Program

Three days of the hottest real estate topics with leading real estate and technology experts. Attend more than a dozen panels; ask the leading industry experts your burning questions and find your next partner and future customers. Get insight from leading venture capital firms, technology innovators and real estate executives. Join interactive panels, one-on-one sessions with industry leaders and hours of networking with the experts.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

What's New, What's Different? Featuring Plum TV Founder & President, Chris Glowacki Westside 3 & 4 Wed, Jan 11, 2:45 pm

Heavy Hitter Top Producer Panel Westside 3 & 4 Wed, Jan 11, 3:15 pm

NYC Real Estate: The Real Story Westside 3 & 4 Wed, Jan 11, 4:00 pm

Real Estate Power Broker Divas Westside 3 & 4 Thurs, Jan 12, 8:30 am

PLUS: Luxury Home Marketing, The Paperless Pavilion, the Mortgage-Real Estate Dance, MLS, and more!

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Meet the Innovators
12:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Dozens of new mapping, video, blogging, software and service companies offer a host of solutions for the real estate industry. Meet these upstarts, these solution providers and innovators, all in one room at one time. Below are just a few:

Opening Session

Bradley InmanThe Shifting Housing Market:
Making plans to adapt to the future.
Bradley Inman, Publisher, Inman News

What is New, What is Different?

Plum TV is a new way of thinking about delivering news and content.

Heavy Hitter Top Producer Panel

The New York area's top producers share their secrets! From working with co-op boards to buyers from abroad, learn from the best and brightest what works and what doesn't.

NYC Real Estate: The Real Story

New York real estate doesn't play by the rules. It's a city of personality, big deals and super starts. New York City is about volume, celebrity and sky high prices.

Blog-o-rama: Using Blogs to Market Real Estate

Real Estate Innovator Bash

Kick off Connect in style! Network with with the industry's leading innovators, top producers and decision makers at this power-packed cocktail reception.

Thursday, January 12, 2006


New Real Estate Ideas on the Internet

Real Estate Power Broker Divas

Some of the most powerful real estate brokers in the country discuss trends in the industry, the market and its threats.

The Web Lead Machine:
What Consumers are Doing on the Internet

The CEOs of the top and most innovative real estate lead companies discuss what to watch for in 2006, how to find consumers on the Web and how to convert them.

Real Estate 2006: Where is the Market, the Industry and Innovation Headed?

Innovations in Real Estate

Leading executives explain how real estate marketing is changing, thanks to the Web.

Meet the Leaders

Chat one-on-one with the industry leaders of technology and real estate. Slip them your card, grab theirs and make eye contact or give them your pitch.
Craig Newmark, Founder and Customer Service Representative, craigslist.org
Faith Hope Consolo, Chairman, Retail Leasing & Sales, Prudential Douglas Elliman
JoAnne Kennedy, COO, Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy
Tony Lee, Publisher & General Manager, RealEstateJournal.com, Dow Jones
Justin McCarthy, Head of Local Advertising, Google, Inc.
Carter Murdoch, PhD., Senior Vice President, Bank of America
Alexis Palmer, Operator, Curbed.com
Colby Sambrotto, COO, ForSaleByOwner
Jonathan Miller, President & CEO, Miller Samuel
Diane Ramirez President, Halstead Property
Harley Rouda, CEO, Real Living
Kaira Rouda, COO, Real Living
Michael Saunders , CEO & Founder, Michael Saunders & Company
Lockhart Steele, Publisher, Curbed.com
Dottie Herman, President & CEO, Prudential Douglas Elliman
Richard Ferrari, Broker, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Daniel Levy, President & CEO, CityRealty.com
Frederick Peters, President, Warburg Realty Partnership
Renwick Cogdon, CEO, Imprev

Meet the Innovators

Dozens of new mapping, video, blogging, software and service companies offer a host of solutions for the real estate industry. Meet these upstarts, these solution providers and innovators, all in one room at one time. Below are just a few:

TRACK 1 Luxury Home Marketing
Luxury home marketing is changing dramatically as the Web and Global demand change how high-end homes are sold.

Internet Innovators

The affluent is the most adept at using the Web for business, personal use and yes, looking for homes. Internet demand is changing how luxury brokers think about marketing homes.

Global Marketing

Thanks to global prosperity and the devalued dollar, real estate in the United States is attracting buyers from around the world. Plus, the supply of high-end homes is growing around the globe, changing the housing market here and abroad.
TRACK 2 Paperless Transaction

Digital deals are here and more and more companies are adopting applications and platforms. Find out what works and what doesn't.

Paperless Solutions: A Profusion of Choices

The Tipping Point: Achieving The Paperless Breakthrough

TRACK 3 Beyond Tech Toys: Mapping Technology Tips & Tricks
Maps are the hottest application on the Web. How you can use them to generate leads and business.

Maps

Maps are the hottest application on the Web. How you can use them to generate leads and close business.

Mobile

Learn how mobile technology is changing the business.

Special Roundtable Discussions

The New York Real Estate Experience

The MLS Debate


New Business Models

Anti-Trust

Marketing New Developments in a Changing Market
The Mortgage-Real Estate Dance: Who Leads?

Paperless Transactions

Friday, January 13, 2006

The World is Changing: A Look at the Industry from the Outside

Real estate is being transformed as technology and new media outlets deliver innovative consumer and industry marketing opportunities.

Technology That Works

What technology do successful agents use and how do they use it to capture more business? Get hands-on insight from Realtors who are using the technology that works to close business.
Housing Analytics

Using sophisticated data and analysis to understand changing housing markets.

Forecast of a Changing Housing Market

Get the latest forecast from industry analysts and leaders on where the market is headed. How bad can the housing market get? Will it only damage high-cost pockets or will everyone, everywhere face the impact of a slower housing market? How quick will it shift from a seller's to a buyer's real estate market?

Strategies for a Changing Housing Market

You've heard the forecast, now learn how to profit from whatever is ahead. That includes managing in a period of change; opportunities in a slowing real estate market; and technology that can help no matter what direction the market takes.