What is the metaverse and how will it impact the commercial and corporate real estate industry? Conceived as the next generation of the internet, technologists describe the metaverse as a shared, 3D virtual environment. There, people meet for activities ranging from playing games to conducting business. It's a combination of multiple elements of technology, including virtual reality, augmented reality and video where users "meet" within a digital universe. And just like real estate, it appears the metaverse will be guided by the same principle as in the physical world: location, location, location. Transactions for properties in these new digital realms are escalating as major corporations position themselves to capitalize on this new digital frontier. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Kunal Lunawat, co-founder and managing partner of Agya Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on real estate technology. Kunal will discuss the power of AI and the metaverse and explore how it will inspire a bustling new economy at every level.

Our industry is experiencing extraordinary challenges as a result of the powerful influences of multiple external forces. This will impact how we manage data, information, operate our buildings and ultimately, use and experience space. The global pandemic, shifting workforce demographics, a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape and the unprecedented availability of capital – all are converging to contribute to one of the most fundamentally confusing chapters in the history of commercial and corporate real estate. We’re excited to have as this week’s guest Spencer Levy, Global Chief Client Officer and Senior Economic Advisor for CBRE, the largest commercial real estate firm in the world. Together, we’ll be leveraging Spencer’s global perspective to unpack and shed some light on how these major trends will impact all sectors of commercial and corporate real estate and the role technology will play.

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical role indoor air quality (IAQ) plays in the health, comfort, well-being and productivity of building occupants. While many real estate companies have begun to address the importance of IAQ as they plan for their employees to return to work, one has made it an essential part of their broader innovation strategy by becoming the first owner to make a portfolio-wide commitment to IAQ monitoring on an enterprise level. That company is Carr Properties. This week, Realcomm Live is pleased to welcome Aaron Altscher, Director of Technology Initiatives at Carr, to discuss their IAQ strategy and how they are pioneering the implementation of several new technologies to promote the safety and well-being of their customers and guests.

The Great Resignation is an economic trend referring to people voluntarily resigning from their jobs following the COVID-19 pandemic. Some describe it as a movement of employees leaving the workforce in protest of wage stagnation despite a rising cost of living. Others believe it relates more to a remap of priorities in the work-life equation. Whatever the reason, companies are having to navigate the ripple effects of the movement, reevaluating how to retain talent and sorting out how and where their employees work in order to tailor their real estate portfolios accordingly. This week Realcomm Live welcomes David Gazek, President, Gazek Consulting; Talia Fine, SVP, Information Technology at Tanger Outlets; and Amy St. Denis, Principal, St. Denis Consulting to discuss this movement and share their thoughts on how companies can focus their technology strategies on the employee/remote work experience that will meet the changing needs of today’s workforce.

Realcomm | IBcon has been presenting the Commercial Real Estate Digital Innovation "Digie" Awards since 1999 to recognize outstanding companies, real estate projects, technologies and the next generation of smart, connected, high-performance, intelligent building systems. Realcomm Live is honored to welcome three of our 2021 IBcon Digie Award recipients today: Clayton Ulrich, SVP, Corporate Operations & Engineering Services at Hines and Kathy Farrington, Global Lead for Digital Buildings Program (BOS) and IoT Team Manager at Google, who were both honored with the IBcon Julie Devine Digital Impact Award, and Marc Petock, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Lynxspring, recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement award. It takes vision, determination, tenacity and commitment to move an industry forward. These individuals have shown these qualities and are very deserving of this recognition.

Realcomm | IBcon has been presenting the Commercial Real Estate Digital Innovation "Digie" Awards since 1999 to recognize outstanding companies, real estate projects, technologies and the next generation of smart, connected, high-performance, intelligent building systems. Today, Realcomm Live will be speaking with three of our 2021 Digie Award recipients: Ilan Zachar, CTO, Carr Properties and Denise Taylor, President, Global Technology Solutions, Legends, who were both honored with the Realcomm Julie Devine Digital Impact Award, and Marc Petock, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Lynxspring, recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement award. These individuals are leading the charge on COVID-19 strategic and transformational technologies, creating a more efficient, effective and adaptive industry and shaping the future of smart buildings.

Realcomm 2021 Digie Award Ceremony

Emerging from more than a year of the COVID pandemic, our buildings and workplaces are under pressure to provide a healthy, safe and engaging environment for employees, tenants and visitors. This entails new technologies as well as a rethinking of traditional building operations and maintenance processes. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Ujjaini Dasgupta, Associate Director, Smart Building Innovations, GWES at Merck and David Gunter, Head of Global Workplace at Pinterest to discuss the design, development and management of future-ready and scalable smart buildings of the future.

Leon Wurfel, BUENO | Smart Building Operations and Maintenance

Ira Weinstein, CohnReznick | ESG

Chris Barbier, Yardi | Investment Management: Connecting the Back and Front Offices

Lynn Peters & Kaushlesh Chandel, RETransform | Digital Transformation and the Benefits of Technology

Andy Birch, MRI | Innovating at 50: Supporting Tomorrow's Visionaries Today

Sue Ko, Boston Properties & Ryan Dewey, Angus Systems| NextGen Integrated Access Control

John Petze, SkyFoundry | Data Standards: The Foundation for Smart Building Operations

Talia Fine, Tanger Outlets & Amy St. Denis, Devana Partners | The Talent Imperative

Cory Clarke & Peter Smith, RXR | Smart Building Platform

Scott Morey, WeWork | Future of Flexwork

Emmanuel Daniel & Scott Weiskopf, Microsoft | Microsoft's Real Estate Digital Transformation

Darlene Pope, Planon | World’s Colliding: The Convergence of Smart Buildings and Digital Workplace

Realcomm Partners: Day 1 Closing Remarks

Wade Hughes & Don Goldstein, 5Q | Cybersecurity

Donnie Law & Kylee McVaney, REMlogics | NoCode: A new path for ERP simplicity in CRE

