31st Annual Real Estate & Economics Symposium
Monday , November 24, 2008 · 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco

This year’s Symposium will be another valuable conference with top-notch speakers covering important, current economic and real estate issues.

We are very pleased to announce our
Keynote Speakers:
JOHN CHIANG
Controller
State of California
and
KENNETH T. ROSEN
Chairman,
Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics,
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

The annual Symposium will feature over a dozen of the most knowledgeable authorities in real estate and finance speaking on timely and important topics including:

• The Real Estate and Economic Outlook  Once again, Ken Rosen, will share his highly-regarded real estate forecast, outlining how current economic shifts have affected real estate markets, and how recent disruptions in the residential and commercial real estate financial markets can affect the overall performance of the economy.
• The Housing Market Report:  How have home builders, existing owners, the would-be move-up households, and new entrants into the housing market continued to grapple with the sub-prime crisis? Will it be resolved without more far-reaching consequences?
• "Been There, Done That": Experienced vanguards of the real estate industry will share their "lessons learned" and words of wisdom for today's real estate professionals.
• Investing & Financing in Real Estate in Turbulent Times  Real estate finance is one of the more innovative and vibrant, and yet simultaneously volatile, elements of the capital market. Special dual-panel sessions, discussing the complex and currently unprecedented changes in the investment and banking industry, will provide insights and analysis of how markets are likely to change in the future.
  
  CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
  
• Leslie Appleton-Young, Vice President and Chief Economist, California Association of REALTORS®
• Luis Belmonte, Principal, Seven Hills Properties
• Stephen Chamberlin, Principal, Chamberlin Associates
• John Chiang, Controller, State of California
• Sherry Chris, President & CEO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate
• James J. Curtis III, Managing Partner, Bristol Group, Inc.
• Geoffrey Dohrmann, President & CEO, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.
• Robert H. Edelstein, Co-chair, Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics
• Robert Freed, CEO, Summerhill Homes
• Rick Holliday, President, Holliday Development
• James G.Lasher, Managing Principal, Piedmont Property Partners LLC
• Josh Myerberg , Vice President, Morgan Stanley Merchant Banking
• Kenneth T. Rosen, Chairman, Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics
• Stuart Shiff, CEO, DivcoWest
• Warren E. "Ned" Spieker, Jr., Managing Partner, Spieker Realty Investments
• Richard G. Wollack, Co-CEO, Premier Pacific Vineyards, LP
• Susan Woodward, Founder and President, Sand Hill Econometrics, Inc.

Our expert speakers — leading professionals from the public and private world of real estate — will explore these issues and more. Ample time will be included for speakers to respond to questions from the audience — so take advantage of this chance to have a candid exchange with some of today's most prominent and successful real estate industry authorities.

Once again, the annual Symposium will be the best single day you can spend this year to get the ideas and direction you need for next year!  We look forward to seeing you for a very special 31st Annual Real Estate & Economics Symposium at the Fairmont Hotel on November 24, 2008.

Contact Us
Haas Real Estate Group or FCREUE:
F602 Haas School of Business
University of California
Berkeley CA 94720-6105
Tel: (510) 643-6109
Fax: (510) 643-7357
Email: creue@haas.berkeley.edu