Tuesday, May 23, 9:15 AM - 4:30 PM

Housing Tour: The Laboratory of New Home Products
  • Room: ACC North, Plaza Level
Join us as we head south to see some of Orange County’s latest and greatest new home communities. This tour will cover everything from higher-density infill product to more conventional single-family homes in a suburban setting, with most starting at over $1 million. See why Southern California is the “laboratory” of new home product. From contemporary architecture in a walkable environment to classic homes in well-amenitized master plans, bring your walking shoes – we will cover it all. Box lunch included. Solis Park, the latest Great Park neighborhood The Landing by Brookfield in Tustin Legacy The Meadows by Toll Brothers in Lake Forest *Tour... Read More
Speaker(s)
Docent
Adam McAbee
Senior Vice President
Zonda
Docent
Jill Nalepa
BSA
New Company
Docent
Rachel Beaver
Research Associate
Zonda
  • Ticket Required

Wednesday, May 24, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Big Potential: Transforming the Pursuit of Success
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Keynote Ballroom
In a world that thrives on competition and individual achievement, we’re measuring and pursuing potential incorrectly. Pursuing success in isolation not only limits our potential, it makes us more stressed and disconnected than ever. Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor reveals a better approach. With new research combining neuroscience and psychology with Big Data, Achor shows that our potential is not limited by what we alone can achieve. Instead, it’s determined by how we complement, contribute to, and benefit from the abilities and achievements of people around us. When we—as individuals, leaders, and parents—chase only individual achievement, we leave vast sources of... Read More
Speaker(s)
Keynote
Shawn Achor
NY Times bestselling author
  • Open to All Attendees
Economic & Housing Outlook
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 261
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Christopher Thornberg PhD
Founding Partner
Beacon Economics LLC
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Wednesday, May 24, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

M&A - Capital Raising/Recapitalization Capital
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 261
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Margaret Whelan
CEO
Whelan Advisory, LLC
Panelist
Ben Jogodnik
Managing Director, M&A
Toll Brothers
Panelist
Corin Korenaga
Partner
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Panelist
Jed Lowry
SVP Corporate Development
Landsea Homes
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Wednesday, May 24, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Innovation Stage: Brian Gaudio
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Brian Gaudio believes that everyone deserves access to good design. Formerly a designer at Walt Disney Imagineering, he is now CEO of Module, a leading builder of Zero Energy Ready modular homes....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Brian Gaudio
CEO
Module Housing
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Wednesday, May 24, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

A New Season of Change & Opportunities
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 256AB
People are pivoting. Indoor and outdoor, livability has taken on new meaning and form. A new set of rules governed by higher-longer interest rates are now shifting what people want, need, and will pay for, as well as what they’ll value timelessly in their home and neighborhood. In this session, our panel of masterplan all-stars will glimpse around the next corner, track the evidence – and together with you – reimagine what planning, design, features, and programming ideas will put you on track to shape the future of placemaking....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Bill Hezmalhalch
President
WHA Architects & Planners
Panelist
Denise Ashton
Senior Principal - Planning Studio
WHA Inc.
Panelist
Kris Maher
Senior Vice President of Community Development
Rancho Mission Viejo
Panelist
Randall Lewis
Senior Executive Vice President – Marketing
Lewis Management Corporation
  • Conference Max Pass Required
ChatGPT and other AI Platforms in Branding/Marketing
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
ChatGPT arrived with a splash, as artificial intelligence’s promise to transform lives and livelihoods went viral at ‘hello, world,’ even as a newborn. Clearly, though, the moment to plunge in, learn, and begin your own exploration of where and how AI may apply in both your strategy, your customer value-creation, and your everyday operations is now—not after its effects are fully-formed. Our session will serve as your intro to what AI platforms like ChatGPT and Bard are, what you need to know, what they mean for your business, and why that matters to you as a competitor. Ready to chat?...
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Jon Lakefish
Founder
Lakefish Group
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Legislative & Regulatory Update: What’s Here, What’s Coming, How to Prepare
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
Urban development boundaries. Land use restrictions. Density bonuses. EV charger requirements. Wildfire mitigation and lack of condominium insurance. Embodied carbon. Electrification. School bonds. Transformer shortages. Wetlands permitting. The legislative and regulatory impacts on housing and homebuilding are seemingly endless and often contradictory—but their potential implications for your business are vast. In this session, you’ll hear from the industry’s top advocates on the most pressing issues of today, what’s coming in the year ahead, and what you need to know to be prepared....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Dan Dunmoyer
President & CEO
California Building Industry Association
Panelist
Clayton Traylor
VP State & Regulatory Affairs
Leading Builders of America
Panelist
Ken Gear
CEO
Leading Builders of America
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Tracking the Evolution of Build to Rent
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 258
The shifting market for new home sales has focused attention on ways to diversify portfolios by serving the renter community—renters by choice and those impacted by affordability challenges. The landscape for build to rent, quickly becoming a more mature and nuanced asset type, is shapeshifting around us. This session will feature three different perspectives on what’s next for the build to rent segment, explore the markets that are hot and not, and dive into the top ingredients in a successful community....
