Agenda

Hosted by the CMLS Finance Section Council, the Conference of MLS Financial Executives (CoMFE) doubles down on the financial arena of the MLS industry, including a workshop led by expert speakers who are dedicated to examining trends, share resources, and explore changing technologies. *Additional registration is required.

Location: Melrose 1-2, Planet Hollywood

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Hosted by the CMLS Legal Section Council, the CMLS2016 Legal Seminar will deal out a dynamic half-day seminar designed specifically for industry staff and their legal counsel. This special program will prepare you for all the industry challenges ahead, including topics such as listing content licensing, risk mitigation, and MLS collaborations. *Additional registration is required.

Location: Melrose 4

Please note: This session is open to all CMLS primary members or their designees with a maximum of three (3) individuals per organization permitted to attend.

Hosted by the CMLS Legal Section Council, the CMLS2016 Legal Seminar will deal out a dynamic one-day seminar designed specifically for legal counsel. This special program will prepare you for all the industry challenges ahead, including topics such as listing content licensing, risk mitigation, and MLS collaborations. *Additional registration is required.

Location: Melrose 4

Please note: This session is MLS and Association attorneys only. To attend, you must have an active license to practice law or J.D and must represent an MLS or Association.

Location: Entrance to the Planet Hollywood Convention Center

By invitation only.

For more than 30 years, the Spanish Trail Country Club has been synonymous with the very best of Las Vegas golf. This 27-hole golf course nestled inside a 640-acre residential enclave has been the home of five PGA Tour Las Vegas Invitationals. Anticipate fairway bunkers, desert landscape hazards, creeks, lakes, and waterfalls.

Ticketed event. Not included in base price of CMLS2016.

Buses to Spanish Trail Country Club will begin departing Planet Hollywood at 6:50 a.m.

Location: Melrose 1-4.

See Las Vegas like you’ve never seen it. Walk the two-acre campus where more than 200 famous neon signs — The Silver Slipper, Binion’s Horseshoe, Hacienda — have been retired at the Neon Museum. See the Lou Ruvo Center designed by the world- renown architect Frank Gehry. Descend into the era that built Las Vegas with an eye- opening and authentic view of organized crime at the Mob Museum. Pour on one at Atomic Liquors, the oldest bar and liquor store in Las Vegas that had attracted the likes of Rat Pack, Barbara Streisand, Smother Brothers, and Clint Eastwood since 1952.

Ticketed event. Not included in base price of CMLS2016.

Buses for the downtown tour will begin leaving Planet Hollywood at 8:50 a.m.

Location: Entrance to the Planet Hollywood Convention Center.

Held at the Joint in Hard Rock, this red carpet formal (black-tie optional) affair will bring back the best of Las Vegas as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. mingle with attendees before and after a full-length show. Along the Rat Pack, take pictures with the Paparazzi, meet up with Marilyn Monroe, and enjoy all coo-cool cocktails and a sit down dinner with friends from all over North America.

CMLS and GLVAR are providing shuttle buses to and from the gala. Buses depart Planet Hollywood for the Hard Rock beginning at 5:30. Get ready for a great time!

Location: Entrance to the Planet Hollywood Convention Center.

Join our CMLS2016 sponsors in the Melrose rooms for everything that is new in real estate.

Don’t miss the opportunity to network with your peers and colleagues over our vintage Vegas themed breakfast in the Celebrity Ballroom (5-8). This is where the good stuff happens!

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (5-8)

Join Kathy Condon, 2016 CMLS President, Denee Evans, CMLS CEO, and the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS team to kick off CMLS2016 with an in-depth review of the state of CMLS and the state of the industry.

Speakers: Kathy Condon – MLS PIN, Denee Evans – CMLS and Stephanie Hill – MLS Director, GLVAR

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

It’s not about your title or whether or not you are paid staff or a valued volunteer!  Our keynote will kick off CMLS2016 by challenging our beliefs about leadership and daring everyone to step up with passion to create the future of the MLS.

Speaker: Dr. Angela Taylor – President and CEO, Guardian Quest, Inc.

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Brian Boero, partner at marketing and design firm 1000 Watt, leads us through a different way of thinking about the MLS value proposition. You’ll see how you can begin using words, experiences and products to make your customers not only value what you do, but love it.

Speaker: Brian Boero – Partner, 1000 Watt

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

CMLS and NAR have entered into a highly valued relationship of cooperation! Let’s take it further by engaging a diverse group of panelists to dig deeper by asking the provocative question: What does the MLS community want and need from NAR?

Moderator: Merri Jo Cowen – CEO, My Florida Regional MLS

Panelists: Chris Bennett – General Manager, CoreLogic Real Estate Solutions, Tom Berge, Jr. – Chairman of the Board, CRMLS, AnneMarie DeCastye – CEO, Charlotte Regional REALTOR Association/Carolina MLS and Rick Harris – Broker/Owner, Coldwell Banker in Ashland, Oregon.

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Hear an update on the status of  MLS and technology related issues currently before the legislature.

