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Way Forward Conference Program

USC Lusk Center for Real Estate With The Way Forward Housing Coalition

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Housing’s Contribution to Economic Development: Re-framing the Narrative

Unleashing the Housing Sector’s Potential to Drive Economic Growth and Social Equity in Emerging Markets and Developing Countries

Sponsored by Fivepoint Holdings, LLC

 

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Program — Wednesday, September 7, 2022 

The Opportunity Cost of the Status Quo on Housing 

7:00am - 8:00am (EST) • Registration and Breakfast

8:00am - 8:30am (EST) •  Welcome + The Opportunity Cost of the Status Quo on Housing 

Richard K. Green, Director, Lusk Center for Real Estate, University of Southern California 

8:30am - 9:15am (EST) • Keynote: Urbanization, Housing Construction, and the Development of National Capital Stocks

Vernon Henderson, School Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics

9:15am - 9:35am (EST) • Break

9:35am - 10:45am (EST) • The Elephant in the Room: Housing is an Important Economic Sector 

  • Moderator: Judy Baker, Lead Economist, Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience Global Practice, World Bank 
  • Deniz Igan, Head of Macroeconomic Analysis, Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements 
  • Jonathan Malagon, Colombia's Minister of Housing and Sanitation 2018-2022 – Visiting Fellow, JFK School of Government, Harvard University
  • Shamika Ravi, Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brookings Institution

10:45am - 11:05am (EST) •  The Real Estate Revolution

Emile Haddad, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, FivePoint Holdings, LLC

    11:05am - 11:40am (EST) • Wrap Up

    Maisy Wong, James T. Riady Associate Professor of Real Estate, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

     

    11:40am - 1:00pm (EST) • Lunch – Hyatt Regency Bethesda  
     

    Program  — Thursday, September 8, 2022

    Building an Equitable, Efficient Housing Sector

    7:00am - 8:00am (EST) • Registration and Breakfast

    8:00am - 8:05am (EST) • Welcome 

    Patrick McAllister, Senior Advisor, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, Habitat for Humanity International

    8:05am - 9:15am (EST) • How to Build a Fair and Efficient Housing Market 

    • Moderator: Siqi Zheng, STL Champion Professor of Urban and Real Estate Sustainability, Faculty Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate
    • Muhammad Mustapha Gambo, Manager: Policy, Research and Partnerships, Shelter Afrique
    • Michael Manville, Chair, Urban Planning Faculty Executive Committee; Associate Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Jarjisu (Jay) Sa-aadu, Chester A. Phillips Professor of Business Finance and Real Estate, University of Iowa

    9:15am - 10:40am (EST) • Scaling Housing Production Requires Finance 

    • Moderator: Marja Hoek-Smit, Director/Founder, International Housing Finance Program, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
    • Loïc Chiquier, Chief Technical Advisor, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, World Bank
    • Kyung-Hwan Kim, Professor of Economics, Sogang University
    • Johnstone Oltetia, CEO & MD, Kenya Mortgage Refinancing Co
    • Naeem Razwani, Sr. Director, Global Financial Inclusion and Capital Markets, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, Habitat for Humanity International

    10:40am - 10:50am (EST) • Break

    10:50am - 12:00pm (EST) • Measuring Housing’s Impact Requires Data 

    • Moderator: Arthur Acolin, Runstad Department of  Real Estate, College of Built Environments, University of Washington 
    • Kecia Rust, Executive Director and Founder, Centre for Affordable Housing Finance Africa
    • Nancy Lozano-Gracia, Senior Economist in the Urban, Rural and Social Global Practice, World Bank
    • Mick Silver, Independent Advisor

    12:00pm - 12:30pm (EST) • Wrap Up

    Stephen Malpezzi, Emeritus Professor in the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    12:30pm (EST) • Closing Remarks

    12:35pm (EST) • Lunch