Realcomm 2005 Conference, Anaheim, CA

“COMMECIAL REAL ESTATE AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT”

by James F. Finlay, Real Estate Editor

International News Agency

Sunday June 26, 2005 – CIO Tech Roundtable, Members only OSCRE General Meeting

Mon, Tues. June 27, 28 – Conference sessions and Exhibits

Realcomm’s mission is to provide a single place where industry leaders can come together to discuss, analyze and debate the latest innovations impacting the Commercial Real Estate industry. Each year the latest in technology, business modeling and design are presented and discussed by the global leaders in construction, design, brokerage and management.

Realcomm has 64 presentations and speaker panels over 3 days in addition to exhibitions by over 150 companies featuring business solutions and technologies for commercial real estate professionals. The event also includes the interactive and highly successful Business Automation Marketplace, the Intelligent Buildings Pavilion and coordinated activities with other commercial real estate organizations.

Some highlights for this annual, must-see event are listed below.

Realcomm and BOMA simultaneous Shows and Conferences

Realcomm and BOMA International’s North American Real Estate Congress and The Office Building Show [ http://s12.a2zinc.net/clients/Boma2004/Boma2005/ , ] will be presented concurrently at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, June 25-28, 2005.

BOMA's Office Building Show exhibition and Realcomm's exhibition will be located in adjacent exhibit halls and both will be open to BOMA and Realcomm attendees. BOMA and Realcomm will also concurrently offer education seminars and other conference events. Attendees will register for one or the other, but will have the opportunity to purchase special "add on" packages permitting entrance to some programs in both events. Both events are expected to attract more than 6,000 attendees and participants from the commercial real estate industry.

BOMA’s Office Building Show attracts over 300 industry companies to exhibit their products and services. The Show also includes the Solutions Showcase, an exciting forum to explore the newest technologies in office building management.

CABA Participates in Session Planning

CABA, the Continental Automated Buildings Association [ www.caba.org ], has participated in selected sessions. CABA's Intelligent Building Ranking System is a tool to assist building owners, property managers and other industry professionals determine the level of system integration within large buildings and its impact on the building's value.

Real Property Data Standards Advance at Conference

Realcomm supports development in many commercial real estate technology sectors. An example is the Data Standards Meeting on Sunday, June 26, 2005 by the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE) [ www.oscre.org ]. They cooperate to set data standards internationally with PISCES, the Europe based Property Information Systems Common Exchange Standards [ http://www.pisces.co.uk/ ]. These non-profit organizations are industry leaders driving development and adoption of e-business standards throughout the real estate industry via the “OSCRE Standard™ ”. Electronic data exchange and protocol models are recognized as necessary for transparent property data communications on an Internet and internationally.

This data standards initiative involves an alphabet soup of other organizations that have already agreed, in principle, to strategically align with OSCRE, including CoreNet Global, NCREIF, NAREIM, PREA, The Data Consortium, The National Association of REALTORS (NAR), RICS, The British Land Registry, Investment Property Forum, Legal Software Suppliers Association and the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

In addition to these already strategically committed groups, PISCES and OSCRE have been busy meeting with many other groups and are in the process of ongoing discussions with MISMO, The Appraisal Institute, MITS, CABA, NAIOP, IFMA, BOMA, AIA, IAI and the Design Build Institute of America.

Significant is that in March 2005 officers were elected to the Strategy and Planning Workgroup. This workgroup’s mission is to select, define and standardize the actual metrics by which the real estate industry measures itself; the data elements from which these metrics are derived; and the protocols necessary for transparent communications between technologies processing this information.

John Vivadelli will hold the Workgroup Chair position, with Kay McNew and Mr. Robert Shepard sharing the Vice-Chair position. Mr. Vivadelli, founder and CEO of AgilQuest [ www.agilquest.com ], has broad-ranging experience in the technology field as both a market visionary and product developer. AgilQuest’s web-native, OnBoard® workplace management solution tracks daily workplace operations and measures the actual use of an organization’s infrastructure of workspaces, services and equipment.

A Pre-Conference members only OSCRE live demonstration will show the data transfer standard being developed by their Commercial Information Exchange Working Group [ CIEWG ].

For additional information on the data standards progress contact:
Andy Fuhrman, Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE)

andy.fuhrman@oscre.org

Digie Awards Recognize Real Estate Technology Leaders

"Digies" are awarded to those making the greatest impact on the industry, those offering the most innovative technology, and those making the best use of the Internet and multimedia. Winners will be selected in the following categories.