Speakers: Matt Consalvo – CEO, Arizona Regional MLS, and Melanie Wyne – Senior Policy Representative, NAR

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your peers and colleagues over our vintage Vegas themed lunch. This is where the good stuff happens!

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (5-8).

Don’t miss your opportunity to win a great prize, courtesy of CMLS2016 Host GLVAR.

Speakers: Denee Evans – CEO, CMLS and Merri Jo Cowen – CEO, My Florida Regional MLS

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

What do brokers and agents want from their MLS? A discussion with MLS execs, vendors and participants discussing MLSs’ decision making processes that determine the products and features to include in the MLS service set.

Moderator: Sam Scott – Director of Commercial Gateway, Houston Association of REALTORS

Speakers: David Brownell – Keller Williams Realty, Las Vegas, Lauren Hansen – CEO, IRES, Tom Hurdelbrink – President and CEO, Northwest MLS, Marty Reed – VP, Business Operations, Black Knight MLS Solutions, and Errol Samuelson – Chief Development Officer, Zillow Group

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

What tools and services do subscribers want from their MLS? What tools do your subscribers need to be successful in a market where consumers have more access to information than ever before?

Moderator: Matt Fagioli – Founder, XPlode Conference

Panelists: Aaron Farmer – Texas Discount Realty, Georgia Purpura –  KW Realty Southwest, and Garry Wise – GoodLife Luxury

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your colleagues and peers over our vintage Vegas themed break. This is where the good stuff happens!

Don’t miss your opportunity to win a great prize, courtesy of CMLS2016 Host GLVAR.

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Really? Does Ann know any other way to be? While Ann is always mindful of her audience, she has never shied away from a difficult topic or issue. Importantly her vast knowledge and extreme candor have shaped the discussion and as importantly formed the basis of many industry positions. Ann is an objective counselor and unparalleled advocate for everyone in this room. Join Ann for this enlightening and inspiring session where she will provide us with yet another lesson in leadership.

Speakers: Ann Bailey, founder and CEO, Pranix, Inc., and David Charron, CEO, MRIS

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Presenting an interesting twist to common CMLS2016 topics and go well beyond the most obvious trends in the MLS industry. He will dare the industry to set aside all presumptions and ask “what if?“
Speaker: Rob Hahn, founder and managing partner of 7DS Associates

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Everyone is invited to join CMLS and continue the conversation, celebrate the MLS Industry, and at 6pm raise your glass as we recognize CMLS2016 President, Kathy Condon.

Location: Gallery nightclub at Planet Hollywood

Location: Entrance to the Planet Hollywood Convention Center

Join our CMLS2016 sponsors in the Melrose rooms for everything that is new in real estate.

Don’t miss this chance to network with your colleagues and peers over our vintage Vegas themed breakfast in the Celebrity Ballroom (5-8). This is where the good stuff happens!

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (5-8)

Join Cathy Holefelder, Senior Vice President of Heartland CMLS in presenting the host award to CMLS2016 hosts GLVAR and get a sneak peak into CMLS2017, September 13-15 in Austin, TX.

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Start the day with a laugh when Greg Robertson, publisher of VendorAlley.com,  gives a “Weekend Update” style segment of industry news, rumors, gossip and lobby bar talk.

Speaker: Greg Robertson – Co-Founder, W+R Studios

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

This session will provide an objective evaluation of the market, analyze key trends, and identify key players within real estate while engaging recognized and rising stars at the conference.

Speaker: Stefan Swanepoel, Chairman and CEO, Swanepoel T3 Group

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Smart and high performance homes are becoming an expectation for consumers. With this shift, real estate agents need to become smarter as well. Home buyer preferences are aligning with the benefits provided by smart, high performing homes.  Attendees will learn about how changing consumer preferences are impacting the real estate professional and their relationship with clients, data, and other industries.

Speakers: Amanda Stinton – Director of Sustainability, NAR

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Mitchell Skinner, Esq., of Larson Skinner PLLC, will join us and give a recap of the issues discussed in this year’s legal seminar that affect all CMLS members.

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Enjoy a vintage Vegas themed break during your last opportunity to visit the exhibit area, which will be open through the end of this break. This is where the good stuff happens!

Don’t miss your opportunity to win a great prize, courtesy of CMLS2016 Host GLVAR.

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

Come meet Upstream’s new CEO, Alex Lange, to hear what he has accomplished since being hired in May, his perspective on the project and what to expect next. This session will finish up with an opportunity for Q&A.

Speaker: Alex Lange – CEO, Upstream

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

The future of search and what data MLSs will need to store to meet the demands of both their members and consumers.

Moderator: Stefan Swanepoel – Chairman and CEO, Swanepoel T3 Group

Panelists: Tim Dain – MLS Director, Austin Board of REALTORS, Kevin Foreman – General Manager, INRIX, Inc., and Krishna Malyala – Co-founder and CEO of TLCengine

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)

What happened here will stay with you for year’s to come. Thank you for joining us in Vegas!

Location: Celebrity Ballroom (1-4)