SAN FRANCISCO, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Why did Internet mogul Barry Diller
recently invest $734 million in online real estate? How much bigger can the
housing market get?
These questions and more will be answered during the Real Estate Connect
2003 Conference ( http://www.inman.com/connect ), set for July 23-25 at San
Francisco's Palace Hotel.
"Real Estate is an industry that is ripe for change," said Bradley Inman,
nationally known real estate speaker and publisher of Inman News, which
produces the Real Estate Connect 2003 Conference. "Our goal at the conference
is to identify the most important innovations, tackle tough issues head-on and
send attendees home with a head full of ideas so they're prepared."
Advance registration for the conference, sponsored by Inman News, the
nation's premier independent real estate news and information source, is $495
until June 15, 2003. To register, go online to http://www.inman.com/connect ,
or call 800-775-4662, ext. 122.
Topping the conference agenda:
-- "How Big Can This Market Get? How Low Can Rates Go?" A panel
discussion with Doreen Woo Hoo, president, Wells Fargo Consumer
Credit; Stewart Morris, Jr., co-CEO, Stewart Information Services
Corp.; Robert Moles, CEO, Cendant Real Estate Franchise Group; Earl
Lee, president, Prudential Real Estate Affiliates; and Kevin Shannon,
president, Consumer Real Estate, Bank of America
-- "Media and Transactions: What Does Barry Diller Bring to Real
Estate?" A conversation with Doug Lebda, CEO, LendingTree, which
recently was acquired by Diller's USA Interactive
-- "Digital Content: What Are the Opportunities for Real Estate?" A
panel discussion with Elisabeth DeMarse, CEO, Bankrate.com; Mike Long,
CEO, Homestore.com; David Scacco, director, Virtual Markets Group,
Google; Sig Anderman, CEO, Ellie Mae;
-- "Online Listings: Who Wins, Who Loses and Who Gets Sued?" Steve
Ozonian, EVP, RE/MAX International; Alan Dalton, president,
Realtor.com; Russ Capper, CEO, eRealty; Marcie Geffner, managing
editor, Inman News; Brian Larson, vp, Industry Relations & Legal
Affairs, REBIG, LLC; and Dave Barry, attorney, Barry and Associates
-- "Where will the next $1,000 in mortgage savings come from?" Garth
Graham, evp, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group; Emmanuel Oboriah, svp, Bank of
America; David Bernabe, president, E*TRADE Mortgage.
-- "Mobile Technology: What's Next?" Frank Nothhaft, chairman and CEO,
Danger Inc.
-- "New Business Models: Are They Winning Share?" Panel discussion
featuring Glen Cohen, CEO, Foxtons; John Baker, president, HomeGain;
Michael Davin, CEO, Catalist; Rodney Rice, CEO, Service Magic; and
Payam Zamani, CEO, AgentConnect & RealtyNow
-- "Predicting the Housing Market: Where is it Hot and Where is it Not?"
Christopher Cagan, Ph.D., director of Research and Analytics, First
American Real Estate Solutions; Bill Emerson, CEO, Quicken Loans;
William Newman, evp, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.; William Powers, vp
and COO, Realty Executives; Terry Loebs, vp, Case Schiller Weiss; and
Mark Willis, president, Keller Williams International.
Other featured speakers will include Gunnar Bergstrom, svp and president,
eLending Solutions, BCE Emergis Inc.; Dick Ward, evp, Real Estate, FNIS; Gregg
Larson, CEO, Clareity Consulting and Communications; Bob Hale, CEO, Houston
Association of REALTORS; Craig Focardi, senior analyst, TowerGroup; Paul
Reddish Zinnemann, commissioner, California Department of Real Estate; Michael
Laurie, vp and co-founder, Silanis Technology; Jay Huffman, chairman and CEO,
MLS of Northern Illinois, Inc.; and Dain Ehring, founder and CEO, Dorado
Corporation.
Sponsors of the Real Estate Connect 2003 include Bank of America, Quicken
Loans, getsmart, Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, First American Real Estate
Solutions, FNIS, Yahoo! Real Estate, DataQuik, LendingTree, Wells Fargo Home
Mortgage, HomeGain, the California Association of Realtors, CloverLink
Systems, Case Schiller Weiss, EXIT Realty International, RealEstate.com,
Criterion, AgentConnect.com and RealtyNow.
About Inman News
Founded in 1983, Inman News supplies real estate editorial and customized
industry reports and other content to many of the nation's premier print and
internet media companies, technology firms and real estate industry giants.
Clients include the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Washington Post, Denver
Post, Bank of America, Intuit, Microsoft, Cendant, Yahoo!, eBay, Lycos, Wall
Street Journal Online and CBS Marketwatch. More information can be found at
http://www.inman.com .
Inman News Features also produces the annual Real Estate Connect
Conference, which since 1997 has attracted thousands of industry leaders for a
discussion of the real estate industry and emerging technologies.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Inman News offers complimentary press passes to members
of the working press. For more information on obtaining press credentials,
please see http://www.inman.com/connect/press.html .
SOURCE Inman News
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