• "Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World"
  
  Preventing groupthink from dominating your organization is important to keeping it fresh and resilient. Yet, recognizing and managing nonconformists is not an easy task for any manager. Hear from a world thought leader about the roles of motivation and values in the workplace.

Adam
Grant

• Spencer B. Haber, Chief Executive Officer, H/2 Capital Partners LLC; and Chair, Advisory Board, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at Wharton
• Joe Gyourko, Nancy Nasher and David Haemisegger Director, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at Wharton

Joe
Gyourko

Political and economic risks appear to be rising domestically and around the world. Are these likely to be short-term phenomenon that will disappear soon or are they being driven by longer-term trends? Hear two leading Wharton economists discuss how we should think about these types of risks going forward, what they mean for different economies around the world, and what they imply for property market investors.

Moderator:

• Todd Sinai, Professor of Real Estate and Business Economics and Public Policy, The Wharton School

Panelists:

• Joe Gyourko
• Peter Linneman, Emeritus Professor of Finance and Business & Public Policy at Wharton

Peter
Linneman

Todd
Sinai

Online spending continues to take market share in retail. How much further will this trend go? How can traditional retailers respond? What should we make of disruptive on-line retailers beginning to enter the physical retail sector? Hear from leading investors and retail operators from both on-line and traditional sectors discuss these and other issues.

• Moderator: Asuka Nakahara, Associate Director, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at Wharton
• Panelists: Dean S. Adler, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Lubert-Adler Management
• Lane Gerson, Co-founder, Jack Erwin
• Wade McDevitt, Chief Executive Officer, McDevitt Company
• Dana Telsey, Chief Executive Officer, Telsey Advisory Group

Dean S.
Adler

Lane
Gerson

Wade
McDevitt

Dana
Telsey

"Strategic Perspectives on Global Opportunity in the Private and Public Sectors"

With global economic growth slowing, business models of many different types of firms are coming under stress. Which are the most and least robust in the face of growing political and economic challenges? How does this vary by business sector and region of the world? Hear one of the world's leading thinkers on corporate and governmental business health discuss these and other issues.

Kenneth M.
Jacobs

Many financial markets recently have faced their toughest tests since the 2008 credit crisis, with various factors combining to produce the worst correction in credit markets in many years. What is creating all of the anxiety, and is the repricing overdone? How worried should investors be about a near-term recession in the U.S. or systemic risks globally? What are the implications of recent moves in rates, commodities and credit for the pricing of less liquid assets such as commercial real estate properties? What asset classes or markets feel cheap, and how much does "cheap" or "rich" depend on your holding period?

• Moderator: Spencer B. Haber

• Panelists:
• Wesley Edens, Co-Founder, Principal and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Fortress
• Mark Myers, Head of Commercial Real Estate, Wells Fargo & Company
• Marc Rowan, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director and Director, Apollo Global Management

Wesley
Edens

Mark
Myers

If at the end of the program you are confused about where things are heading or what risks are being ignored, all answers will be given during this panel of legends. Three of the giants of the industry share their thoughts on the state and future of the real estate industry.

• Moderator: Peter Linneman

• Featuring:
• Eyal Ofer, Chairman, Ofer Global and Global Holdings, Inc.
• Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Starwood Capital Group
• Samuel Zell, Chairman, Equity Group Investments

Eyal
Ofer

Barry
Sternlicht

Sam
Zell

Spencer B. Haber