Agenda

Third Annual Client Institute:  Big Changes, Big Impacts- Make The Most Of The Major Changes Redefining Real Estate and Facilities
October 14, Brandeis University

8:30 Coffee, Registration 

9:00 – 10:15  Big Changes, Bigger Impacts:  The Future Is Now
The big changes re-defining real estate and facility projects, departments and jobs
 = Fully understanding the sweeping changes in demographics, workforce, technology
 = What real estate in education, corporate, and development can learn from each other
 = How your organization and your job must change
 = What you should be doing now to anticipate, respond, make the most of the changes

Speakers
 = Pamela Delphenich, FAIA, Director of Campus Planning & Design, Department of Facilities MIT
 = Rob Reilly, Vice President, Fidelity Investments Real Estate Company
 = Robert Flack, Senior Vice President, Corcoran Jennison Development
 = Lee Michael Kennedy, President, Lee Kennedy Construction

10:30 – 12:00 Big Change Reality Check
On the horizon for years, these “big changes” now have case examples we can learn from.

 = Cooperative Contracts.  New contractual forms are emerging.  How do they really work? 
      Mary T. Feeney, Esq.  Partner, Bowditch & Dewey

 = Shared Space From Experiment To Reality:  EMC’s “WeWork” case and implications
     Lisa Ferdenzi, Director of America’s Real Estate and Planning, EMC Corporation

 = Sustainable/ Green From Nice Idea To System-Wide Practice. 
     Janet Chrisos, Associate Director, Massachusetts State College Building Authority

 = Going Global:  What It Means For All Of Us
      Douglas Noonan, Director, Corporate Real Estate, Adidas-Reebok 

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
Networking and informal discussion: What are the implications of these changes for my projects, my department, my job? 

1:00 – 3:00  Coming To A Project Near You --- Maybe Yours?
Emerging methods you may soon encounter in your own projects

 = Practicing With The Integrated Practice Model With Autodesk As Client
     Ronald Ostberg, AIA, Principal, KlingStubbins

 = Outsource What?  How?  Evolving outsourcing methods and best practices
      William Anderson, Senior Vice President, The Rise Group

 = Re-Defining The Sub-Contractor Relationship:  Implications For All Projects
      Don White, President, Richard White Sons Construction
 

3:00 – 5:00  Radically Re-Thinking The Basics
Some of the most important changes come from re-thinking the basics

 = Improving Quality:  How architects’ quality improvement programs redefine projects.
     David Chilinski, President, PCA Architects

 = Re-Thinking Commissioning To Improve Overall Sustainable Goals.
     Mark Warren, Commissioning Director, Flack & Kurtz Engineers

 = Better Leadership Now:  Translating Institute ideas into your to-do list tomorrow
    William Ronco, Ph.D., Client Institute Director 

5:00 – 6:00  Reception

 

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