Real Estate Forum 2024 - Toronto | Informa Connect | 4 December 2024 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) South Building, 222 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON M5V 2T6, Canada

Who attends?
Connect with the key players shaping the industry 2700+ senior-level attendees gather from all over Canada and beyond, including:

• 1300+ building owners, and developers
• Private and institutional investors
• Portfolio and investment managers
• Brokers, lenders, appraisers, lawyers
• and other senior real estate executives

2024 Speakers

Jaime McKenna
President, Fengate Real Estate

Jon Ramscar
President & CEO, Canada, CBRE Limited

Roula Abi-Ghanem
Vice President, Project Development, MONTONI

Tariq Adi
President & CEO, Adi Development Group

Ajay Agrawal
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Expert, Founder, The Creative Destruction Lab

Aik Aliferis
Senior Managing Director Investments, Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap

Nurit Altman
Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets Real Estate Group

Peter Altobelli
Vice President of Sales and General Manager, Yardi

Mario Barrafato
Chief Financial Officer, Choice Properties REIT

Colin Baryliuk
Chief Investment Officer, KingSett Capital

Moshe Batalion
Vice President, National Leasing, RioCan REIT

Laura Baxter
Director of Hospitality, Canada, CoStar

Marie-France Benoit
Principal, Director Market Intelligence, Canada, Avison Young

Beth Berry
Executive Vice President, Industrial Development & Construction, Beedie

Derek Billsman
Senior Director, Real Estate Portfolio Management & Strategic Initiatives, HOOPP

Arie Bitton
Executive Vice President, Leasing and Operations, Crombie REIT

Ugo Bizzarri
Chief Executive Officer, Hazelview Investments

Kathy Black
Head of Development, Fiera Real Estate

Jorge Blanco
Chief Commercial Officer & President, Altus Analytics, Altus Group

Bob Blazevski
President & COO, DiamondCorp

Bill Bolender
Vice President Country Manager, Prologis

Brad Bradford
City Councillor, Ward 19, City of Toronto

Michael Broccolini
Chief Investment Officer, President of Real Estate, Broccolini

Steve Bryant
Senior Vice President, Commercial, CMLS

Ishbel Buchan
Executive Vice President, Investments, ACM Advisors Ltd.

Steve Cameron
President & COO, Cameron Stephens Mortgage Capital

David Cervantes
Executive Vice President, CBRE Limited

Linnea Chamberlain
President, Chamberlain Architect Services Ltd

Jaegap Chung
Founding Principal, Studio JCI

Gord Cook
Vice Chairman, Colliers

Courtney Cooper
Partner, Alate Partners

Edi Demaj
Co-Founder, KODE Labs

Daniela DeTommaso
President, FCT

Frank Di Marco
Partner, Resnick Partnership LLP

Navendu Dogra
Senior Vice President, Business Development, CFO Capital

Andrew Duncan
Chief Investment Officer, RioCan REIT

Carolyn Ennest
Director of Leasing and Brokerage, SVN Rock Advisors

Robert Ezer
Chief Investment Officer, Amica Senior Lifestyles

Dr. Gervan Fearon
President, George Brown College

Thomas Floyd
Co-Founder, Partner, Denton Floyd

Daniel Fournier
Executive Chair, Oxford Properties Group

David Frum
Staff Writer, The Atlantic

Louis G. Veronneau
Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Investments, PSP Investments

Curtis Gallagher
Principal, Canadian Hospitality Lead, Avison Young

Brent Gilmour
Chief Commercial Officer, Canada Green Building Council

Harley Gold
Managing Director, Peakhill Capital

Steven Gross
Senior Vice President, Multi-Residential and Hotels, KingSett Capital

Vic Gupta
Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO

Laura Gurr
Managing Partner, Cohen Highley

Dr. Murtaza Haider
Professor and Associate Dean, Toronto Metropolitan University

Emily Hanna
Managing Partner, Investments, Crown Realty Partners

Jen Harrop
Senior Vice President of Fund Management, Peakhill Capital

Alexander Heijnk
Head of Acquisitions and Sales, The Americas, Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH

Mark Henderson
Manager, Sustainable Retrofits and Decarbonization, PCL Constructors

Alf Hendry
Chief Executive Officer, Homestead Land Holdings

Fran Hohol
Director of Research, SVN Rock Advisors

Simon Holmes
Managing Partner, Canadian Chief Investment Officer & Portfolio Manager, BGO

Eric Horie
Senior Managing Director, Head of Canadian Origination, Trez Capital

Ali Hoss
Chief Sustainability Officer, Triovest

Annie Houle
Head of Canada, Ivanhoe Cambridge

Jeff Hyslop
Senior Vice President, Asset Management and Investment, InnVest Hotels

Christina Iacoucci
Head of Canada, BGO

Veni Iozzo
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Real Estate & Workplace Transformation, CIBC

Shaun Jones
National Sector Lead, Affordable Housing and Municipal (Western), Colliers Project Leaders

John Keating
Regional Vice President Atlantic - Real Estate Finance, Canadian Commercial Banking, BMO

Jennifer Keesmaat
Founder, President and CEO, CollecDev

John Knifton
Principal and Managing Partner, JK Development GP2 Limited

Rob Kumer
Chief Executive Officer, KingSett Capital

Tonya Lagrasta
Head of ESG, Colliers

Thano Lambrinos
Senior Vice President, Digital Buildings, Experiences & Innovation, QuadReal Property Group

Manon Larose
Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate Services / Broker of Record, Oberfeld Snowcap

Cecilia Li
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Urban Edge Properties

Derek Lobo
CEO and Broker of Record, SVN Rock Advisors

Rosa Lupo
Partner, Gowling WLG

Colin Lynch
Managing Director & Head of Alternative Investments, TD Asset Management

Kanen MacLellan
Manager, Research & Consultancy, SVN Rock Advisors Inc.

