San Francisco, CA, September 11–12, 2017
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Ritz Carlton, San Fransisco
600 Stockton at California, San Fransisco, CA
AGENDA
Monday, September 11
6:00pm – 9:00pm Welcome Dinner Reception
The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
Tuesday, September 12
8:00am – 9:00am Registration and Breakfast
8:00am – 9:00am New Member and Guest Breakfast
9:00am – 9:15am Welcome by Catherine Pfeiffenberger
LEED AP, AFIRE Chairman, and Senior Vice President, Skanska
9:15am – 10:15am Keynote Address
Andrew McAfee, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and Co-author of The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
10:15am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 11:45am Who is Driving Demand?
Moderator: Daniel Harvey, Vice Chairman, Bay Area CBRE Occupier Services Group, CBRE
12:15pm – 2:00pm Luncheon Address: Tax Reform Update Ryan McCormick, Senior Vice President and Counsel,
The Real Estate Roundtable
2:15pm – 3:15pm Analyze This!
Moderator: R. Byron Carlock, Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
3:15pm – 4:00pm Angels in the Driver’s Seat
A look inside the world of venture capital and how it influences who succeeds or who fails.
Moderator:
Catherine Pfeiffenberger, LEED AP, AFIRE Chairman, and Senior Vice President, Skanska
Panelists:
Thomas Ciccolella, Partner, PwC
Jeffrey D. Grabow, US Venture Capital Leader, Ernst & Young
6:00pm – 9:00pm Reception and Dinner
8:00pm Dinner Address: State of the Art - The Intersection of Technology and Society
Farhad Manjoo, Technology Columnist, The New York Times
9:00pm –11:00pm Young AFIRE Event
Wednesday, September 13
8:00am – 9:00am Registration and Breakfast
8:00am – 9:00am Board of Directors Breakfast and Photos
9:00am – 9:15am Announcements and Introduction of New Officers
9:15am – 10:00am Keynote Address: The Role of a Superpower in an Era of Instability
John O. Brennan, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2013-2017
10:00am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:30am Who is Driving Capital Markets?
Moderator: Mark Gibson, Chief Executive Officer, HFF, Inc.
Panelists: Bill Grubbs, Invesco
Amy Price, President and Chief Investment Officer, Bentall Kennedy (US) LP
Kai-yan Lee, Vanke
11:30am – 12:00pm What’s Up with San Francisco
Moderator: Catherine Pfeiffenberger, LEED AP, AFIRE Chairman, and Senior Vice President, Skanska
Panelists: Gerry Tierney, Senior Project Manager, Associate Principal, Perkins+Will
Paul Paradis, Hines
12:00pm – 1:00pm Networking Lunch: A casual al fresco lunch in The Ritz Terrace Courtyard
1:00pm – 4:00pm Waterfront Property Tours