Presentations

by Barry B. LePatner unless indicated otherwise

 

LePatner presented "America's Construction Crisis: Can Broken Buildings and Busted Budgets Be Fixed?" a webinar sponsored by the Project Management Institute's Metrics Specific Interest Group on April 8, 2008. Watch and listen here (registration required; right click on the video window and choose Zoom>Full Screen). We suggest you start the presentation at the 11th minute to avoid a lot of ads.

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LePatner presented "America's Construction Crisis: Can Broken Buildings and Busted Budgets Be Fixed?" a webinar sponsored by national accounting firm Deloitte on March 4, 2008. Over 650 attendees listened in. Watch and listen here (registration required).

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On March 11. 2008, LePatner was a guest on NPR's "State of Affairs," an hour-long public affairs program, discussing the issues raised by Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets. A Kentucky contractor weighed in on the interview and call-in listeners further enlivened the conversation. Listen here.

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Barry LePatner is taking his Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets message on the road speaking before industry groups representing owners, contractors, and design professionals. He recently presented before sold out audiences for REBNY, the National Realty Council and the Long Island Association. He has upcoming keynotes at the FIATECH conference in New Orleans March 31, the COAA in St. Louis May 8, the CMAA in Baltimore May 19, and the CFMA conference in Orlando May 20.

The Long Island Association had this to say about LePatner's presentation:

"LePatner was an excellent and effective speaker....his lucid and provocative presentation retained the interest of our audience...and triggered a stimulating discussion among panelists and audience members..."

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Construction Cost Integrity - CLE course

LePatner & Associates offers a new CLE course for attorneys this year. Barry LePatner will lead "Construction Cost Integrity: Protecting Your Client's Construction Project Investment." Much of the material is drawn from the firm's nearly thrity year's of experience and Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets, LePatner's new book published by The University of Chicago Press. The free, 1.5 credit CLE seminar has already been well received by real estate departments in firms such as Fried Frank, Stadtmauer Bailkin, Manett Phelps and LeBoeuf Lamb.

Evaluation comments include:

"...LePatner was top-notch..."

"...the veterans among us learned something. and the kids were snowed..."

"...the war story examples are particularly good..."

To schedule the course at your firm, contact drubin@lepatner.com or blepatner@lepatner.com.

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Real Estate Outlook 2006: Are We Entering A New Economic Cycle?

New York's corporate executives, real estate developers and design professional leaders attended LePatner & Associates' Fourth Annual Secrets of the Expert Advisors Executive Seminar Series. Real Estate Outlook: Are We Entering A New Economic Cycle? was co-sponsored by The Rampart Group, Sterling National Bank, Berdon LLP and LePatner at the University Club in midtown Manhattan on Thursday, June 8, 2006. Barry LePatner moderated a panel that included: Rosemary Scanlon, an associate professor of economics at NYU and a consultant in urban and regional economics; John Powers, chairman of the NY Tri-State Region of CB Richard Ellis; and Stuart Match Suna, co-owner and president of Silvercup Studios in Long Island City. Click here to download the full seminar transcript.

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Real Estate Outlook 2005: Is the Rebound for Real?

Over 250 corporate executives, real estate developers and design professionals showed up to LePatner & Associates Third Annual Secrets of the Expert Advisors Executive Seminar Series, "Real Estate Outlook: Is the Rebound for Real?" The seminar was co-sponsored by The Rampart Group, Sterling National Bank, Berdon LLP and LePatner on April 6, 2005 at the University Club in midtown Manhattan. Barry LePatner moderated a panel that included: Stuart Varney, noted business journalist for Fox News; Steven Spinola, President of the Real Estate Board of New York; and Michael T. Cohen, Chairman of GVA Williams and President and CEO of Williams Real Estate Co., Inc.

The Summer 2005 LePatner Report provides an overview of the event and excerpts from each speakers' presentation.

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Riding the Wave of a Rebounding Economy

Click here to read Barry LePatner's opening remarks to the seminar. Click here to view a full transcript of the conference.

Over 150 corporate executives, real estate developers and design professionals attended "Riding the Wave of a Rebounding Economy: Secrets of the Expert Advisors," an executive seminar co-sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP, North Fork Bank, DSL.net and BBL&A on March 16, 2004 at the University Club in midtown Manhattan. Barry LePatner moderated a panel that included: Dr. Irwin Kellner, Chair of Economics at Hofstra University and Chief Economist for CBS Marketwatch; Richard T. Anderson, President of the New York Building Congress; Kenneth M. Krasnow, Senior Managing Director of the New York Metro Region for Cushman & Wakefield; and Mark Smith, Ph.D., Global Director for Real Estate Advisory Services at Ernst & Young LLP. A recording of the event on CD is available for purchase. Contact Brad Cronk for more information.

The Spring 2004 LePatner Report provides an overview of the event and excerpts from each speakers' presentation.

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Henry H. Korn, moderator, the "Korn Lecture Series: War Crimes and Iraq," Cornell University, October 23, 2003.

Keynote Speaker, "Identifying Economic Trends In Real Estate," sponsored by Berdon LLP at the Yale Club, New York City on June 25, 2003.

Moderator, "Protection, Survival, Readiness: Project Strategy in the Post 9/11 World" co-sponsored by Deloitte & Touche LLP, Sterling National Bank and Barry B. LePatner & Associates at the University Club, New York City on June 4, 2003.

Keynote Speaker, "9/11's Message to Architects: A Clarion Call or a Death Knell?" California Polytechnic State University, May 2, 2003.

Speaker, "Identifying Risk in an Alliance", seminar on Strategic Alliances sponsored by the American Institute of Architects in Washington D.C., 2001.

Speaker, "Marketing Strategies and Presentation Skills," with A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA and others, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1992-2003. See the article "Does Better & Faster Equal Smarter?" a roundtable discussion from the August 2000 seminar.

Speaker, "Strategic Alliances," Society for Marketing Professional Services, Atlanta conference, November 2000.

Keynote Speaker, "Good Business Doesn't Have to be Boring," American Institute of Architects Tennessee Chapter, September 1998

Design Juror and Speaker, "Negotiations: The Professional's Test," North Carolina American Institute of Architects Awards Ceremony, July 1997, Hilton Head, SC

Moderator/Participant, "The Re-Emerging Private Sector: What's Hot," Society for Marketing Professional Services, October 1995

Keynote Speaker, "Expanding Your Business and Making It Work," New Partnering Strategies Conference, Sponsored by PSMJ, Atlanta, Ga., October, 1994

Speaker, "Mergers and Acquisitions Forum," Washington, D.C. Sponsored by PSMJ, June 1993

Speaker, "Winning Clients for Life," 1991 SMPS Annual Convention Alexandria, Va.

Speaker, "Liability Insurance: Asset or Liability," American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, January 1990

Speaker, "Is the Liability Threat Stifling Creativity in the Design of Projects?" New York Association of Consulting Engineers, May 1989

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