Corenet Chicago

Join us for this year's installment of our annual Tales from the Trenches program. During this luncheon, we'll offer you a glimpse into the lives of several successful CRE executives, as they discuss the true challenges and rewards of running their massive portfolios. Through mergers and acquisitions, along with physical moves and workplace changes, these professionals have had one heck of a year and have even found some time to talk about it! Panelists: Rob Peterson, Director of RE Services; Abbvie Stephen Monaco, RE Operations Manager-Americas, Motorola Mobility Andy Tilmont, Head of Corporate Real Estate, U.S. BMO Harris Bank; NA Moderator: Robert Wetherald, Senior Director-North American Facilities; Oracle

Change is inevitable. Change is constant. Do you manage change from the top down? Or bottom up? What's happening before, during and after? Be part of an interactive discussion with three major firms in varying phases of implementing change in their Chicago HQ's. Speakers: Jennifer Kyung—HQ Business Lead, Zurich North America Audrey Southard—Senior VP, Human Resources, Follett Higher Education Group Damla Gerhart—Director of Workplace Strategy, CBRE Moderator: Abby Levine; Deloitte Consulting

How do you consolidate three supply chains and five facilities into one--and realize increased profits--while simultaneously reducing your real estate footprint? In this fast-paced, informative session, you'll learn how Easton-Bell Sports and Avison Young assembled the right multi-disciplinary team and strategically assessed its business objectives to efficiently consolidate.

This year's Meet & Greet event took place on a blustery Tuesday night at Quartino Ristorante & Wine Bar in River North. Meet & Greet events are a perfect opportunity for prospective members to witness the benefits of becoming a CoreNet member first-hand, as well as enjoy some good calamari and pizza! Members who brought a prospective new member were given free attendance to the event.

Today's real estate capital markets are bifurcated into high yield (value added) investors and low yield (guaranteed income) investors. The return requirements of each can be separated by 800 basis points or more. Today's corporate real estate executives needs to use the available tools and strategies to ensure they do business with the low yield investors to minimize their costs. Our discussion will focus on how corporate users are using the Own verses Lease decision, their Balance Sheet, and their credit strength to create value, prevent write-downs and lower their operating costs. Speaker: Bruce Westwood-Booth; Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle

If City Planning matters, then why does the City not have the word "Planning" in any of its departments? In "Planning Chicago", authors D.B. Hunt and J. DeVries contend that the height of 'city-led planning' was in 1966, and that Chicago is no longer defined by its storied past but by the nature of its emerging post-industrial future. Roosevelt University Speakers: Jon B. DeVries; CRE AICP, Director, Marshall Bennett Institute D. Bradford Hunt, PhD, Dean and Vice Provost

Trying to predict the "economic" future over the past few years has been a tough row to hoe. Just how does the Fed feel abut the economy in 2014? Join us for this annual program sharing insights for the coming year, featuring key economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Speakers: - Rick Mattoon, Sr. Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - William Strauss, Senior Economist Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Despite the increasing maturity of the service provider marketplace, many corporate users have come to the same conclusion; no single firm is best at delivering all services in all global regions. Due to this reality, companies have traditionally been forced to choose between consistency and the best local service delivery. Enter the integrator model which solves this trade off Early adopters of the integrator model will share their insight and experience with this innovative service delivery model/sourcing strategy. Speakers: Patrick McDonald, Program Manager Global Infrastructure, Real Estate and Facilities, Microsoft Scott Long, Sr. Director of Operations, CBRE

Are you or a client preparing your organization for change? Are you curious about the latest trends in change management, or best practices, or even a general introduction to the topic? The May luncheon will feature an interactive “workshop” that will aid in understanding change situations and will provide you with key tools to identify your change approach within your or your client’s organization. Audience members will use mobile technology to share their opinions and responses, which will be discussed in real time using Conference i/o. Dr. James Bohn Ph.D will share a lifetime of experience and provide several general principles for helping people adjust to change. His presentation will include asking participants to focus on the Top 10 questions they need to ask (and answer!) as they prepare their organizations for change. He will also focus a segment of his presentation on specific risks identified when implementing new IT systems for Finance, HR and Sourcing. Speaker: Dr. James Bohn, Ph.D, Pri

Few businesses in history have had as profound an impact on human life in such a short period of time! Join us at the April luncheon program as we hear from the key leader responsible for running Google’s U.S. workplace strategy, including the Chicago/Motorola HQ relocation. Learn more about how employees are engaged in the design process, and what practices the real estate team uses to optimize human performance in the workplace. Speaker: Jim Laumann, Director of Real Estate, Americas, Google, Inc.

New Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) are enabling corporate real estate professionals to work in a more efficient manner from an operational standpoint. In this highly interactive session, panelists will review new IWMS tools and processes that can be used to help identify opportunities, recommend actions and realize significant cost savings. Speakers: • Simon Davis, SMD, Business Integration Group • Sidney Eli, Director, C & W / Wellpoint • Larry Barkley, Barkley Advisory Group

Mayor Rahm Emanuel tasked World Business Chicago with assessing Chicago’s current economy in an effort to develop a plan to exponentially increase Economic Growth and Jobs. The plan provides a set of goals, framework for research and analysis, and strategies for which actionable initiatives are being developed. Come learn more about the plan and hear from key Steering Committee Members on how Chicago will shape itself into the next economy. Speakers: - Dennis Vicchiarelli, Managing Director, World Business Chicago - Eric Olson, Deputy Director, Plan for Economic Growth & Jobs

