[Excerpt] On October 19, 2018, the Cornell Real Estate Council (CREC) hosted the 36th annual Cornell Real Estate Conference in New York City. The conference brought together hundreds of industry professionals, alumni and current students for a day of networking and panel discussions surrounding recent trends. Cornell’s unparalleled alumni network within the real estate community facilitated a broad exchange of innovative ideas applicable across the industry, from design and construction to development and finance. Highlighting a “Focus on the Future,” five panel discussions, including keynote Speaker Seth Klarman (CAS ’79) and 2018 Industry Leader Award Recipient Kenneth Himmel (JCB-Hotel ’70), shed light on some of the most pressing questions currently facing the real estate industry.