Rob Teel, Yardi | The Hybrid Workplace

Kevin Smith & Therese Sullivan, Tridium | Smart Buildings IoT and Beyond

Brian Sutherland, Yardi | Covid Impact Study

Robert Entin, Vornado | Penn District

Johnny Clemmons & Tom Anderson, SAP | Vision for Real Estate Technology

David Gazek, Gazek Consulting | Leadership

Matt Golia, Locatee | Utilizing Data to Make Smart Real Estate Decisions

Thomas Yeh, NYSERDA | Real Time Energy Management Program (RTEM): An Indispensable Platform

Brian Brown & Kurt Patrick, essensys | The Digital Transformation of the Office Experience

Aaron Altscher, Carr Properties | IAQ Lab

Realcomm Partners | Conference Wrap

Real Estate Cyber Consortium | Realcomm | IBcon

This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Steve Corcoran, Systems Division Consultant with SLI, a growing building technology company that is changing the way buildings are designed, developed and delivered. Steve will address their approach to managing and distributing solar, DC power and fiber in the building, along with their suite of applications that span the entire building lifecycle, providing unparalleled data and analytics to owners and operators. Their mission: to set a new standard of sustainable living while addressing housing affordability.

Realcomm Live 2021 on Nov 3, 2021

Realcomm Live Stream on Nov 2, 2021

Realcomm has held the same goal for 23 years: build a community of those people passionate about technology, automation and innovation within the commercial and corporate real estate community so that we might increase the speed of adoption through accelerated collaboration. Throughout the years, we have acknowledged visionary leaders with our annual "Digie" Awards. In 2018, we expanded the scope of the awards and launched our inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. This annual award is given to those exceptional individuals who have contributed for 20 years, or more, to the advancement of technology in the industry. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes three past recipients of this prestigious award: Don Goldstein, Maureen Ehrenberg and Ted Maulucci, who will share their journeys, the challenges they’ve faced and their commitment to bringing innovation to the built environment.

For more than 23 years, Realcomm has produced the industry’s premier conference on real estate technology, automation and innovation. We have continually challenged the commercial and corporate real estate community to exceed traditional expectations and do better, advance faster and be more resilient. Now, we’re preparing to do it again in Scottsdale, AZ at Realcomm | IBcon 2021. This week, Realcomm partners Jim Young, Howard Berger and Lisa Woods will take a deep dive into what will be covered at the conference. The event includes some of the world’s most recognized real estate and technology thought leaders who will discuss and debate the complex, comprehensive and ever-changing issues currently facing the industry. Tune in for a sneak peek at what’s on the agenda.

In an environment characterized by uncertainty and complexity, agility, flexibility and an innovative vision is now an integral part of the strategic-management agenda of C-suite executives. It is more important than ever for these leaders to collaborate with peers and exchange information on leveraging technology to drive innovation in their respective organizations and to discern between micro trends and what could be the legitimate beginning of a massive paradigm shift. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes three industry executive leaders and the co-chairs of this year’s CEO|COO|CFO|CAO Innovation Summit: John Gilbert, EVP & COO at Rudin Management; Sara Shank, Managing Director and Global Head of Innovation at PGIM Real Estate; and Justin Segal, President at Boxer Property to share insights on digital transformation and shifts in the post-pandemic hybrid workplace, ESG, healthy building technologies, data-driven innovation along with the strategies to manage organizational change necessary to operationalize these initiatives.

Intelligent building technologies that support a healthy work environment, operational cost efficiency, energy conservation and meaningful workplace experiences are needed more than ever. But creating a unified, fully integrated smart building strategy can be a daunting task. In addition to the right hardware and software, network infrastructure and data strategy, a well-aligned organization focusing on outcomes, rather than technology, is critical to success. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes three veterans in the Intelligent Building space: Steve Lefkowitz, VP Global Real Estate Operations at WarnerMedia Group and Lachlan MacQuarrie , SVP, Real Estate Management at Epic Investment Services, both representing large firms that have embraced and deployed smart building technologies across their enterprises, and Tom Shircliff, co-founder of Intelligent Buildings, LLC and chair of the IBcon Intelligent Buildings Boot Camp. They will share their experience and perspective on designing, developing and operating smart and healthy buildings.

Taking the concept of smart buildings to the next level, smart districts emphasize the importance of developing an infrastructure based on integrated technology platforms that are powered by next-generation connectivity; where data, automation, energy, sustainability, operational efficiency and occupant/tenant/guest experience converge and play a vital role in the development of highly connected, fully integrated built environments. This week, Realcomm Live will showcase two of the most innovative smart districts in the world and the technology strategies necessary to develop digital urban neighborhoods of the future. Our guests will be Mike Smith, CEO of WhiteSpace, a building technology advisory firm, who will discuss the Water Street Tampa project, Florida's first smart district; and Chuck Niswonger, President of NiceNets Consulting, who is working closely on VinGroup’s Vinhomes Ocean Park project, an emerging world-class smart city in Vietnam.

Cybersecurity is one of the most serious concerns for building owners and operators today. The ever-increasing number of managed and unmanaged entry points to building data and operational systems presents unique challenges when it comes to securing smart buildings and facilities. Further adding to the complexities of cybersecurity and privacy strategies is a new-found appetite for IoT devices and cloud services. Realcomm Live’s guests this week are members of the Real Estate Cyber Consortium (RECC) and co-chairs for this year’s CRE Cybersecurity Forum: Charles Meyers, RECC; Jim Whalen, Boston Properties; and Thano Lambrinos, QuadReal. They will discuss high-impact cyber threats and the OT ransomware attacks building owners and operators face today, as well as the inhibitors to improving cybersecurity in CRE.