Speaker(s)
Keynote
Tim Sullivan
Senior Managing Principal
Zonda
Panelist
Donald Povieng
Co-President
Empire Communities
Panelist
Rachael Kish
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Christopher Todd Communities
Panelist
Thomas Fichman
Senior Vice President, Investments
Tricon Residential
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Wednesday, May 24, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Innovation Stage: Gene Eidelman
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Gene Eidelman is cofounder of Azure Printed Homes, the first company to 3D print complete structures using primarily recycled plastic polymer materials—pioneering a truly sustainable way to build responsibly for generations to come....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Gene Eidelman
Cofounder
Azure
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Wednesday, May 24, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Innovation Stage: Megan Eltringham & Ken Peterson
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Megan Eltringham is corporate VP of marketing for The New Home Company, where she leads the integrated marketing campaigns and brand management standards across all divisions in California and Arizona. Ken Peterson is VP of sales and marketing for Shea Homes. He is a past recipient of the TecHome Builder Arc of Achievement award, recognizing extraordinary progress in the adoption of technology in new homes....
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Ken Peterson
VP of Sales & Marketing
Shea Homes
Panelist
Megan Eltringham
Vice President of Marketing
The New Home Company
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Wednesday, May 24, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Microgrid Communities: Lessons Learned and Future Vision
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
Speaker(s)
Moderator
John McManus
President and Founder
The Builder’s Daily
Panelist
Jacob Atalla
VP, Sustainability Initiatives
KB Home
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Navigating Today's (and Tomorrow's) Leadership Challenges
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 256
Economic shocks, talent shortage, shifting demographics and consumer attitudes, affordability crisis, automation, AI, ESG. Builders today face a wide range of disruptive forces, requiring new vision and leadership. This panel of leaders will share their thoughts on the challenges facing our industry today—and what it will take to adapt, pivot and prosper into the future....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Tim Sullivan
Senior Managing Principal
Zonda
Panelist
Liesel Cooper
National President
Century Communities
Panelist
Nicole Burdette
President, SoCal Land & Housing
Brookfield Residential
Panelist
Nicole Murray
Division President
Shea Homes
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Strategies for Profitability
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 261
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Margaret Whelan
CEO
Whelan Advisory, LLC
Panelist
Chuck Chippero
National VP, Strategic Sourcing and Innovation
Pulte Homes
Panelist
Nader Adly
SVP, Supply Chain Management and Homebuilding Initiatives
AHV Communities
Panelist
Scott Laurie
President & CEO
Olson Homes
Panelist
Tony Callahan
VP National Purchasing
Shea Homes
  • Conference Max Pass Required
The Clash of Design and Value Engineering: Achieving Savings Without Sacrificing Style
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 258
For years, architects have been given a program by the client, designed a project, and then been told it costs too much to build. What if, rather than value-engineering homes after the fact, we integrated it into the process from the beginning through collaborative design, purchasing and construction? Done well, the result is designs that are attractive, approvable, AND meet the builder's cost target. This panel will explore: the importance of communication and collaboration in creating great design; tips for creating a collaborative environment from the start; design solutions that look good and don’t break the bank; and effective ways... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Donald Ruthroff
Founder
Design Story Spaces, LLC
Panelist
Nicole Summers
Vice President, National Purchasing & Architecture
The New Home Company Inc.
Panelist
Rebecca McAdoo
Regional President
Garman Homes
  • Conference Max Pass Required
The State of the Industry: Sustainability and Consumer Drivers of Demand
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
Market conditions are rapidly changing, and builders need the very latest research to design and construct homes that meet the needs of today’s homebuyers. Drawing upon COGNITION Smart Data market intelligence, Green Builder Media’s CEO will present key sustainability initiatives and how they’re influencing consumer preferences, purchase drivers, and behavioral patterns. Future-proof your business by staying ahead of trends—emerging and present-day—in net zero, electrification, healthy homes, water conservation, solar, connected living, resiliency, and how housing market patterns (and homeownership itself) are changing as a result....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Sara Gutterman
CEO
Green Builder Media
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Wednesday, May 24, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Innovation Stage: George Papaioannou & Katie Yost
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Speaker(s)
Panelist
George Papaioannou
VP, Sales
Zonda Virtual
Panelist
Katie Yost
Associate, Senior Designer
Bassenian Lagoni
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Wednesday, May 24, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Catalyzing Innovation: 2023 Ivory Prize Presentation
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Keynote Ballroom
PCBC is excited to debut this new event in partnership with Ivory Innovations. The Ivory Prize is an annual award recognizing ambitious, feasible and scalable solutions to housing affordability. The program will introduce this year’s winners — across categories of construction and design, finance, and public policy — as well as share trends and takeaways from the past five years of advances in technology and applied creativity. Meet the top 10 finalists — with winners announced at the program. Speakers include: Kent Colton, President of K. Colton LLC and former Senior Scholar at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Dejan Eskic, Senior... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Abby Ivory
Managing Director
Ivory Innovations
Moderator
Dejan Eskic
Senior Research Fellow
Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Moderator
Jenna Louie
Director of Strategy and Operations
Ivory Innovations
Single Presenter
Clark Ivory
Chief Executive Officer
Ivory Homes
Single Presenter
Kent Colton
Chairman
Ivory Innovations Advisory Board
  • Open to All Attendees

Wednesday, May 24, 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Innovation Stage: Peter Yost & Steve Baczek
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Peter Yost is the person you turn to if you want to truly understand how buildings work. He brings more than 30 years of experience in building, researching, teaching, writing, and consulting on high-performance buildings. (See Peter’s Q&A in Builder Magazine). Steven Baczek is a nationally recognized architect with over 28 years of experience designing and developing healthy, high-performing residential structures, including many of the nation’s top energy conscious homes....
