Investment Real Estate Forum — Capital Markets

 

New York
April 29, 2008
8:30am to 4:00pm

Brown Brothers Harriman
140 Broadway Entrance
New York

In a climate of significant change, The Westcoast Group, in conjunction with The Wall Street Journal, is inviting industry leaders to come together, to take a closer look at how the coming year in politics, the economy and capital markets will affect the realty marketplace.

Forum highlights:

• Capital markets in the context of aftershocks and recovery
• The Presidential election and its impact on industry-related policy
• Impact of the economic slowdown on property valuations
  

Keynote Speakers:

• Gerald F. Seib, Assistant Managing Editor/Executive Washington Editor, The Wall Street Journal
• Robert C. Lieber, Deputy Mayor of New York City for Economic Development
• G. Scott Clemons, Managing Director, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  

Host Moderator:

• Hessam Nadji, Managing Director, Marcus & Millichap

Featured Speakers:

• G. Scott Clemons, Managing Director, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
• Stanley C. Gale, Chairman, Gale International
• Marc Holliday, CEO, SL Green Realty Corp
• Dennis R. Irvin, President & CEO, Rockefeller Group Investment Management
• Robert J. Ivanhoe, Chair Real Estate, Greenberg Traurig
• Richard B. Jennings, President, Realty Capital International
• Richard A. Kessler, COO, Benenson Capital Partners
• Christopher Niehaus, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley Real Estate
• Frank L. Sullivan, Jr., Managing Director, ING Clarion

Investment Real Estate Forum — Capital Markets

 

7:30 – 8:30am

Registration

Brown Brothers Harriman
140 Broadway Entrance, New York

7:30 – 8:30am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00am

The Current Climate

Hessam Nadji, Managing Director, Marcus & Millichap

9:00 – 9:45am

The State of Capital Markets

• Alec Burger, President, North America Lending, GE Real Estate
• Robert J. Ivanhoe, Chair Real Estate, Greenberg Traurig
• Richard A. Kessler, COO, Benenson Capital Partners
• Merrie S. Frankel, VP, Moody’s Investors Service

9:45 – 10:00am

Coffee Break

10:00–10:45am

Global and Emerging Markets

• Christopher Niehaus, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley Real Estate
• Stanley C. Gale, Chairman, Gale International
• John B. Hynes, III, Chief Executive, Gale International

10:45–11:30am

Market Sector Investments

• Dennis R. Irvin, President & CEO, Rockefeller Group Investment Management Corporation
• Veronica Hackett, Managing Partner, The Clarett Group
• Frank L Sullivan, Jr., Managing Director, ING Clarion
• Barden Gale, Vice Chairman, Starwood Capital Group

11:30–12:15pm

The Real Estate World Today

• Michael Stoler, Senior Principal, Apollo Real Estate Advisors
• James M. Orphanides, Chairman Emeritus, The First American Corporation
• Christopher J. Fiegen, Chief Investment Officer, Equity International
• John Gunther Mohr, Head of US Real Estate, Bank of Scotland
• Tom Lydon, President, The City Investment Fund

12:15pm

Luncheon Break

12:30pm

Keynote/Guest Speakers

• Gerald F. Seib, Executive Washington Editor, The Wall Street Journal
• Robert C. Lieber, Deputy Mayor of New York City
• G. Scott Clemons, Managing Director, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
• Michael Sonnenfeldt, Founder, TIGER 21

2:15 – 3:00pm

REITs: Going Up or Down

• Richard B. Jennings, President, Realty Capital International
• Marc Holliday, Chief Executive Officer, SL Green Realty Corp
• Joel S. Marcus, CEO, Alexandria Real Estate Equities
• Scott C. Westphal, CFA, MD, Portfolio Manager, Securities, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers

3:00pm

Real Estate Investment Technology

• Richard Malpica, VP & GM, Yardi Systems
• Sanford S. Herrick, Managing Director, Hudson Realty Capital
• Cory Hildebrand, Director, BPG Properties, Ltd.
• Robert Fahey, VP, Investment Management, Yardi Systems

3:30pm

Reception

• Program Agenda and Speakers subject to change