Past Events

• The Value of Design in Health: Professional Education Course

  04/30/2021

  Lab Director Andrea Chegut joins accomplished colleagues from Harvard Medical School, the MIT Center for Real Estate, and MIT Professional Education in a collaborative effort to present a timely new virtual course: Developing Health-Centered Communities: The Next Revolution in Real Estate.  In the session titled “The Value of Design for Health” she will discuss the evolution of healthy buildings – from standardization practices, products and technologies, to measuring productivity, design features and financial performance – with Lynne Katzmann of Juniper Communities and Juan Palacios of the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab.

  In this course, participants will learn to:

  • Identify opportunities for creating value through real estate focused on promoting health and wellness
  • Examine how past health crises have shaped real estate and predict how COVID-19 and other health concerns are likely to impact future urban design and development
  • Model the economics of healthy communities from value proposition to ROI over time
  • Explore emerging digital health technologies designed to serve the wellness needs of diverse populations

   

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• The Future of Work: Dynamics of Tasks, Productivity and Physical Space

  05/13/2021

  On Thursday, May 13th at 11am ET the MIT REI Lab and EY will conduct a webinar in their Innovation in Real Estate series titled “The Future of Work: Dynamics of Tasks, Productivity and Physical Space”. Webcast presenters will include MIT CRE Head of Industry Relations, Steve Weikal, EY Americas Partner, Mark Grinis, Tishman Speyer CFO, Joe Doran, and EY Principal of People Advisory Services, Rosalyn Feinsod.

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• WiredScoreHome Launch: Keynote by Dr. Andrea Chegut

  06/15/2021

  Lab Director Dr. Andrea Chegut will be presenting a keynote on the role of connectivity in our hybrid future of live, work and play for the launch of WiredScore Home in North America! The launch event will play host to a lively panel discussion featuring experts from NMHC, Hines, Greystar, Catalyst, Starlight Homes and MFE.

  WiredScore’s long-established foothold in commercial real estate asserts WiredScore as a trusted and recognized mark throughout the industry, and they’re now extending WiredScore Home’s benefits to both the US and Canada. Other industry leaders teaming with WiredScore for this launch include JP Morgan and KingSett.

   

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• RealComm Live featuring James Scott

  06/18/2021

  Emerging technologies are destined to change the way the world works, and the impacts to how we design, build, manage, transact and use real estate will continue at an accelerated pace.

  Realcomm Live welcomes MIT’s Real Estate Innovation Lab Lead Researcher James Scott, who will share some of the PropTech projects his team is focused on and discuss innovation at scale and the pain points of adoption for the commercial real estate industry.

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• MIT World Real Estate Forum

  07/13/2021

  The MIT World Real Estate Forum is recognized globally for providing a unique window into the future of real estate, and the upcoming program is no exception!  A few of the exciting  session topics on the 2021 virtual conference include:
  

  • Water, Wind & Fire: understanding the impact of climate change
  • CRE Retrofit: decarbonzing the built environment
  • Digital Twin: how virtual buildings can make the physical more sustainable
    
  • A New Level of Smart: When 5G and real estate go hand-in-hand
  • Capital Evolution: New models for real estate finance

  Look out for Lab Director Dr. Andrea Chegut and the lab’s Lead Researcher, James Scott, in their sessions on the de-carbonization of finance and digital twin, respectively!

  WHAT’S NEW FOR 2021? 

  • Two days—We have spread the agenda over two days to provide greater schedule flexibility, beginning on Tuesday, July 13th and ending Wednesday, July 14th
  • Global reach—Morning and evening sessions each day (EDT) enable attendees from anywhere in the world to attend a portion of the Forum in real-time.
  • Watch later—Sessions recorded and available for viewing by attendees after the Forum.
  • MIT Innovation Showcase—Learn about new innovations from across MIT’s campus, directly related to the built environment.

   

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• Webcast: Innovations in Real Estate: Now, Next and Beyond

  07/13/2021

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• LCAU Fall Lecture Series: Dr. Andrea Chegut

  09/22/2021

  Co-hosted by the by the City, Design & Development Program (CDD), SMArchS Urbanism Program and Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT, Dr. Andrea Chegut will present at the Fall Lecture series on Wednesday, September 22nd at 1pm EST.  Dr. Chegut, the Director of the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab, will discuss her team’s published research on the Value of Design initiative, which links design to financial performance in commercial real estate.

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• JLL Sustainable Tech webcast

  10/20/2021

  Want a glimpse into how the next generation of sustainability tech is shaping up? Join JLL’s Edward Wagoner, CIO, Digital, who will moderate a discussion on the future of sustainability tech with Dr. Andrea Chegut, Director of the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab, Brody Wilson, P.E., Manager of Global Energy and Environment at IBM, and Jennifer Fortenberry, P.E., Global Energy Manager at JLL.

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