CREtech Los Angeles 2019

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CREtech Los Angeles 2019

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Over two days, thousands of startups, entrepreneurs, investors and commercial real estate professionals from around the world will attend the CREtech Los Angeles Conference at the historic Shrine Expo Hall. All of the major tech trends in office, industrial, retail and multifamily including CoWorking, Data, A.I., ConTech and more will be discussed by those leading the tech revolution in CRE. Attendees will have the opportunity to set up one-to-one meetings during our speed dating breaks, hear from the most sought-after thought leaders and meet the leading startups, investors, developers/owners and brokers, not to mention have a great time during our evening receptions.

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Event Details

Agenda

    • 9:00 AM

      Registration

    • 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

      Conference Kickoff and Welcome

    • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

      Keynote Session: Inside WeWork

      No other startup has impacted the commercial real estate sector like WeWork. With a valuation over $40 billion, WeWork has completely transformed not only the tenant experience but the brokerage and development sectors as well. In this first of its kind panel, CREtech CEO, Michael Beckerman, will sit down with four of the company’s top executives to learn how the company operates internally as well as its short and long term strategies. Moderator: Michael Beckerman

      • Sarah Pontius

        Senior Vice President, Global Head of Real Estate Partnerships

        WeWork

      • Granit Gjonbalaj

        Chief Real Estate Development Officer

        WeWork

      • Rohit Dave

        Sr Director, M&A

        WeWork

      • Craig Robinson

        Global Head of Powered by We Services

        WeWork

    • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

      CREtech Talk: How to Scale, Leveraging a Strategic VC

      Scaling your business can be a tricky process. What VC to pitch to, what to bring to the table, what they're looking for - all of these questions and more come up when it's time to grow. Finding the right investors requires due diligence. Join Americas Growth Lead at JLL Spark, Andrea Jang, as she walks you through how to strategically scale your business and find the right VC partner for you.

      • Andrea Jang

        Head of Growth, Americas

        JLL Spark

    • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

      Networking Break

      Sponsored by The Landis Group

    • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

      Panel: A.I. and the Coming Revolution in Commercial Real Estate

      Learn from the leading experts in Artificial Intelligence on how it has the potential to completely transform every aspect of CRE from data to transactions and everything in between. Moderator: Patrick McGrath

    • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

      Networking Lunch

    • 1:45 PM - 2:05 PM

      CREtech Talk: What's the Future of Smart Buildings?

      What is the future of Smart Buildings? Hear from one of the leading venture capitalists in CREtech, Travis Putnam, Managing Partner at Navitas Capital as he presents his vision for the building of the future, including everything from occupant-centric control solutions, to AI driven operations, to the convergence of digital and physical environments.

    • 2:05 PM - 2:50 PM

      Panel: The Convergence of Development & Tech

      Learn from the leading office, retail and multifamily developers about they are integrating tech solutions into their developments. Also hear from the Co-Founder of Industrious about how Co-Working is now becoming an essential part of the mixed-use experience. Moderator: Momei Qu

    • 2:50 PM - 3:15 PM

      Networking Break

      Sponsored by The Landis Group

    • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

      Panel: The Revolution Will Now Be Mobilized

      Creating value at the interface between buildings and transportation in the age of electric vehicles, micro-mobility, transportation as a service, and autonomy. Moderator: Elie Finegold

    • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

      Keynote Session: Inside Prologis

      Everyone knows Prologis as the world's largest logistics company with $92 billion in assets under management, but what many don’t know is that the company is one of the most forward-thinking and active investors/adopters in tech as well. In this in-depth interview with two of the company's leading tech and operations executives, you will get a first hand view of how Prologis is on the front lines of the commercial real estate tech revolution. Moderator: Michael Beckerman

    • 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

      Closing Remarks

    • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

      Reception

    • 9:00 AM

      Registration

    • 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

      Welcome

    • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

      Keynote Session: Penny Pritzker Interview with Nick Romito, CEO of VTS

      Interviewed by Nick Romito, Co-founder and CEO of VTS, Penny Pritzker, former U.S. Commerce Secretary under President Obama, and Founder/Chairman of PSP Partners will deliver the Keynote Address and will speak about the “Future Of Work” and how technology is impacting the real estate sector.

