SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
October 23rd | 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM
iHotel Conference Center
Champaign, IL 61820
7:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
- Dr. Jeffrey R. Brown, Dean, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Laura Frerichs, Director, Research Park & Economic Development, University of Illinois
- Jim Schultz, Director, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, DCEO
- Deborah Frank Feinen, Esq., Mayor, City of Champaign
- Dr. Roger Cannaday, Associate Professor Emeritus, College of Business, University of Illinois
8:45 – 10:15 AM
Panel 1: Marketing Strategies that Create “Place-Making” Economic Development & New Demand for Real Estate
- Jim Schultz, Director, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, DCEO
- Dr. Dan Young, Adjunct Professor – Horn Program for Entrepreneurship, University of Delaware
- Dr. Michael H. Casson, Director, UCEDIT, Associate Professor, Delaware State University
- Craig Rost, Executive Director, Champaign County Economic Development Corporation
- Andrew Duffell, MBA, CEO, The Research Park at Florida Atlantic University
- Alex Ruggieri, CRE, CCIM, MBA, Sperry Van Ness – Ramshaw Real Estate (Moderator)
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Panel 2: Real Estate’s Connectivity and Optimization for Social Value & Innovation in Communities
(Research & Innovation Parks, CityLabs, Data Analytics, Inclusion & Diversity Plans)
- Alexei V. Tchistyi, PhD, Associate Professor, UIUC, Director – Office of Real Estate Research
- Dave Cocagne, President & CEO, Vermilion Development, Adjunct Faculty, Kellogg School
- Scott Harding, Carle Foundation Hospital, VP, Facilities & Support Services Administration
- Lindsay Thompson, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, CityLab
- Tom Anderson, Global Product Owner, Real Estate Solutions and RE Cockpit, SAP
- David J. Wilk, CRE, MAI, Sperry Van Ness – Corporate Property Strategies (Moderator)