressing the critical challenges facing cities. 

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