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Steve Baczek
President
Steve Baczek Architect
Single Presenter
Peter Yost
President
Building-Wright
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Wednesday, May 24, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Back to Basics – Attracting Debt/Equity for Your Project
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 261
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Tom Farrell
Division Manager of Homebuilder Finance
Umpqua Bank
Panelist
Jason Park
Head of Housing Capital & CRE National Head of Underwriting
U.S. Bank
Panelist
Jeff Brouelette
Principal
Arroyo Capital, LLC
Panelist
Loren Borstein
President, Residential Division
Borstein Enterprises
  • Conference Max Pass Required
No Whining Allowed: Let’s Build It Smarter
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
With the "end" of the pandemic, the expected return to "normal" has been anything but. Responding to challenging conditions that include economic, environmental, supply chain, new code and upgraded sustainable design changes can be tough. But we are not going to whine about it: Let's figure out how we are going to take on the challenges and build a smarter future through innovative design concepts, new programming ideas and construction techniques. Our panel of different viewpoints in the industry will showcase creative ideas for more affordable housing solutions that can help cities meet their requirements, will share density alternatives to... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Ron Nestor
Senior Principal
WHA, Inc.
Panelist
Rob Corbin
Vice President of Operations
Trumark Homes
  • Conference Max Pass Required
The Desire for Human-Scaled Experiences
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 256
No one peers into the hearts and minds of American consumers quite like J. Walker Smith, described by Fortune as “one of America's leading analysts on consumer trends.” Always one of the most in-demand speakers at PCBC, Walker will share new insights—drawn from Kantar’s deep well of qualitative research—into people’s attitudes about and desires for home and community. At the heart of it all is a yearning for “human-scaled” experiences—a fusion of digital and analog life that is deeply rooted in social, personal, authentic connection....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
J. Walker Smith
Chief Knowledge Officer
Kantar
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Wildfire Mitigation: Best Practices for Builders and Developers
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
Throughout the western US, a growing percentage of new home construction is occurring in areas exposed to the threat of wildfire—resulting in a host of new legislative and regulatory requirements on residential development. Hear from two developers who are implementing industry-leading wildfire resilience strategies, including building guidelines, conservation of open space, defensible space, landscaping protocols, and more....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Chris Ochoa
Senior Counsel for Codes, Regulatory & Legislative Affairs
CBIA
Panelist
Jay Bullock
Vice President of Planning & Entitlement
Rancho Mission Viejo
Panelist
Kirk Bone
Director of Government Relations
Parker Development Company
Panelist
Mike Balsamo
Senior Vice President, Governmental Relations
Rancho Mission Viejo
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Wednesday, May 24, 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Enhancing Employee Value Proposition
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 258
Team members and partners in our workplaces and job sites make up the lifeline to customer value creation and success. This session will crystallize what commitment to employee value creation means, and how it bears directly on business profitability and growth. Becoming a “best place to work” or a “builder of choice” or a “most trusted partner” means looking through a new lens at how each member engages with a team’s purpose and in turn gains a feeling of value even as he, she, they devote effort, talent, and discipline up front. It’s an inside job, and this session will... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
John McManus
President and Founder
The Builder’s Daily
Panelist
Branka Minic
CEO
Building Talent Foundation
Panelist
Jason Certilman
Director of Community Planning
Toll Brothers
Panelist
Stuart Kliman
Partner and head of Center of Excellence
Building Industry Partners
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Wednesday, May 24, 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Innovation Stage: Steve Baczek & Peter Yost
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Steven Baczek is a nationally recognized architect with over 28 years of experience designing and developing healthy, high-performing residential structures, including many of the nation’s top energy conscious homes. Peter Yost is the person you turn to if you want to truly understand how buildings work. He brings more than 30 years of experience in building, researching, teaching, writing, and consulting on high-performance buildings. (See Peter’s Q&A in Builder Magazine)....
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Peter Yost
President
Building-Wright
Panelist
Steve Baczek
President
Steve Baczek Architect
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Wednesday, May 24, 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Innovation Stage: Adam Miller
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Adam Miller is Vice President of Microgrids at Sunnova Energy, where he helped pioneer the Adaptive Community™ enabling residents and businesses to produce, store, and share power across their neighborhood....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Adam Miller
Vice President of Microgrids
Sunnova
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Wednesday, May 24, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

After the Great Resignation, What’s Next?