Brent Magnan
Managing Director, Canada ICI

Thom Mahler
Director, Downtown Strategy, City of Calgary

Joseph Mancinelli
International Vice President and Regional Manager of Central and Eastern Canada, LiUNA

Jamie Manley
Executive Vice President, Canadian Investments, QuadReal Property Group

Andrew Mantecon
Director and Team Lead, Commercial Services, FirstOntario Credit Union

Joseph Martino
Head of Technology, Primaris REIT

Sean Maskell
President & General Manager, Cologix Canada

Sherif Masood
Senior Vice President & Head of Asset Management & Development, Canada, Oxford Properties Group

Melissa McBain
Partner, Commercial Leasing, Daoust Vukovich LLP

Trevor McIntyre
Managing Director, Real Estate, HOOPP

Nadeem Meghji
Global Co-Head of Real Estate, Blackstone

The Honourable Marco Mendicino
Member of Parliament, Eglinton-Lawrence

Rick Mercer
Former Host, The Rick Mercer Report

Peter Mills
Chief Executive Officer, Wyse Meter Solutions Inc.

Kit Milnes
Vice President, Sustainability & Resilience, KingSett Capital

Dr. Mike Moffatt
Senior Director, Policy and Innovation, Smart Prosperity Institute

Paul Morassutti
Chairman, CBRE Limited

Thomas Mueller
President & CEO, Canada Green Building Council

Liz Murphy
Chief Financial Officer, Oxford Properties Group

Darryl Neate
Vice President, Sustainability, REALPAC

Dale Noseworthy
Chief Financial Officer, Killam Apartment REIT

Stefania Parnanzone
Director, Asset Management, TCU Development Corporation

Steven Paynter
Principal, Building Transformation & Adaptive Reuse Leader, Gensler

Jonathan Pearce
Senior Managing Director, Leasing, Hines

Zach Pendley
Transaction Real Estate Leader, EY Canada

Matt Picken
Managing Director, National Lead, Capital Markets, JLL Canada

Dinesh Ramanathan
Senior Vice President, Legal, Fengate

Ailey Roberts
Global Head of Sustainable Investing, BGO

Adrian Rocca
Chief Executive Officer, Fitzrovia

Toni Rossi
Chief ESG Officer, Infrastructure Ontario

Tom Rothfischer
Partner, National Industry Leader of Building, Construction & Real Estate, KPMG

Samantha Sannella
Business Lead, Total Workplace Americas, National Managing Director, Total Workplace Canada, Cushman & Wakefield

Julian Schonfeldt
Chief Investment Officer, CAPREIT

Rod Schulhauser
President, The Self Funding House

Michael Schwartz
Founder, Chairman & CEO, SmartStop Self Storage

Mike Scott
Senior Vice President, Business Development, CFO Capital

Peter Senst
President, Canadian Capital Markets, National Investment Team, CBRE Limited

Devan Sloan
Vice President, Leasing, GWL Realty Advisors

Ram Srinivasan
Managing Director, Consulting, Work Dynamics, JLL

Julia Stefanishina
Partner, Strategy and Transactions, Real Estate Advisory, EY Canada

Simon Streeter
Chief Information Officer, First Capital REIT

Benjamin Tal
Managing Director and Deputy Chief Economist, CIBC Capital Markets

Norm Taylor
President and Country Head, Canada, Newmark

Stefan Teague
Partner, Leasing, Crown Realty Partners

Jeremy Tessier
Specialist, Knowledge Transfer, CMHC

Jeff Thomas
Group Head, KingSett Capital

Charles Todd
Managing Director, Investments, Canada Infrastructure Bank

Trevor Toombs
Tax Partner, PwC Canada

Bruce Traversy
Chief Investment Officer & Executive Vice President, Dream Industrial REIT

Jonathan Turnbull
Managing Director, Harrison Street - Head of Canada

Roelof van Dijk
Executive Director, Canadian Real Estate Forums, Informa Connect

Kelsey Van Ymeren
Technical Sales Representative, Subbe's PreCast

Daniel Waldman
Of Counsel, Dickinson Wright

David Ward
Executive Vice President & COO, Canadian Urban Limited

Wendy Waters
Vice President, Research Services & Strategy, GWL Realty Advisors

Jeremy Wedgbury
Executive Vice President, Commercial Mortgages, First National Financial LP

Blair Welch
Founding Partner, Slate Asset Management

2024 Sponsors

TITLE SPONSOR:
• Montoni

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Cushman & Wakefield
• FCT
• Ivanhoe Cambridge
• KPMG

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Canada ICI
• Colliers
• Fengate
• Fiera Real Estate
• First National Financial LP
• Gowling WLG
• KingSett Capital
• MCAP
• Nicola Wealth Real Estate
• Scotiabank
• Triovest

MARKET OUTLOOK SPONSOR:
• CBRE

CHAIR'S RECEPTION SPONSORS:
• BGO
• CMLS

MARKET INTELLIGENCE ZONE SPONSOR:
• CoStar

PROPTECH SPONSOR:
• JLL

ESG SPONSOR:
• Metergy

NATIONAL INDUSTRY SPONSOR:
• Realpac

YOUNG LEADERS SPONSOR:
• Chicago Title Canada

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Avison Young