Conference Welcome - 2026 FSU Real Estate TRENDS Conference

The FSU Real Estate Center will host the 32^nd Real Estate TRENDS Conference on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6, 2026. Get excited for this distinctive event, space is limited to approximately 700 guests, and is expected to sell out!

The FSU Real Estate TRENDS Conference is a world-class business forum organized to highlight the emerging trends and conditions facing the real estate industry and to discuss conditions affecting national, regional and local markets. The conference consistently brings together experts from across the country with the goal of informing, challenging and inspiring its attendees.

The conference committee, chaired by Ben Macfarland, Co-Founder and CEO of SROA Capital, promises to continue the tradition of organizing one of the nation's finest university-based real estate conferences.

Carrington Brown, Partner, Global Head of Data Centers, Affinius Capital, Dallas, Tex.
Suzanne Mulvee, CFA, Chief Strategy Officer, GID, Boston, Mass.
Gorick Ng, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, The Unspoken Rules, San Francisco, Calif.
Stephanie Rodriguez, National Director, Industrial Services | US, Colliers, Miami, Fla.
Jesse Stein, Global Head of Real Estate, Airbnb, San Francisco Bay Area, Calif.
Sam Stockdale, Managing Director, Power & Infrastructure, Link Logistics, New York, NY.
Alexey Teplukhin, Managing Director, Blue Owl Capital, Chicago, Ill.

Attendees include institutional and private equity investors, advisors, lenders, asset managers, corporate users, developers, attorneys, brokers, appraisers and policy makers, as well as students of the real estate program at Florida State University. Registration rates are listed below. See registration tab for details.

· $395 - General Attendee

· $125 - Recent Grads*

· $50 - Current FSU Real Estate Students**

*Recent grads from the last 3 academic years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026 are eligible.

**Exclusive to real estate majors and MBA/MSF real estate specializations. There is limited capacity at this discounted rate. All other students, FSU and otherwise, should register at the full rate.

Please consider your generous involvement in this event which supports the mission of the FSU Real Estate Center and the delivery of student learning experiences year-round. Your support has been key to the success of the conference hosting prominent speakers such as Cedric Bobo, Mary Erdoes, Steve Forbes, Jon Gray, Christine Hurtsellers, Soni Kalsi, Kathleen McCarthy, Jack Nicklaus, Wilbur Ross, David Rubenstein, Barry Sternlicht, Mary Ludgin, Jeffrey DeBoer, and many others. To continue to expand the national reach of the conference and deliver a premier event, please visit the sponsor webpage for details.