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 261
After three years of unprecedented demand for talent, many employees and companies regret the decisions they made to leave, join or hire. Join us as we share the events that got us here (it’s not all about COVID), the State of the Union for talent and best practices that lead to employee satisfaction and retention....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Allison Williams
Partners
Hall Williams Executive Search
Moderator
Rodney Hall
Partner
Hall Williams Executive Search
  • Conference Max Pass Required
An Adaptive Reuse Case Study: From All Business, All the Time, to Live-Work-Play
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
When do two real estate pain-points collide and add up to bigtime opportunity? (1) The future-of-work arrives ahead of schedule, disrupting commercial real estate. (2) An undersupply of homes of all types plagues almost every market. Solutions to adapt offices and retail to residences – economically, sustainably, and aesthetically – emerge as a latter-2020s real estate Manifest Destiny. Learn the essentials – product design, engineering, automation, project management, and construction – from a master planner and a reality-checked world-class use case. Apply epic and replicable learnings to your own adaptive reuse project opportunities....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Jacob Schwartz
President
Urban Coastal Development, Inc
  • Conference Max Pass Required
The Economic Outlook for Housing
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 256
The U.S. housing market has slowed in response to rapidly rising home prices and a historic mortgage rate shock. The days of the turbocharged pandemic housing market are behind us, as mortgage rates have doubled from 2021 lows, the relocation boom is cooling, and housing monthly payments have pushed beyond reach for many. Ali Wolf, one of the industry’s most respected analysts, will decode the latest data on the housing market, highlight the regional differences, and parse out the varying market views of today’s buyers and sellers....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Ali Wolf
Chief Economist
Zonda
  • Conference Max Pass Required
The Post-Pandemic Experience of Home
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
With the release of the third iteration of the America at Home Study—and the first post-pandemic findings—this landmark survey continues to reveal powerful changes in behaviors and attitudes about home and community. Shifts brought on by the shelter-at-home period are creating lasting effects, seen most clearly in the desire for, and willingness to prioritize, wellness. This session will share new insights into Americans’ meaning of home, definition of well-being, lifestyle priorities, and most desired features—including generational differences....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki
Principal
tst ink LLC
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Wednesday, May 24, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Clean Energy and Decarbonization
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
As California moves towards ambitious climate goals, clean energy options are key to meeting new efficiency standards, reducing carbon emissions, and supporting grid resiliency and reliability.  Hear from three  energy leaders on advances in energy sources and how to make energy cleaner, more affordable, and more reliable -- and what they mean for how you design and build your homes and communities....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
P. Anthony Thomas
Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs
CBIA
Panelist
Colin Sueyres
President & CEO
Western Propane Gas Association
Panelist
Don Widjaja
Vice President, Customer Solutions
Southern California Gas Company
Panelist
Panama Bartholomy
Executive Director
Building Decarbonization Coalition
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Parsing the Data: A Deeper Dive into Consumer Research
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
As a follow-up to their earlier presentations, J. Walker Smith and Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki will engage in an open, interactive, “unplugged” conversation about their research—macro and micro—and what surprised them, what perplexed them, how to make sense of seemingly contradictory feedback, and what to do when you reach the end of what research can tell you. The conversation will be fueled by the audience as well, so come with questions, comments and curiosity about consumer insights and how we can all get better at uncovering them....
Speaker(s)
Panelist
J. Walker Smith
Chief Knowledge Officer
Kantar
Panelist
Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki
Principal
tst ink LLC
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Power Brokers - Got Land?
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 261
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Steven LaTerra
CEO
TerraLane Communities
Panelist
Justin Esayian
Senior Vice President
The Hoffman Company
Panelist
Libby Wickland
Vice President
Province West
Panelist
Tony Eaton
President, California Division
Land Advisors Organization
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Single-Family Density with Dignity
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 258
Single-family density is always a challenge, but well-crafted plans and community design can yield highly desirable solutions to lifestyle wants and affordability needs. This session will explore the case study of NUVO Parkside, a stylish neighborhood aimed at entry-level/first-time buyers, with careful attention to compact design, walkability and density with dignity. The project team will share their assumptions going in, which ones were right, which ones were wrong, and what they learned along the way. While maintaining all the amenities and design of high-end development, NUVO Parkside shows how the combination of dense housing with smaller footprints can work with... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Mollie Carmichael
Principal
Zonda
Panelist
Matt Sauls
VP Marketing - S CA Planned Communities
The Lewis Group of Companies
Panelist
Steven Dewan NCARB
Senior Principal
Bassenian Lagoni Architects
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Thinking Inside the Box: How Tough Times Fuel Creativity and Innovation
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 256
We’ve all said it: “If only I had ________, then I could do ________.” We’re convinced that the only thing standing between us and our best work is more money, more time, more resources, more buy-in, a better team, a better boss, a better piece of software… the list goes on. But the truth is, creative work thrives within constraints. True creative work exists in the gap between what you have and what you think you need. It showed up when the Apollo 13 astronauts had to make square filters fit round tubes. It showed up when a global pandemic... Read More