Adoption of smart building technologies has accelerated as a result of the pandemic and is making its presence felt within our buildings. Not only is it transforming how we manage and operate our facilities, it’s also changing the way we work in and interact with them. It's no longer disputed that the transformation to smart, connected buildings can result in lower operating costs, energy optimization and conservation, and improved occupant experiences. The traditional workplace is changing and so are the people working in them. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes the 2021 Advisory Council co-chairs for IBcon, the Smart, Connected, High-Performance, Intelligent Buildings conference; Emmanuel Daniel, Microsoft; Dean Hopkins, Oxford Properties; and Sabine Lam, Google. These three are the world’s most prolific leaders on smart buildings and campuses. All have major smart building projects under development. We’ll explore these projects, as well as aligning real estate with operations, the technologies they are watching and where they see the industry going in the next 12-18 months.

Each year, several of our industry’s most influential real estate executives are selected to take a leadership role with our Realcomm Advisory Council in the development of the Realcomm conference. These co-chairs volunteer their time and energy to assist in identifying the most critical issues impacting the industry, to collaborate on the development of the educational program, and to work with the other Advisory Council members to frame up the goals and objectives for the event. This week’s Realcomm Live welcomes our 2021 Realcomm Advisory Council Co-chairs Robert Entin, EVP & CIO at Vornado Realty Trust, and Ilan Zachar, CTO at Carr Properties, who will discuss top-of-mind issues facing the industry, including return to work challenges, cybersecurity, and the ever-important role data plays in the business of commercial real estate.

Systems Integrators configure, connect and integrate the controls and systems integral to building operations. In the past decade, their role has evolved beyond just controlling the BMS to one that now involves converging IT and operational technology. Bridging the gap between these two worlds is no small task given the widely disparate cultural and technology requirements. This week Realcomm Live welcomes our 2021 Smart Building Integrator Summit Co-chairs Scott Cochrane, Cochrane Supply; Craig Stevenson, Auros Group; and Donny Walker, Newcomb & Boyd. They’ll discuss the important role of the systems integrator in the smart building conversation, how building science is merging into data science, and the critical resource shortage the industry is facing.

This week you’ll meet The Building People. Born as an idea to create a company that can facilitate the integration of innovative new technologies into all phases of the real estate life cycle keeping costs in check, The Building People organization is recognized as an industry leader in providing real estate and facilities solutions for owners, occupiers, and operators that will take their facilities into the 21st century and beyond. Our guests are Founder and CEO Larry Melton, formerly Assistant Commissioner: Office of Facilities Management for GSA and also Facilities Manager of the White House during the 9/11 attacks, and SVP of Program Delivery and Technical Services Frank Santella, former GSA Regional Commissioner executive with over 35 years of Federal experience in the real estate space. Now in the private sector, they will discuss the complex operational challenges facing the buildings industry and share thoughts for maximizing the workplace experience and reducing operational costs.

Prologis Ventures is defining the future of commerce. Their thesis-driven investment strategy is centered on addressing their customers' most critical pain points in supply chain and transportation, digital buildings and infrastructure, and real estate and construction, investing in start-ups focused on developing transformational technology in these areas. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Will O’Donnell, Managing Partner at Prologis Ventures, who will discuss their investments in leading-edge technology that is sparking innovation across their global business, and the technology trends shaping the future of logistics real estate.

RiverSouth is Austin’s newest addition to the skyline and when this 15-story building opens at the end of 2021 it will be the most technologically advanced and safest high-rise in Austin — if not all of Texas. Developed by Stream Realty Partners in partnership with QuadReal, the building will be completely touchless, from the time a tenant enters the parking garage until they get to their desk. It will include a GPON, full building DAS, single pane of glass operating system, and a tenant experience app to monitor and control over 20 building systems and offering tenants many of the conveniences they have come to expect while working from home. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Eric Herron, Managing Director of Development and Construction at Stream, and Thano Lambrinos, Senior Vice President - Digital Buildings, Experiences & Innovation at QuadReal to showcase one of the smartest buildings in the country.

What is the edge and how is it different than cloud? What are the benefits of edge and why is it important to my smart building strategy? How does cybersecurity factor into the process? There are many questions as more and more companies consider deploying this new form of distributed computing that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data to improve response times and save bandwidth. This week, Realcomm Live will explore edge computing with Srini Khandavilli, Director of SMART Building Solution Architecture at Microsoft, a company with assets at the cloud and at the edge. Learn how they have optimized both as part of their digital transformation process and the impact they will have on commercial and corporate real estate operations.

Which types of companies will thrive in the business landscape now at work? How do they stay relevant and in demand in the face of extreme competition? Constellation Research, a technology research and advisory firm, is at the heart of this discussion. Their mission is to conduct research on exponential technologies, identify and validate trends, and empower their clients to succeed in the digital economy. Join us this week as Realcomm Live welcomes Ray Wang, CEO of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research and author of the bestsellers on digital transformation, Disrupting Digital Business, and his latest on “digital giants” and the future of business, Everybody Wants to Rule The World. Ray will share his insight on how the business world is changing and how commercial and corporate real estate companies must transform their businesses through the early adoption of exponential technologies.

While the pandemic has had many companies in a holding pattern when it comes to automating their businesses and deploying technology, this is not the case with Prologis, a global leader in logistics real estate, who seized the opportunity to double-down on their digital transformation. From improving infrastructure, networking equipment and deploying sensors, to digitizing property tour offerings and deploying end-to-end digital leasing, Prologis is innovating at scale and is a true leader in the industrial sector. Join us this week as Realcomm Live welcomes Prologis’ Managing Director and CTO, Sineesh Keshav, who oversees all aspects of their technology strategy and is responsible for leading the company’s global data and digital transformation. Sineesh will share his insight and experience on developing a capability driven, customer-centric approach to innovation and digitalization.

