Guild Partner Winter Summit

Guild Partner Winter Summit

DATE
January 21-22, 2025

EVENT LOCATION & HOST HOTEL
Marriott Stanton South Beach
161 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139

ATTIRE
Resort Tropical

EVENT AGENDA (subject to change)

January 21, 2025
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Opening Reception

January 22, 2025:
7:45 AM | Breakfast
8:30 AM | Welcome
8:35 AM | Introduction of participating Guild Members
8:45 AM | Presenting Sponsor Welcome
8:55 AM | Lightning Round

  • Stop Chasing that Newest Shiny Object: Trends and Fads in Economic Development – Jay Garner
  • To AI or Not to AI? That is the question – Tess Fay
  • Where to fish in the Global Pond: The best opportunities for FDI –Bob Hess
  • Gen Z: Engaging and developing the next generation workforce – John Longshore
  • Incentives in a Post-Pandemic World – Matt Szuhaj

10:00 AM | Break
10:15 AM | Panel 1:  State and Multijurisdictional EDOs facilitated by Larry Gigerich
10:55 AM | 8 Big Mistakes in Place Branding presented by Julie Curtin, President, DCI
11:30 AM |Panel 2: Ask Us Anything Panel facilitated by Gray Swoope
12:00 PM | Program End

REGISTRATION
The last day for registration refunds is 14 days prior to the event. The last day for registration name changes is 7 days prior to the event and can only be transferred to another attendee within the same organization for the same event. The registration fee is non-transferable to other Site Selectors Guild events.

Registration is limited to individuals employed by or representing an organization enrolled in the Guild Partner Program. A full list of enrolled organizations can be found through our Guild Partner Directory.

Thank you to our Winter Summit Sponsor

Event details

Date & Time

January 21-22, 2025

Location

Miami Beach, FL USA

Venue

Marriott Stanton South Beach

Tess Fay

Board Advisor
Associate Member

Global Location Strategies
Greenville, SC

Jay Garner

Past Chair

Garner Economics, LLC.
Fayetteville, GA

Larry Gigerich

Board Member
Past Chair

Ginovus
Indianapolis, IN

Bob Hess

Newmark
Arlington Heights, IL

John Longshore

Newmark
Greenville, SC

Gray Swoope

VisionFirst Advisors

Matt Szuhaj

Strategic Development Group
Oakland, CA

Seth Martindale

Chair

CBRE, Inc.
Orange County, CA