With 2012 and the Presidential election now behind us, and while the U.S. economy still faces some significant challenges, how optimistic can we feel about 2013? Join us for this annual program sharing insights into the coming year, featuring key economists from the Ferederal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Speakers: •William Strauss, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago •Rick Mattoon, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

The movement of goods around the world is a multi-trillion dollar industry impacting everything from jumbo jets to the book you ordered from Amazon. What are the distinct roles of real estate and logistics in meeting the needs of the global supply chain? How will major trends in the industry affect the way real estate and logistics interact in the future? Speakers: Rich Thompson, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Brent Lindstrom, Director of Sales for the Americas, Supply Chain Services, Caterpillar Logistics Services, LLC Brian Hancock, President of North America, Martin-Brower LLC Eric Pitcher, Regional Manager, Economic Development, BNSF Railway Company Moderator: Keith Stauber, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle

While the U.S. economy is still recovering from the recession, Chicago real estate has been heating up. Tenants are moving downtown and they are big. The suburban office market continues to suffer. Corporations have been struggling with real estate portfolios and are squeezing designers and project managers to contain costs. What are the experts experiencing with multi-market corporate occupiers? Join us as we reflect on this extraordinary year, and get a glimpse of the future, from a cadre of senior executives from CBRE who will discuss various perpsectives in CBD and suburban leasing, project management and tenant representation. CBRE Speaker Panel: Jim Carris, SMD, Moderator Damla Gerhart, Director, Workplace Strategies Cal Wessman, EVP, Tenant Rep Mark Pasquella, EVP, Corporate Services Carrie Fitzpatrick, Sr. PM, Project Management Mike Whisler, SVP, Broker Services

Join us for this year's installment of our annual Tales from the Trenches program which will focus on the demands of providing global real estate services and operating in international markets. Come hear industry leaders as they discuss their recent perspectives, share their successes and challenges, and what may lie ahead in global real estate delivery. Speakers: Buddy Knipfer, Global Real Estate Strategy & Operations, Motorola Solutions Patrick Miller, Vice President, Global Corporate Services, DTZ Leigh Stringer, Senior Vice President, Director Strategic Accounts, HOK Greg Parker, Managing Director, Cost Consultancy, Mace Group Moderated by: Martin Clarke, Senior Vice President, Corporate Services Group, Northern Trust

The most innovative executives in corporate real estate are finding new ways to add value to the bottom line by activating the real estate portfolio as a means to drive core operations and marketing strategies. Expressing the brand into the CRE portfolio provides a continuity of experience and measurable value. Today real estate executives must go beyond the concept of cost reduction and focus on value creation by aligning the organization's core competency and marketing strategy with the objectives of the CRE department. This program will discuss Procter & Gamble, NII Holdings (Nextel Latin America) and Mercedes' dependence on real estate to deliver the brand strategy to drive business performance. Speakers: • Alexis Katz, Environments Design Manager, Procter and Gamble • Mary Frances McGuiness, Vice President Brand Marketing & Communications, NII Holdings • Julie Seitz, Director, Workplace 2020, The Coca-Cola Company Moderator: • Adam Cook, Vice President, Project & Development Services, Jones La

Times are rapidly changing--are you keeping up? What must senior CRE executives do to become more effective in their organizations by 2020? How will you evolve, and where are you on your corporation's value chain? CoreNet Global's Tim Venable and an expert panel will present "Bold Statement" on Enterprise Leadership which have emerged from CoreNet's most ambitious research initiative yet. This will be a highly interactive program and is one you do not want to miss. Speakers: Bill Alexander, MCR, Vice President, Global Real Estate, Tyco Inc. Rick Kriva, Vice President, Global Real Estate, Honeywell International Rich Wagner, Director, Client & Workplace Strategies, AT & T Moderator: Tim Venable, Vice President, Knowledge/Research, CoreNet Global

Chicago features prominent buildings in a variety of styles by many important architects. So virtually everywhere you turn in Chicago you will see one of its defining icons. You may see a corporate headquarters, a tourist destination, a cultural museum, an historical landmark or one of the world’s tallest office buildings. Chicago has several iconic structures, all working hard seven days a week to serve Chicago’s demanding citizenry and multitude of visitors. Their owners and caretakers are constantly on their toes, keeping them fresh by visioning, renovating and re-branding. Come hear from executives at the helm of some of Chicago’s great icons, who will be here to share the latest news and plans for keeping their buildings modernized and important. Speakers: Gary Michon, VP and General Manager (Willis Tower ) Steve Haemmerle, Executive VP, (Navy Pier) Ari Glass, Senior VP, Zeller Realty Group (Wrigley Building) Rafael Carreira, Principal, The John Buck Company (Old Dearborn Bank Building) Moderat

Panduit roared to the front of a crowded field to finish first in the race to deliver a truly sustainable world headquarters. Its advanced building design and workplace environment support collaboration, innovation, brand messaging and operational efficiency. It is also a living demonstration of Panduit’s new connected building enterprise, known as the “Unified Physical Approach,” or UPI. Panduit real estate and facility executives, along with their design firm and FF&E dealer, will join the Mayor of Tinley Park to discuss the vision and the steps followed to successfully plan, design and complete this LEED Gold Headquarters building. And as a special bonus - you will see a real NASCAR stock car, up-close and personal, courtesy of our program sponsor - The Village of Tinley Park - and the legendary Bettenhausen racing family. Bring along your favorite client or race car fan! Speakers: Darrin Norbut, Director of Global Real Estate, Panduit Kevin Hoffmeyer, Sr. Manager, Global Facilities, Panduit Cary J