James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate Naming and Dedication Celebration
April 25 & 26, 2007

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Real Estate announces that nearly 600 alumni and friends have raised almost $11 million in donations and will re-name the Center after the late professor James A. Graaskamp, a legendary figure in real estate education.

This special two-day event is intended to recognize the generosity and hard work of many dedicated people who wish to commemorate Professor Graaskamp's extraordinary life and legacy and to celebrate the bright future of the Wisconsin real estate program.


Program Agenda

WEDNESDAY APRIL 25, 2007
3:00-5:00 p.m.

Inaugural Presentation of the E.J. Plesko Distinguished Speaker Series in Real Estate Development
E.J. Plesko, President, E.J. Plesko & Associates, Madison.

Stu Ackerberg, CEO, The Ackerberg Group, Minneapolis (B.S. 1979)
(Fluno Center for Executive Education, 601 University Avenue, Madison, WI)
5:30-7:00 p.m. Reception (Monona Terrace, 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI)
7:00-9:00 p.m.

Center Naming and Dedication Ceremony Dinner (Monona Terrace)
Welcome: Tim Riddiough, Director, Center for Real Estate (Ph.D 1991)

Cathy Trueba, Director, McBurney Disability Resource Center, UW-Madison

Craig Manske, President, Development Solutions, Chicago (B.A. 1979, M.S. 1981)

Michael Knetter, Dean, UW-Madison School of Business

Special Presentation:
"Touched and Inspired: Memories of James Graaskamp"

Master of Ceremonies: Jim Curtis, Principal, Bristol Group, Inc., San Francisco (M.S. 1976)

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007
8:00-8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Fluno Center)
8:30-8:45 a.m.

Welcome
Tim Riddiough, Director, Center for Real Estate (Ph.D 1991)

John Wiley, Chancellor, UW-Madison
8:45-10:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Graaskamp's Legacy
Arun Bhatia, President, Arun Bhatia Development Corp., New York City (M.S. 1974)

Stephen P. Jarchow, Chairman/CEO, Regent Entertainment, Dallas, and editor of “Graaskamp on Real Estate,” published by the Urban Land Institute, 1991. (B.B.A. 1974, M.S 1976)

Bryant Wangard, Partner, Wangard Properties, Minneapolis (B.S. 1977, M.S. 1979)

Moderator: Jim Smith, Managing Principal, Kensington Realty Advisors, Chicago (B.A. 1975, M.S. 1977)

10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-11:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Recent Innovations and Macrotrends in the Real Estate Industry
Geoff Dohrmann, President & CEO, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Institutional Real Estate, Inc., San Ramon, CA

Larry Duggins, Executive Managing Director; Co-Head of the Commercial Real Estate Group, Centerline Capital Group, Irving, Texas.

Leanne Lachman, President, Lachman Associates & Executive-in-Residence, Columbia Business School. Winner of annual Graaskamp Award for Excellence in Real Estate Research from the Pension Real Estate Association, 1997

Moderator: Tim Riddiough, Director, Center for Real Estate
11:30-11:45 p.m. Break
11:45-12:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation: "Graaskamp on Wall Street"
David Shulman, Assistant Director, Applied Real Estate Securities Analysis Program, UW-Madison and Managing Member, David Shulman, LLC. (retired 2006, Lehman Bros.; visiting scholar, UCLA & Baruch College; winner of 1st annual Graaskamp Award for Excellence in Real Estate Research from the Pension Real Estate Association, 1990.)
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch (Fluno Center Executive Dining Room)
1:45-3:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Public to Private--The EOP-Blackstone Transaction
Brian Berry, Managing Director, Tishman Speyer Properties, Washington, D.C. (B.B.A 1989)

Bruce Johnson, Managing Director & CFO, Regency Centers Corporation, Jacksonville, Fla. (B.A. 1970, M.S. 1972)

Roy March, CEO, Eastdil Secured LLC, Santa Monica, CA.

Moderator: Michael Casey, President, Cliffwood Partners, Los Angeles (B.A. 1980, M.B.A. 1983)
9:30 p.m.-Close Dance to the music of The Contractions,
an "unlikely matching of rock & roll and economics"
featuring the Real Estate Center's own Professor Morris Davis on bass & guitar. (King Club, 114 King Street, Madison, WI)

 


Lodging Options

Blocks of rooms are being held at the following hotels:

Visit http://www.bus.wisc.edu/wcre/visitor.asp for additional lodging information.

 

 

 

"Man really is the only animal that builds his terrarium around it as he goes. And real estate is really the business of building that terrarium. So we have a tremendous ethical content, tremendous social purpose."

-James A. Graaskamp