Agenda

MIT Media Lab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
75 Amherst St.
Cambridge, MA 02139

Day 1 - Thursday, May 18, 2017

Morning

8:30     Breakfast/registration

9:30     Welcome and introductions

9:45    Opening keynote:
            The Emergence of 4D Printing
            Skylar Tibbits
            Assistant Professor
            Co-director + Founder
            MIT Self-Assembly Lab

10:30   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.

11:45   Break

12:00   Lunch

Afternoon | Evening

1:30     Session #2: Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:
   Latin America
           Meet the regional power players in re-emerging markets of
           Central and South America. Learn about what’s driving
           development activity, the risks and rewards, and hear their
           vision for future.

2:45     E-mail/refreshment Break

3:15     Session #3: Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:
   Africa
           Newly developing economic regions of Africa will provide
           immense opportunity for real estate. Meet the industry leaders
           who are uncovering opportunity and spurring development.

4:30     Attendee Reception

5:30     End of day 1

MIT Center for Real Estate Partners Event

(for Center Partners, Alums, 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:

Prof. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
-- MIT Department of Aeronautics +
Astronautics
-- Director, MIT Man Vehicle Lab
-- NASA astronaut
-- Five-time veteran of the US Space
Shuttle

Day 2 - Friday, May 19, 2017

Morning

Afternoon - The Edge Sessions

8:00     Breakfast

8:30     Welcome and introductions

8:45     Framing the discussion

9:00     Session #4: Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:
            India
             India is expected to have the world’s fastest growing economy
         in 2017. 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.

10:15 E-mail/refreshment Break

10:45 Session #5: Building City 3.0: the role of development in our
            urban futures
            This engaging panel of global industry leaders discusses the
        next century of global city building, including demographic
            trends, rapid urbanization, mega-projects, and the impact of
            innovation and technology on the built environment.

12:00 Lunch

From 1:30 - 4:30
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 to learn about MIT’s most exciting, cutting edge research related to innovation, technology, and the future of global real estate industry.

Track A: Real Estate in a Tech Energized World
   1:30    IoT & IoP: Digital Infrastructure and the Internet of People,
              Places & Things
              Host – Steve Weikal, Founder MIT Real Disruption
              Conferences
   2:30    E-mail/refreshment Break
   2:45    Securing the Cyber-Physical Infrastructure and Internet of
               Things
               Host – Senior Research Scientist Michael Siegel
   3:45    E-mail break
   4:00 Technology and the Autonomous Future of Real Estate
               Host – Research Scientist Dr. Andrea Chegut

Track B: Game Changing Innovation in the Built Environment
   1:30    Impact Investing - beyond green
              Host – KC Hardin, Conservatorio Panama
   2:30    E-mail/refreshment Break
   2:45    MIT's DesignX: the new ventures accelerating innovation in
               design and the built environment
               Host – Prof. Dennis Frenchman, Gilad Rosenzweig
   3:45    E-mail break
   4:00   Composite Buildings + Additive Manufacture: A Paradigm
               Shift for 21st Century Development
               Host – Prof. Mark Goulthorpe

Track C: Sam Tak Lee Lab on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in China Real Estate
   1:30    3D, stackable, modular: Innovation and the global housing crisis
               Host – Zhengzhen Tan, Assistant Director, Samuel Tak Lee Real
               Estate Entrepreneurship Lab
   2:30    E-mail/refreshment Break
   2:45    New Trends in China's Real Estate Development
               Host – Prof. Siqi Zheng, Professor of Real Estate Development,
               Samuel Tak Lee Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab
   3:45    E-mail break
   4:00    Global Capital Imbalances: Impacts on Real Estate Markets
    Globally
               Host – Prof. William Wheaton, MIT Center for Real Estate
              Professor Emeritus, MIT Department of Economics

5:00    End of Day 2

5:30    (C)RE-connect MSRED Alumni Event
            @ MIT Center for Real Estate (by invitation only)