Sofie Alabaster
Vice President, Digital Transformation, Goldman Sachs
Registration for this event is now open. Please reach out to Steph Shapiro with any questions.
The Inn at Penn
3600 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
United States
Friday, October 23, 2026 · The Inn at Penn | ||
| 8-9 am | Registration, Networking Breakfast | Location: Lobby Area |
| 9-9:10 am | Welcoming Remarks and State of the Center | Maisy Wong, James T. Riady Professor of the Wharton Real Estate Department; Nancy A. Nasher and David Haemisegger Director of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center Location: Woodlands Ballroom |
| 9:10-10 am | Retail is Back: Leading the Next Chapter | Moderator: Joe Gyourko, Martin Bucksbaum Professor, Professor of Real Estate, Professor of Finance, Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy, The Wharton School Conor Flynn, Chief Executive Officer, Kimco Realty Eli Simon, Director, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer, Simon Property Group, Inc. |
| 10-10:15 am | Networking Break | |
| 10:15-11:05 am | Investing: Finding Opportunities Across the Real Estate Landscape | Moderator: Maisy Wong, James T. Riady Professor of the Wharton Real Estate Department; Nancy A. Nasher and David Haemisegger Director of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center Jonathan Eilian, Founder and CEO, Atrium Holding Company David Lazarus, Managing Director, Eastdil Secured Savills David Roth, Partner, Global Head of Real Estate Strategy and Growth, Ares |
| 11:05-11:20 am | Networking Break | |
| 11:20-12:10 pm | Ina and Lew Heafitz Keynote: Navigating this Real Estate Cycle: Dealing with Adversity and Opportunity | David Lichtenstein, Chairman and CEO, Lightstone in conversation with Richard Mack, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Mack Real Estate Group |
| 12:10-1:25 pm | Networking Lunch | Young Professionals Lunch: The Library (Main Floor). Program to be announced. |
| 1:25-2:15 pm | Capital Flows and the Cost of Capital in Real Estate | Moderator: Ben Keys, Rowan Family Foundation Professor of Real Estate and Finance, the Wharton School Kelly Follain, Executive Vice President and Head of Multifamily, Fannie Mae Jay Mantz, President, Rialto Capital Jonathan Tan, Vice President, Capital Solutions Group, Goldman Sachs Investment Banking |
| 2:15-3 pm | Enabling AI at Work | Moderator: Maisy Wong, James T. Riady Professor of the Wharton Real Estate Department; Nancy A. Nasher and David Haemisegger Director of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center Sofie Alabaster, Vice President, Digital Transformation, Goldman Sachs Sonny Tambe, Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions Co-Director, Wharton Human-AI Research |
| 3-3:05 pm | Closing Comments | Andy Jonas, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co., LLC |