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IAMC Spring 2006 Professional Forum
Take Home Value
"Refining Your Strategic Advantage in Corporate Real Estate"

Hotel Del Coronado
San Diego, California
March 25-29


SPECIAL SESSIONS
Research Roundtable
"How to Organize the Corporate Real Estate Function - Focus and Structure"

Featuring Moderator Russell Burton, Corporate Manager Economic Development, Pepsico Global Real Estate, this Active-member-only professional education program will focus on a single corporate real estate topic through the shared experiences of those present.

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  • Best practices on departmental organization and focus
  • Open discussion with professional peers
  • Opportunity to bring both your questions and expertise to the table
  • While free of charge, this invitation-only event requires separate registration. For more information or to register, please contact Joel Parker at joel.parker@iamc.org.


KEYNOTE SESSION
Tuesday General Sessionx Randall Bell Presents "Property Damage and Business Continuity"

Perhaps today more than at any other point in history, properties — and the businesses within them — are vulnerable to destruction through natural disasters, terrorist acts, toxic spills etc. With so much at stake, decision makers must take a proactive stance not only in initial site selection, but also operation and maintenance programs that are engineered to withstand a destructive event.

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  • Strategies and tips to consider for high-rise versus campus developments, the Vernon Principle, lessons learned from a flight crash zone and the home office backup
  • The Bell Chart, which categorizes property damage and summarizes valuation methodologies
  • 20 Questions, which include specific site selection due diligence issues


WORKSHOPS
M1 Workshop
"The Corporate Real Estate Professional’s Role in Business Continuity"
Recent disasters have proven that risk reduction and business continuity plans should be integral to corporate strategic planning. Presenters in this workshop will address the corporate real estate professional’s role in risk management and continued business planning.

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  • Expert tips on risk management and reduction
  • Expert tips on business continuity planning


M2 Workshop
"Corporate Strategic Planning: What’s Your Role?"
Come to this workshop prepared to talk about how you interact with your organization’s C-suite professionals and how your strategic planning contributions. The objective of this session is to learn from your peers how to add greater corporate value.

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  • Best practices in strategic planning and adding greater value to your organization
  • Opportunity to learn from your peers and share your expertise

T1 Workshop
"Important Site Selection Considerations During Disaster Recovery"
Location, location, location is critical to disaster recovery. From site location to post disaster business operations, this interactive session will describe a complex of corporate real estate management responsibilities and strategies that facilitate post-disaster business operations.

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  • Expert tips on crisis management
  • Expert tips on disaster recovery
  • Expert tips on post-disaster business operations

T2 Workshop
"Contested Clauses in Industrial Leases — Crafting Language that Works"
This workshop extends the work of a Fall 2005 Professional Forum workshop that examined the industrial lease clauses dealing with common area maintenance charges, facility maintenance and building measurement. In San Diego, the program will deal with three fresh clauses that will be briefly introduced and evaluated by an Active-member panelist; then the workshop’s attendees will be engaged for Q&A and discussion of that clause’s risks and how these can be addressed.

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  • Involvement in the development of the clause language being developed by the IAMC Education and Research Committee
  • Learn directly from your peers and competitors
  • Share your expertise

T3 Workshop
"The Art & Science of Incentives — Adding Value, Avoiding Pitfalls"
As companies are reviewing capital expenditure needs and where to make investments, state and local incentives can add significant value to the bottom line. In this moderated work session, the incentive negotiations are but one element of optimizing the value from incentives.

Timing and compliance issues will also be discussed. The panelists will use their positive, and not-so-positive, experiences to provide insight into the process. Learn the top ten dos and don’ts in incentive negotiation.

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  • Best Practices in successful incentive negotiating process — the "Top 10 Dos and Don’ts"
  • Best Practices in scripting the PR message
  • Best Practices in assembling the right team

T4 Workshop
"Get Some Help!"
At "Get Some Help," Rick Little, director of real estate, Weyerhaeuser Company, presents real-time corporate real estate questions, problems and concerns, raised by Active members within 30 days of the Forum, to an audience of Actives and Associates for suggestions, solutions, discussion and debate. The program format is intended to be lively, and participation from all attendees is encouraged. At both the Charleston and Corpus Christi Professional Forums, this program was rated among the top two by attendees.

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  • Gain quick-turnaround expert input on issues affecting you and your company
  • Learn what issues are affecting your peers and competitors
  • Share your opinions and expertise
 
 
 
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