DisruptCRE, the national technology and commercial real estate conference series, hosted its 5th Annual DisruptCRE New York conference.
The event brought together the most innovative professionals and entrepreneurs in commercial real estate, providing an afternoon event with topics ranging from data collection and analysis; cybersecurity; smart building; and how to unlock value.
This year’s DisruptCRE was sponsored by The Moinian Group’s Currency M and hosted at Sky, Moinian’s 71-story, 1,175-unit luxury residential tower at 605 West 42nd along Manhattan’s the Far West Side. Currency M is a tech-enabled and real estate related venture arm that provides early-stage companies the access, guidance and distribution that empowers world-class entrepreneurs to build, grow, and scale their businesses.
“Real estate professionals now embrace technology as a critical, fundamental element of how they do business,” said Mariel Ebrahimi DisruptCRE CEO and conference day host. “Our goal is to bring together the most innovative minds to discuss what’s happening today, but also what’s coming tomorrow. We want to thank The Moinian Group and their Currency M for sponsoring this event and providing such a beautiful venue. They are leaders in the venture real estate space and a tremendous partner.”
The agenda featured many of the real estate and tech industry’s leading voices, including Robert Entin (EVP, CIO, Vornado), Elaina Bauer (Regional Workplace Manager, Slack), Anne Hardy (Chief Security Officer, Join), Eugene Lee (Global Head of Real Estate, Knotel), Gabriella Rubin Deveraux (Global Real Estate & Facilities, BuzzFeed), Jim Whalen (SVP, CIO, Boston Properties), Gabrielle McMillan (CEO, Equiem), Harry Blanchard (Director, CRE, Moody’s Analytics Accelerator) and many others.
The event also included a networking lunch, a Fireside Chat with Time Equities’ CEO Frances Greenburger, Featured Talk with Switch Automation CEO Deb Noller, and a networking cocktail party to close out the day.
The line-up of all-star panels included The Future of Living & Staying, which explored the intersection of multi-family and hospitality and how new technology is making way for new resident expectations; while Data: The New CRE Currency examined how building data, tenant data, and construction data have forever changed the commercial real estate industry.
The CRE Cybersecurity panel featured prominent commercial real estate owners, developers, and operators who discussed the current challenges and technology solutions that are helping landlords secure their property and mitigate risk; while the Workplace as a Service (Waas) session explored risk volatility for office owners in this burgeoning sector.
The Occupier Discussion featured executives sharing their workplace experiences today and how their real estate strategy is changing as a result of new technology; while the Developing a Smart Building session focused on developing building infrastructure for the future and how developers can build for flexibility.
