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Spring Members' Meeting 2023 · Thursday, April 20 – Friday, April 21, 2023

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The Rittenhouse Hotel
210 West Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Thursday, April 20, 2023
6:00-7:00 pmRegistration, Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres
(Grand Salon, Reception area outside Grand Ballroom)
7:00 pmDinner
(Grand Ballroom)
7:30-7:45 pmAwards: Recognition of student and faculty award winners
7:45-8:30 pmFeatured Speaker: Patrick T. Harker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia “Monetary Policy and Housing”
The Rittenhouse Hotel
210 West Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Friday, April 21, 2023
7:30-9:00 amExecutive Committee Meeting
(Parkview Suite, 4th Floor)

Please note this event is only for members of our Executive Committee. 

8:00-9:00 amRegistration, Networking Breakfast
(Grand Salon & Grand Ballroom)
9:00-9:10 amWelcoming 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

Ronald J. Kravit, Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management; Chair, Advisory Board, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School

9:10-10:10 amCommercial Real Estate Debt: Resizing, Repricing and Other Changes

Moderator: 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

Panelists: Spencer Haber, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, H/2 Capital Partners LLC

Philip Mintz, Partner and Chief Investment Officer, US Real Estate Equity Business, Apollo

Miriam Wheeler, Partner and Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Financing Group, Goldman Sachs

10:10-10:30 amNetworking Break
10:30-11:30 amHas the Definition of ‘Good Real Estate’ Changed?

Moderator: Asuka Nakahara, Associate Director, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School

Panelists: Jeff Blau, Chief Executive Officer, Related Companies; Chairman and Founding Partner, energyRe

Jon E. Bortz, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 

Gillian Cho, President, CanTex Capital

11:30-11:40 amNetworking Break
11:40-12:30 pmKeynote Speaker: Professor Michael Platt, “Using Neuroscience to Develop Better Leaders, Teams and Innovation”

Michael Platt, James S. Riepe University Professor, Professor of Marketing, Psychology, and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania 

12:30-1:30 pmComplimentary Networking Lunch
1:30-2:30 pmInvestment Strategies and Structures: How Will Covid and the Fed Change What We Do?

Moderator: Ronald J. Kravit, Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management; Chair, Advisory Board, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School

Panelists: David Helfand, President and Chief Executive Officer, Equity Commonwealth

Sonny Kalsi, Co-Chief Executive Officer, BentallGreenOak

2:30-2:50 pmNetworking Break
2:50-3:50 pmModerated Conversation: Challenges and Opportunities in Real Estate Capital Markets

Facilitator: Maisy Wong, James T. Riady Associate Professor of Real Estate; Assistant Director, Grayken Program in International Real Estate, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center

D. Michael Van Konynenburg, President, Eastdil Secured

3:50-4:00 pmClosing Comments

Ronald J. Kravit, Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management; Chair, Advisory Board, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School


Please note that for any non-members who would like to attend the Spring Members’ Meeting, the cost is $2,500 for entry into dinner on Thursday, April 20 and the meeting on Friday, April 21, 2023.



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