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

PROGRAM l REGISTRATION LIST l SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES

FEATURED SPEAKERS AND PANELS

The Future of Work in the Era of Generative AI Joseph Fuller (AB ‘79, MBA ‘81)
Professor of Management Practice  Harvard Business School

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

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

Panel - Avoiding the Doom Loop: What Differentiates Cities That Evolve and Grow from Those That Don’t? 
Moderator: Fred Cooper (MPP ’84), Chief Executive Officer, Fin River Advisors
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

Discussion - Critical Minerals and the Future of the Global Economy
Meghan L. O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Christopher Miller (AB '09), Professor of International History, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

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