First up following the introduction by Ceniceros will be a panel titled "Looking into the OC Crystal Ball--Where do we go from here?" Moderator Kurt Strasmann, senior managing director at CB Richard Ellis, will be joined by Robert Brunswick, chairman and CEO of Buchanan Street Partners; Guy Johnson, president of Johnson Capital; Bob Osbrink, managing director at Voit Real Estate Services; and Joseph Vargas, executive vice president at Cushman & Wakefield.

Following a networking break, this year's event will feature a keynote panel with principal Chris Thornberg of Beacon Economics and Kerry Vandell, director of the Center for Real Estate, offering their views on a host of economic forces shaping the markets in Orange County, including real estate fundamentals, jobs, likely areas of expansion and macro-forces at work in the US economy. The panel will be moderated by Martin Pupil, regional managing director at Colliers International.

Following the economic outlook panel, CoreNet Global Southern California will present the final panel of the day: "Where Is Corporate America Expanding?" The panel will focus on, among other topics, questions like: when can jobs be expected to follow the recovery that has driven port traffic, produced an improved Orange County office market and shown other signs of recovery? Partner Bob Hamilton of the law firm Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble, Mallory & Natsis will moderate. Panelists will include executive director Andy Cohen of Gensler, vice president Reid McCartney of The Capital Group Cos., managing partner Jeff Manley of Cresa Partners, principal Brad Neglia of LBA Realty, senior director of corporate services Dick Salvi of Western Digital Corp. and Sanford Smith, senior vice president of real estate, facilities, construction and operations at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.

Following the final panel, a networking and cocktail reception will begin at 5:30 p.m.