Creating a smart building is one thing, creating a smart campus is something quite different. The degree of complexity grows exponentially when you add multiple buildings, uses, systems and people. For almost 20 years, this week’s Realcomm Live guest, Bobbie Tincher, Utilities Systems Manager - Energy Management at the University of Kentucky has been on the path to turn the university into a smart campus. Starting as a young female IT recruit in the facilities group, she plotted her course to bring IT functionality and capabilities to the stoic and sometimes stubborn world of facilities management. Working tirelessly behind the scenes with technical engineers, she developed a strategy that resulted in what some might call, “the most automated campus in the country and maybe even the world.” Bobbi is a woman accomplishing extraordinary things in a male-dominated industry and may well be one of the most inspirational unsung heroes of the recent chapter in the smart building revolution. You don’t want to miss her on this week’s episode of Realcomm Live.

Marc Ganzi is possibly one of the most prolific digital real estate owner/operator/investors in modern times. From the start of his journey with APEX in 1994, a building telecommunications infrastructure company, to his merger with Colony Capital, where he repositioned approximately $90 billion from traditional real estate into nextgen “digital” assets at a pace never seen before, Marc truly embraces digital transformation in the built environment and is leading the industry to its next logical step. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Marc Ganzi, President and CEO of this newly branded company, DigitalBridge. Marc will share his thoughts on the massive changes taking place in the real estate industry, which is being greatly influenced by the development and adoption of technology.

Founded in 2011, Project Haystack is an open source initiative to streamline working with IoT data, helping the industry turn operational data into actionable information. Used across millions of square feet of real estate and thousands of facilities, Haystack standardizes semantic data models and web services with the goal of making it easier to unlock value from the vast quantity of information being generated by the smart devices that permeate our homes, buildings, factories, and cities. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes founding members of Project Haystack, John Petze and Marc Petock, to discuss where the industry is today with smart building data standards for applications such as automation, control, energy, HVAC, lighting, and other environmental systems, as well as the importance of data interoperability.

As more and more Operational Technology (OT) devices are integrated and interconnected with enterprise IT systems for improved operational efficiency, the risk of cyberattack increases. Cyber attackers have a keen interest in targeting critical infrastructure because of the potential for monetary gain from ransomware attacks. Critical infrastructure includes electricity generation and distribution, water treatment and delivery, oil and gas production and other essential services, the disruption of which could cause catastrophic results. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Marty Edwards, vice president of OT security at Tenable, a cyber exposure company that helps more than 30,000 organizations around the world understand and reduce cybersecurity risk. Marty was formerly the longest-serving director of the U.S. government’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS‐CERT). He will share his thoughts and insight on this important and extremely critical topic.

Much of the innovation that is transforming the world has some connection to MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Quantum Computing, HyperCells and other emerging technologies are destined to change the way the world works and the impacts to how we design, build, manage, transact and use real estate will continue at an accelerated pace. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes MIT’s Real Estate Innovation Lab Lead Researcher James Scott, who will share some of the proptech projects his team is focused on and discuss innovation at scale and the pain points of adoption for the commercial real estate industry.

GSA is the largest public real estate organization in the United States, with a portfolio of more than 8,800 assets and management of almost 370 million square feet of rentable workspace. They have developed a world-class smart buildings program leveraging technology to improve performance, enhance occupant well-being, increase productivity, and manage risk from climate change, public health, and cybersecurity. This week’s Realcomm Live features GSA's Chip Pierpont, Director of Innovation, Technology and Performance and Ana Rawson, Smart Buildings Program Manager, who will share how this very progressive government agency leverages technology and data to optimize management and operations of the government’s massive real estate portfolio.

Investors, tenants and employees are increasingly looking for companies to improve their ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) performance, but what is ESG and how does it really impact the built environment? As a major consumer of energy, it is easy to associate the ‘environmental’ aspect of ESG with the real estate industry and to see how technology has improved the development and operations of more energy efficient, sustainable buildings, but how can technology help with the ‘social’ and ‘governance’ components? This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Christopher Cayten, Partner and Senior Director of Strategic Growth at CodeGreen, to help us cut through the confusion of ESG and to explore the role technology plays in an ESG strategy.

At a time when cybersecurity vulnerabilities are at an all-time high, the number of organizations reporting a problematic cybersecurity skills shortage has more than doubled. This is affecting companies of all sizes, and with a revolution in digital transformation, IoT, and “smart” infrastructure, this skills deficit should be seen as an alarming threat, not a minor inconvenience. This week, Realcomm Live features Dr. Ashley Podhradsky, Associate Professor of Digital Forensics and Associate Dean of the Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences at Dakota State University, and Neville Teagarden, President and COO at AI Capital, who will discuss bridging the cybersecurity skills gap and what building owners/operators should know as they balance wanting to automate their portfolios but also protect themselves from cyber risk.

The rise of cyberattacks and ransomware, like the recent Colonial Pipeline attack, have escalated dramatically and become a critical risk for the entire economy. Targeted organizations often believe that paying the ransom is the most cost-effective way to get their data back and, unfortunately, this may be true. Recent research predicts global losses from cyberattacks to be in the area of $1 trillion for 2020, and upwards of $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. This burgeoning threat landscape makes defending your organization’s data and facilities more critical than ever. But where do you start? This week, Realcomm Live speaks with Lucian Niemeyer, national security expert and CEO of The Niemeyer Group, and Billy Rios, Founder of WhiteScope and one of the world's most respected experts on emerging threats related to software security, Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Critical Infrastructure (CI), and medical devices. These two cybersecurity experts will share their insight and important defense takeaways to help building owners and operators assess vulnerabilities and protect their organizations from cyberterrorism.

