When: February 23, 2016

Where: Kaufman Rossin Offices, Miami

Invest: Miami brought together top executives from different segments of South Florida’s dynamic construction industry gathered to share their insights on the leading challenges, emerging opportunities and latest innovations in this bellwether sector.

Panelists:

George Cuesta, CEO,  Cuesta Construction
Jeffrey Gouveia, President and General Manager, Suffolk Construction
Patrick Ramge, Sr. VP, Commercial Lending, Wells Fargo

Moderated by Abby Melone, Executive Director, Capital Analytics

When: February 12, 2016

Where: Conrad Hotel Miami

Once again, the Miami Finance Forum has put together their CEO Power Breakfast, an event that typically highlights key issues and areas of interest for Miami’s top CEOs and business executives. This particular breakfast emphasized attracting institutional venture capital to South Florida.

Speakers:

– Travis Milks, Partner, Stonehenge Growth Equity Partners,
– Andy Cohen, VP Corporate Development, Citrix,
– Lon Otremba, CEO Bidtellect,
– Karen O’Byrne, CFO, Modernizing Medicine,
– Adam Smith, Partner, Medina Capital

Moderator:

– Ranjini Chandirakanthan, Director, Cassel Salpeter & Co

When: February 11, 2016

Where: Conrad Hotel Miami

Join the South Florida Business Journal as business leaders from various South Florida companies discuss challenges related to commuter issues and identify and share solutions for employers to improve workforce satisfaction and productivity!

Panel discussion with interactive audience participation.

Panelists:

Dr. Fabrizio Alcobe
SVP of Administration, Univision

Elizabeth Sanchez Brana, PhD
Director, Wellness and Health Promotions, AvMed

Dr. Jaffus Hardrick
Vice President of Human Resources, Florida International University

Holly Hunt
Enterprise Manager, Comcast Business

Diana Montenegro
Human Resources Site Director, South Miami Hospital

Gus Pena
Managing Director, Ascendo Resources

When: January 14, 2016

Where: Four Seasons Hotel Miami

Bisnow’s 2016 Forecast, reflected on the year that was, and what the future holds for South Florida.  Kicking off the event was Jorge Perez, who shared his insight on global, social, and economic trends to help attendees build a tool kit of factual information to use for their next investment decision. Each of the all-star panelists shared their outlooks on the year ahead.

When: January 13, 2016

Where: Jungle Island Miami

Invest: Miami was a sponsor for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s South Florida Economic Summit, an annual half-day business conference focused on the economic outlook and opportunities for the coming year.

Opening with a session focused on local economic updates, including workforce trends, the half-day program included various panel discussions on major economic engines of South Florida. The event culminated with a luncheon featuring a keynote presentation.

When: December 3, 2015

Where: InterContinental Hotel Miami

Invest: Miami 2015 reports were distributed to over 250 attendees including: Gil Dezer, CEO, Dezer Development; Carlos Rosso, President, The Related Group; Greg Freedman, Principal, BH3; Taylor Collins, Partner, Two Roads Development; Dina Goldentayer, Principal, The DS Team, Greg Matus, Regional Managing Partner,Franklin Street; Stuart Meyers, CEO, Meyers Group; Joel Altman, CEO, The Altman Companies; Michael Adler, CEO, Adler Group; Brad Meltzer, President, SE Region,Plaza Construction; Kobi Karp, President, Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design; Jon Cardello

Senior Principal, Stantec; Sherif Ayad, President, ID & Design International; Lilianne Braun, VP, Crescendo Real Estate; Hector Torres, COO, Unitas Development Group; Nitin Motwani, Managing Principal, Miami Worldcenter Associates; Scott L. Leventhal, CEO & Co-Founder, The Trillist Companies; Peggy Fucci, CEO, OneWorld Properties

When: December 1-2, 2015

Where: New World Center and The Lab and Light Box

SimeMIA is one of two global flagship events for innovative professionals and thought leaders from the realms of technology, media, and the arts for networking and exchanging visions for the future.

SimeMIA is a collaborative project powered by Miami-based MIA Collective and Sime from Stockholm. MIA Collective is an event production company focused on developing world­class events focused on technology and digital media in the South Florida area. Sime is Northern Europe’s largest conference about the Internet and digital opportunities with flagship events this year in Stockholm and Miami.Sime is about how digital opportunities can convert into new business, a better world and a lot of fun.

When: November 4-6, 2015

Where: Miami Airport & Convention Center