CAMBRIDGE, MA—MIT Center for Real Estate is hosting its annual World Real Estate Forum this Friday, May 19, and has attracted several key Indian players, including Anita Arjundas, Managing Director & CEO, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd and Rajeev Piramal, Executive Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Peninsula Land.

Anita Arjundas

Other speakers include include Ajay Prasad, Managing Director – India, Taurus Investment Holdings; Shashi Tharoor, Lok Sabha Member of Parliament, and Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs; and Raja Seetharaman, Director, Propstack.

“India is expected to have the world’s fastest growing economy in 2017,” say organizers of the conference. “Find out what this means for the future of Indian real estate, and hear from leading developers, investors and influencers about their strategy for the future.”

The two-day conference (May 18-19) is being held at MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA 02139.

Here is the schedule of panels:

Day 1 – Thursday, May 18, 2017

Morning

8:30     Breakfast/registration

9:30     Welcome and introductions

9:45    Opening keynote:
The Emergence of 4D Printing
Skylar Tibbits
Assistant Professor
Co-director + Founder
MIT Self-Assembly Lab

10:30   Session #1:  Debt, Equity and Innovation:  How Global
Capital Influences Future Development
The velocity and pattern of global capital flows is ever
changing.  Learn about innovative approaches to opportunity
and risk, from seasoned experts from sovereign wealth funds,
international banking, private equity, REIT platforms and large
scale crowd funding.

11:45   Break

12:00   Lunch

Afternoon | Evening

1:30     Session #2:  Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:
Latin America
Meet the regional power players in re-emerging markets of
Central and South America.  Learn about what’s driving
development activity, the risks and rewards, and hear their
vision for future.

2:45     E-mail/refreshment Break

3:15     Session #3:  Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:
Africa
Newly developing economic regions of Africa will provide
immense opportunity for real estate.  Meet the industry leaders
who are uncovering opportunity and spurring development.

4:30     Attendee Reception

5:30     End of day 1

MIT Center for Real Estate Partners Event

(for Center Partners, Alums, and invited guests)

7:00     Partners Reception

7:30     Partners Dinner
Welcome – Albert Saiz, Director, MIT Center for Real Estate
Daniel Rose Associate Professor of Urban Economics &
Real Estate

8:15     Keynote:

Prof. Jeffrey A. Hoffman
—  MIT Department of Aeronautics +
Astronautics
—  Director, MIT Man Vehicle Lab
—  NASA astronaut
—  Five-time veteran of the US Space
Shuttle

Day 2 – Friday, May 19, 2017

Morning

Afternoon – The Edge Sessions
8:00     Breakfast

8:30     Welcome and introductions

8:45     Framing the discussion

9:00     Session #4:  Growth Markets, Development Opportunities:
India
India is expected to have the world’s fastest growing economy
in 2017.  Find out what this means for the future of Indian real
estate, and hear from leading developers, investors and
influencers about their strategy for the future.

10:15   E-mail/refreshment Break

10:45   Session #5:  Building City 3.0:  the role of development in our
urban futures
This engaging panel of global industry leaders discusses the
next century of global city building, including demographic
trends, rapid urbanization, mega-projects, and the impact of
innovation and technology on the built environment.

12:00   Lunch
From 1:30 – 4:30
The Edge Sessions:  MIT leads in Innovation
The Edge Sessions present an unparalleled opportunity for conference attendees to engage directly with MIT faculty and researchers to learn about MIT’s most exciting, cutting edge research related to innovation, technology, and the future of global real estate industry.

Track A:  Real Estate in a Tech Energized World
1:30    IoT & IoP:  Digital Infrastructure and the Internet of People,
Places & Things
Host – Steve Weikal, Founder MIT Real Disruption
Conferences
2:30    E-mail/refreshment Break
2:45    Securing the Cyber-Physical Infrastructure and Internet of
Things
               Host – Senior Research Scientist Michael Siegel
3:45    E-mail break
4:00   Technology and the Autonomous Future of Real Estate
               Host – Research Scientist Dr. Andrea Chegut

Track B:  Game Changing Innovation in the Built Environment  
1:30    Impact Investing – beyond green
Host – KC Hardin, Conservatorio Panama
2:30    E-mail/refreshment Break
2:45    MIT’s DesignX:  the new ventures accelerating innovation in
design and the built environment
Host – Prof. Dennis Frenchman, Gilad Rosenzweig
3:45    E-mail break
4:00   Composite Buildings + Additive Manufacture:  A Paradigm
Shift for 21st Century Development
Host – Prof. Mark Goulthorpe

Track C:  Sam Tak Lee Lab on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in China Real Estate
1:30    3D, stackable, modular:  Innovation and the global housing crisis
Host – Zhengzhen Tan, Assistant Director, Samuel Tak Lee Real
Estate Entrepreneurship Lab
2:30    E-mail/refreshment Break
2:45    New Trends in China’s Real Estate Development 
Host – Prof. Siqi Zheng, Professor of Real Estate Development,
Samuel Tak Lee Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab
3:45    E-mail break
4:00    Global Capital Imbalances: Impacts on Real Estate Markets
Globally
               Host – Prof. William Wheaton, MIT Center for Real Estate
Professor Emeritus, MIT Department of Economics

5:00    End of Day 2

5:30    (C)RE-connect MSRED Alumni Event
@ MIT Center for Real Estate (by invitation only)

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