2nd Annual Boca Finance and Real Estate Conference
We are delighted to invite you to the 2nd Annual Boca Finance and Real Estate Conference. Building upon the success of our inaugural BFREC held in Dec. 2024, this year's conference once again will be held in person in the Schmidt Family Complex on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, USA on the 13th and 14th of November 2025.
The conference offers an interdisciplinary forum to gain feedback on timely working papers from scholars in the accounting, economics, finance, and real estate disciplines.
In addition to academic sessions on finance and real estate, the conference features a Real Estate Industry session on Thursday afternoon with presentations on the state of the economy and commercial real estate, agentic AI in real estate, and other current issues relevant to the local and national real estate industry.
Real Estate Industry Session: 1:00 – 5:00 pm, Thursday, Nov 13th.
Randy Anderson, Ph.D., Univ of South Florida
Scott Hughes, Trimont, Managing Director of Data Research
Ryan Greenblatt, Florida Atlantic University and Lang Realty
Stace Sirmans, Ph.D., Auburn University and Agentic Assets
Ken Johnson, Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Josh Harris, Ph.D., Senior VP, CrossMarc Services
Finance Keynote: 8:15-9:00 am, Friday, Nov 14th.
Alok Kumar, Ph.D., Gabelli Asset Management Chair, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami
Questions about the conference should be directed to
Anita Pennathur: pennathu@fau.edu