CRE: Midyear Meetings - Featured Programs

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Featured Programs

MARKET WATCH
Can the service sector continue to buoy the economy? Is a recession on its way? How bumpy is the residential road ahead?

Speakers: Maury Harris, Chief U.S. Economist – UBS; George Vasic, Chief Economist – UBS Securities Canada

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AMERICA
What’s the supply and demand outlook for 2007? Where are the synergies between the Canadian and U.S. markets?

Speakers: Richard Dansereau, President & COO – Cadim, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec; Stephen Collins – Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Capital Markets Group; Joyce T. Shapiro – Managing Director, LaSalle Investment Management

REITs & the EUROPEAN REAL ESTATE MARKETS
How has the European market responded to equity market conditions? Do advisors and pension managers fully appreciate the opportunities and risks?

Speaker: Karl-Werner Schulte, CRE - International Real Estate Business School, University of Regensburg
Panalists: Dr. Karen Sieracki, KASPAR Associates/Canada Life Great West Life; Fernand Perreault, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Canada)

GREEN BUILDINGS RIPE FOR OPPORTUNITY
New standards from the federal government and most major cities require LEED building for new development. What do Counselors need to know now?

Speakers: Huston Eubanks, Executive Director - World Green Building Council;
Steve Grant, CRE - Bond Companies
Coordinator: Scott Muldavin, CRE - The Muldavin Company

THE NEW ART OF INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
Some communities are relying more and more on institutional infrastructure investment to cover the growing costs of services traditionally provided by government. Will this continue? What are the latest innovative strategies on the horizon for financing and managing infrastructure?

Moderator: Raymond Cirz, CRE – Integra Realty Resources
Speaker: John Schmidt, Partner, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw

THE DYNAMICS OF DERIVATIVES
After revolutionizing real estate investment in the U.K, derivatives are providing an alternative to owning real estate while providing a degree of liquidity. What are the mechanics of the derivative structure? How can they be used to manage risk?

Speaker: Jim Clayton, Director of Research - Pension Real Estate Association
Moderator: Marc Louargand, CRE - Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers

ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
Designed to foster easy dialogue among members on shared experiences and lessons learned, these breakfast discussions will explore the most important issues facing major property types and markets today and future challenges each will likely face in the long-term. Tables will include Multifamily, Office, Industrial, Retail, Hospitality, Best Practices, Corporate, Valuation, Debt/Finance and Equity/Investment.

Coordinator: Richard Tannenbaum, CRE – Cohen Financial

INTERNATIONAL CAUCUS
Where are Counselors finding the most opportunities in the global marketplace?

Moderator: Marc Louargand, CRE - Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers

New Format: Business Issues Forums To Serve CRE Special Interest Groups

You'll see something new at the CRE Midyear Meetings in Montreal. The Business Issues Forums sessions are being redesigned to provide more take-home value and create on-going knowledge-sharing opportunities for Counselors. Forums will be organized according to topic areas. The groups to be organized at the Midyear Meetings will address:
-corporate real estate
-capital markets
-sustainability
-public/private partnerships
- litigation services, and
- valuation consulting.

During the national meetings, forums will occur as smaller sessions that allow for open discussion and maximum dialogue. In between meetings, participants will be able to continue their communication through discussion forums or other technology.

For more information contact The Counselors of Real Estate.