Speakers

Real Estate Connect provides the highest quality content and speakers to create an unparalleled learning and interactive experience. Speakers include prominent executives, entrepreneurs and innovators from the leading real estate, mortgage, finance and technology companies. In addition, you'll find celebrated and controversial key journalists, authors, influential bloggers, and visionaries who track industry trends.

Keynote Speakers

Featured Speakers

Speakers this year include:

Andreas Assum, Geschaeftsleitung Online Marketing, ImmobilienScout GmbH
Leslie Appleton Young, Vice President & Chief Economist, California Association of REALTORS
Simon Baker, Publisher, Property Portal Watch
Brian Balduf, President & CEO, VHT Inc.
Ken Baris, President, Jordin Baris Realtors
Jeffrey Bastress, President, Startpoint Realty
Kris Berg, Broker Associate, Prudential California Realty
Brad Blumberg, Founder & CEO, SmarterAgent
Brian Boero, Partner, 1000Watt Consulting
Morgan Brown, Director of Marketing, TurnHere
Joel Burslem, VP of Content, Inman News
James Cahill, Executive Vice President/Chief Information & Technology Officer at Terra Holdings, LLC
Ginny Cain McMurtrie, Partner, Mediatise.com
Pierre Calzadilla, Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Trulia
Louis Cammarosano, General Manager, HomeGain
Brad Carroll, President & CEO, Dakno Real Estate Marketing
Janet Case, CEO, Proxio Inc.
David Charron, President & CEO, MRIS
Janet Choynowski, CEO, Immobel.com
Sherry Chris, President & CEO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
Glenn Cohen, Founder & CEO, Expert Real Estate Services
Joel Cohen, Vice President, IMAPP
Jim Cronin, Owner/Author, Real Estate Tomato
Channing Dawson, Senior Advisor, Scripps Networks Interactive
Gahlord Dewald, Director of Web Strategy, Union Street Media
Phil Thomas di Guilio, Co-Founder, WellcomeMat.com
Andy Etches, Managing Director, BrightSale UK
Beverley Faull, General Manager & Senior Vice President, Fidelity National Information Services
Norm Flynn, CEO, International Real Property Foundation
Mark Ford, Founder & COO, Qwasi
Wendy Forsythe, VP, Broker Services and Product Development, Better Homes and Garden Real Estate LLC
Marty Frame, SVP & GM, Cyberhomes
Ed Freyfogle, Co-Founder, Nestoria
Anita Gandhi, Director of Client Intelligence, Hitwise
Hector Gavilla, President and Founder of DiamondHomeVideos.com
Boris Geheniau, Owner & Director, Fundament All Media
Jamie Glenn, Vice President, Product Management, Trulia.com
Matt Goyer, Director of Online Marketing, Redfin
Dan Green, Loan Officer, Mobium Mortgage
Rob Hahn, VP of Marketing, Onboard Infomatics
Bob Hale, President and CEO, HAR
Jim Harrison, President and CEO, MLS Listings
Doug Heddings, Senior VP, Prudential Douglas Elliman
Dottie Herman, President & CEO, Prudential Douglas Elliman
Stan Humphries, Vice President of Data and Analytics at Zillow.com
Takahito Iguchi, CEO, TonchiDot
Bradley Inman, Founder and Publisher, Inman News
Stephen Jagger, Co-Founder, Ubertor
Kenneth Jenny, Managing Partner, Mediatise, LLC
Tara Jones, Co-Owner, Reel Dwellings TV
Ivailo Jordanov, Co-Founder, ReTaggr.com
Satbir Khanuja, CEO, Second Space
Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Realtor Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches
Philip Kiracofe, Chief Technologist, Coldwell Banker Previews International
Saul Klein, President & CEO, Internet Crusade / CEO, Point2 Technologies
Nicolai Kolding , COO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, LLC
Paul Kontonis, Co-Founder & CEO, ForYourImagination
Scott Kucirek, Co-Founder & Lead, ZipRealty & CalMLS
Jayashree Kurup, Head Content & Research, Magicbricks.com
Yannick Laclau, Founder & CEO, Enormo.com
