2021 CONFERENCE AGENDA *subject to updates

 

Thursday, March 25, 2021

• 7:45 AM                              NAIOP NC Board Meeting 

  • NAIOP NC Board Members Only​

• 8:00 AM                            Registration Opens

  • Pick up your name badge and check out the sponsor tables & swag

• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM      Conference Kickoff

  • Welcome to the 2020 NAIOP NC Conference​

  • 2020 Vision: Insight to North Carolina's Future

    • Brent Christenson, President & CEO, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce​

    • Adrienne Cole, President & CEO, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

    • Janet LaBar, President & CEO, Charlotte Regional Business Alliance

    • Moderated by Chris Chung, CEO, Economic Development Partnership of NC​​

• 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM        Networking Break

• ​11:30 AM  - 1:00 PM        Lunch, General Session, Awards

  • 2020 Vision: Building North Carolina

    • A Developer Discussion​ featuring

      • Ryan Blair, VP Development & Acquisitions, Heritage Properties​

      • Steve McClure, COO, The Spectrum Companies

      • Arthur Samet, President & CEO, Samet Corporation

      • Moderated by Tom Fritsch, Senior Managing Director, CBRE | Raleigh & CBRE | Triad

  • Project of the Year Awards

• 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM            Networking Break

• 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM            Session #1

  • Political Review: Buckle Up for the Roaring 20s'

  • Brad Cone, Campaign Connection

  • Patrick Sebastian, Majority Strategies

  • Moderated by Aquiles Suarez, NAIOP Corporate

• 2:30 PM - 2:40 PM           Networking Break

• 2:45 PM - 3:45  PM           Session #2

  • Reading the Hemp Leaves: How Industrial Hemp Will Change NC

    • Eric Henry, President & CEO, TS Designs

    • Garrett Perdue, Root Bioscience

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• ​3:45 PM - 5:00 PM           Lawn Bowling 

  • Enjoy the fun and games on the lawn. This is a great opportunity to network and enjoy a little competition.​

• 5:00 PM                             Break

• 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM         A Night of Champions

  • ​Relaxed casual evening with dinner, games and live entertainment; beer and wine included
    Kindly make group dinner reservations after 8pm

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Friday, March 26, 2021

• Breakfast at your leisure

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