Realcomm | IBcon 2015 Announce Keynote Speakers; Renowned Technologist, Bran Ferren, to Headline

    CARLSBAD, CA, May 13, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Realcomm Conference Group has announced an illustrious group of speakers to kick off the Realcomm | IBcon 2015 Opening General Session, which will be held on Tuesday, June 9 from 8:00am to 10:15am at the Lila Cockrell Theater at the San Antonio Convention Center complex. These world-class speakers will provide unique insights into the unprecedented impact technology, automation and innovation has had on commercial and corporate real estate over the last few years, and will explore the continued transformation expected in the industry in the future.

New ideas and innovative ways of looking at the world are the catalysts for change. Few understand more about nurturing ideas and waiting for the world to understand them than Bran Ferren. Bran is an American technologist, engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, and inventor. He is the former President of R&D for Walt Disney Imagineering, as well as founder of Associates & Ferren, a multidisciplinary engineering and design firm acquired in 1993 by Disney. Today, he is Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds, which he co-founded in 2000 with fellow inventor, Danny Hillis. Apple's "pinch-to-zoom" patent, which features prominently in its legal battle with Samsung, was invalidated by the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2013 based on a 2005 patent by Ferren and Hillis for multi-touch gestures. Bran was also involved in the technology that could prove to be the framework for the next generation of Google Search. Applied Minds has worked with some of the world's largest corporations on innovation, change and transformation, including Intel, Lockheed Martin, The Smithsonian, MIT Media Lab and others. Bran is going to use his life-long experience to help us understand how is Technology and Innovation - Transforming the Commercial and Corporate Real Estate Industry.

Following Ferren's perspective on the future, he will be joined on stage by three industry thought-leaders for an insightful conversation about how their organizations, and the commercial and corporate real estate industry as a whole, are embracing creative new ideas and innovative approaches to running their businesses: Robert Entin, EVP & CIO, Vornado Realty Trust, the executive in charge of technology at one of the nation's largest REITs, dominant in New York City and Washington DC; Kelly Millsaps, CTO, Related Companies, and his team has responsibility for making New York's Hudson Yards, the largest development project ever built in the United States, the most innovative; and Daniel Cocosa, Regional Facility Manager, BMS, who is responsible for the building technologies at Google, one of the world's most respected technology companies.

The final segment of the General Session will focus on An Integrated Approach to Innovation @ a Global Scale and will feature executive leadership from three practice groups at CBRE, the world's largest commercial real estate services firm. Panelists include: Mandy Edwards, Global CIO, Alex Darragh, Global Facilities Management Platform Director and Chris Bone, Director Corporate Facilities & Workplace Strategy. Over the last 18 months, each of these groups have been involved in transformational activities that are part of an overall integrated strategy designed to allow CBRE to take full advantage of the changes in the marketplace being influenced by technology, automation and innovation. This conversation will support the conference's theme, REal Change is Happening Right Now...Welcome to the FutuRE!

"We are very excited to present our amazing general session keynote speakers who will all provide our attendees a very exciting snapshot of how our industry, powered by technology and innovation, has evolved and continues to change and transform," said Jim Young, co-founder and CEO of Realcomm. "Now that the future is here, we are all wondering what's next. These industry thought leaders will weigh in on that and much more!"

For more information and to register, visit www.realcomm.com and/or www.ib-con.com.

About Realcomm Conference Group
Realcomm Conference Group, LLC is the leading research and educational institution that produces annual conferences and expositions on technology, automated business solutions and intelligent buildings strategies for executives in commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate. Realcomm was founded in 1999 with the goal of bringing industry leaders together each year to discuss, demonstrate and debate the latest innovations that impact the industry. Today, in addition to the annual conferences, Realcomm conducts webinars, workshops and other strategic services to educate industry professionals about the latest business solutions and technologies to improve commercial real estate development, leasing, management and operations.

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