As we design buildings and offices of the future, we cannot ignore the transformational changes brought about by a global pandemic. While technology continues to play an integral part of space utilization and design, today’s projects must be user-centric, experiential, engaging, eco-friendly, technology-enabled and most importantly, flexible. Buildings of the future must support not only the people in the building but also those dialing in from around the world. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Hans Neubert, Global Practice Leader for Digital Experience Design with Gensler, who will share his thoughts on the integration of physical and digital design for the built environment.

Welcome to MIND, the Milan Innovation District being developed by international real estate group, Lendlease, in the heart of one of Italy’s most vibrant cities -- Milan. This new global innovation district will include a state of-the-art hospital, a world-class university and cutting-edge international research center and provide residential and commercial spaces (including retail, hospitality, cultural, sport, entertainment). When completed, MIND will be a creative hub for start-ups and innovative companies and will host 60,000 people living and working together every day. This week, Realcomm Live welcomes Andrea Ruckstuhl, Head of Lendlease, Continental Europe and Susan Constantine, Head of Digital at Lendlease Italy, who will showcase MIND, a unique living lab in Europe that is setting new standards in technology, sustainability, wellness, safety and “Innovation at Human Scale.”

We now know that the intelligent integration of building performance and data science are critical components to realizing the financial, social and environmental objectives for any sustainable commercial or mixed-use development, without paying a premium in construction costs. In this week’s Realcomm Live episode, you’ll meet Derrick Tillman, President & CEO, Bridging the Gap Development, Donny Walker, Partner, Newcomb & Boyd and Craig Stevenson, President, AUROS Group, the team behind the vision of Fifth & Dinwiddie, a sustainable, passive housing project in an eco-innovation district in Pittsburgh. We’ll learn how this team balances first-costs with aggressive building performance goals and long-term operating costs to achieve attainable, sustainable, tech-enabled housing.

Cybersecurity threats have been accelerating at an unprecedented pace and news on vulnerabilities and breaches are in the news daily. With the ever-increasing number of managed and unmanaged entry points to building systems, building owners and operators face unique challenges associated with securing BMS, as well as other IoT devices in their facilities. In this week’s Realcomm Live episode, you’ll meet Ryan Allbaugh, Real Estate Technology & Innovation Strategist at Wells Fargo and Sean Nealon, VP, Cyber & Info Security at Brookfield Properties who will discuss how their organizations are guarding against cyber attacks and the precautions companies of all sizes should take to protect themselves.

The hospitality industry is famously concerned with the customer experience, but for building owners and operators, the experiential aspect is only part of the story. Their focus must be on utilizing technology to create next-gen smart, networked buildings that not only enhance user experience, but also improve costs and operations. The “DC powered” building is now a reality and one of the latest innovations to help achieve this objectives is Power Over Ethernet (PoE). In this week’s Realcomm Live episode, you’ll meet Farukh Aslam, CEO of Sinclair Holdings, developer of The Sinclair Hotel in Ft. Worth, TX. From guest experience to business operations that incorporate the latest in AI, IoT and data strategies, The Sinclair is the first truly low-voltage connected hotel in North America. Farukh and his team have been exploring the capabilities of low voltage DC power and will share his insight on this exciting technology.

Join us for Realcomm Live this week as we explore National Landing, a project poised to be one of the most innovative digital districts in the world! This 21st century 4 square mile urban neighborhood in the Capital region of D.C. is being developed by JBG Smith and includes more than 6.3 million square feet of existing office space, 2,856 residential units, and 7.2 million square feet of additional development opportunities. It will also be home to Amazon’s new HQ2 “Helix” headquarters and Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus. Our guest, Vardahn Chaudhry, VP of Smart Cities at JBG Smith, will discuss how National Landing will serve as the digital foundation for innovation in the region and how their investment in next-generation connectivity infrastructure and technology will further cement National Landing as a premier global destination for entrepreneurs, universities, and tech companies.

Join us for this week’s episode of Realcomm Live with Thano Lambrinos, VP of Smart Building Technology & Digital Innovation at QuadReal and Joe Aamidor, Managing Director, of Aamidor Consulting to explore the evolution of the smart buildings journey, where North America stands in the global smart building race, and how to accelerate both investment in, and adoption of, smart building strategies.

By now you have probably heard about digital twins and likely think about them as a way to visualize a building using software, a version of CAD on steroids. You aren’t alone, as early vendors in the digital twin space have played up that aspect of this powerful capability in order to bring it to life. However, visualization only scratches the surface of what digital twins bring to the buildings industry and misses the point about the true nature of a digital twin. Join us for this week’s episode of Realcomm Live when we speak to Dean Hopkins, COO with Oxford Properties and Matt Vogel, Principal Program Manager | Microsoft Azure IoT | Smart Buildings at Microsoft to explore how this unique and powerful innovation surface will result in more valuable assets driving better customer experiences.

Streamed Live on March 12, 2021. What the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us is that you can’t predict the next crisis, but you can be prepared for it. Business disruptions impact organizations of all size in all locations. From weather, to power outages, political events or even virus outbreaks, every organization needs to develop a business continuity plan to ensure its business operations can continue, no matter the disruption. This week’s episode of Realcomm Live features Jesse Carrillo, SVP and CIO at Hines, and Clint Osteen Sr. Director, IT at Granite Properties, two Texans who have not only had to manage business interruptions in their firms due to the pandemic for the last year, but also extreme weather conditions in February that took their state to the brink of a catastrophic power grid shutdown. We’ll discuss the lessons learned and how companies – and individuals -- must be prepared for unforeseen emergencies at work and at home.

Extended Reality has been making its way into the commercial real estate world for the past 10 years. Virtual tours, facilities maintenance, construction simulations and data visualizations have been applied to a host of operational situations enabling enhanced experiences for potential tenants, contractors, building engineers and others. This week’s episode of Realcomm Live features Miquel Vida, Head of XRS (Mixed Augmented Virtual) Reality Solutions at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, and Emily Olman, CEO & Founder of Hopscotch Interactive, a real estate media services and consultancy, who will discuss what applications are benefitting from AR/VR, the trends driving future features and functions, and what the adoption curve looks like for commercial real estate.

