Roundtable Program
The Real Estate Center, in conjunction with our Premier Partner, PNC Bank, is proud to present our 41st season of networking, national and international speakers, and access to industry leaders.
2024 - 25 Program Dates
Save the dates of our 2024 - 2025 Roundtables! Further details of each event will be released as determined.
- Friday, October 4th: The Impact of Sports Teams & Venues on Cities (UC/ULI Conference)
- Speakers
- Jeff Berding, President & Co-Chief Executive Officer, FC Cincinnati
- David Young, Warren County Commissioner
- Brendon Cull, President & CEO, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
- Mike Schuster, Principal, President, & Owner, MSA Design
- Speakers
- Friday, November 15th: Impact of Office Trends on Urban Economies
- Speaker: Dr. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh; Columbia University
- Venue: Cooper Creek Event Center
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- Friday, December 13th: AI Trends in Real Estate
- Venue: Cooper Creek Event Center
- Friday, January 17th: The Real Estate of Data Centers
- Venue: Cooper Creek Event Center
- February 14th: UC/PNC Economic Outlook Conference
- Speakers
- Stuart Hoffman, Senior Economic Advisor, PNC Bank
- Greg Valliere, Chief US Policy Strategist, AGF Investments
- Venue: The Westin Cincinnati Presidential Ballroom
- Speakers
- Friday, March 14th: Institutional Investor Summit
- Venue: Cooper Creek Event Center
- Friday, April 11th: Topic TBA
- Venue: Cooper Creek Event Center
- Friday. May 9th: Retail Real Estate
- Venue: Cooper Creek Event Center
Roundtable Series
In 1983, the UC Real Estate Roundtable Series was created to establish and maintain links between the University and the business and real estate communities. The Roundtable series features guest speakers who present their ideas, thoughts and perspectives on a wide variety of topics that impact the real estate industry.
The Roundtable Series strives to:
- Encourage interaction between real estate professionals and UC students and faculty.
- Address issues relevant to the real estate industry and leading professionals.
- Expose real estate professionals to industry research conducted at UC and elsewhere.
The Roundtable Series is comprised of eight in-person events during our programming season of October to May. Registration is required for each event. Admission is free for current UC faculty/staff and current UC students.
Monthly Roundtable events typically begin at 7:30 a.m. with check-in, networking and breakfast. Program end time is dependent on topic and event structure.
Our Roundtable membership is made up of more than 200 industry leaders. As our numbers continue to grow, the roundtables promise to be a rich opportunity for high-quality programming and networking.
Roundtable Series Membership
Membership to the 2024-25 Roundtable Series includes admission to the annual UC/ULI Conference, the UC/PNC Economic Outlook Conference, as well as all other monthly Roundtable events from October to May.
Membership types:
- $3,500 - Roundtable Supporter
- Two tickets to the annual dinner in June
- Two Individual Roundtable Memberships*
- Company name listed on website and marketing materials
- $495 - Individual Roundtable Membership*
- $395 - Individual Roundtable Membership, Civic Employee Rate*
- $295 - Individual Roundtable Membership, Under 30 Member Rate*
**Please note
- Roundtable Supporters and Members may not send a representative to events in their place.
- New roundtable memberships are not available after January 1, 2025.
- $95 Individual event tickets for non-members will be available for purchase 3-4 weeks prior to each Roundtable.
2023 - 24 Program Topics
- Friday, October 6: The Impact of Growth & Innovation in Uptown Cincinnati (UC/ULI Conference)
- Speakers:
- Maura Moran Berry, AVP Real Estate, Cincinnati Children's
- Megan Smith, Real Estate & Community Investment, University of Cincinnati
- Beth Robinson, President & CEO, Uptown Consortium
- John Cranley, Real Estate Group, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
- Speakers:
- Friday, November 3: Roundtable Housing Series Pt 1, Adaptive Reuse
- Speaker: Anoop Davé, CEO, Victrix LLC
- Friday, December 1: Roundtable Housing Series Pt 2, Attainable Housing
- Speaker: Julie Skolnicki, Senior Managing Director, Greystar
- Friday, February 23 - 40th Annual UC/PNC Economic Outlook Conference
- Speakers
- Stuart Hoffman, Senior Economic Advisor, PNC Bank
- Greg Valliere, Chief US Policy Strategist, AGF Investments
- Speakers
- Monday, March 25 - Equitable Economic Development
- Speaker: Raphael Bostic, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Friday, April 12 - UC/CREW Roundtable Cincinnati - A Look Ahead
- Speakers
- Andy Conklin, Executive Vice President, Visit Cincy
- Brendon Cull, President & CEO, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
- Scott Dust, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management & Fealy Family Endowed Chair, University of Cincinnati Center for Entrepreneurship
- Kimm Lauterbach, President & CEO, Regional Economic Development Initiative (REDI) Cincinnati
- Speakers
- Friday, May 10 - Retail Outlook
- Speaker: Christopher Conlon, CEO, Washington Prime Group Inc.
Our 2023-24 Roundtable Supporters
Thanks to our supporters that help make the Roundtables possible.
- Cassady Schiller
- General Electric Credit Union
- JLL
- Kiesland Development Services
- Matrix Holdings, LLC
- Placemaking in Greater Cincinnati
- Inflationary Impact on New Housing
- Future Workplace Strategies
- An Update on the Cincinnati Convention Center District
- PNC Economic Outlook with Stu Hoffman & Greg Valliere
- Real Estate & Blockchain Technology
- Building the CRE Workforce of the Future with CREW Cincinnati
- A Conversation on the State of Retail with Daniel Hurwitz, CEO of Raider Hill Advisors
The following is a sampling of prominent industry leaders who have served as guest speakers at past Roundtable events.
- Gerald D. Hines, founder of Hines
- Sam Zell, founder and chairman of Equity Group Investments
- Roger Staubach, Executive Chairman, Americas, JLL; former pro-football player, Dallas Cowboys
- John F. Barrett, Chairman, President and CEO, Western & Southern Financial Group
- Tom Williams, President/CEO, North American Properties
- Stuart G. Hoffman, Senior VP and Senior Economic Adviser, PNC Financial Services Group
- Dan Neyer, President/CEO, Neyer Properties
- Jeff Edison, Chairman and CEO, Phillips Edison & Company
- Mark Addy, President and CEO, Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT
- Ozie Davis, President, Ozie Davis & Associates
- C. Kevin Shannahan, CEO of Hines U.S. Midwest and Southeast Regions
- Frank Cohen, Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, Blackstone
- Thomas McGee, President and CEO, International Council of Shopping Centers
- David LaRue, President and CEO, Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.
- Tom Banta, President, Corporex
- Spencer Levy, Head of Research, CBRE
- Garrick Brown, VP, Retail Intelligence, Cushman & Wakefield
- Leonard Kiefer, Deputy Chief Economist, Freddie Mac
- Yaromir Steiner, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Steiner & Associates
- Emerick Corsi, President; Forest City Development Corporation
- Dan Hurwitz, CEO, Raider Hill Advisors
- Julie Calvert, President & CEO, Visit Cincy
- Wendy Mann, CEO, CREW Network
- Donald Wood, Chief Executive Officer; Federal Realty Investment Trust; North Bethesda, Maryland
- Rob Portman, United States Senator for Ohio
- Noah Zelkind, Director of Business Development and Expansion Execution; 80 Acres Farms
- Laura Brunner, CEO, The Port
- Glenn Rufrano, Chairman of ICSC
- Raphael Bostic, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Contact Us
To learn more about Roundtable events, registration, membership or sponsorship, contact Megan Roberts, UC Real Estate Center Assistant Director.