      • Penny Pritzker

        Founder and Chairman, 38th Secretary of Commerce

        PSP Partners

      • Nick Romito

        Founder and CEO

        VTS

    • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

      Panel: Construction Tech - Building Towards Disruption

      Pioneers of the construction tech space discuss their efforts to build better, faster, and more cost-effectively. Moderator: Dave Bragg

    • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

      Networking Break

      Sponsored by The Landis Group

    • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

      Panel: Los Angeles - A Profile Of A Smart City

      Mayor Eric Garcetti has set a bold vision for Los Angeles to become a well-run and prosperous city for all Angelenos through a bold innovation agenda. In this first-of-its-kind keynote session, Fifth Wall Ventures Partner and a member of the Mayor’s Tech Innovation Council, Natalie Bruss, will sit down with three of the city’s top deputies across Technology (Aria Safar, Mayor’s liaison to the tech industry), Transportation (Marcel Porras, Chief Sustainability Officer, Department of Transportation) and Design (Christopher Hawthorne, Chief Design Officer) to discuss how the second largest city in the nation is partnering with startups and incumbents across our sector to enact meaningful change. Moderator: Natalie Bruss

    • 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

      CREtech Talk: 50 Year Overnight Success of Proptech

    • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

      Lunch

    • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

      CREtech Talk: Beyond the Hype - Practical Data Science for the CRE Analyst

      We've all heard buzzwords like "AI", "machine learning" and "data science", but what do they really mean? In this talk, we cut through the hype and focus on the practical benefits of data science for the CRE analyst.

    • 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

      Keynote Session: Top VCs in Commercial Real Estate Tech

      Join the leading VCs to discuss key trends in commercial real estate tech. We have assembled an extraordinary panel of VCs from early to late stage, in all categories of commercial real estate, to offer an in-depth look at where the smart money is flowing in tech. Moderator: Linda Isaacson

    • 3:00 PM

      Closing Remarks

Speakers

  • Penny Pritzker

    PSP Partners

    Founder and Chairman, 38th Secretary of Commerce

  • Nick Romito

    VTS

    Founder and CEO

  • Riggs Kubiak

    Honest Buildings

    Founder and CEO

  • Sarah Pontius

    WeWork

    Senior Vice President, Global Head of Real Estate Partnerships

  • Granit Gjonbalaj

    WeWork

    Chief Real Estate Development Officer

  • Rohit Dave

    WeWork

    Sr Director, M&A

  • Craig Robinson

    WeWork

    Global Head of Powered by We Services

  • Andrea Jang

    JLL Spark

    Head of Growth, Americas

  • Patrick McGrath

    Savills

    CIO, Head of Client Technology

  • Guy Zipori

    Skyline AI

    Co-Founder & CEO

  • Abhinav Somani

    LEVERTON Corporation

    CEO

  • L.D. Salmanson

    Cherre

    CEO & Founder

  • Richard Sarkis

    Reonomy

    Executive Chairman & Co-founder

  • Momei Qu

    PSP Growth

    Vice President

  • Travis Putnam

    Navitas Capital

    Managing Partner

  • Kevin McKenzie

    Macerich

    EVP, Chief Digital Officer

  • Karen Hollinger

    AvalonBay Communities

    SVP, Corporate Initiatives

  • Amalia Paliobeis

    Common

    Director of Real Estate

  • Justin Stewart

    Industrious

    Co-founder and President

  • Aria Cyrus Safar

    Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

    Economic Policy Manager

  • Marcel Porras

    Los Angeles Department of Transportation

    Chief Sustainability Officer

  • Christopher Hawthorne

    Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

    Chief Design Officer

  • David Gerster

    JLL Spark

    Vice President

  • Dave Bragg

    Green Street Advisors

    Managing Director

  • Steve Weilbach

    Katerra

    VP, GTM

  • Steve Burrows CBE

    Baumatix

    President

  • Magued Eldaief

    Prescient

    CEO

  • Linda Isaacson

    First American Title Insurance

    Senior Vice President

  • Patricia Nakache

    Trinity Ventures

    General Partner

  • Merritt Hummer

    Bain Capital Ventures

    Principal

  • Julie Lein

    Urban Innovation Fund

    Co-Founder and Managing Partner

  • Natalie Bruss

    Fifth Wall

    Partner

  • Will O'Donnell

    Prologis Ventures

    Managing Partner

  • Jeremy Giles

    Prologis

    Managing Director, Global Customer Solutions

  • Robert Otani

    Thornton Tomasetti

    Chief Technology Officer

  • Elie Finegold

    MetaProp

    Venture Advisor

  • Wen Sang

    Smarking Inc.

    CEO

  • Alan Dowdell

    ChargePoint

    VP, Business Development

  • Ryan Foutty

    Lime

    Sr. Director, Business Development

  • Greg Lindsay

    LA CoMotion

    Director of Strategy

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