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Spring Members' Meeting 2025 · Thursday, April 24 – Friday, April 25, 2025

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The Rittenhouse Hotel
210 West Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Thursday, April 24, 2025
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 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 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

Andy Jonas, Global Co-Head, Real Estate Department, Goldman, Sachs & Co., LLC

9:10-10:00 amPanel: 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 amNetworking Break
10:20-11:10 amPanel: Housing Affordability from the Industry Perspective—What Can Be Done?

Moderator: Andy Jonas, Global Co-Head, Real Estate Department, Goldman, Sachs & Co., LLC

Panelists: Sean Dobson, Chairman, CEO & CIO, Amherst

Darren Richman, CEO, Millrose Properties

Additional panelist to be announced. 

11:10-11:30 amNetworking Break
11:30-12:20 pmTechnological 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 pmNetworking Lunch
1:20-2:10 pmPanel: 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 to be announced.

2:10-2:20 pmNetworking Break
2:20-3:10 pmModerated 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 pmClosing Comments

Andy Jonas, Global Co-Head, Real Estate Department, Goldman, Sachs & Co., LLC



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