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Kyle Scheele
Author
How to Host a Viking Funeral
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Thursday, May 25, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Showing Up Online: How to Build an Authentic Digital Presence
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Keynote Ballroom
Whether you’re building your personal brand or managing a global company, social media is essential. As Global Head of Creator Marketing at TikTok, Kudzi Chikumbu provides audiences with a crash course in how to show up digitally—and the perils of doing it wrong. From expanding your customer case…to building a network…to self-expression, he’ll explore the limitless potential of the full digital landscape. In this stirring talk, Kudzi will share how how diversity leads to creativity and explore the power that comes from bringing together different perspectives to achieve success. You’ll gain insight into: How and where to start telling your... Read More
Speaker(s)
Keynote
Kudzi Chikumbu
Global Head of Creator Marketing
TikTok
  • Open to All Attendees

Thursday, May 25, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Innovation Stage: Chris Murphy
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Chris Murphy is Chief Strategy Officer for Mighty Buildings, a company using patented 3D printing technology to revolutionize sustainable home construction. Using innovative material science, robotics, and automation, their goal is to produce fully carbon-neutral houses by 2028....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Chris Murphy
Chief Strategy Officer
Mighty Buildings
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Thursday, May 25, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Differentiators in a Challenging Market: How Consumer Insights Sell Homes
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 261
The more you know your consumer, the more you know how to connect with them. Putting the consumer front and center from the start of a new collection or community is what will attract buyers or renters and inspire them to move. Delve into what this potential buyer wants in a home and community plus what channels are they use and how can you reach them. Consider how and when they desire to connect to builders and developers about their future home. Understanding your target consumer will set you apart in a crowded market. This session will help explore consumer... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Jenni Nichols
Vice President, DesignLens
John Burns Real Estate Consulting
Panelist
Alison Girard
Director of Marketing
Brookfield Residential
Panelist
Angela Harris
Principal & Creative Director
TRIO Design
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Economic Outlook & Multifamily Market Overview
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 258
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Ryan Davis
CEO
Witten Advisors
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Housing Innovation over the Next Five Years
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 256
Where should up-and-coming housing innovators focus their efforts? Housing industry leaders from academia and the private sector will reflect on the successes - as well as the setbacks - of the past five years in housing innovation and discuss what the next five years of housing innovation might hold. Attendees will gain insight into changing demographic trends, emerging technologies, and other factors that will shape the housing market in the foreseeable future. Learn more about the Ivory Prize Advisory Board here....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Abby Ivory
Managing Director
Ivory Innovations
Panelist
Carol Galante
Founder and Advisor of Terner Center
Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley
Panelist
Kent Colton
Chairman
Ivory Innovations Advisory Board
Panelist
Laurie Goodman
Institute Fellow
Urban Institute
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Incubating Ideas and Leading Up: An Interactive Conversation
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
Led by Kyle Scheele, aka 'the patron saint of crazy ideas,' this unique session is geared to young professionals who are eager to unlock their creative potential to drive innovation. In an interactive workshop format, you'll learn how to identify and incubate your most audacious ideas (and those of your team) and explore ways to bring them to fruition, even when you're not the senior decision maker. You'll also discover how to "lead up" in situations where you want to drive change but need the buy-in of more senior leaders first. Take advantage of this fun, informal, supportive environment to... Read More
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Kyle Scheele
Author
How to Host a Viking Funeral
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Upward Mobility in an Economic Downturn
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
Homebuilding’s No. 1 echo-chamber challenge, and the most-often-identified risk among the industry sector’s small, medium, and enterprise-level businesses, is building’s “frontline worker cliff.” Still, there are proven solutions to slowly turn the tide of losses to construction talent ranks, and this session will put those tactics into a light individual firms and their partners can begin applying immediately in the field. Addressing head-on a prevailing belief in construction talent ranks that jobs are dead-ends, with little to no opportunity to advance in a career or as an entrepreneur, this interactive work-group will focus on all the ways best practices organizations... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Branka Minic
CEO
Building Talent Foundation
Panelist
Clayton Traylor
VP State & Regulatory Affairs
Leading Builders of America
Panelist
Lee U’ren
Global Director, Training and Enablement
Resideo
Panelist
Mary Kelly
President and CEO
StrataTech Education Group
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Thursday, May 25, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Housing 2.0: Education for Successful Building
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 252C
Green Builder Media has joined forces with building industry luminary Sam Rashkin (former Chief Architect at the DOE and considered to be the father of EnergyStar) to offer Housing 2.0, a pioneering training and education program focused on disruption in the housing industry. This intensive education program empowers building professionals to design and construct higher performance, healthier, more sustainable homes at a fraction of the cost. Building on Rashkin’s years of educational and training experience through his Retooling the U.S. Housing Industry program, Housing 2.0 will teach you how to improve the home buyer experience through innovation, offering a proprietary roadmap... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Sam Rashkin
