The 11th annual HR Forum, facilitated by Nareit exclusively for its Corporate Members' senior HR executives, is the only conference of its kind that presents a high-quality, broad-based educational program focused on a variety of human resources issues within the context of commercial real estate. In addition, the HR Forum provides its attendees with numerous opportunities to network and discuss best practices with senior HR executives from around the country.
Please note that this meeting is by invitation only.
Speaker Bios and Session Materials
All speaker bios can be found here.
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Monday, September 18
The Human Capital Side of M & A
Moderator: Matt Slepin, Founder, Managing Partner, Terra Search Partners
Panelists:
Nancy Hemmenway, Former Chief HR Officer, Prologis, Inc.
Deborah Jones, SVP-HR, Essex Property Trust, Inc.
Amy d’Olimpio, VP-HR, Regency Centers Corporation
Speaker: Adrian Dawson, President, Dawson Consulting, Inc.
Speaker: Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management & Director, Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School
Tuesday, September 19
Blending Multi-Generations at Work
Speakers:
John Bremen, Managing Director-Human Capital & Benefits-North America, Willis Towers Watson
Loren Lehnen, Director, Willis Towers Watson
Real Estate Cycles: What are the Risks and Opportunities for Your Companies
Speaker: Calvin Schnure, SVP-Research & Economic Analysis, NAREIT
Commercial Real Estate Comp Today
Speaker: Jeremy Banoff, Sr. Managing Director, FPL Associates, L.P.
Driving Better Business Performance Through Diversity & Inclusion
Moderator: William Ferguson, Chairman and CEO, Ferguson Partners Ltd.
Panelists:
Matthew DiGuiseppe, Head-Americas Asset Stewardship, State Street Global Advisors
Kevin Grant, Chairman, President, CEO & CIO, CYS Investments, Inc.
Mary Hogan-Preusse, Founder & Principal, Sturgis Partners LLC
Pamela Reeve, Chairman of the Board, DentaQuest
Monday, September 18
| 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM | Registration |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM | Welcome & Self Introductions |
| 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM | The Human Capital Side of M & A Moderator: Matt Slepin, Founder, Managing Partner, Terra Search Partners Panelists: Nancy Hemmenway, Former Chief HR Officer, Prologis, Inc. Deborah Jones, SVP-HR, Essex Property Trust, Inc. Amy d’Olimpio, VP-HR, Regency Centers Corporation |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Psychological Insights into Personal Growth and Development: A Helpful Guide for You and Your Corporate Clients Speaker: Adrian Dawson, President, Dawson Consulting, Inc. |
| 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Networking Break |
| 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM | The New Challenges Facing HR Speaker: Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management & Director, Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School |
| 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Roundtable Discussions
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| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Reception |
| 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Optional Dinner at Stephanie's on Newbury *additional fee and registration required |
Tuesday, September 19
| 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Registration |
| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Blending Multi-Generations at Work Speakers: John Bremen, Managing Director-Human Capital & Benefits-North America, Willis Towers Watson Loren Lehnen, Director, Willis Towers Watson |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Real Estate Cycles: What are the Risks and Opportunities for Your Companies Speaker: Calvin Schnure, SVP-Research & Economic Analysis, NAREIT |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Networking Break |
| 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | Commercial Real Estate Comp Today Speaker: Jeremy Banoff, Sr. Managing Director, FPL Associates, L.P. |
| 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Lunch |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Driving Better Business Performance Through Diversity & Inclusion Moderator: William Ferguson, Chairman and CEO, Ferguson Partners Ltd. Panelists: Matthew DiGuiseppe, Head-Americas Asset Stewardship, State Street Global Advisors Kevin Grant, Chairman, President, CEO & CIO, CYS Investments, Inc. Mary Hogan-Preusse, Founder & Principal, Sturgis Partners LLC Pamela Reeve, Chairman of the Board, DentaQuest |
| 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Wrap Up |
*NOTE: This schedule is subject to change.
Registration Fees
| On or Before August 25 | On or After August 26 | |
| HR Forum Registration | $500 | $550 |
| Optional Dinner at Stephanie's on Newbury | $115 | $115 |
*NOTE: Registration for this Forum is for NAREIT Corporate Members only.
Conference Attire
The conference attire for NAREIT's HR Forum is business casual.
Hotel Information
Fairmont Copley Plaza
138 St. James Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: (617) 267-5300
*Note: This is the link to the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel. This is NOT the link to reserve your hotel room at the NAREIT group rate. All registrants will receive a link to reserve your hotel room in the registration confirmation email.
NAREIT Group Rates
Guest Room: $380.00
*Cut off date to receive group rate (pending availability) is Friday, August 25, 2017.
Conference Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received in writing to Katelyn Rowland at krowland@nareit.com. Full conference refunds will be issued for cancellations received no later than Friday, August 25, 2017, less a $100 processing fee.
*No refunds will be granted after Friday, August 25, 2017.
Hotel Cancellation Policy
NAREIT requires a one night, non-refundable deposit paid to the hotel at time of reservation. Cancellation of additional room nights (not the entire reservation), without penalty, requires notice 72 hours prior to arrival, otherwise additional room and tax penalties may apply and will be charged to the credit card on file. Any changes to your hotel reservation may be done on this site up until 72 hours prior to arrival or by emailing Lacey Rimoli-Wiesel at lacey@stagedrightevents.com. All change requests are subject to room availability. Please do not call the hotel directly.
Forum Registration
Tracie Desjardins
Operations Coordinator
202-739-9439
tdesjardins@nareit.com
Allison Shaw
Operations Coordinator
202-739-9420
Afia Boone
Director, Membership & Meetings
202-739-9433
aboone@nareit.com
Katelyn Rowland
Director, Membership & Meetings
202-739-9443
krowland@nareit.com
Hotel Reservations
Lacey Rimoli-Wiesel
Director, Meeting and Convention, Staged Right Events
954-404-8252
colette@stagedrightevents.com
Luis Rimoli
President, Staged Right Events
954-404-8252
luis@stagedrightevents.com
Sponsorship
Chris Flood
VP, Business Development
202-739-9412
cflood@nareit.com
Tracie Desjardins
Operations Coordinator
202-739-9439
tdesjardins@nareit.com
Forum Programming
Katelyn Rowland
Director, Membership & Meetings
202-739-9443
krowland@nareit.com
Overall Forum Issues
Pam Coleman
SVP, Meetings
202-739-9427
pcoleman@nareit.com
Bonnie Gottlieb
SVP, Industry & Member Affairs
202-739-9444
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While NAREIT is not an HRCI approved provider, this program can be self-reported to HRCI, individually, following their guidelines.
How to Receive Credit
- Upon conclusion of the HR Forum, NAREIT will send an online attendance form to all attendees
- Complete and submit the online attendance form to NAREIT
- Once the form has been submitted, you will receive a certificate of attendance and course descriptions
- You must then self-report the activity to HRCI
- Please visit the HRCI website here for a step by step guideline on how to submit your self-reported credits (see page 6 of the guideline)
- Please note that you do NOT need an Activity ID in order to submit for credits
- For additional questions or information regarding how to submit your self-reported credits with HRCI please contact them directly by calling 866-898-4724
For more information regarding credits for the HR Forum, please contact Katelyn Rowland at krowland@nareit.com.