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HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | OCTOBER 19, 2026 B15 FRANK CAICO: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT, SPINNAKER REAL ESTATE PARTNERS MICHAEL MASSIMINO: PRESIDENT & CEO, MB FINANCIAL GROUP BRIAN KER: PRESIDENT, SNOWBALL DEVELOPMENTS PHIL BARNETT: CO-FOUNDER & CO-OWNER, WOOD-N-TAP ELIZABETH ACKERMAN: GENERAL MANAGER, THE SHOPS AT FARMINGTON VALLEY / WS DEVELOPMENT MODERATOR- LAURA BELLOTTI CARDILLO, ESQ.: VICE CHAIR OF PROPERTY TAX & VALUATION DEPARTMENT, PULLMAN & COMLEY LLC AGENDA NETWORKING BREAKFAST OPENING & SPONSOR WELCOME REMARKS TURNING VACANCY INTO VALUE: THE FUTURE OF OFFICE REDEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTICUT'S CITIES JESSICA QUINN: ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER, HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL ANDREW LATTIMER: PRINCIPAL, CLA LIBERTY BANK LEE HOFFMAN: CHAIR, PULLMAN & COMLEY LLC 8:15 - 8:30 7:30 - 8:15 8:30 - 9:30 9:40 - 10:15 POWER PANEL- CONNECTICUT'S INDUSTRIAL BOOM: WHAT NEXT? 10:15 - 10:50 POWER PANEL- REINVENTING DESTINATIONS: THE NEXT GENERATION OF RETAIL & MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28, 2026 AQUA TURF CLUB | 7:30 - 11:30 AM WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28, 2026 AQUA TURF CLUB | 7:30 - 11:30 AM 10:50 - 11:25 POWER PANEL- WELCOMING GROWTH: THE FUTURE OF HOSPITALITY IN CONNECTICUT MODERATOR- MARK J. DUCLOS, SIOR: PRESIDENT, SENTRY COMMERCIAL TOBY NELSON: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF LEASING, THE SILVERMAN GROUP MAX DEBROFF: SIGNING DIRECTOR, CLA MODERATOR- GREG BORDONARO: EDITOR, HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL CHRIS ARNOLD: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DEPARTMENT HEAD COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING, LIBERTY BANK RANDY SALVATORE: CEO, RMS COMPANIES DANIEL ZELSON: FOUNDING PRINCIPAL, CHARTER REALTY/ZELCO PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPMENT MODERATOR- RYAN O'DONNELL, ESQ.: CHAIR OF HOSPITALITY PRACTICE GROUP, PULLMAN & COMLEY LLC 9:35-9:40 YANKEE INSTITUTE- CAROL PLATT LIEBAU: PRESIDENT AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE JOHN BOURDEAUX: PRESIDENT & CEO, ADVANCECT JACK BENJAMIN: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, CITY OF HARTFORD CLOSING REMARKS 11:25 - 11:30 DIAMOND SPONSORS BREAKFAST SPONSOR WHERE CONNECTICUT BUILDS NEXT WHERE CONNECTICUT BUILDS NEXT EVENT PARTNER ADAM HALBERG: CEO, BARCELONA WINE BAR SCOTT MILLER: COO & PARTNER, DORO RESTAURANT GROUP