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Speaker: Sarah Staley | Senior Director, Corporate & Employee Communications realtor.com
Moderator: Margy Grant | General Counsel and COO, Florida REALTORS
Panelists:
Merri Jo Cowen | CEO, My Florida Regional MLS
Nina Dosanjh | Director of Strategic Alliances and Technology, Vanguard Properties
Katie Johnson | General Counsel and Chief Member Experience Officer, NAR
Michael Wurzer, CEO of FBS, illuminates how success is often attained through a journey that includes failures, using his own journey to develop an MLS data API as an example.
Tammy Adams breaks apart common meeting mistakes and offers practical advice for getting more out of your time with colleagues that you can bring home and implement immediately.
Speaker: Tammy Adams | President, Chaosity LLC
Jack Miller lays out a vision for a future driven by data, and what MLSs need to do now to prepare for it.
Speaker: Jack Miller | President and CTO, T3 Sixty
Location: Grand Caribbean Ballroom 6-7
The MLS makes the market work; shouldn’t it also help break down the barriers to homeownership? Our panelists discuss recent reporting and how MLSs can leverage the data they house in their systems.
Moderator: Shelley Specchio | CEO, MIBOR
Panelists:
Rob Chrane | CEO, Down Payment Resource
Peter Rivera | Broker Owner, RE/MAX Palm Realty
Racquel Russell | Vice President, Government Relations and Public Affairs, Zillow Group
Location: Grand Caribbean Ballroom 6-7
Privacy law is evolving fast. Your obligations are not always clear, and different bodies of law overlap, and even conflict. Our panel will help you sort it out so you can keep compliant.
Moderator:
Dave Wetzel | COO and CTO, MLSListings
Panelists:
Amy Gorce | Principal, Business Development, CoreLogic
Stephen Skinner | Chief Information Officer, First Team Real Estate
Jonathan Spinetto | COO and Co-Founder, Remine
Some say blockchain is the future. Some say it’s a flash in the pan that will never impact real estate in a meaningful way. We’ll unpack the buzz to help you get clarity.
Moderator: Rebecca Jensen | CEO, MRED
Panelists:
John DiMichele | CEO, Toronto Real Estate Board
John Kang | CEO, Reasi
Mark Lesswing | Blockchain Entreprenuer
Cameron Paine explores the ways in which an innovative company took risks, created new tools and forged new processes in the effort to bring about change.
Speaker: Cameron Paine | Senior Vice President of Industry Relations, eXp Realty
Marilyn Wilson and Chris Carrillo unveil key findings from the CMLS 2018 MLS governance survey, casting light on key issues and opportunities and making preliminary recommendations you can take back to your organization.
Speakers:
Chris Carrillo | CEO, Metro MLS and CMLS Chair Elect
Marilyn Wilson | Founding Partner, WAV Group
Joe Rand explores the tension between the sales imperative and a service ethos in real estate, making the case that an MLS that views itself as a service organization is better prepared for the future.
Speaker: Joe Rand | Managing Partner, Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty
Speakers:
Chris Carrillo | 2019 CMLS Chair
Lauren Hansen | 2017 CMLS Chair
Location: Grand Caribbean Ballroom 6-7
Location: Grand Caribbean Ballroom 6-7
Marke Freeman shares her recipe for creating a high-performance team.
Speaker: Marke Freeman | President, Max-OUT Foundation
A timely discussion on the benefits and challenges involved in the different ways MLSs are working together.
Moderator: Brad Bjelke | CEO, Utahrealestate.com
Panelists:
Richard Haggerty | CEO, Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS
Jim Speer | Senior Vice President, MLSLI
James Yockel | CEO, Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS
An MLS merger is a complicated proposition politically, but the financial and tax issues are equally complex, and often overlooked. Don Flynn casts light on the issues you need to be thinking about before you begin.
Speaker: Don Flynn | Principle, Flynn Consulting
Start the day with a laugh when Greg Robertson, publisher of VendorAlley.com, gives a “Weekend Update” style segment of industry news, gossip and lobby bar talk. This year is completely (un)censored.
Speaker: Greg Robertson | Co-Founder, W+R Studios
Mitch Skinner breaks down the most important issues discussed in the 2018 CMLS legal seminar in a quick and clear presentation.
Speaker: Mitch Skinner | Managing Member, Larson Skinner
Location: Grand Caribbean Ballroom 6-7
Meg Garabrant explains what MLS Green Data best practices are, and why you should care about them.
Speaker: Meg Garabrant | Director of Marketing & Communications, NEREN MLS
Come celebrate our 2018 CMLX graduates who have completed the certification program designed to identify skills, subject matter, and experience common to three levels of successful MLS management.
Speaker: Merri Jo Cowen | CEO, My Florida Regional MLS
Location: Grand Caribbean Ballroom 6-7
As the MLS industry becomes more competitive, marketing becomes much more important. Nicole Aguilar and Kim Prior explain how you can sharpen your value proposition and message as we enter this new era.
Speakers:
Nicole Aguilar | Director of Marketing & Communications, CRMLS
Kim Prior | Vice President of Marketing, FBS Data Systems
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How are MLSs handling the changing wants and needs of new entrants to the real estate marketplace?
Moderator: Tyler Thompson | Partner, Second Century Ventures
Panelists:
Lauren Hansen | CEO, IRES MLS
Karen Kage | CEO, Realcomp
The DOJ and FTC are looking closely at the real estate industry again. What might this mean? Is it possible the commissions become decoupled? If so, is this catastrophic for the MLS as we know it?
Moderator: Chris Osborn | Member, Foster Pepper PLLC
Panelists:
Matt Beall | Broker, Hawaii Life Real Estate
Art Carter | CEO, CRMLS
Brian Schneider | Partner, Arent Fox LLP
MFRMLS CEO Merri Jo Cowen passes the annual conference torch to Utahrealestate.com CEO Brad Bjelke, who is prepared to share a sneak peek into CMLS2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Don’t miss this huge giveaway with conference tickets to CMLS2019, airfare, accommodations, and more! Must be present to win.
Location: Grand Caribbean Ballroom 6-7