REact2023 Real Estate Conference

Friday, November 3, 2023
Graham Center - FIU Main Campus
10955 SW 15th Terrace, Miami, FL 33199

The path to success opens to all entrepreneurs

The pandemic seems to have turbo-charged real estate and technology investment trends that were already being experienced in Miami prior to the global outbreak of COVID-19.
A favorable business environment and the explosion of remote work enabled by increasingly robust virtual technologies, has made Miami home to a growing roster of renowned hedge-funds, family-offices, private equity and high-tech firms.
This increasingly diversified economic growth is having a profound impact on Miami’s commercial real estate and hospitality industries.

Join FIU Business as we explore these topics and much more at the annual REact Real Estate Conference on Friday, November 3, 2023.

REact 2022 Program Schedule

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Friday, November 4, 2022
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Registration, Networking and Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks Jennifer Becker, Principal, BKR Media Consultants Bill Hardin, Dean, Florida International University College of Business Eli Beracha, Director and Professor, Hollo School of Real Estate, Florida International University College of Business
9:15 - 10:30 a.m.	Miami - Still a Boom-and-Bust City? This panel will explore the past, present and its future of Miami. Why has Miami been characterized by boom and busts? What factors mitigate against and continuation of that trend? What obstacles remain? Jeffrey Ardizon, Principal, The Estate Companies Anthony Burns, Co-President, Plaza Equity Partners Veronica Cervera Goeseke, Chief Executive Officer, Principal, Cervera Real Estate Still Hunter, Managing Director, Walker & Dunlop Aly‑khan Merali, President and Chief Financial Officer, Turnberry Michelle Gonzalez, Broker, MSIRE, Floridian First Realty (moderator)
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Key Trends in Miami Commercial and Hospitality Real Estate: Addressing the Needs of a Global Gateway A panel of experts from various sectors of real estate and hospitality will discuss the interaction between technological and demographic factors and how these interactions affect the corporate real estate industry. Rod Castan, Executive Vice President, Principal, Metro Commercial Anthony Graziano, CEO, Integra Realty Resources Jakub Hejl, Founder & President, Westside Capital Cassie Resnick, Managing Director, Mast Capital Monica Xuereb, Chief Revenue Officer, Loews Hotels Adam Tiktin, Managing Director, Franklin Street (moderator)
12:05 - 1:20 p.m.	Networking Lunch
1:25 - 1:55 p.m.	Keynote Speaker - Miami is Winning. Why Leaning into Innovation has led to Historic Growth. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez
2:00 - 2:45 p.m.	Academic Panel - Cutting Edge Real Estate Research A panel of FIU academic experts in real estate, hospitality and technology (PropTech) will discuss research trends and how academia is partnering with industry practitioners to respond to their needs in preparing the next generation of leading-edge investors. Eli Beracha, Director and Professor, Hollo School of Real Estate, Florida International University College of Business Clay B. Dickinson Assistant Teaching Professor and Special Liaison to the Real Estate Advisory Council, Hollo School of Real Estate, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Florida International University Zhonghua Wu, Professor, Hollo School of Real Estate, Florida International University College of Business
2:50 - 3:05 p.m.	Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Tibor Hollo
3:25 - 4:40 p.m.	Technology and the Real Estate Industry How are blockchain, securitization, tokenization, the metaverse and other technology trends revolutionizing the real estate, hospitality and property sectors? Hear from panel experts on how rapidly evolving technologies are affecting the entire real estate life cycle; from how properties are conceived, designed and developed; financed; managed and operated; and bought and sold. Sami Ahmed, Counsel, PAG LAW PLLC Juan Alvarez, President, Blokhaus Real Estate Tokenization (BRET) Andres Korda, Founder and CEO, Avanti Way Group Greg Pesik, Founder, Senior Management Advisor, Provision Partners LLC Gabriel Sadoun, US Business Development, Digishares Eli Beracha, Director and Professor, Hollo School of Real Estate, Florida International University College of Business (moderator)
4:45 - 5:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.	Reception

REact 2022 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Francis X. Suarez

Mayor of Miami

Sami Ahmed

Counsel
PAG LAW PLLC

Juan Alvarez

President
Blokhaus Real Estate Tokenization (BRET)

Jeffrey Ardizon

Principal
The Estate Companies

Jennifer Becker

Principal
BKR Media Consultants

Eli Beracha

Director and Professor
Hollo School of Real Estate
FIU College of Business

Anthony Burns

Co-President
Plaza Equity Partners

Rod Castan

Executive Vice President, Principal
Metro Commercial

Veronica Cervera Goeseke

Chief Executive Officer, Principal
Cervera Real Estate

Clay B. Dickinson

Assistant Teaching Professor
Special Liaison to the Real Estate Advisory Council
Hollo School of Real Estate
Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
FIU College of Business