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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Registration | 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Location: Entrance to Grand Ballroom | First Floor

Board of Directors Meeting | As scheduled

More info to come.

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Registration | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location: Entrance to Grand Ballroom | First Floor

Exhibitor Set Up | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location: Grand Ballroom Reception Area | First Floor

Top Golf Outing - Sponsored by Homes.com | 12 p.m. To 3 p.m.

Topgolf is a bar-meets-driving range designed for golf pros and novices alike. Eat, drink, mingle and hit some balls at our annual daytime outing sponsored by homes.com.

Location: Topgolf

Legal Seminar - Open to All | 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

This is a TICKETED EVENT. You may register for the legal seminar independently here or please contact us at info@councilofmls.org to add a ticket to your existing registration.

The CMLS2019 Legal Seminar is specially designed for industry staff and their legal council. There is no better way to prepare for legal challenges ahead.

The morning session is open to everyone from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and includes breakfast and lunch. Then your organization can get even more out of the Legal Seminar by sending your legal council to a special afternoon session exclusive to attendees who represent an MLS or REALTOR association and possess a JD or license to practice law.

Join us for the morning session – all attendees are welcome.

Location: Imperial B

Legal Seminar - Attorneys Only | 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m.

This is a TICKETED EVENT. You may register for the legal seminar independently here or please contact us at info@councilofmls.org to add a ticket to your existing registration.

Your organization can get even more out of the Legal Seminar by sending your legal council to a special afternoon session exclusive to attendees who represent a MLS or REALTOR association and possess a JD or license to practice law.

The afternoon session is for MLS attorneys only. Attendees are responsible for filing and obtaining their own legal continuing education credit for attendance. CMLS will provide supporting documentation on request.

Location: Imperial B

Section Council Meetings | As scheduled

More info to come.

Opening Night Party – Hosted by UtahRealEstate.com | 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Join our hosts UtahRealEstate.com at one of Salt Lake City’s most elegant hotels, the Grand America. Enjoy cocktails, appetizers and networking with your peers at our Opening Night Party.

Location: Grand Salon | Grand America Hotel

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Breakfast | 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Location: Imperial A/B | First Floor

Registration | 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: Entrance to Grand Ballroom | First Floor

Exhibitor Hall Hours | 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Location: Grand Ballroom Reception Area | First Floor

8:30 a.m. | Doors Open

All conference sessions are held at the Grand America hotel.

Location: Grand Ballroom | First Floor

General Session | 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

All conference sessions are held at the Grand America hotel.

Location: Grand Ballroom | First Floor

9:00 a.m. | Welcome & Prize Giveaway

UtahRealEstate.com CEO Brad Bjelke and Chair Dean Crandall kick off CMLS2019.

Speakers: 

Brad Bjelke | CEO, UtahRealEstate.com

Dean Crandall | Utah Central Association of REALTORS

Location: Grand Ballroom

9:10 a.m. | Embracing the Moment

Listen to the MLS State of the Union, get a peek at where things are headed and how it all impacts you.

Speaker: Chris Carrillo | Chair, CMLS

Location: Grand Ballroom

9:30 a.m. | Why the MLS Moment is Now

An industry update and what to expect at CMLS2019.

Speaker: Denee Evans | CEO, CMLS

Location: Grand Ballroom

9:50 a.m. | Why Change is Good

Change is hard, but it can bring about real progress. Leave this session with less fear and more actionable ideas for thriving in the next season of MLS evolution.

Speaker: Ross Shafer

Location: Grand Ballroom

10:40 a.m. | Break

Location: Grand Ballroom Reception Area

11:10 a.m. | Welcome Back & Prize Giveaway

Location: Grand Ballroom

11:15 a.m. | Legally Yours

An informative update on new legal considerations facing MLSs.

Speakers:

Mitch Skinner | Larson Skinner

Katie Johnson | National Association of REALTORS®

Chris Osborn | Stoel Rives LLP

Location: Grand Ballroom

11:40 a.m. | Clear Cooperation

Attendees will learn about the proposed MLS Policy Statement 8.0, its history and its rationale as well as the support its receiving from large brokers nationwide.

