Summit Co-Chair:
William O’Connor, Partner, Thompson & Knight LLP

Planning Committee:
Midge Brogan, Managing Director, Park Praedium LLC
W. Scott Callahan, Managing Partner, Salerno Capital Partners
Kevin Donahue, Senior Managing Director, C-III Capital Partners
Debra Morgan, Managing Partner, BlackEagle Real Estate Partners
Mark Zytko, Co-Founder, Mesa West Capital

Registration
8:00am - 5:00pm

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Networking Breakfast
8:00am - 9:30am

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Welcome Remarks
9:15am - 9:30am

Lisa Pendergast, Executive Director, CRE Finance Council
Mark Zytko, Co-Founder, Mesa West Capital

Legislative Briefing:
“The First Sixty Days with the Trump Administration”

Michael P. Flood, Deputy Executive Director, CRE Finance Council

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Market Trends and 2017 Opportunities
9:30am - 10:30am

Moderator:
Brian Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Trimont Real Estate Advisors LLC

Panelists:
Brock Cannon, Managing Director, HFF
Nik Chillar, Managing Director, Belgravia Capital
Gregg Chiota, Managing Director, Financial Assets, Garrison Investment Group
Jim Dunbar, Managing Director, Varde Partners
Peter Sotoloff, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies

Discussion Topics:
- Impacts of the regulatory environment on capital flows
- Growing presence of non-bank lenders: long-term trend or flash in the pan?
- Interest rates and property valuation
- E-Commerce and its future on CRE
- Natural resource investments

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Networking Break
10:30am - 10:55am

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Featured Speaker:   Contrarian Themes within the Capital Markets
10:55am - 11:55am

Donald D. Sheets, Managing Partner, AlumCreek Holdings LLC

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Luncheon
11:55am - 1:05pm

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Challenges and Benefits of a Multi-Generational Workplace
1:05pm - 2:05pm

Moderator:
W. Scott Callahan, Managing Partner, Salerno Capital Partners

Panelists:
Vivian Arias, Partner, Thompson & Knight LLP
David Bornheimer, Vice President, PNC Real Estate / Midland Loan Services
Abbe Franchot-Borok, Managing Director, Amherst Capital
Daniel Olsen, Senior Vice President, KeyBank Real Estate Capital

Discussion Topics:
- Challenges and impact on space needs
- Perks and benefits
- Boomers vs. Gen-Xers
- Commuting styles
- Reading between the lines

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Networking Break
2:05pm - 2:30pm

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Making CMBS Great Again: The Role of Servicing Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow 
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Moderator:
Kevin Donahue, Senior Managing Director, C-III Capital Partners

Panelists:
James Callahan, Executive Director, Pentalpha Global Advisors
Lea Overby, Managing Director, Research, Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC
Adam Singer, Managing Director, Rialto Capital Management
Steven Smith, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, PNC Real Estate / Midland Loan Services

Discussion Topics:
- Winddown of legacy issues going forward
- Are special servicers ready for “the wave”?
- Takeouts vs. kick the can
- What are the different alternatives?

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Networking Break
3:30pm - 3:55pm

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Bracing for Impact - The Legal Panel
3:55pm - 4:55pm

Moderator:
William O’Connor, Partner, Thompson & Knight LLP

Panelists:
Steven Bartels, Managing Senior Counsel, PNC Real Estate / Midland Loan Services
Denise Dell-Powell, Partner, Burr & Forman LLP
Merrick L. “Rick” Gross, Shareholder, Carlton Fields
Craig Welin, Shareholder / Attorney, Frandzel

Discussion Topics:
- Update on investor, mezz lender and borrower actions
- Multiple strategies for addressing the maturities in 2017 & 2018
- Playing the “Fair Value Option” game and how to execute on it
- Collapsing Trust
- New bankruptcy structure strategies for CRE: Are carveouts a tool or an impediment?

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Networking Reception
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Registration
8:00am - 1:00pm

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Networking Breakfast
8:00am - 9:30am

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Multifamily Outlook: Bubble or Room to Run?
9:00am - 10:00am

Moderator:
Mitchell Kiffe, Senior Managing Director, CBRE Capital Markets

Panelists:
John Cannon, Senior Vice President, Production & Sales, Freddie Mac
Alan Feldman, Chief Executive Officer, Resource Real Estate
Jackie Hamilton, Managing Director, Macquarie Bank Ltd.
Robert Russell, Managing Director, Head of CMBS Production, Greystone & Co.

Discussion Topics:
- Where are valuations now given increase in long term interest rates? Will equity capital continue to flow into this sector?
- Real impact of the new supply coming on within the next 12-18 months
- Where should investors go to find the best relative value?
- Factors affecting the contraction of bank lending in the MF sector
- Will CMBS lenders garner a meaningful slice of the MF lending market? 

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Networking Break
10:00am - 10:15am

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Featured Speaker:  Europe: The €1 Trillion Question
10:15am - 11:00am

Bill Hancock, Managing Partner, Resolute Asset Management - London

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Private Equity (or Dry Powder): Ready...Aim...Fire!
11:00am - 12:00pm

Moderator:
Debra Morgan, Managing Partner, BlackEagle Real Estate Partners

Panelists:
Midge Brogan, Managing Director, Park Praedium LLC
James Gosse, Senior Vice President, Ten-X
Nelson Hioe, Managing Partner, Raith Capital Partners
Bernard McAuley, Managing Partner, Tricom Real Estate Group
Gerald C. Timmis III, Senior Managing Director, ValStone Partners, LLC

Discussion Topics:
- Money raised and available for 2017 and 2018 vs. distressed debt and real estate
- Where to spend it and what to spend it on?
- The new administration and financing changes
- Interest rates, cap rates and hold periods
- Competing with fair value certificateholders and auction platforms

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Networking Boxed Lunch
12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Attendee List is available to registered attendee only.

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CREFC invites Young Professionals to attend the High Yield & Distressed Realty Assets Summit for a special rate.

To qualify, you MUST be 30 years of age or less . Your Young Professional status must be vetted in our membership database before qualifying for the discounted rate and you need to sign up online first by March 3, 2017.

Young Professional Registration - ENTIRE PROGRAM
$250 - Member
$350 - Non-Member

Young Professional Registration - THURSDAY ONLY
$85 - Member
$185 - Non-Member

Contact Sara Thomas or call (202) 448-0857 for all other inquires.

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Early Registration (Postmarked on or before February 17, 2017)
$495 - Member
$695 - Non-Member

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$595 - Member
$795 - Non-Member


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