2025 VCU Real Estate Trends Conference
The VCU Real Estate Trends Conference is hosted annually by the VCU Kornblau Real Estate Program and brings together industry leaders, students, faculty, staff and alumni for a morning of networking and learning. Industry attendees represent various real estate and related sectors such as law, finance, construction, development, brokerage and appraisal.
Date: October 9, 2025
Location: Henrico Sports & Events Center
2025 Keynote Speaker: Coming Soon
2025 Real Estate Keynote Speakers
Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D.
GraphsandLaughs, LLC
ELLIOT EISENBERG, Ph.D., is an internationally acclaimed economist and public speaker specializing in making the arcana and minutia of economics fun, relevant, and educational. He earned a B.A. in economics with first-class honors from McGill University in Montreal, as well as a Master's and Ph.D. in public administration from Syracuse University. Eisenberg, a former Senior Economist with the National Association of Home Builders in Washington, D.C., is the creator of the multifamily stock index (the first nationally recognized index to track the total return of public firms principally involved in the ownership and management of apartments), the author of more than eighty-five articles, and is a regular consultant to several large real estate professional associations, hedge funds, and investment advisory groups.
He has spoken to thousands of business groups and associations, often as a keynote speaker. Dr. Eisenberg has been invited to testify before lawmakers and is usually asked to comment on proposed legislation. His research and opinions have been featured in Bloomberg, Business Week, Bureau of National Affairs, Forbes, Fortune, and many other publications. He is a regularly featured guest on cable news programs, talk shows, and public radio.
Renee Haltom
Vice President and Regional Executive
Renee Haltom is Richmond regional executive and vice president of Research communications at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Her work involves engaging business, banking, and community leaders on national, regional, and local economic conditions to inform the monetary policymaking process, as well as sharing information about the Federal Reserve System. Haltom is based at the Richmond office and has responsibility for public outreach and engagement in Virginia, as well as oversees the Richmond Fed's Regional Executive, Research Communications, and Economic Education functions and its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council.
Haltom joined the Richmond Fed in 2009 as an economic writer in the Research department — often with a focus on monetary policy, economic theory, and the Federal Reserve — and served as editor of Econ Focus magazine from 2015 to 2018. She started her Fed career in 2005 at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, providing education on monetary policy and the Federal Reserve to a variety of audiences.
Haltom has a bachelor's degree in economics from Michigan State University and a master's degree in economics from the University of San Francisco.