9th Annual REAL Symposium 2020 | REAL Symposium | 5 February 2020 | Paul Brest Hall, Stanford Law School, 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

The REAL Symposium is a collaboration of the Real Property Law Section of the California Lawyers Association and Stanford Professionals in Real Estate (SPIRE). Distinguished speakers will address cutting-edge business and legal issues pertaining to the real estate industry. The REAL Symposium is designed:

• to provide real estate professionals, academics and government personnel with critical information and perspectives from industry leaders on current and future challenges and trends;
• to provide real estate attorneys with continuing legal education and a greater appreciation for the context in which legal services are provided; and
• to provide real estate business professionals with current “best practices” and a greater appreciation for the legal issues involved with their properties, projects, and work.

The REAL Symposium is also designed to provide attendees with an opportunity to ask questions, to engage in meaningful discussions and to network with speakers, other leaders and attendees, both during the Symposium and at the hosted reception that follows.

2020 Speakers

OPENING REMARKS:

Steve Cvitanovic
Partner, Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Jeremy Olsan
Partner, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP

PANELISTS:

Zack Wasserman
Chairman, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). J.D. Stanford Law School

Sean Hecht
Co‐Executive Director, Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law

Madeline Cavalieri
California Coastal Commission

Cooper Elsworth
Department of Geophysics, Stanford University

Grant P. Fondo
Partner and Co‐Chair of Digital Currency & Blockchain practice, Goodwin Procter LLP

Joshua Stein
CEO Harbor, J.D. Stanford Law School

Jessica Adams
Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations

MODERATORS:

Giselle Roohparvar
Deputy General Counsel, Bungalow

Steve Cvitanovic
Partner, Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP; Real Property Law Section Executive Committee

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Clifford Rechtschaffen
Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

2020 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Build Group Inc.

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Miler Star Regalia
• Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP

STUDENT SPONSOR:
• D2 Realty Services

SPIRE CORPORATE FOUNDING CORE SPONSOR:
• Allen Matkins

SPIRE CORPORATE CORE SPONSOR:
• AEI Consultants