Speakers:

Rene Galicia | National Association of REALTORS®

Rodney Gansho | National Association of REALTORS®

Jon Coile | Long and Foster Real Estate

Location: Grand Ballroom

12:00 p.m. | Viewpoints: Is Policy Limiting Innovation

Join our inaguaral session exploring new ideas for policies that might help the industry continue to evolve and address changing needs in innovation while maintaining the integrity of systems that Make The Market Work.

Moderator: Monica Beck | Northwest MLS

Panelists:

Art Carter | California Regional MLS

Bill Fowler | Compass

Location: Grand Ballroom

12:25 p.m. | Lunch

Location: Imperial Ballroom AB

1:35 p.m. | Hall of Fame Award & Prize Giveaway

Location: Grand Ballroom

1:45 p.m. | The Future is Face to Face

Get ideas for meeting customers where they are and delivering customer service your members will notice and talk about.

Moderator: Tracy Weir | August Partners

Panelists:

Shayne Fairley | StellarMLS

Shawn Janke | KW Success Realty

Quinn Nichols | Maris

Location: Grand Ballroom

2:15 p.m. | The Expanding MLS

Explore models to describe the current forces at work in the industry and introduce a model that can be used to help the MLS focus on their core value of cooperation while understanding how it impacts competition among their members.

Speaker: Michael Wurzer | FBS

Location: Grand Ballroom

2:40 p.m. | Beyond the Status Quo

We’ll explore three broker owned MLS business models to get ideas and inspiration for ways to think differently.

Speakers:

Carolyn Chodat | Classic Properties REALTORS®

Jeremy Crawford | First Multiple Listing Service

Tom Hurdlebrink | Northwest MLS

Location: Grand Ballroom

3:05 p.m. | Break

Location: Grand Ballroom Reception Area

3:30 p.m. | Welcome Back & Prize Giveaway

Location: Grand Ballroom

3:35 p.m. | Clear Cooperation: Industry Insights

Panelists will offer their impressions on the potential impacts, implications, opportunities and drawbacks to the proposed Clear Cooperation Policy.

Location: Grand Ballroom

4:10 p.m. | Balancing Interests: The MLS Police

Prevention or enforcement? Panelists will explore opposing viewpoints on tough realities within MLS, including keeping data clean while keeping customers happy, and operating a wholesale MLS with shareholder enforcement.

Location: Grand Ballroom

4:40 p.m. | Black Swan

The MLS is under threat from inside and outside the industry. Rob Hahn and David Charron will present a proposed path forward.

Speakers:

David Charron | MRIS Investors

Rob Hahn | 7DS Associates

Location: Grand Ballroom

5:25 p.m. | Chair's Toast

Location: Grand Ballroom

Chair's Reception Cocktail Hour - Sponsored by Realtor.com | 5:30 p.m to 7 p.m

Please join CMLS and continue the conversation as we celebrate our members, enjoy a cocktail, capture great memories and raise your glass as we recognize CMLS 2019 Chair, Chris Carrillo.

Location: Grand Ballroom Reception Area (Exhibitor Hall)

Friday, October 18, 2019

Breakfast | 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Location: Imperial A/B | First Floor

Volunteer Leadership Breakfast | 7:30 a.m.

Volunteer MLS leaders from around the country will be at CMLS2019 in Salt Lake City. This presents an extraordinary opportunity for sharing, learning and networking.

To make the most of this, we are convening a breakfast exclusively for volunteer leaders. No staff. No vendors. Just people who give their time to help make the market work.

Please email conference@councilofmls.org to RSVP. If you are a staff person, you can either RSVP for your volunteers or forward this to your leadership and encourage them to RSVP.

Location: Savoy

Luggage Check In Opens – Sponsored by Realtor.com | 7 a.m.

