MORNING PLENARY SESSION

Timothy Leiweke, President and CEO
AEG

Timothy Leiweke will share the key challenges he faced during both the conception and development phases of L.A. LIVE, and he will provide critical insights into how he overcame them. He will share vital lessons learned that can be applied to successfully completing a development project, no matter how big or small, in the Southern California real estate community. MORE>

MID-DAY PLENARY SESSION

John Chiang, Controller
State of California

John Chiang will explore the key challenges facing California's economy and the specific steps the state is taking to address these challenges. Furthermore, he will discuss how becoming a significant investor in clean technology, greening the state’s real estate portfolio, and recognizing diversity as a business imperative can work to create new avenues of opportunity. MORE>

David Sears, Managing Director
J.P. Morgan Asset Management - Global Real Assets

David Sears will draw on the talents of J.P. Morgan’s New York-based research team to marry macro- and microeconomic data with his personal, real-time experience as an on-the-ground asset management professional. He will shed light on issues such as the current financial market illiquidity, the direct and indirect ramifications of illiquidity, and potential drivers that may return us to equilibrium. MORE>

CLOSING PLENARY SESSION

Jerry Nickelsburg, Senior Economist
UCLA Anderson Forecast

Jerry Nickelsburg will provide an update on the current status of the macro economy and the capital markets. In so doing, he will speak to the fiscal and monetary stimulus measures currently in place and the UCLA Anderson Forecast for the U.S. and California economies. MORE>