Best Use Of The Automation

We will be looking for firms that have used the six technologies, Inexpensive Computers, Broadband, Wireless, Internet Appliances, a Standard Wide Area Network (The Internet) and Internet Based Integrated Information Systems (IBIIS) to create new business solutions and experiences.

	Academia
	Architectural Design
	Brokerage
	Commercial Appraisal
	Commercial Boards
	Commercial Lending
	Commercial Real Estate Law
	Corporate Real Estate
	Developer
	Facilities Management
	Industry News
	Property Management
	Owner/REITs

Most Digital Real Estate

Digital Real Estate, Smart-Intelligent Buildings, there are many names to describe these next generation buildings. There are basically three different ways a building can aggressively apply technology to a building in order to facilitate a more digital life style; Tenant Experience, Building Automation and Property Operations.

	Business Park
	Central Business District
	City
	Multifamily Residential
	Office Building
	Retail Facility
	Mixed-Use Project

Most Innovative Technology

This category will focus on those technologies, which will dramatically change the way we live, work and play and ultimately the way we use space.

	General Technology
	Transaction Technology
	Building Automation Technology

Industry Impact

This award is designed to acknowledge those individuals who saw things ahead of their associates, had the courage to leave the mainstream and the tenacity to keep standing up after many failed attempts.

Selected conference technology sessions of note are listed below

Be sure to check program schedules as presentation times may change!

[ full session schedule: http://www.realcomm.com/anaheim.htm ]

SUNDAY June 26^th

Top Tech Trends Impacting Commercial RE CIOs 3:15 PM

MONDAY June 27th

General Session 8 AM

Visionaries review commercial RE best practices

Strategic Energy Management , 10 AM

Innovative ways to reduce energy costs and optimize building performance

Work Redefined – Is the traditional office a thing of the past? 10:30 AM

Home-based workers, touchdown office spaces, improving mobile technology are changing the rules of work.

The Wireless Revolution and the Impact to Commercial Buildings 1:15 PM

Discusses policy with Wireless Access Points (WAPs) and WiMAX. Presented in conjunction with CABA, Continental Automation Buildings Association

GEO/GIS Information Portals 2 PM

The Ontario Realty Corporation (ORC) is one of Canada's largest public sector property managers with over 6,000 buildings, 50 million square feet of leased space, and 90 thousand acres of land in 130 communities throughout the Province of Ontario. Their “GeoPortal” uses geography (digital maps) as the "glue" by which all corporate information, distributed business databases and systems are brought together. The workshop will: 1. Describe why ORC started its transformation process, how it changed, and the results. 2. Present a live demonstration of the GeoPortal. 3. Show how a spatial identifier can become a key component to any property management information solution.

5^th Annual Commercial Board Summit Monday 2:30 PM

Hosted by NAR Commercial Alliance, The Summit will deal with a number of timely issues including, Commercial Information Exchanges, Telecommunications Strategies, Member Technology Tools, Mobile Worker Strategies and much more. Hosted by Whit Peyton (Senior Managing Director at CB Richard Ellis, Minneapolis) and Mark McLaughlin (previously Jones Lang LaSalle Director, LoopNet VP, now of McLaughlin Ventures), both long-standing visionaries in the Commercial Brokerage industry.

Wireless Mesh Networks 3:00 PM

A web of tiny batter-powered sensor nodes can be placed ad-hoc throughout an environment to form a sensor mesh network that spans dozens of floors or multiple buildings.

TUESDAY June 28th

Web-based Building Automation for Small Properties 10 AM

Innovative energy saving in small (5K – 50K SF) commercial property

Global Innovation – Is US Commercial Real Estate Losing the Race 10:45 AM

Massive new construction and high-tech property system development is happening outside the US, which is challenging the US leadership role.

Virtual Property Management 1:15 PM

Microsoft jumped into virtual customer support letting your hotel concierge appear on your room TV, while sitting thousands of miles away.

Commercial Real Estate Data Standards – Consensus Emerging 1:15 PM

Progress and cooperation in setting property data standards has surpassed all skeptics over the last 5 years. The GSA and many others are converging to a unified front that could flatten property information for brokerage, property taxes, management and ownership.

Energy’s Looming Crisis and its impact on Building Owners 1:15 PM

Booming economies in India and China will drastically increase the global energy demand. How will this impact property owners and how can they prepare for it?

Innovation – Commercial Brokerage 3:00 PM

One of four conference Innovation sessions, each one dealing with one of the four primary business segments: Property Management, Commercial Brokerage, Corporate Real Estate and Owner/Developer. The session leaders will identify and discuss the 4 most innovative ideas of the past 12 months.