2026 Spring Conference - New Orleans

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2026 Spring Conference - New Orleans

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 6:00 PM - Saturday, February 28, 2026 11:00 AM (CST)

Description

The CORFAC 2026 Spring Conference will take place at the Hotel Monteleone February 25-28. This three-day event includes educational sessions, a deal-making session, the COR$TAR Awards, networking opportunities, receptions and more. The CORFAC hotel room rate is $255 and the group rate is available until February 2, 2026 or until the room block fills. Make your accommodations using this LINK or by calling 1-800-535-9595 and using the room block code COR24B.

Conference Schedule

Wednesday, February 25
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Opening Reception
10:00 pm	Rendezvous - Late night drinks with fellow attendees.

Thursday, February 26
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast Buffet
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Marketing and Branding Committee Meeting
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Affiliation Development Committee Meeting
10:00 am - 11:00 am	International Committee Meeting
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Next Gen Committee Meeting
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Past Presidents Committee Meeting (closed meeting)
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Executive Committee Meeting and Lunch (closed meeting)
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Sponsor Break
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm	Welcome Remarks and COR$TAR Awards
3:15 pm - 5:00 pm	Let's Make a Deal: Speed Networking Session Come prepared with your elevator speech and business opportunities to share in this new fast-paced deal making session.
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm	AI Marketing Workshop and Q & A Michael Hironimus, CCIM, Founder, PropTech Integrations Artificial intelligence has fundamentally transformed how marketing professionals approach their craft. This comprehensive guide walks you through the complete AI-enabled marketing workflow—from initial brainstorming and ideation, through content creation and optimization, to polished presentations that drive business results. By the end of this session, you'll understand how to integrate AI tools strategically into your workflow, when to leverage human creativity versus machine intelligence, and how to achieve professional-grade results in a fraction of traditional timelines.
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Dinner and Drinks at the World War II Museum (ticket required)
10:00 pm	Rendezvous - Late night drinks with fellow attendees.

Friday, February 27
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Breakfast Buffet
9:00 am - 10:15 am	AI (r)Evolution: Strategies for Leveling Up CRE Brokerage Operations Michael Hironimus, CCIM, Founder, PropTech Integrations This session answers the questions brokers, investors, and leadership are actually asking: Which roles are seeing the biggest productivity gains? How do you evaluate AI investments from a strategic standpoint? What are the use cases that move the needle, and how do you implement them without overwhelming your team? We will examine what is currently working (and failing) across CRE firms. You'll leave knowing what AI adoption realistically looks like in the next few years, what skills matter now, and what separates leaders from followers in practice. No vendor pitches. No theory. Just practical insights from advising firms and using these tools daily.
10:15 am - 10:45 am	Sponsor Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm	Structuring Profitable Leases in Today's Complex Market Richard Juge, CCIM, SIOR and Karl Landreneau, CCIM, SIOR Whether you're a seasoned broker or new to commercial real estate, you'll gain practical-application strategies for getting more revenue out of your lease agreements in this workshop-style session.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Networking Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Economic Outlook: Impacts on Commercial Real Estate in 2026 Renown economist Dr. Loren C. Scott will share insights on the U.S. economy and energy sector's implications on this year's commercial real estate market performance.
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Sponsor Break
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Tech Think Tank: CRE Tools that Transform Productivity Moderator: Phill Tomlinson, CPI/CORFAC International A panel of members will share the industry-leading tools and platforms that are enhancing how they manage daily workflow.
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Principals Only: Brokerage Benchmarking Obie Walli, founder and CEO of Dealius, will present CORFAC members’ aggregated brokerage benchmarking survey data and evaluate operating practices, costs and profitability in light of network-wide and industry-wide benchmarks. Results will be available after the conference to participating firms.
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Next Gen Roundtable: Evolving as an Investor CORFAC founding member Mike Boyd, CCIM, SIOR, of Boyd Commercial/CORFAC International in Houston and Next Gen Committee Chair Chris Mergenthaler of DarwinPW/CORFAC International in Chicago will lead an interactive conversation on how to establish and grow a personal commercial real estate investment portfolio. Come with questions and your own experiences to share.
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Marketing Best Practices Exchange
4:30 pm	Sponsor Raffle
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Reception
10:00 pm	Rendezvous - Late night drinks with fellow attendees.