• Corporate decision-making drivers that influence corporate real estate management strategies.
• What corporate real estate professionals should know about the economy to add greater value.
• Technological advances of better, faster, smaller, cheaper are changing corporate real estate work and management approaches.
• What does the Supreme Court's recent ruling on eminent domain mean to economic development?

Quality networking opportunities, highly interactive educational sessions and peer-to-peer discussions will be

Barry Asmus

integral to the Spring 2006 Professional Forum format.

Renowned economist and business thinker Barry Asmus will set the tone of the Forum framework with an energetic keynote presentation entitled Why the Best is Yet to Come! Drawing from his research, business savvy and research for his last two books Bulls Don't Blush, Demographics Don't Lie and The Best Is Yet To Come, he will talk about consumer, industrial growth and real estate trends that will enhance the business landscape over the next few years. During the course of his business projections, Dr. Asmus will offer broad guidelines to help corporate real estate professionals prepare for the future.

Named by USA Today as one of the five most requested speakers in America, Barry Asmus speaks to diverse audiences. As a senior economist of the National Center for Policy Analysis, Dr. Asmus writes, speaks, testifies and consults with presidents of countries and companies, with Congress and Parliament. His client list includes professional associations; banking & financial institutions; Fortune 500 companies including healthcare, insurance, transportation, utilities, and technology organizations.