Global Diversity Summit Brings National Real Estate Conference To Miami For The First Time

In the latest example of Miami’s standing as one of the nation’s most dynamic real estate markets, Global Diversity Summit, a national organization focused on promoting the participation of minorities in commercial real estate, is bringing its annual conference to Miami for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 6th and Thursday, Nov. 7th.
The annual conference, which will take place at Downtown Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, will include panel discussions, featured speakers and break-out sessions exploring topics ranging from investment trends and capital sources, to new development activity and infrastructure projects across the U.S.

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The event’s roster of national and regional speakers will include Related Group Chairman & CEO Jorge Perez; Dacra CEO & President Craig Robins; University of Miami President Donna Shalala; Macquarie Capital Managing Director Alan Braxton; former Miami Mayor and Lydecker Diaz Senior Partner Manny Diaz; Port of Miami Director Bill Johnson; New Boston Real Estate Investment Funds Senior Vice President Kirk Sykes; Swire Properties President Stephen Owens, and more.
“When it comes to tackling the issues and trends driving real estate and diversity in business, there’s no better host city than Miami for our first-ever conference outside Atlanta,” said Global Diversity Summit Chairman Michael Tabb, who runs Red Rock Global. “Our two-day conference in Miami will be a platform on which some of the brightest minds in the national real estate and business landscape will connect and share ideas.”
The Summit’s panel discussions will focus on topics such as off-shore capital sources, multifamily investment opportunities, infrastructure development, and entertainment districts. The luncheon’s keynote speakers will be Jorge Perez and Manny Diaz.
Each year, the Global Diversity Summit raises funds for scholarships to fund the studies of promising college-bound students. The 2013 scholarship recipients are: Alba Medina and Natalie Hooper of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alex Oliver of Dartmouth College; Alicia Decatur of Johns Hopkins University; Amber House of University of Wisconsin; Arjun Kaul, Chad Courtney, CJ Kelvin, Jewelle Kennedy, Kevin Chan and Din Johnny of Columbia University; Babatunde Oloyede of University of Rochester; Clayton Roach of Cornell University; Isabela Montalvo of University of Miami; John Brooks of Yale University; Kristen Fernandes of University of Chicago; Luis Vasquez of University of Michigan; Marie Anderson of Texas Christian University; Paige Boddie and Kari Parekh of University of North Carolina; and Saul McDonald of University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sponsors of this year’s Global Diversity Summit include: Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP, Miami Parking Authority, Related Group, University of Miami, Wells Fargo, Lydecker Diaz, Red Rock Global, Schwartz Media Strategies, Jones Lang LaSalle, ForestCity, Greenfield Advisors, The Integral Group, NAIOP, PortMiami, Real Estate Executive Council (REEC), Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, and REAP.
To attend the Summit, register online at globaldiversitysummit.org.