Location: Murano

Registration | 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Location: Entrance to Grand Ballroom | First Floor

8:30 a.m. | Doors Open

All conference sessions are held at the Grand America hotel.

Location: Grand Ballroom | First Floor

Exhibitor Hall Hours | 8:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Location: Grand Ballroom Reception Area | First Floor

General Session | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All conference sessions are held at the Grand America hotel.

Location: Grand Ballroom | First Floor

9:00 a.m. | What Now? What Next?

Speaker: Brad Bjelke | Incoming Chair, CMLS

Location: Grand Ballroom

9:15 a.m. | CMLS & NAR: The State of Affairs

Learn what we’ve gained from the partnership with NAR and what is to come.

Speakers:

David Charron | Immediate Past Chair, CMLS

Lauren Hansen | IRES MLS

Vince Malta | National Association of REALTORS®

Location: Grand Ballroom

9:30 a.m. | Changing Communities, Changing Markets

Communities around the country are evolving and changing. Learn what’s in store for our industry in response.

Speaker: Gabe Klein | Cityfi

Location: Grand Ballroom

10:15 a.m. | Industry Update with Greg Robertson

Start the day with a laugh when Greg Robertson, publisher of VendorAlley.com, gives a “Weekend Update” style segment of industry news, gossip and lobby bar talk. This year is completely (un)censored.

Speaker: Greg Robertson | Co-Founder, W+R Studios

Location: Grand Ballroom

10:25 a.m. | Break

Location: Grand Ballroom Reception Area

11:00 a.m. | CMLX & Prize Giveaway

Location: Grand Ballroom

11:05 a.m. | Making Search Sexy

How is search criteria changing consumer expectations about search? What role can MLSs play in the future of search? Hear about consumer centric search based on a personalized experience that goes well beyond drop downs and search boxes.

Speaker: John Berkowitz | Ojo Labs

Location: Grand Ballroom

11:30 a.m. | The Door to Online Consumers

Panelists will share actionable data about the benefits of consumer-facing portals.

Moderator: Marilyn Wilson | WAV Group

Panelists:

Steve Barnes | Homesnap

Brad Bjelke | UtahRealEstate.com

Cindi Peters-Tanner | ValleyMLS.com

 

Location: Grand Ballroom

12:00 p.m. | Privacy Matters

What you need to know about pending consumer privacy legislation, what to ask your vendors, and how to be on top of it to protect your members, consumers and your MLS.

Speakers:

Frank Major | Bright MLS

Elizabeth Miller-Bougdanos | California Association of REALTORS®

Location: Grand Ballroom

12:15 p.m. | Lunch

Location: Imperial Ballroom AB

1:15 p.m. | Welcome Back & Prize Giveaway

Location: Grand Ballroom

1:15 p.m. | Please Pass the Data

We’ll explore new desires for data portability between brokers, agents and MLS, and how to meet them.

Moderator: James Yockel | Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS®

Panelists:

Raj Bhaskar | Hurdlr

Noah Leask | APC Data Analytics

Jeff Turner | Second Century Ventures

Location: Grand Ballroom

1:45 p.m. | Powering Economic Decisions with MLS Data

MLSs are hiring data analysts. Hear about how MLS data is powering local economics and what organizations can do with their data to inform decisions.

Speaker: Shelley Specchio | MIBOR REALTOR® Association

Location: Grand Ballroom

2:15 p.m. | RETS to API: Smart Strategies for Success

Panelists will share lessons learned and smart strategies in the transition from RETS to API. Walk away with ideas to use in your own organization today.

Location: Grand Ballroom

2:40 p.m. | Collaboration Nation: Takeaways from MLS Cooperation in Action

Panelists will discuss their experiences in bringing together neighboring MLSs, what worked and what didn’t.

Moderator: Denee Evans | CMLS

Panelists:

Karen Becker | Aurora Association of REALTORS®

John Mosey | Northstar MLS

Location: Grand Ballroom

2:55 p.m. | Grand Prize Giveaway - Passing the Torch

Location: Grand Ballroom