Join senior HR executives from around the country for content and discussion focused on the most relevant human resources issues within the context of commercial real estate. As the only event of its kind, Nareit’s HR Forum is open exclusively to HR professionals who are employed by Nareit corporate members and offers numerous opportunities to network and discuss best practices.
2018 Program Directors
Edmund Brady, SVP & Chief HR Officer, Ventas, Inc.
Laura Houser, Director-HR, Federal Realty Investment Trust
Lynne-Courtney Hodges, VP-HR, SL Green Realty Corp.
Session materials are available to registered attendees. You can access them by clicking here and logging in with your reit.com credentials.
Receive up to 4 credits through the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
While Nareit is not a SHRM approved provider, this program can be self-reported to SHRM, individually, following their guidelines here.
For more information regarding credits for the HR Forum, please contact Tracie Betts at tbetts@nareit.com.
Monday, Sept. 24
| 11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Registration |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:30 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. | Welcome |
| 12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | What It Takes to Build a Diverse Leadership Pipeline Speaker: Tammy Heermann, SVP, Leadership Transformation, Lee Hecht Harrison |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | How Cutting-Edge Institutional Investors View Diversity and What you can Learn from their Approach Moderator: Sherry Rexroad, Managing Director, Global REITs, BlackRock Panelists: Michelle Edkins, Managing Director,Global Head of BlackRock Investment Stewardship, BlackRock Josh Kawaii-Bogue, Investment Officer of Real Estate Unit, California State Teachers' Retirement System Sonya Park, VP & Senior Relationship Manager, State Street Global Advisors |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m | Networking Break |
| 3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Building a Robust Diversity and Inclusion Program Moderator: Dominic Cottone, Managing Director, Leadership Consulting, Ferguson Partners Panelists: Katherine Feucht, Partner, Deloitte Christie Kelly, Global Chief Financial Officer, JLL Malaika Myers, Chief Human Resources Officer, Hyatt Hotels Corporation |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Trends and Analysis: What the Latest Research on Diversity Tells Us |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Reception |
| 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Optional Dinner* *Additional fee and registration required |
Tuesday, Sept. 25
| 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Playbook for Managing Human Capital: Recruitment & Retention of Top Talent in Disruptive Times Speakers: Tony LoPinto, Global Sector Leader Real Estate Practice, Korn Ferry Laryssa Topolnytsky, Sr. Partner and Head, Leadership Advisory Practice, Canada, Korn Ferry |
| 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Design Thinking: What it is and How it Enhances Leadership Development and Talent Management Speaker: Angela Castellani, Sr. Managing Director, Leadership Consulting, Ferguson Partners |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | People Analytics: A Practical Introduction to Metrics and Methods for Transforming HR with Data Speaker: Scott Pollak, Partner, PwC |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | How REITs Fit into the Broader Real Estate Market Cycle Speaker: Brad Case, SVP, Research & Industry Information, Nareit |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Wrap Up |
NOTE: The schedule above may be subject to change.
Registration Fees
Nareit HR Forum Registration: $500
Optional Dinner (Monday, September 24): $125
*NOTE: Registration for this Forum is for Nareit Corporate Members only.
Forum Attire
The forum attire for Nareit HR Forum is business casual.
Hotel Information
Fairmont Chicago Millenium Park
200 N Columbus Dr.
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: 312-565-8000
Note: This is the link to the Fairmont Chicago 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
Fairmont Guest Room: $295.00
*Cut off date to receive group rate (pending availability) is Friday, August 24, 2018.
Forum Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received in writing to Tracie Betts at tbetts@nareit.com. Full conference refunds will be issued for cancellations received no later than Friday, August 24, 2018, less a $100 processing fee.
*No refunds will be granted after Friday, August 24, 2018.
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.
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For registration questions, please contact Tracie Betts, tbetts@nareit.com,
For sponsorship questions, please contact Chris Flood, cflood@nareit.com.
For forum programming questions, please contact Bonnie Gottlieb, bgottlieb@nareit.com.
For overall forum questions, please contact Pam Coleman, pcoleman@nareit.com.