Brian Larson, Attorney at Law, Larson/Sobotka PLLC
Daniel Lee PhD, CEO, Globrix
Matthew J. Leone, Marketing Manager, Terra Holdings, LLC
Mark Lesswing, Sr. Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, NAR
Miriam M. Lowe, VP International Operations, NAR
Jordan Levy, Partner, Softbank
Fred Light, Video Producer, NashuaVideoTours.com
Terry Loebs, Managing Director, MacroMarkets LLC
Victor Lund, Partner, WAV Group
Drew Meyers, Community Relations Specialist, Zillow.com
Sharon E. Michnay, Director of Corporate Business Development, Halstead Property
David Michonski, CEO & Chairman, Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy
Jonathan Miller, Co-Founder, Miller Samuel Inc.
Ashfaq Munshi, Founder & CEO, Terabitz, Inc.
Carter Murdoch, Compliance and Marketing Director, Bank of America
Craig Newmark, customer service rep & founder, craigslist.org
Richard Ollier, Founder, Giroptic
Gonzalo Ortiz, Co-Founder & CEO, Globaliza
Sean O'Toole, Founder & CEO, ForeclosureRadar.com
Cameron Paine, CEO, Connecticut MLS, Inc.
Alex Perriello, President and CEO, Realogy Franchise Group
Ben Phillips, Vice President of New Products and Research, Managing Director, Realogy Franchise Group
Rina Plapler, Senior Executive Director, FutureBrand New York
Stan Ponte, President, Previews Marketing Division, Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy
Matthew Quinlan, Group Product Manager, Enterprise Mapping, Microsoft Corporation
Spencer Rascoff, CFO and VP Marketing, Zillow.com
Richard Rector, President & CEO, Realty Executives
Ashley Rigg, Director, GlobalEdge.co.uk
Barry Ritholtz, Chief Market Strategist, Ritholtz Research & CEO; Director of Equity Research, Fusion IQ
Kelly Roark, VP, Interactive Sales & Development, Frontdoor.com/Scripps Networks Interactive
Greg Robertson, Co-Founder, Woolley | Robertson Group
Ali Rogers, Licensed Salesperson and Author of Diary of a Real Estate Rookie
Benn Rosales, Founder, AgentGenius
Noah Rosenblatt, Founder, UrbanDigs.com
Andrew Ross Sorkin, founder and editor of DealBook, The New York Times
Daniel Rothamel, Realtor & Community Manager, Inman News
Errol Samuelson, President, Realtor.com
Matthew Shadbolt, Director of Internet Marketing, The Corcoran Group
Joshua Sharfman, CTO, CAR
Rick Sharga, Senior Vice President, RealtyTrac
Robert Shiller, Co-founder of MacroMarkets LLC, Co-creator of the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, and Professor of Economics, Yale University
James Shiner, Co-founder and Lead Developer, ZIPVO, LLC
Marc Siden, Co-Founder & CEO, Onboard Infomatics
Michael Simonsen, CEO, Altos Research Corp.
Joel Singer, President, Real Estate Business Services, CAR
Michael Smith, Founder & CEO, StreetEasy
Celeste Starchild, Vice President of Broker Sales, ThreeWide Corporation
Ori Staub, Technology Director, Active Websites, LLC
Thijs Stoffer, CEO, ICREA
Jacky Teplitzky, Managing Director, Prudential Douglas Elliman 
Jay Thompson, Designated Broker, Thompson's Realty; Founder, PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com
John Tuccillo, PhD., Founder, John Tuccillo and Associates, Inc.
Jeff Turner, Founder, Technosanity.com
John Vatistas, Co-Chairman, Russ Lyon Realty Company
Gary Vaynerchuk, Founder & Director of Operations, WineLibrary.tv
Thomas Vogel, Co-Founder, ourbania GbR
Brendan Walsh, Advertising Director-Real Estate, Digital, The New York Times Media Group
Ian Watt, Luxury Condo Realtor, MacDonald Realty
Benjamin Wayne, Founder & CEO, Fliqz
Becca Wilson, President & CEO, SphereXX.com
Fred Wilson, Venture Capitalist, Union Square Ventures
Michael Wurzer, President & CEO, FBS Data Systems
Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist and Senior VP of Research, National Association of REALTORS