Founder
Housing 2.0
  • Ticket Required
Housing Tour: Rancho Mission Viejo: A Day at the Ranch
  • Room: ACC North, Plaza Level
Join us for a deep dive into the evolution and future of Rancho Mission Viejo, a highly acclaimed master planned community in South Orange County. See neighborhoods and amenities as they have evolved from the beginning of ranch development to present day—and get a sneak peak at what’s next from the team  of visionaries behind this award-winning community. We'll talk about both challenges and victories, and get a behind-the-scenes understanding of what has made Rancho Mission Viejo the premier West Coast master plan. Backstory and planning: Sendero, Esencia Farm, Hilltop Club Lunch and presentation at the Event Barn: history of the Ranch,... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Donald Ruthroff
Founder
Design Story Spaces, LLC
Docent
Amaya Genaro
Vice President - Community Services
Rancho Mission Viejo
Docent
Kris Maher
Senior Vice President of Community Development
Rancho Mission Viejo
Docent
Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki
Principal
tst ink LLC
  • Ticket Required

Thursday, May 25, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Innovation Stage: Adam DeHeer
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Adam DeHeer is president & CEO of LeapFrog Design. Trained as a landscape architect, he uses design thinking to create beautiful and resilient products and places. Adam specializes in collaborative design and regenerative infrastructure....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Adam DeHeer
President & CEO
LeapFrog Design
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Thursday, May 25, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Innovation Stage: Hans Anderle, Daniel Lee & Patrick Murphy
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Daniel Lee
Senior Associate, Senior Designer
Bassenian Lagoni
Panelist
Hans Anderle
Principal
Bassenian Lagoni Architects
Panelist
Patrick Murphy
President + CEO
Summers Murphy and Partners
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Thursday, May 25, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Beyond Buyer Profiles & Demographics: How Homebuyers Want to Buy and Why
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 256
Today’s volatile market is ever shifting, impacting both the math and psychology of your potential buyers. It’s no time to get caught short on the data you need to position yourself for them the moment they’re ready. In the spring of 2023, Wick Marketing will field a quantitative research study of hundreds of prospective homebuyers across the US, as well as buyers who have purchased since May 2022. Goal: Understand, with statistically significant data, the attitudes and perceptions of homebuyers around choosing a builder and purchasing a new home in today’s marketplace. In this session, you can be among the... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Barbara Wray
Senior Vice President Strategic Growth
Wick Marketing
Panelist
Susan Baier
Founder and President
Audience Audit, Inc.
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Capital Markets - Multifamily
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 261
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Marc Renard
Executive Vice Chairman
Cushman & Wakefield
Panelist
Jeff Brown
Director
BlackRock
Panelist
Jerry Brand
Executive Director, U.S. West Development
Greystar
Panelist
Steven Ames
Managing Director, Investments
Affinius Capital
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Future Proofing: Investing in R&D to Create a Competitive Advantage
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 258
R&D, a lifeline of business resilience and customer-centered new product development, gets billions in investment from top consumer brands, healthcare leaders, and industrial innovators. This diamond mine of opportunity goes entirely untapped in homebuilding and residential development common practice. However, without breaking the budget, you can give your team both a competitive advantage and a path to business resiliency and sustainable success with a modest R&D commitment. This session’s thought and practice leaders will unpack insight data and discovery solutions proven to bring what consumers value most to light, while removing friction and uncertainty from your home and community design,... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Deana Vidal
Senior Manager, Trend Consulting
John Burns Real Estate Consulting, LLC
Panelist
Dylan Emmett
Partner, LP Coverage & Capital Markets
Fifth Wall
Panelist
Emily Boyd
Director of Land Acquisition
Brookfield Properties
Panelist
Marissa Kasdan
Director, Research and Development
KTGY
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Planning for Profit in the Down Cycle
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
We will discuss adopting an iterative process where the Land Owner/and/or Developer can evaluate existing and evolving data leading to an improved land development program. We will be basing our discussion on a real land development program. We will prepare 8 to 10 slides to support the discussion. Market Research will identify a range of products acceptable in the marketplace by researching home pricing, absorption and a preferred amenity package. This information will be provided to the land planner who will develop a conceptual land plan. The financial analyst will estimate all development costs. From this information, Land Residual cash... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Richard Gollis
Principal
The Concord Group
Panelist
Aimee Martin
Senior Director
GTIS Partners
Panelist
Barry Gross
President
Land Optimization Strategies
Panelist
Randall Jackson
Principal
Placeworks
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Policy Optimization and Regulatory Reform for Housing Innovation
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
Ivory Prize finalists in this category include innovative thinkers from the housing policy and regulatory spheres, with subject matter ranging from zoning and building code to subsidy models and tax incentives. Ivory Prize Top 10 Finalists are selected as the most promising solutions from a pool of over 200 nominees, with 3-4 Finalists selected from each area of focus. Learn more at ivoryinnovations.org....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Kent Colton
Chairman
Ivory Innovations Advisory Board
Panelist
Allie Cannington
Senior Manager, Advocacy & Organizing
The Kelsey
Panelist
Francis Thumpasery
Co-founder & CEO
PermitFlow
Panelist
Jennifer Gilbert
Executive Director
Housing Navigator MA
Panelist
Joanna Kaufman
Zoning Analyst
National Zoning Atlas
