Influx

Over the past decade, companies such as Craigslist and Zillow have completely transformed the real estate market.

There is a conference this July, where leaders in real estate, technology and innovation to collaborate and set goals for the markets. It is estimated that about “2000 executives, decision makers, opinion leaders, top brokers, mega-agents, trendsetters, press, analysts and investors” will be inattendance.

The program includes speakers such as Bradley Inman, Publisher of Inman News and keynote Rich Barton, Founder and CEO of Zillow, Inc. Additionally, Influx has received a preview of some of the other confirmed speakers that are not yet up on the web. Here are some descriptions:

Jamie Glenn, Director of Product management, Yahoo! Real Estate
“Search Overview: How is it Changing the Real Estate Landscape?”
Google, Yahoo! MSN and other search engines can help you find qualified customers on the Web. Lead generation systems now are driven by Web search. The industry must stay abreast of this rapidly changing science.

Andy Sack, Founder, Judy’s Book
“Innovations in Community Building”
New sites are building consumer community while just saying NO to paid ads as the basis for delivering information. The Yellow Page model is out; consumer referals and ratings are in. Hear, from their founders, what makes the trendsetting, new community portals tick.

Craig Newmark, Founder and Customer Service Representative, Craigslist.com
Paul Grabowicz, Assistant Dean, Director of New Media Program, U.C. Berkeley
Lockhart Steele, Publisher, curbed.com
“Participatory Journalism: What you need to know”
The old media is dying a slow death and a new, exciting way of getting information is taking a hold, a bottoms-up model for getting at the truth, quicker.

David Fleck, Vice President of Marketing, Second Life
What we must learn from gamers, immersive online communities and their addictive, artificial world of “real” estate?

If you want to go, register by clicking here.

Influx will attend Real Estate Connect SF 2006 and report back to you.