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44th Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference

Celebrating our 44th Year of Thought Leadership!
This year’s annual fall real estate conference will feature a lineup of top industry thought leaders. Join us for a series of one-on-one interviews, exciting keynote speakers, and panel discussions with some of the industry’s most highly regarded visionaries. Our speakers will provide insight into ever-changing trends, ongoing disruption, and the future of the real estate industry.
Confirmed panelists include:
– Raj Agrawal, Global Head of Real Assets, KKR
– Neil Bluhm, Chairman, Rush Gaming; founder of JMB Realty and Walton Steet Capital
– Gemma Burgess, Managing Director / Co-Head of Global Real Estate Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates
– Daniel (DJ) Busch, President & CEO, InvenTrust Properties
– Dominic Chu, Senior Markets Correspondent, CNBC
– Michael J. Franco, President & CEO, Vornado Realty Trust
– Sal Gambino, Global Co-Head of Real Estate Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan
– Tom Gilbane, Co-CEO, Rockpoint Group
– Tammy Jones, Co-Founder & CEO, Basis Investment Group
– Gene Leone, Partner & Global Co-Head, Real Estate, White & Case LLP
– Jonathan Mechanic, Chairman of the Real Estate Department, Fried Frank
– Richard Nordell, Executive Director of Infrastructure, Mubadala
– Nick Pell, CEO & President, Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust
– Josh Pristaw, President & Managing Director, Clarion Partners
– Eli Simon, CEO, Simon Property Group
– Nick Tramontana, Sr. VP and Head of Real Estate & Real Assets, Texas Permanent School Fund
– Seth Weintrob, Managing Director & Global Head of Real Estate, Lodging & Gaming Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
– Michael Zezas, Deputy Global Head of Research, Morgan Stanley
Please also join us for a pre-conference reception at 22 Vanderbilt the night prior, on Thursday, November 5 from 6pm-8pm.
Started more than 30 years ago by a group of alumni, and distinguished by decades of successful engagement, leadership, scholarship, and good old fashioned networking, the Cornell Real Estate Council (CREC) is one of the largest university-based real estate alumni networks in the world.
