Schedule of Events


Sunday - April 25, 2010
Welcome Reception & Registration: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Monday - April 26, 2010
Registration Open From 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Hour 1

Monday
April 26th

9:00 am
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10:00 am

#101 - A Survival Course: Can You Make Money Today

Moderator: Michael Zukerman – Whitestone Realty Capital, Inc.
Lawrence Bizjak – Garrison Investment Group
Holly Bray – Love Funding LLC
David Roos – Landwhite Developers LLC

#102 - How to Attract/Secure Capital for Distressed Residential Projects

Moderator:  Sean Burton – CityView
Richard M. Gollis – The Concord Group, LLC
Steven Magee – iStar Financial

#103 - Capital Markets Today:  What’s Getting Done?

Moderator:  Jeff Friedman – Mesa West Capital
Thomas Traynor – Deutsche Bank Securities
Hugh Jackson – Highridge Partners
Brian Halpern – CB Richard Ellis


Networking Coffee Break
10:00 am - 10:45 am

Hour 2

Monday
April 26th

10:45 am
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11:45 am

#201 - How Will the Distressed Real Estate Market Play Out?...Or Will It?

Moderator:  Spencer Garfield – Hudson Realty Capital LLC
Shawn Rosenthal – The Ackman Ziff Real Estate Group
Brett Forman – CR South / Forman Capital, LLC
Marc S. Shapiro, Esq. – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

#202 - Retail - Not a Commodity

Moderator:  Nick Hannon – Territory Inc.
James Manarino – Manarino & Associates
Marvin Schnee – Read Properties
Matt Bear – Horizon Real Estate Advisors

#203 - Hotels: Is Now the Time to Invest?

Moderator:  Shawn Campbell – Hotel Financial Strategies
H. Keith Thompson – Hotel AG
Richard T. Sprecher, Aimbridge Hospitality, LP
Robert Sonnenblick – Sonnenblick Del Rio Development Co.
Russell Dazzio – R&R Global Hospitality


Networking Lunch Break
11:45 am - 1:30 am

Hour 3

Monday
April 26th

1:30 pm
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2:30 pm

#301 - Distressed Assets:  Where to Find Them and What to Look For?

Moderator:  Jerome Fink – The Bascom Group, LLC
Henry J.H. Bandet – HG Capital, LLC
Trevor Wilson – Broadreach Capital Partners
Bryan C. Crane – JPMorgan Real Estate Partners, L.P.

#302 - Apartment Finance Update - Q1 2010

Moderator: John Barbie, CMB – PNC Real Estate
Allan Freedman – Berkadia Commercial Mortgage
Adam Zarembok – Hobart Financial Group

#303 - Building Your Personal Brand: Leveraging the Power of Social Media

Moderator:  David Repka – Bison Financial Group
Dr. Diana Driscoll, O.D. LEED AP – Ridgeline Hospitality, LLC
M. Jeffrey Vinzani, Esq. – Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Devin Lee, CCIM – Access Commercial Mortgage


Hour 4

Monday
April 26th

2:45 pm
-
4:00 pm

#401 - Distressed Assets – Meet the Buyers

Moderator:  Doug Esteves – Developers Capital Funding, Corp.
Henry J.H. Bandet – HG Capital, LLC
Charles Hill – Strategic Realty Capital LLC
Jeff Meyers – Meyers Builder Advisors
Sean K. Dalfen – Dalfen America Corp.


Networking Reception
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Tuesday - April 27, 2010
Registration Open From 8:00 am - 10:00 am

Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:30 am

Hour 5

Tuesday
April 27th

9:00 am
-
10:00 am

#501 - Where is the Residential Market Heading in 2010?

Moderator:  Anthony Botte – Hearthstone
Jeff Meyers – Meyers Builder Advisors
Michael Wilkinson – Focus Property Group
Jody Kahn – John Burns Real Estate Consulting

#502 - Distressed/Opportunity Funds: How to Form a Fund in Today's Market?

Moderator:  Daniel Fowler – Connaught Real Estate Finance, LLC
Kenneth S. Pinsky, CPA – Warady & Davis LLP
Jay Rollins – JCR Capital
Leslie Lundin – LBG Realty Advisors, LLC


Hour 6

Tuesday
April 27th

10:15 am
-
11:15 am

#601 - Site Incentives, Tax Credits and Tax Strategies...Are They the Difference Between Success and Failure?

Moderator:  Bruce Ryals – Tax Credit Management
John Hostetler – Bedford Cost Segregation
Dan McRae – Seyfarth & Shaw, LLP

#602 - Land Investment and the Future of Development

Moderator:  Marji Knitter – The Moote Group
William Shopoff – The Shopoff Group, L.P.
Tom Dallape – The Hoffman Company
Ginn Downing – The Situs Companies

#603 - Effectively Managing Loan Workouts

Moderator:  Cory Williams – SDI Realty Group
Andrew Kirsh – Raines Law Group
Christopher Grey – Third Wave Partners


Hour 7

Tuesday
April 27th

11:30 am
-
12:30 pm

#701 - Private Capital - In a Chaotic Market

Moderator:  Doug Esteves – Developers Capital Funding, Corp.
George Blackburne – C Loans, Inc.
Joseph Forman – Bond Street Capital Companies
Peter Fioretti – Mountain Funding

#702 - Life Companies

Moderator: Steven Hinds – George Elkins Mortgage
Rick M. Gillett – John Hancock Real Estate Finance
Mark C. Elsaesser – Summit Investment Partners


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