2011 Schedule of Events
Monday - May 2, 2011
5:00pm - 7:00pm Welcome Reception: Mandarin Oriental Hotel, LV
Tuesday - May 3, 2011
9:00am - 10:00am Opening Keynote Session
#101 – What's Happening in CMBS?
Todd Barnett - Vice President/Regional Director, Wells Fargo
Gary Swon - Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate, RBS Global Banking & Markets
Brian Selander - Executive Director, CIBC
10:00am - 10:45am Networking Coffee Break
#201 – Financing Non-Distressed Assets in a Distressed Focused World
Moderator: Michael Sonnabend - Managing Partner, PMZ Realty Capital, LLC
Oliver Swan - Managing Partner, Treesdale Real Estate Partners, LLC
Jonathan Schurgin - Manging Director, Cantor Fitzgerald
Curtis Brunton - Managing Director, Redwood Trust
#202 – Where is the Housing Market Going?
Moderator: Jeff Meyers - Principal, Meyers, LLC
Peter Fioretti - CEO, Mountain Funding
David Butler - Principal, Argosy Real Estate
Theodore Karatz - Vice President, GTIS Partners LP
#203 - Hotel Financing: Where are the Opportunities?
Moderator: Steven Marx - President, Hotel Source, Inc.
Jatin Desai - Director of Investments, Peachtree Hotel Group
Jay Litt - Partner, Resolution Services, LLC
Jeffrey Bucaro - Senior Vice President, Aries Capital, Inc.
Rich Sprecher, CHA - VPof Business Development, Aimbridge Hospitality, LP
12:00pm - 1:00pm Concurrent Sessions
#301 – Capital Markets Back in Business: What's Getting Done?
Moderator: Brian Halpern - Director, CBRE Capital Markets
Gary Duff, Jr. - Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Joham Tavera - Director, BlackRock Financial Management
Bob O'Neill - Director-Acquisitions, Alliance Commercial Partners
#302 – Negotiating with your Lender on a Loan Extension or Discounted Payoff Opportunity (DPO)
Moderator: Brian Shniderson - Managing Director, B&A Capital Partners
Robert Abbasi - Founder & President, RTI Properties, Inc.
Nate Paul - President & CEO, World Class Capital Group
Mark Levinson - Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
David Scheiber - SVP, Special Assets Group Manager, First Private Bank & Trust
1:00pm - 2:30pm Afternoon Break
2:30pm - 3:30pm Concurrent Sessions
#401 – The New Mantra-Buy Buy Buy-Today's Hot Market with No Money Mezzanine & Equity Providers-What are You Doing and Who is Doing What??
Moderator: Mark Macedo - Senior Regional Director, Wrightwood Capital
Stephen Hinckley - Managing Director, Capital Markets, MG Properties Group
Steve Bram - Partner, George Smith Partners
Michael Singh - Principal & EVP, A10 Capital
Jonathan Lotter - Founder & Managing Partner, Appian Capital
#402 – Healthcare Real Estate Financing-Underwriting and Lending on Medical Office Buildings, Senior Housing, Hospitals and Specialty Medical Facilities
Moderator: Brent Tharp - SVP, GE Healthcare Financial Services
Jim Watkins - President, Altera Development Company
Brad Haber - Managing Director, GE Healthcare Financial Services
Chris Bodnar - First Vice President, CB Richard Ellis, Healthcare Capital Markets
#403 – Single-Family Homebuilders Fill a Void with Urban Infill
Moderator: Arthur Nelson, PhD, FAICP - Director, Metropolitan Research Center at the University of Utah
Arden Hearing - Trumark Homes
Brett Whitehead - President, Brandywine Homes
David Greminger - President, Fieldstone Partners California, LLC
3:45pm - 4:45pm Keynote Session
#501 – Current State of the Commercial Banking Industry
Moderator: Al Brooks - President, Commercial Term Lending, JP Morgan Chase
Michael F. Marino - Executive Vice President, Division Manager, Wells Fargo & Company
Scott McPherson - SVP/Market Manager, US Bank-Commercial Real Estate Division
Michael Stedman - Senior Executive Vice President, Real Estate Industries, Union Bank
4:45pm - 6:00pm - Networking Reception
Wednesday - May 4, 2011
8:00am - 11:00am Registration Open
9:00am - 10:00am Concurrent Sessions
#601 – Overview of Current Life Company Financing
Moderator: Rick Gillett - Investment Officer, John Hancock Real Estate Finance
Christian Andersson, CFA - Associate, Commercial Mortgage, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers
Tom Hirschauer - Investment Director, Principal Global Investor
#602 – Using Special Taxing Districts to Fill the Gap Left by Receding Debt Financing
Moderator: Carter Froelich - Managing Principal - Development
Planning & Financing Group, Inc. (DPFG)
Stephen Heaney - Managing Director, Stone & Youngberg, LLC
J. Brannin Prideaux - Executive Vice President-Commercial Lending, IBC Bank
Daniel Naef, Sr. - Senior Vice President, American Nevada Corporation
10:15am - 11:15am Concurrent Sessions
#701 – Buying Debt vs. Originating High Yield Debt
Moderator: Spencer Garfield - Managing Director, Hudson Realty Capital, LLC
Marc Shapiro, Esq. - Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Jay Rollins - President, JCR Capital
Shawn Rosenthal - Principal, The Ackman Ziff Real Estate Group
#702 – Multifamily Finance-Agency, Life Company & Bank Financing
Moderator: Ed Zimbler - SVP/Branch Manager, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC
Paul Angle – Managing Regional Director, Freddie Mac
Tom Hirschauer - Investment Director, Principal Global Investor
Gary Seferian - Senior
Vice President & Regional Manager, Bank of the West
Allan Freedman - SVP, Multifamily Finance, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC
11:30am - 12:30pm Concurrent Sessions
#801 – Raising Capital for Real Estate Transactions
Nick Newman - Managing Partner, Soundview Real Estate Partners
#802 – Creative Funding Options for Development Projects in a Difficult Economy
Moderator: Bruce Ryals - President, Tax Credit Management
Brad Angst - Associate, George K. Baum & Company
12:30pm Conference Concludes
