Annual Conference to Debate Copyright, Anti-Trust and Banking and Real Estate
EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Inman News is bringing
together 1,500 industry leaders, government and media executives on July 27-29
to its annual Real Estate Connect San Francisco conference to tackle a host of
controversial topics including antitrust, copyright protection of MLS data,
title insurance kickbacks and the Internet. Known in real estate for
advocating consumer rights, innovation and uncensored debate, Inman Publisher
and Connect Founder Bradley Inman has developed a conference program that
promises to shed light on the industry issues everyone's been asking the most
questions about.
Topping the list is the "Antitrust: What's the Story?" roundtable,
featuring high-level officials from the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Justice
Department and consumer advocacy groups. This session was created in the wake
of federal antitrust watchdogs turning an eye to the sector that's enjoyed
record growth and profits for ten years straight. Never before have so many
accusations of anticompetitive practices been flung on the industry, and the
Connect roundtable speakers should provide more context to the recent
antitrust charges reported by Inman News.
Another Connect panel discussion, "The Future of the MLS: Private, Public
or What?" will crack open the highly debated issue of MLS control. Executives
from both public and private multiple property listing services will join
other key industry executives for a lively discussion on how the Internet has
changed real estate practices.
One of real estate's biggest topics of controversy -- the REALTOR
commission model -- will be heavily debated throughout Connect as part of "The
Real Estate Challenge: Full Service Brokerages v. Real Estate Discounters," a
series of sessions between the industry's most vocal discount broker
executives and Bernice Ross, a real estate advice columnist, coach and
champion of full service brokerages.
"As a journalist and head of a news organization, I invite open debate on
the topics most relevant to everyone's daily business," comments Inman. "It's
about getting to the core of the issues and identifying new ways to work
together for the betterment of both the industry and consumers."
Inman's philosophy is reflected in such panel topics as "Innovating to
Success: Turning Old Models on their Heads," "Established Companies Doing New
Things" and "The Next Thing: Brand-New Ideas, Brand-New Companies" -- all
included in this year's Connect program. In addition, the conference attracts
both entrepreneurs and major players from across the real estate spectrum,
including this year's co-sponsors: Bank of America, RealEstate.com, HomeGain,
Real Living, Fidelity National Financial, First American Residential Group,
Transaction Desk/U.S. Postal Service, the NAR's Center for REALTOR(R)
Technology, Yahoo! Real Estate, BIRDVIEW Technologies, Stewart Title,
HomesandLoans.com, UCiT, MostHome Technologies, Imprev, Google, SharperAgent,
MapQuest Business Solutions, eNeighborhoods, Immobel.com, HouseValues, Voyager
360, Knight Ridder Digital, PR Newswire and the Newspaper Association of
America.
In-depth conference information can be found at
http://www.inman.com/connectsf/ . Registration can be completed at the same
Web address or by calling 1-800-775-4662, ext.122.
Inman News (http://www.inman.com) is the nation's leading independent real estate
news service and content provider to 250+ U.S. newspapers and 50,000 Web
sites, reaching millions of consumers each day through clients and partners
such as The Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Washington Post, Denver Post, San
Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Google, The Wall
Street Journal Online, CBS MarketWatch, and more. Inman offers information-
based products and services for the real estate professional and consumer,
including News Membership, Rich Media and Online News Content for the Web,
plus two Real Estate Connect conferences per year, the premier networking and
technology events for the real estate and mortgage industry's decision makers,
opinion leaders and innovators.
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