Business consultants, corporate leaders, and practitioners will share viewpoints, best practices, and information about several issues including:

• The impact of changing political and economic climates on global investment decisions and incentives
• Financial issues in the context of corporate profitability and increasing operating costs
• Corporate leadership best practices (including CREM) in changing times
• Increasing corporate real estate management value adds

Natalie Shirley

Todd G. Buchholz

Presenters:
Peter Garra
IAMC Chair and Director, Real Estate
The Linde Group, Inc.

Rick Little
IAMC Vice Chair and
Director, Real Estate
Weyerhaeuser Company

Natalie Shirley
Secretary of Commerce & Tourism & Executive Director
Oklahoma Department of Commerce

Todd G. Buchholz
GCS Business Capital

The go-go days of the 1990s turned into the go-backwards days of the 2000's. What's next? Can Ben Bernanke get the economy recovering? Will soaring commodity prices strangle the economy? How will the upcoming election change the economy and tax structure? By "connecting the dots" of the world economy, Todd Buchholz will help conferees develop a timely vision. Never before have businesses felt such excruciating pressure to compete. While riding a roller coaster stock market, firms struggle to raise prices even when their costs increase. Meanwhile, consumers face ever-higher debt loads. How can your company survive and thrive? Todd Buchholz shows audiences how to anticipate the new trends in the economy and in demographics that open up fresh opportunities for service and technology companies.

Sponsor: The City of Ontario, California

Don't miss this opportunity to join in discussions about global energy demands and costs are challenging manufacturers to develop new strategies and practices. A panel of energy company representatives will share their viewpoints and entertain audience questions.

Sponsor: Albuquerque Economic Development, Inc.

Panelists:
Heidi W. Barath
Executive Director, Transaction Advisory Services
Real Estate/Hospitality
Ernst & Young LLP
Dallas, TX 75201

David Greenwell
Partner
Cole & Reed, P.C.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

John Michael Williams
Williams, Box, Forshee & Bullard, P.C.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

The value of all assets should be immediately visible corporate financial statements. To comply with corporate planning strategies, asset management professionals need to understand how their acquisition and disposition negotiations impact overall corporate profits. This session, presented by a panel of business accounting professionals, will broadly explain finance rules and practices relevant to corporate asset management:

• P&L strategies and tables
• Impairment rules and procedures
• Fixed asset accounting and assets for sale
• Sale-leaseback agreement structures

Sponsor: Economic Development Corporation of Shasta County

Brad Henry
Governor of Oklahoma

Richard (Dick) Wilkerson,
President & CEO
Michelin N.A.

Dick Wilkerson's Monday Luncheon presentation will draw from Michelin's 100+ year history, global presence and commitment to sustaining a strong North American manufacturing base. Rising costs, global competition, and supply chain issues will be among challenges that he will discuss.

Mr. Wilkerson was recently elected Chair & President of Michelin N.A. His career with Michelin spans 25 years and includes manufacturing and personnel positions in the United States, France and Scotland. Prior to his recent promotion, he was Executive Vice President of Personnel for Michelin North America and was also responsible for the Environment and Prevention department.

Sponsors: Lubbock Economic Development Alliance and McCallum Sweeney Consulting, Inc.

The two-part Peer-to-Peer Discussions comprise the Monday afternoon educational schedule.

In Part one, all registrants (corporate end-users, economic development and service provider professionals) convene in the same room to network and discuss timely and relevant corporate real estate issues. In Part two, corporate end-users convene in a meeting room to participate in discussions specific to their professional interests. Concurrently, economic development, service provider professionals, and a small group of corporate end-users will talk about their respective professional interests and ways to better support each other.

Characterized by high-quality networking, timely discussion topics and solutions -Peer-to-Peer discussions are among the highest rated Professional Forum sessions. Note: Peer-to-Peer sessions are not tape recorded.

Sponsors: Positively Minnesota
4:00 — 5:00 p.m. — Peer-to-Peer Discussions, Part 2
Actives Discussions
Associates Peer-to-Peer Discussions
6:00 — 7:00 p.m. — Reception
7:00 p.m. — Dinner (On Your Own)

Sponsor: Virginia Economic Development Partnership
9:00 — 10:00 a.m. — General Session

Presenters:
William L. Peacher
Vice President & COO,
NORDAM Repair Group

John Richels

David Thompson

John RichelsPresident
Devon Energy Corporation

David Thompson
President
OPUBCO Communications Group

Plan to attend the Fall 2008 IAMC Professional Forum Tuesday General Session to hear energy energy leaders — Devon Energy Corporation President John Richels and Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO) President David Thompson — talk about how they are leading their respective companies through today's changing political and economic landscape, how they view corporate assets, and how globalization is impacting their respective industries.

Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Devon Energy is one of the world's leading independent oil and gas exploration and production companies. Devon's operations are focused primarily in the United States and Canada but explores for and produces oil and natural gas in select international areas.

