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The Rittenhouse Hotel 210 West Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
Thursday, April 24, 2025 |
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| 6:00-7:00 pm | Registration, Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres (Grand Salon, Reception area outside Grand Ballroom ) |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner (Grand Ballroom) |
| 7:30-7:45 pm | Awards: Recognition of Student and Faculty Award Winners |
| 7:45-8:30 pm | “A Tribute: A Look at Joe’s Contributions Over the Past 27 Years” Featured Speaker: Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University |
The Rittenhouse Hotel 210 West Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
Friday, April 25, 2025 |
| 8:00-9:00 am | Registration, Networking Breakfast (Grand Salon & Grand Ballroom) |
| 9:00-9:10 am | Welcoming Remarks (Grand Ballroom) Joe Gyourko, Martin Bucksbaum Professor, Real Estate, Finance, Business Economics & Public Policy; Nancy A. Nasher and David Haemisegger Director of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School Andy Jonas, Global Co-Head, Real Estate Department, Goldman, Sachs & Co., LLC |
| 9:10-10:00 am | Panel: Wharton on the Economy and Real Estate Moderator: Maisy Wong, James T. Riady Associate Professor of Real Estate; Assistant Director, Grayken Program in International Real Estate, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School Panelists: Joao Gomes, Howard Butcher III Professor of Finance; Professor of Economics, Senior Vice Dean of Research, Centers, and Academic Initiatives, The Wharton School Joe Gyourko, Martin Bucksbaum Professor, Real Estate, Finance, Business Economics & Public Policy; Nancy A. Nasher and David Haemisegger Director of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School Michael Roberts, William H. Lawrence Professor, Professor of Finance, The Wharton School |
| 10:00-10:20 am | Networking Break |
| 10:20-11:10 am | Panel: Housing Affordability from the Industry Perspective—What Can Be Done? Moderator: Andy Jonas, Global Co-Head, Real Estate Department, Goldman, Sachs & Co., LLC Panelists: David Dishy, CEO, LMXD Management LLC Sean Dobson, Chairman, CEO & CIO, Amherst Robert Nitkin, Chief Operating Officer, Millrose Properties Alex Witkoff, Chief Executive Officer, Witkoff |
| 11:10-11:30 am | Networking Break |
| 11:30-12:20 pm | Technological Change and American National Defense in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Keynote Speaker: Michael Horowitz, Director, Perry World House; Richard Perry Professor; Senior Fellow for Technology and Innovation at the Council on Foreign Relations |
| 12:20-1:20 pm | Networking Lunch |
| 1:20-2:10 pm | Panel: The New World of Credit Investing and Financing for Real Estate Moderator: Miriam Wheeler, Partner and Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Financing Group, Goldman, Sachs & Co., LLC Panelists: Doug Bouquard, Partner, TPG, Head of RE Debt and CEO of TRTX Michael Lascher, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Bryan McDonnell, Chair of Global Debt and Agriculture, PGIM Greg Wolkom, Group Head Real Estate Syndicated Finance and REIT Finance, Wells Fargo |
| 2:10-2:20 pm | Networking Break |
| 2:20-3:10 pm | Moderated Conversation: The State of Real Estate Investing and Markets Around the World Joe Gyourko in conversation with John Grayken, Founder and Chairman, Lone Star Funds |
| 3:10-3:15 pm | Closing Comments Andy Jonas, Global Co-Head, Real Estate Department, Goldman, Sachs & Co., LLC |
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