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Thursday, May 25, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

CBIA Professional Women in Building Brunch
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Keynote Ballroom
Liz Bohannon, Founder of Sseko Designs Beginner’s Pluck: How to Build a Life of Purpose and Impact We often dismiss a newcomer’s success by calling it beginner’s luck. But what if their beginner’s mindset is the very thing that positioned them to succeed? What a beginner may lack in experience, track record, know-how, and connections, they make up in nerve, curiosity, spirit, courage, and a willingness to acknowledge they don’t have it all figured out. Bestselling author and entrepreneur Liz Bohannon calls this “Beginner’s Pluck.” In this dynamic, high-energy keynote, she’ll debunk many of the commonly held beliefs about business and personal... Read More
Speaker(s)
Keynote
Liz Bohannon
Founder and CEO
Sseko Designs
  • Ticket Required

Thursday, May 25, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Innovation Stage: Judi Schweitzer & Julie Ann Stark
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Judi Schweitzer
President & Chief Sustainability Advisor
Schweitzer + Associates
Panelist
Julie Ann Stark
Partner, President of Design
CDC Designs
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Thursday, May 25, 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Innovation Stage: Lisa De Jesus
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Lisa De Jesus, founder of ADU Gurus LLC, is an expert at navigating the complexities of permitting, financing, building and installing Accessory Dwelling Units on single-family parcels or multifamily lots....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Lisa De Jesus
Founder
ADU Gurus LLC
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Thursday, May 25, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Building Technologies for Increasing Housing Supply
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 258
From modular homes to green building materials, these Ivory Prize finalists have demonstrated how technology and creativity can help the homebuilding industry overcome supply constraints that limit affordability. Ivory Prize Top 10 Finalists are selected as the most promising solutions from a pool of over 200 nominees, with 3-4 Finalists selected from each area of focus. Learn more at ivoryinnovations.org....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Carol Galante
Founder and Advisor of Terner Center
Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley
Panelist
Jack Oslan
Co-Founder & CEO
Diamond Age
Panelist
Josh Dorfman
Co-Founder & CEO
Plantd
Panelist
Tim Swanson
Founder
Inherent L3C
  • Conference Max Pass Required
California Title 24: What’s New for '22, What to Expect for '25
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
New changes to the California Building Energy Code went into effect January 1, 2023, and still more changes are expected for the upcoming 2025 code. In addition to these code changes, this session will explain policy motivations and background driving the code, potential increases to the costs of compliance, and available incentive programs. Additionally, we'll explore the extended implications this will have for grid and infrastructure impacts, as well as homebuyer expectations....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Tom Paine, JD
Senior Policy Advisor
Consol
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Market Proof Marketing: The Coming Disruptions You Should Embrace… Or Ignore
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 256
What made you successful in past markets won't necessarily work in the new one. It sounds obvious, but the work of rethinking market and consumer needs - and where to focus your efforts and resources - is challenging and exhausting. Discover how the Market Proof Algorithm™ can reliably help you analyze your data to identify the true root causes preventing higher sales results, and how to address them. With this newfound clarity, master the art of navigating industry and market disruptions, differentiating between mere distractions and high-potential opportunities. Learn why Kevin believes the "Uberization" of new home sales is starting... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Kevin Oakley
Managing Partner
Do You Convert
Panelist
Linnea Chapman
Corporate Vice President of Marketing
Trumark Homes
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Multifamily’s Hottest Asset Class: Built to Rent Housing
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 261
No asset class is hotter right now than the BTR housing sector. Buckle up for this session as industry leaders take you on a deep dive into this market segment looking at getting deals done, current access to capital, project team collaboration, product differentiation, increasing scrutiny from regulatory agencies, and lessons learned from existing communities. With BTR presently outperforming traditional multifamily occupancy trends and performance, this asset class will play an increasing role in the rental housing space for the foreseeable future and decades....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Daniel Gehman AIA, LEED AP
Principal
Danielian Associates
Panelist
Adam Tancredi
Managing Partner
STG Capital Partners
Panelist
Vincent Barbato
Principal
Family Development
  • Conference Max Pass Required
The Neuroaesthetics of Design and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
Design thinking, an iterative process in which you seek to understand your users, redefine problems and create innovative solutions, may be considered one of the best ways to create new value in the economy today to adapt to changing consumer demographics, sophistication, priorities, and preferences. Explore how thinking like a “user experience scientist” aligns design as a strategy to discover what is most valuable to your homebuyers as they interact with their physical, psychological, economic, social, and virtual environments. Using a four-step approach of discovery, definition, developing, and delivering design strategy, this discussion between architect, designer, builder, and scholar leads... Read More
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Angela Harris
Principal & Creative Director
TRIO Design
Panelist
Mike Peterson
President
Visionary Design Marketing
Panelist
Natalie Ricci
Interior Architectural Design M.F.A candidate
Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Thursday, May 25, 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Innovation Stage: Luke Maher
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Zonda Booth
Luke Maher is Head of Marketing of Frontline Wildfire Defense, creators of an IoT-based wildfire protection system and geospatial software platform—leveraging technology to harden properties and protect homes and businesses from wildfire....
