Attention Corporate Members

 Make plans to attend the special corporate-member-only sessions the afternoon of Sunday, May 1, including Research Roundtable and Interest Groups: Distribution; Business Impacts; Portfolio Management; or Manufacturing.

To participate, you may have to arrive on Saturday.

Workshops & Knowledge Sharing

With a focus on core corporate real estate business practice areas, workshop sessions blend targeted professional development with world-class knowledge sharing. Join us for:

• IAMC Info Exchange, table discussions between corporates, economic developers and service providers
• Peer-to-Peer sessions, including a corporate active member-only facilitated discussion
• And, Get Some Help, a moderated and interactive member-to-member Q&A

Additionally, programs covering the following core CRE topics are actively being planned: C-Suite issues; Construction Management; Facilities Management; Global Operations; Lease Administration; Outsourcing Models and Strategies; Site Selection; Surplus Property Disposition; Technology Applications; and Transactions Management.

Opening Keynote Address

Intentional Integrity

Speaker:
Robert Chesnut
Chief Ethics Officer of Airbnb Inc.

Defining integrity is difficult. Once understood as “telling the truth and keeping your word,” it was about following not just the letter but the spirit of the law. The data privacy abuses, sexual misconduct, and greedy behavior at some of the world’s highest profile companies have contributed not only to major financial setbacks but also to an erosion of trust in the institutions on which our communities depend. As our workplaces are becoming more diverse, global, and connected, integrity matters more than ever. It requires leadership from the top, but it also requires that everyone in the company have a shared sense of what integrity means in their workplace and a strong, empowered voice to put that integrity into practice.

In the bestselling book – Intentional Integrity, Airbnb veteran Robert Chesnut delivers a six-step process for leaders to foster and manage a culture of integrity at work. As the leading expert in corporate ethics, he explains the rationale and legal context behind his curriculum and illuminates the nuances of thinking deeply and objectively about workplace culture.

As employees become better aligned with a company’s core mission, and customers learn that they can trust it to do the right thing, the results flow directly to the bottom line. It’s time for a transformation in how business gets done, and Intentional Integrity provides the essential, proactive, ethical course of action businesses worldwide are craving.

Tuesday Morning Keynote Address

Understanding the Future

Speaker:
Magnus Lindkvist
Futurologist

Magnus Lindkvist is a trendspotting futurologist and author who weaves together important current trends to forecast what life, society and business might look like in the future.

As a writer, Magnus Lindkvist is driven by a relentless curiosity about our mental space where the outside world collides with the human brain. His recent book Minifesto (2016) tells us why small ideas matter in the world of grand narratives. By sharing a vision of the future, we can strive to surround ourselves with as many strange, conflicting ideas that we can in order to immerse ourselves in future possibilities and possible futures.

With a Master of Science in Business and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics and a degree in film production from UCLA, Magnus Lindkvist weaves together the worlds of quantitative insights with the imaginative storytelling of Hollywood. His talks are often described as "intellectual acupuncture" with the expressed intention of changing our minds with needles of insight, examples and observations.

Monday Afternoon Keynote

C-Suite Spotlight

Speaker:
Luke J. Petherbridge
Chief Executive Officer, Link Logistics

Luke Petherbridge was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Link Logistics in September 2020.

Luke has over 15 years of financial and global real estate management experience, most recently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Shopcore and LivCor properties.

Luke previously held the positions of Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of DDR Corp., one of the largest owners of shopping centers in the United States. While at DDR, he served in various roles and held responsibilities including capital raising activities, balance sheet management, lender relations and execution of various corporate-level transactions.

Before DDR, Luke served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of shopping center owner EDT Retail Trust (formerly Macquarie DDR Trust) and as Director of Transactions with Rubicon Asset Management, where he oversaw approximately $5 billion of transactions across the United States, European and Japanese real estate and real estate structured finance markets.

Luke received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Macquarie University. He is a Trustee and Member of the Executive Board for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC.) He also serves as a board member of World Business Chicago, Chicago’s public-private economic development agency. In addition, he is Co-Founder and Chairman of CoreGiving, an organization that seeks to fight childhood hunger and food insecurity.
 

Closing Keynote Address

High Performance Resilience

Speaker:
Bonnie St. John
Paralympic Ski Medalist

How do we continue to tap into new sources of energy for the innovations, insights and initiatives we need to compete as the pace of today’s global workplace continues to accelerate? Bonnie St. John, the highly sought-after business coach and consultant to Fortune 500 companies, addresses these challenges by guiding participants, from the front lines to the C-suite, through a series of practical exercises and techniques that enhance her audience’s capacity to offset the negative effects of stress, increase resilience and play to win. Join Bonnie for a powerful dose of her authentic life experiences along with rigorously tested concepts that will clearly pave the way for breakthrough performance in your organization.