OPUBCO Communications Group is the multimedia division of The Oklahoma Publishing Company, a 104-year old privately held corporation based in Oklahoma City. The company has interests in media, communications, technology, hospitality, securities, and real estate development, among other ventures. OPUBCO Communications Group publishes a statewide daily newspaper, The Oklahoman, and also includes a direct mail company and several news and information websites.

Moderator:
Charles Manula
Vice President, Global R&D Facilities
Wyeth

Panelists:
Mert Livingstone
Vice President, Global Operations
Johnson & Johnson

Due to the volatile global economy, many corporations are challenging their business units to make measurable earnings per share contributions. How do corporate real estate professionals enhance company value? Is the task more challenging for some industries than others?

Through panelist presentations, roundtable discussions and reports, this 90-minute session will will address these questions and a variety of issues relevant to enhancing corporate profitability.

Note: Be prepared to show a photo ID upon arrival at Tinker AFB.

IAMC registrants will be treated to a bus tour of key sites at Tinker Air Force Base, the home of the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC) (FHZ), which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft, engines, missiles, software and avionics and accessories components. Tinker AFB, the largest single site employer in the state of Oklahoma, covers approximately 9 square miles and has over 700 buildings with a building floor space of over 15,200,000 square feet.

3:00 pm — T2 Workshop — Reed Center — Tinker AFB

Moderator:
John Dues
Vice Chairman
Binswanger Advisory Services

Panelists:
MAJ Charles Roberts
Chief, Asset Management Integration
Asset Management & Operations Division
Office of the Civil Engineer
Air Force Headquarters

GEN (Ret.) Robert Conner
President
Aeroversant

Gerri Hart
CE VP Branch Chief
Asset Management
Tinker Air Force Base

Thomas "Gene" Gallogly
Civil Engineer
Tinker Air Force Base

The United States Air Force Office of Civil Engineering recently developed new policies for managing assets at its 166 bases and support installations worldwide. A distinguished panel of military and civilian personnel will talk about the public-private collaboration that prompted the U. S. Air Force to apply corporate asset management strategies and principles to several major expansion and redevelopment projects on Tinker AFB. Audience questions will be entertained.

4:30 p.m. — BREAK — Reed Center — Tinker AFB
4:45 p.m. — 5:45 p.m. T3 Workshop — Reed Center — Tinker AFB

Moderator:
Charles McSwain
IAMC Southeast Regional Co-Chair and
CRE Executive
CSX

The objective of this session is for Forum registrants to help each other with any CRE challenges that need to be readily resolved. You can add great value to this learning dynamic by simply participating in the open discussions, sharing your experiences, and citing appropriate best practices. Charles McSwain will facilitate audience discussions and questions.

Sponsor: Utility Economic Development Association (UEDA)
4:50 pm Travel to Skirvin Hilton

6:30 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. — Networking Reception
7:30 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. — Dinner on Your Own

Charles Commander, III
Corporate Real Estate Specialist
Heidrick & Struggles

As the global economy evolves, the corporate community is in search of ways to sustain a competitive edge and all business units are required to significantly increase corporate value. Because real estate is basically a local business, corporate real estate professionals are challenged to understand a variety of global business strategies. Charles Commander will share his viewpoints and interact with IAMC registrants regarding how corporate real estate professionals can add value in a rapidly changing global environment. He will emphasize:

• Global corporate real estate macro trends
• Industry opportunities
• Evolution of the CREM function, and
• The new CRE executive profile

Sponsor: Tri-City Development Council

Research Roundtable attendees listen to a fellow Active member’s remarks.

Research Roundtables are special programs exclusively for Active members and other corporate end-users to discuss important corporate real estate issues. Each program’s topic is selected from among proposals submitted by Active members. The Oklahoma City program happens the morning of Sunday, Sept. 14, from 10:00 a.m. through lunch. Who should attend? All Active members and other end-users are invited and urged to participate. Please sign up for the Research Roundtable when you complete the online or hardcopy registration form for the Oklahoma City Professional Forum.

The Peer to Peer combined session under the tent at Amelia Island.

Peer-to-Peer Peer-to-Peer is an IAMC trademark combining low-key professional network-ing with high-value education in a small-group learning environment. Post-conference attendee evaluations show that Peer-to-Peer is routinely one of the most popular Professional Forum programs. In this program, corporate end-users, service provid-ers and economic developers mix, make new acquaintances and get to know each other in a format in which table groups discuss important real estate issues. In addition, time is allocated for corporate end-users to meet separately and for service providers with economic developers to have a program focused on their needs.

A packed house for the Get Some Help program.

At Get Some Help, moderators pre-sent real-time corporate real estate questions and concerns raised by IAMC Active members within 30 days of the Fo-rum to an audience of end-users, service providers and economic developers for suggestions, solutions and discus-sion. The format is lively and attendee participation is expected. The session is intended to be interactive and spark discussion rather than providing absolute answers, so the moderator restricts the time for each topic. Oklahoma City will be Get Some Help’s eighth offering.