Attendance limits: Please note, owing to demand and space constraints, no more than two attendees will be allowed per investment manager or underwriting member.
Registration fee: $775
Meeting schedule
Tuesday, October 7: Networking Reception
Location: Liquor Lab Nashville, 144 2nd Ave N STE 10, Nashville, TN 37201
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This interactive reception will include a 90-minute cocktail/mocktail class, dinner from Peg Leg Porker BBQ, and a cocktail/mocktail competition.
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6:00pm-9:15pm CT
Wednesday, October 8: Meeting
Location: Nashville City Club, 200 2nd Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37201
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8:00am: Breakfast
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9:00am: Meeting content, roundtables, workshops
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4:15pm: End of meeting
AGENDA
The NAREIM Data & Information Management Committee is hard at work putting together a robust and interactive agenda. Check back here for more details.
Tuesday, October 7
Networking Reception:
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Location: Liquor Lab Nashville, 144 2nd Ave N STE 10, Nashville, TN 37201
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This interactive reception will include a 90-minute cocktail/mocktail class, dinner from Peg Leg Porker BBQ, and a cocktail/mocktail competition.
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6:00pm-9:15pm
Wednesday, October 8
8:00am Breakfast
8:50am Welcome Comments & NAREIM Data & Information Management Committee Update
NAREIM's Data & Information Management Committee Co-Chairs will provide a short update on the industry, as well as key issues to be addressed throughout the day.
Co-Chairs:
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Bill Sechen, Global Chief Information Officer, Harrison Street
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Armel Traore dit Nignan, Head of Data & Analytics, Principal Asset Management
NAREIM:
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IvyLee Rosario, Head of Programs
8:55am Attendee Introductions
To help facilitate connections, each attendee will be invited to briefly introduce themselves by stating their name and the organization they represent.
9:00am The Semantic Shift: Democratizing Data Through Products
A journey through infrastructure, process, and governance to build trust in data—empowering people through data literacy and data products.
Session leaders:
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Majoni Maumbe, Head of Data Analytics & Architecture, Global, Harrison Street
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Benjamin Tremblay, Senior Associate, Real Estate Analytics & Data Management, Nuveen Real Estate
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Lior Wolf, Senior Manager, AI Solutions & Data Architecture, Prime Finance
10:15am Break
10:30am Technology Alignment & Talent Strategy
Session leaders:
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Lou Jacobsohn, Principal, Juniper Square
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Armel Traore dit Nignan, Head of Data & Analytics, Principal Asset Management
11:30am Break
11:45am Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Discussion-first session on how AI/ML drives value across the CRE investment lifecycle. We’ll anchor on four ROI levers—revenue, cost, risk, and compliance—then walk through two brief case stories: an investment-research copilot (LLM+RAG) and automated rent-roll ingestion. Participants will benchmark current state and leave with 2–3 90-day bets—each with an owner, metric, and checkpoint.
Session leaders:
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Armel Traore dit Nignan, Head of Data & Analytics, Principal Asset Management
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Dipesh Shah, Chief Technology Officer, Stockbridge
12:45pm Lunch
1:45pm Cross-Functional Collaboration & Organizational Change
In a world where innovation moves faster than ever, mastering change isn’t optional—it’s your competitive edge. In this session, we will explore practical strategies and tips for leading change that sticks, empowering you to drive transformation without leaving your team behind.
Session leaders:
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Jeanne Ayivorh, Chief Operating Officer, National Real Estate Advisors
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Rachelle Snyder, Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Unico Properties
2:45pm Break
3:00pm Driving Data Forward: Real Estate’s Path to Operational Excellence
The Real Estate Data Initiative (REDI) is a global, investor-led effort to standardize and operationalize real estate investment data reporting across the commercial real estate ecosystem. REDI introduces a publicly available data model—not a new data standard, but a practical tool to help investors, general partners, service providers, and software vendors align on consistent data templates and definitions. The goal: improved transparency, risk management, and operational efficiency across global real estate portfolios.
In this session, REDI Committee members will briefly introduce the initiative’s goals, progress, and 2025 roadmap—including the target launch of version 1.0 of the data model.
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What would it take for you and your teams to adopt a shared data model?
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What barriers or incentives matter most?
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How can we co-develop something that works for the entire value chain?
Session leaders:
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Jennifer Allard, Director, Private Investment Initiatives & Operations, HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan)
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Nick Russell, Managing Director, StepStone Real Estate
4:15pm End of meeting
Feedback & Pictures from the 2024 Data & Information Management meeting
"The community of this group is unparalleled. Nothing compares to the format, membership and discussion that takes place at NAREIM meetings."
"I always leave the Data & Information Management meeting with a renewed enthusiasm and energy to tackle my long list of tech projects - a list that this meeting helps to prioritize."
"One of my favorite meetings each year as the main focus is on discussion and networking vs selling and pitching. This group is really valuable."
"The meeting is optimized for building real connections. Sub 70 people, 6 person tables, cocktail networking, dinner, lunch, etc. are all set up in a way to push us to talk with each other."
"The candor and openness of participants and collaboration of everyone in the presentations is unmatched."
"The topics were relevant, the conversation was spirited, and the overall atmosphere was very collaborative."
"There was something for all attendee types in every presentation. From strategy for all, especially less-technical types, to hard core coding solutions."
"I liked how much time the format allowed for substantive conversation with different attendees, and the way that the interactive activities bolstered the ability of attendees from different firms to get to know each other."
Location
Nashville City Club
200 2nd Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37201
NAREIM does not have a hotel room block for the Data & Information Management Meeting. Below are some nearby hotels.
Drury Plaza Hotel Nashville Downtown
Omni Nashville Hotel
Hyatt Place Nashville Downtown
Hyatt Centric Downtown Nashville
Moxy Nashville Downtown
2025 committee members
Co-Chair: Bill Sechen, Harrison Street
Co-Chair: Armel Traore dit Nignan, Principal Asset Management
Francesco Munaco, Alidade Capital
James Juliano, Berkshire Residential
Lou Jacobsohn, Juniper Square
Jennifer Allard, HOOPP – Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Jeanne Ayivorh, National Real Estate Advisors
Benjamin Tremblay, Nuveen Real Estate
Lior Wolf, Prime Finance
Nick Russell, StepStone Group
Rachelle Snyder, Unico Properties
Past Agendas
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