FALL 2025
Thursday and Friday, September 18-19, 2025
Cambridge, MA

EVENT SCHEDULE

FEATURED SPEAKERS AND PANELS

Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There 
Cass R. Sunstein, AB '75, JD '78
Robert Walmsley University Professor
Harvard Law School

The Future of Work in the Era of Generative AI Joseph Fuller
Professor of Management Practice  Harvard Business School

From Here to There: Real Estate Education at Harvard
Jerold Kayden, AB '75, MCRP, JD '79
Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design
Founding Director, Master in Real Estate Program Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Panel - Avoiding the Doom Loop: What Differentiates Cities That Evolve and Grow from Those That Don’t? 
Moderator: Fred Cooper (MPP ’84), Senior Vice President - Strategic Partnerships, Toll Brothers
Jed Howbert (AB '98), Founder, Rumsey Company
D. Scott McLain (AMDP ’07), Principal and Managing Broker, Coldwell Banker Commercial McLain Real Estate 
Rebecca Rockey, Deputy Chief Economist and Global Head of Forecasting, Cushman & Wakefield 
Kairos Shen, Chief of Planning, City of Boston

Panel - Critical Minerals and the Future of the Global Economy
Moderator: Meghan L. O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Panelists: To Be Announced 

SPRING 2026
Thursday and Friday, April 9-10, 2026
Cambridge, MA

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 9, 2026
5:00-6:00 pm: New Member Orientation
6:00-9:00 pm: Talk and Reception

Friday, April 8, 2026
7:45-8:45 am: Mentoring Breakfasts
8:30 am - 3:30 pm: Registration and Session
3:30-4:30: Resume Reviews

Saturday, April 10, 2026
The Harvard Real Estate Symposium

REGISTRATION
Registration will begin in February 2026