Speaker(s)
Single Presenter
Luke Maher
Head of Marketing
Frontline Wildfire Defense
Interest:
  • Open to All Attendees

Thursday, May 25, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Everybody Lies: Why It’s So Hard to Manage Your Marketing Spend in the Digital Age
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
As a marketer in the digital environment, you’ve been promised the ability to finely analyze and plan your marketing spend—and you would expect that digital spend to be far more effective and measurable. But as we’ve all experienced, it’s harder than ever to understand where to place your spend and how to assess its value. This presentation will explain the challenges of the digital marketing ecosystem and how each participant crafts their message to their own benefit, resulting in a fuzzy picture of what’s working and how to measure ROI. Learn how to cut through the noise and pick up... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Tim Costello
Founder & Former CEO
Builder Homesite Inc.
Panelist
Melissa Morman
Co-Founder & Former CXO
BHI/BDX
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Financial Innovations in Housing Affordability
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 258
Ivory Prize finalists in this category will discuss how new funding sources, investment vehicles, and financial processes can be leveraged to make housing more affordable, accessible, and equitable for homeowners and renters alike. Ivory Prize Top 10 Finalists are selected as the most promising solutions from a pool of over 200 nominees, with 3-4 Finalists selected from each area of focus. Learn more at ivoryinnovations.org....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Jenna Louie
Director of Strategy and Operations
Ivory Innovations
Panelist
Aisha Weeks
Managing Director
Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth
Panelist
Jonathan Lawless
Head of Homeownership
Bilt Rewards
Panelist
Tamara Knox
CEO & Co-Founder
Frolic
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Legislative Update: What Apartment and Condo Builders Need to Know
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
California Senate Bills 721 and 326 add new construction standards for apartment and condo builders—not to mention cost, liability and risk factors—and failure to prepare for them may result in significant financial and legal consequences. Stemming from the Berkeley deck collapse, these bills require inspections of elevated elements to prevent future failures and risk of injury. Beyond that, they give plaintiff attorneys unprecedented access to the buildings you’ve constructed, opening you to new legal risk. This critical session will help you understand changes to the building code, what types of multifamily construction require the inspections, how to adapt your current... Read More
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Eric Llera
President
Pacific Interwest Building Consultants
Panelist
Glen Martin
President & CEO
Pacific InterWest
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Proactive Design for Market Conditions
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 256
A new economic backdrop of higher-for-longer interest rates and tighter credit conditions can mean a mid-stream recalibration to price more customers in while you take input costs down. Square footage, spec and finish levels, construction process simplification, it’s all an opportunity area, and so too are program pivots to build-to-rent as a viable option. Our session’s speakers will hit on all cylinders: the data, the ideas, and the construction know-how to execute successfully as you reset your offering for staying power....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
William Ramsey
Principal, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
KTGY
Panelist
Deana Vidal
Senior Manager, Trend Consulting
John Burns Real Estate Consulting, LLC
Panelist
Scott Davis
Division President
Trumark Homes Colorado
  • Conference Max Pass Required

Thursday, May 25, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Development in Context: The Financial Value of Neighborhood Partnership
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 258
In the recent months, media has spotlighted an intractable problem that many developers already know: the hardships of building in communities that do not desire new development. As the space for new building narrows, it is more necessary than ever to understand the ecosystem of the place in which you want to build from urban low-income communities to wealthy suburbs. Strategies for proactive engagement to avoid hurdles that come from city regulation and features, community pushback, and misunderstanding potential clients...
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Kara Murray-Badal
Housing Lab Director
Terner Housing Innovation Labs
Panelist
Brian Gaudio
CEO
Module Housing
Panelist
Charly Ligety
Director
The Housing Innovation Collaborative
Panelist
Ekta Naik
VP of Development
SoLa Impact
  • Conference Max Pass Required
How to Use Texting, Instagram Reels, and Immersive Video to Sell Homes
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253AB
This session has been created for both marketing and sales professionals who want to gain a better understanding of how to implement digital storytelling that leads to sales. 2022’s digital marketing trends taught us to focus more on personalized messages, immersive experiences, and entertainment through short-form video. The big trends in 2023 are only building on these themes. How is short-form video evolving? Why is immersive storytelling so powerful? How can employee-generated content sell our homes? This session will answer these questions with real success stories from both a marketing and sales perspective....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Kelly Borgen
CEO
Get Community
Panelist
Bradley Davis
Marketing Director
Woodbridge Pacific Group
Panelist
John Gilbert
Community Sales Manager
Brandywine Homes
Panelist
Vanessa Linn
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Shea Homes San Diego
  • Conference Max Pass Required
Multifamily Myth vs. Reality in the Bay Area
  • Room: ACC North, 200 Level, Room 253C
As one of the most expensive and densely populated places in the US, the Bay area has long garnered national attention on the state of its housing market. This session will look beyond the headlines at what’s next for multifamily real estate in the region and what local trends serve as a bellwether for similar markets in the country. We’ll examine what the current economic conditions mean for rents, unit preferences, shifting demographics, and much more....
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Kimberly Byrum
Managing Principal – Multifamily
Zonda
Panelist
Ian O'Connor
Director of Acquisitions
Hamilton Zanze Real Estate Investments
Panelist
John Santry
Senior Vice President
Ledcor Development LP
Panelist
Patrick Duffy
Principal Economist & Consultant
MetroIntelligence
  • Conference Max Pass Required