Streamed live on Feb 26, 2021. Creating attainable, sustainable housing for our workforces will be one of the biggest challenges of this half of the century. Despite the fundamental difficulties inherent in site selection, there are now evolving standards and a robust set of technology tools to manage the build-out and ongoing operations, including BIM, modular construction technology, digital tenant amenities, as well as the data platforms and operational technologies to cost-effectively and sustainably and efficiently operate these assets. This week’s episode of Realcomm Live features Randy Norton, Founder and Chairman of Board at MultiGreen, a company who intends to build 40,000 units of attainable, sustainable, tech-enabled workforce housing apartments over the next ten years, and David Stanford, Enterprise Managing Consultant and co-founder of RealFoundations, a management consulting firm who has partnered with MultiGreen to establish a scalable operating model and robust technology platform to support their development goals.

The need for reliable, in-building connectivity has never been greater. And while the journey has been a long one, a host of new technologies – CBRS, WiFi 6, 5G – will soon change the in-building wireless landscape. This week’s episode of Realcomm Live features Dave Wright, President of OnGo Alliance (formerly CBRS Alliance), an organization paving the way for innovative wireless solutions that will shape the future of wireless, and Vardahn Chaudhry, Vice President of Smart Cities at JBG Smith, a real estate investment trust and developer of high-quality, mixed-use properties throughout the Capital region, including National Landing where they serve as the exclusive developer for Amazon’s new headquarters. They will share their insight and perspective on the status of NextGen In-Building Wireless technologies, including some compelling reasons why building owners should now be interested.

Taped on Jan 29, 2021. We continue our discussions on the topic of Proptech Investing. We’ll be joined by Executive Director of One11 Advisors Scott Morey, a consultant with a broad view of real estate and the proptech industry, and John Fitzpatrick, Managing Director and Global Chief Technology Officer of Blackstone Real Estate, an owner/operator with a vested interest in pursuing new, innovative proptech solutions. Discussion topics include: •What technology trends are coming over the next 3 to 5 years? •How will those trends be different from today? •What implications does the changing real estate landscape have on how we use technology?

How is the global pandemic of 2020 impacting Proptech investing? How are investor expectations changing? How will that impact investments moving forward? Undoubtedly, the setbacks this year will redefine the sector for years to come. But the good news may be an acceleration of technology adoption by an industry traditionally slow to adopt. Many of the recent innovations emerging as a result of the pandemic will be tomorrow's must-have technologies that will remain industry trends for years to come. This week’s episode of Realcomm Live features Travis Connors, Co-founder and General Partner of Building Ventures and Aaron Block, Co-founder and Managing Partner of MetaProp, who share their thoughts on 2020 and what the future of Proptech looks like in 2021.

With COVID-19 vaccines underway and a sense of optimism beginning to return, the business community has begun reflecting on this experience of working remotely and applying what we’ve learned to what the future of work will look like. We don’t yet know when we’ll return to the office, but we do know the workplace will be changed forever. In this week’s episode, Realcomm Live visits with Ben Tranel, Principal with Gensler and Eddy Wagoner, CIO of Digital with JLL who will share their thoughts and ideas on a new “hybrid workplace” that sparks innovation, connection and community while addressing tenant demands for more exciting, flexible and sustainable office experiences.

In this week’s episode, Realcomm Live visits with Cory Clarke, VP of Product Management, RXR Realty, who shares his company’s strategies for safely and successfully bringing tenants back into their NYC office buildings and what normal looks like during the pandemic. Cecilia Li, SVP of Information Technology, Urban Edge Properties, a leading retail developer joins the show to discuss digital transformation and the mobile workplace. Topics to be discussed include: • Applications that have been most effective in bringing people back to the office • Challenges with implementation of return-to-work solutions • COVID-technologies that will have the most long-term impact post-pandemic • How technology and cloud helped enable 100% remote operations • The importance of strong leadership in forward-thinking technology companies • Leveraging data in the decision-making process

Boxer Property President Justin Segal and Brandywine Realty Trust Vice President Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Jim Kurek discuss weathering interruption; mastering data and having methodologies in place to change policy and process, and creating a hyper-flexible organization.

This week’s episode of #RealcommLive, from Nov ​13, 2020, shares the landlord-tenant perspective on the #NextNormal​. Wells Fargo SVP, Workplace Services & Experience Kimberly Bertz and QuadReal Vice President, Smart Building Technology & Digital Innovation Thano Lambrinos discuss: Are people are coming back to the office? What does #WFA​ mean for #officebuildings​? Should organizations mandate some form of a return-to-office arrangement? Generationally, do people look at office #reentry​ differently? What role does technology play in #reopening​? Are tenants requiring more office tech? #CRE​ #commercialrealestate​ #corporaterealestate​ #RCLive

Realcomm just wrapped the world’s first RE tech hybrid event, Realcomm | IBcon 2020, spanning Oct. 26-29.

