Professional Development Institute

Real Estate & Technology Intersected: Connected Offices, Communities & Cities

July 18-19

Course Overview

In the intensely competitive real estate industry, companies, developers and cities are constantly looking for ways to improve efficiency, profitability and responsiveness . Smart building and community technologies offer building owners (city managers, owners, developers, property managers, institutional investors, etc.) and their tenants (companies, guests, shoppers, or any other user of a building) significant financial, environmental, and operational advantages.

What differentiates a “smart” community is the connectivity between disparate systems that improves the way people work, live and interact with buildings, security, transportation, communications, healthcare and education systems.

This class will demonstrate how incorporating technology into real estate and community building practices can help municipalities, owners, developers, and managers offer new services to generate revenue while improving quality of life and reducing operational expenditures: improved profitability, greater sustainability, and enhanced worker and resident satisfaction.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the massive demographic shifts in the global population that are driving innovation in city infrastructure technologies
How technologies are being applied today to build a “Smart Community”
Understanding of the technology architecture required to support a “Connected Community”
How technology integration supports energy management and sustainability

Instructor:

Alan McGinty is the Director of the Global Workplace Solutions Group for Cisco Systems. He has over 25 years of global real estate leadership experience and is currently working to deliver the “Next Generation Workplace” for Cisco, integrating the physical workspace with advanced technologies and thought leading policies to support a highly evolved global workforce.

Registration & Fees

Course Fee: $2,100
The program fee covers tuition, course reader, continental breakfast, and light refreshments. Registration and payment must be made at least two weeks prior to the course start date. Course information, including the reader, will be made available once payment is received.

To register on-line with a credit card click here. If you would like to pay by bank check or wire transfer, please follow the instructions on the General Information page.

For additional information, please contact:

Assistant Director
MIT Center for Real Estate
Office of Professional Education
+1 617-253-6193
mit-cre@mit.edu