2019 Annual Convention Presentations

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Thursday, November 7

Property as a Service: A New Era for Business

Speaker: Marcus Rayner, Vice Chairman, New York Region, Colliers International
Introduction: Julie Melander, CRE, 2019 Chair of the Board

Mega Projects and Development Strategies: Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain (DBFOM)

Speakers: Orion Fulton, CRE, Senior Manager, Arup; Geoffrey Stricker, Senior Managing Director, Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate; and JP Towner, Managing Director, Pomerleau Capital Inc. and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Pomerleau, Inc.
Moderator: Marilee Utter, CRE, President, Citiventure Associates, LLC

The Opportunities of Growth and Constraints of Congestion

Speakers: Roger Baum, Vice President, Public-Private Partnerships, CORE Construction; Mark Deutschmann, Founder and Chair Emeritus, Village Real Estate and President, CORE Development; Bert Mathews, Executive Vice President & Partner, Colliers; and Tom Turner, President and CEO, Nashville Downtown Partnership
Moderator: Terrence Llewellyn, Principal, Llewellyn Development

The Limitations of Big Data/AI in Commercial Real Estate

Speakers:  Jules (Jay) Marling IV, CRE, CEO and Managing Principal, Capright and Michael McElveen, CRE, President, Urban Economics, Inc.
Moderator: Noah Shlaes, CRE, President, Shlaes & Co.

The Impact of Higher Education on Real Estate Assets: Mergers, consolidations, closings and expansions

Speakers: William Cromwell, CRE, Director of Real Estate Asset Management, UVA Foundation; Margaret Emley, Director, Real Estate, Vanderbilt University; Scott Levitan, President & CEO, Research Triangle Foundation; Valerie Pontiff, CRE, Managing Partner, Mohr Partners
Moderator: Anthony DellaPelle, Esq., CRE,Partner/Shareholder, McKirdy, Riskin, Olson & DellaPelle, P.C.

Friday, November 8

Business Issues Forum II: Emerging Housing Trends

Discussion Leaders: John Hunt, Principal of MarketNsight, President of ViaSearch and Jeanette Rice, CRE, Americas Head of Multifamily Research, CBRE

Business Issues Forum IV. SALT: A Discussion about State and Local Tax Issues

Discussion Leaders: Todd Jones, CRE, Principal, RealAdvice and Anne Joyner Sheehan, CRE, President & CEO, Real Property Tax Advisors

Business Issues Forum V. The Impacts of Sustainability on Future Profits & Survival

Discussion Leaders: Deborah Cloutier, CRE, President & Founder, RE Tech Advisors, Inc. and Theddi Wright Chappell, CRE, CEO, Sustainable Values, Inc.