CBSN Denver featured #RCIB2020​ as one of the first conferences designed to bring people back together safely. Our partnership with SYMPTOMsense focuses on #healthsafety​ in building #reentry​ and instilling confidence in #reopening​ businesses safely. #RealcommLive​ #RCLive​ #CRE​ #commercialrealestate​ #technology​ #innovation

With the Realcomm | IBcon 2020 RE tech hybrid event launching Oct. 26, this week’s guests talk about the safe #reopening​ of buildings and sporting, event and entertainment venues. Legends President, Global Technology Solutions Denise Taylor talks about large-scale projects such as SoFi and AT&T Stadiums, and the key role #technology​ plays in reopening. She explains how the #pandemic​ has accelerated opportunities to re-invent business models and revenue drivers. Hines SVP & CIO Jesse Carrillo emphasizes the importance of educating tenants, employees and employers on safe reentry and effective protocols. Carrillo also shares why he is traveling to Colorado next week for the Realcomm | IBcon event as both a steward and advocate for safely reopening buildings and supporting peer-to-peer leadership and learning in our global #CRE​ technology community. #commercialrealestate​ #corporaterealestate​ #RealcommLive​ #RCLIV​ #RCIB2020​ https://www.realcomm.com/realcomm-2020/

Filmed Oct 16, 2020, Tama Huang, CohnReznick CIO, details how the company is focused on leveraging #data​, #automation​ and augmented wellness strategies to keep people safe. Conveying the vision that safe buildings lead to healthy buildings, and ultimately trusted buildings, Huang explains how: • Behavioral changes impact #smartbuildings​: Shifts in human needs require business models to be flexible, process to be adaptable, people to be nimble and underlying technology architecture to be agile. • Trust will be the most important factor for building occupants moving forward. Smart buildings will be meaningless if occupants don’t trust that smart components are being used with their best interests in mind. • Rewriting strategies is required of any business dealing with buildings. Revisiting goals in the new world, clarifying purpose and acting on a corporate vision that optimizes social impact, reputation, #sustainability​ and profit. Emmanuel Daniel, Microsoft Director of Applied Innovation & Incubation, Smart Buildings & Campuses, talks smart building vision and Microsoft’s smart building strategy. Daniel overviews the Redmond campus modernization project from planning to physical design, core infrastructure, platform and types of experiences. He focuses on how: • Smart buildings impact #companyculture​ and daily work: reallocating space to breakdown silos and build collaboration. • Innovating the employee experience through four categories: movement, access, productivity and wellness. • #Futureproofing​ system infrastructures that enable upgrades and changes as the space evolves.

With many universities and companies hesitant to reopen for onsite experiences, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and 5QCyber share success stories on resuming in-person learning and sending engineers back into buildings. UNL Director, Director Utility & Energy Management Lalit Agarwal explains: 1. Establishing #health​ #safety​ response protocols and procedures for effective in-person learning, including the in-house production of hand sanitizer and dispensing stations 2. Deploying improvements to campus classroom #IT​ infrastructure, increasing #WiFi​ coverage for outside learning and launching a symptom self-monitoring app 3. Strengthening leadership opportunities between facilities management, academic and research teams 5Q Cyber CEO Don Goldstein details: 1. Developing an environment that encourages employees to return to the office and provides reassurance for safe interactions with clients 2. Taking necessary precautions to responsibly send engineers back into client buildings 3. Inspiring #commercialrealestate​ professionals to confidently return to the office despite the ongoing #pandemic​ #cybersecurity​ #CRE​ #smartbuildings​ #realcommlive​ #RClive

In episode 4 of Realcomm Live, on Oct 2, 2020, Vornado Realty Trust EVP, CIO Robert Entin and Brookfield Properties EVP Kevin Danehy discuss the local to global impact of #COVID​-19 on office buildings, real estate #tech​ and the economy. #CRE​ #commercialrealestate​ #corporaterealestate​ #innovation

#ExxonMobil​ Digital Transformation Lead Charles Whiteley shares the company’s focus on: • Environmental monitoring using satellite imagery and advanced #AI​ capabilities • A new partnership with Apple to roll out a technician mobility app • Its first true application of AI, where anomaly detection models monitor CO2 and airflow sensors across an entire Calgary campus Granite Properties Senior IT Director Clint Osteen explains: • Key features of Inspire Wellness, a $10 million #health​ #safety​ program in response to #COVID​-19 • Digital #customerengagement​ • Long-term effects of #WFH​ on the commercial office #commercialrealestate​ #CRE​ #corporaterealestate​ #smartbuildings​ #HVAC

With much inconsistency in #reoccupancy​ strategies across the commercial and corporate real estate industry, three #CRE​ #trailblazers​ discuss reopening challenges and successes. Wells Fargo SVP and Chief Technical Architect Charles Meyers explains how the bank emerged as the top performing brand in the financial services industry when it comes to #health​ and #safety​. SVP/Chief Information and Technology Officer at Boston Properties Jim Whalen and Global Technology Leader at Brookfield Properties Annette Prater share their focus areas at the intersection of technology, innovation and #COVID​. #commercialrealestate​ #copropraterealestate​ #RealcommLive

Sydney CIOs discuss #digitaltransformation and #tenantexperience in Australia, explaining how the country is ahead in commercial real estate #technology and #innovation. Australians are curious to evolve innovation at the intersection of people, platforms and space. But current challenges in deploying #commercialrealestate technology include: -Proving it can work in a single deployment -Ensuring it can scale across a portfolio -Confirming integration and interoperability deliver a better customer experience Dexus CIO Mark Hansen; AMP Capital Program Director, Technology & Innovation Louise Monger; and Charter Hall Chief Information and Technology Officer Sheridan Ware discuss digital transformation and how ensuring customers are happy, engaged and productive is a #culturalchange in #Australia.

#Google and 5Q Cyber talk about powerful #partnerships and building #trust. #5QCyber COO Veronica Unnikrishnan and Google RE Workplace Services Technology Program Manager Sabine Lam discuss the reciprocated relationship built upon: -#scalability -nimbleness -shared vision #5QCyber provides cyber assessments, remediation and advisory services to commercial and corporate real estate clients.

JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft and Ford Land are changing the way people work. Leading three of the world's most innovative #smartbuilding transformations, each company has a progressive #digitaltransformation strategy. #Microsoft is embracing a global perspective in digital transformation that nurtures #diversity and #inclusivity in the workplace. "People are creatures of community, and #technology needs to accelerate their connections," says Emmanuel Daniel, head of the Applied Innovation and Incubation Team at Microsoft. #Privacy is another foundational pillar of the company's digital strategy. Matthew Montanes, Vice President of Global Real Estate at #JPMorganChase explains how digital transformation is enabling the company to double its New York headquarters to 2.5 million square feet, accommodating 15,000 occupants. Ford Land is transforming its Dearborn, MI campus through a master planner evaluation, review of the company vision and guidance from executive leadership. Paul Maximuk talks about collaboration between #IT and #OT teams and #agility to build a frictionless environment.

Empowering employees improves operational efficiencies. Stanford University's Director of Facilities Energy Management Gerry Hamilton shares three approaches to developing human resource #talent to achieve a smart campus vision. 1. Take a deep dive into the IT and OT partnership. Know your team and find more efficiencies. There’s not a single IT Blackbox. A lot of people are involved and responsible for #IT and #OT success. They have different specialties, and they all support the operating platform differently. Knowing your entire team creates opportunities for new synergies and specializations, and identifies where efforts can be saved and work outsourced. 2. “Bring your entire facilities management team along for the smart campus ride.” Everyone gets their hands dirty. They buy in and understand that learning new technology may lead to redefining job descriptions in a new paradigm. Everyone deserves the opportunity to grow, from IT professionals to HVAC, plumbers and electricians. 3. Partner with the HR department. When HR understands that a new set of skills is required for a #buildingautomation system, they get enthused and come up with great ideas. HR knows how to develop, get and retain talent. Always remember your people are your solutions, Hamilton says. #StanfordUniversity and Gerry Hamilton were featured on #ConferenceLIVE at #Realcomm | IBcon 2019. https://www.realcomm.com

#5G is here, but its future impact is unknown. So how do buildings adapt current technologies while preparing for that unknown? Corning, a leader in the evolving 5G architecture, focuses on convergence and designing future-flexible, utility-like infrastructures in #smartbuildings. The key to successfully navigating 5G is bringing all applications onto a single physical infrastructure — existing applications and ones that people want to host. This is convergence. Corning Vice President of Network Architecture Bill Cune explains how to take #fiber and power deep into networks, converging to create better #connectivity and to plan for what’s coming. #Corning and Bill Cune were featured on #ConferenceLIVE at #Realcomm | IBcon 2019. https://www.realcomm.com

Commercial and corporate real estate are in a #digitaltransformation, with the next generation of #Microsoft Office franchise software leaving boxed solutions behind. Now running on the cloud, Microsoft talks about navigating its own digital transformation. #Buildingautomation and management systems need to lift and shift to the #cloud says Bert Van Hoof Microsoft Partner Group Program Manager, “That opens up new doors.” There are all kinds of new IoT fabric, Van Hoof explains, which builds atop the cloud's fabric and makes everything connected and interconnected. The tenant and the occupier-of-building experiences are becoming more intertwined. Early players in the network for #IoT, Microsoft Azure is providing the “glue fabric” to accelerate and democratize that interconnectivity. Microsoft and Bert Van Hoof were featured on #ConferenceLIVE at #Realcomm | IBcon 2019.

Learn groundbreaking #automation and #technology strategies to help your organization achieve Corporate Real Estate goals. #CoRETech2019 brings together the most proactive, visionary and innovative #CorporateRealEstate and Facilities executives for peer-to-peer learning and networking. Join us in #SiliconValley November 13 – 15, 2019 and experience: • Leading-edge learning programs • Executive briefings and RE tech tours in Silicon Valley • Networking with innovative peers transforming the industry and access to global thought leaders • #Smartbuilding and campus showcase of leading technology solutions

Hudson Yards is the largest privately funded real estate development in U.S. history. It's currently a $25-billion-dollar project, offering a true #liveworkplay environment boasting a new #smartbuilding community in Manhattan. Related Companies CTO and Managing Director of Technology, #HudsonYards Kenneth Finnegan explains why it is important to integrate the Hudson Yards experiences into all of New York City, “Because we like to think that we are becoming the new heart of New York City.” The #smartneighborhood focuses on the #tenantexperience, including commercial space, private residences and a million square foot retail facility. Building technology was designed to enable how tenants interact with their building and home. Commercial tenants include Coach, L'Oreal, SAP, Warner Media. “If it's a place that you go to work every single day, we want to use technology to make that a special experience,” Finnegan says. Technology also supports the team operating Hudson Yards, from security to janitorial staff. Tracking employee productivity ensures proper staffing and security, where safety and fun are an integral part of the property experience. Luxury is another key aspect of Hudson Yards. Residents use their smart phones to unlock doors and commercial tenants will soon be able to enter with #biometric palm scans. These enhancements help reduce friction that tenants face daily, Finnegan says. Hudson Yards and Kenneth Finnegan were featured on #ConferenceLIVE at #Realcomm | IBcon 2019. https://www.realcomm.com/

Amir Elbaz CEO of BeyondEdge (formerly iPhotonix) discusses the future of #5G with Realcomm SVP Content Strategy Sherry Whittemore. Elbaz explains that 5G will be the quantum leap in how people interact with #technology: 1. The right network is the critical factor of every business and building. 2. Future-ready networks reduce #CAPEX and #OPEX. #BeyondEdge transforms the design, deployment and management of in-building networks via software-defined and edge compute solutions.

European CIOs explain why #dataprivacy, data strategy and #proptech are hot button issues for the #CRE industry and how #GDPR impacts sharing data globally. Andrew Waller, Remit Consulting Partner, says #datastrategy and governance are critically important to investment companies as government regulation and legislation increase. Kevin Kincaid, Grosvenor Group, Group Technology Director, navigates #bigdata and the ethics around #datacollection and ownership. David Lacy, a Corporate Real Estate Director working in the Swiss Financial Industry, emphasizes the components of a comprehensive data strategy: • Sourcing • Ownership • Governance