Forecasting the Future... What sets your "hair on fire"? (We've all become very familiar with this expression at the 9/11 Commission Hearings.) What are the threats to the real estate industry? Where are the opportunities? Will technology radically reshape the competitive landscape?

Is there a Southwest Airlines or Jet Blue analog set to overturn your business model? This is the fundamental question that my friend Jim Young asked me rhetorically when he returned with his hair on fire from his recent real estate tour of Asia.

So here's what we've planned for the Executive Thought Leadership track on the first day of Realcomm 2004, RE.Igniting Innovation, in San Francisco, June 3-4, 2004, which I will moderate. Our four sessions will focus on Leadership, Change Management, Outsourcing, and CIO Relations.

Developing 21st Century Leaders will feature George Bouris, National Leader CRE, Deloitte Touche; David Frosh, President, Sperry Van Ness; Stan Gale, CEO, The Gale Company; and Matt Spathas, CEO, Sentre Partners. Change Management: Does It Really Work? will feature Harvey Green, CEO, Marcus & Millichap; Bo Jackson, EVP, Colonial Properties Trust; Mark Rose, COO, Jones Lang LaSalle; and Randy Thomas, CEO, Insite Commercial Group.

Outsourcing: How Will It Impact Your Life? will feature Harbinder Khera, CEO, MindMatrix; Nick Laird, CEO, Global Realty Outsourcing; Tom Scott, VP, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young; and Mohit Sharma, CEO, CoreBriX. CIOs: Business Strategy Friend or Foe? will feature Mike Coke, CFO, AMB; Mike Potter, SVP, Macerich; Niraj Patel, CIO, GMAC Commercial Mortgage; and Hank Zupnick, CIO, GE Real Estate.

NOTE: You can save $75 by registering with the PikeNet Promotional Code, RC04PIKE1 (that's zero-four). Go to Realcomm, click "Register Now," and then the "Promo" link in the right-hand column.

Spread the Word... Many thanks to Dan Baum at the BOMI Institute for sponsoring this week's Dispatch. BOMI offers the "know-how to succeed" in commercial real estate. If you would like to tell Dispatch readers about your services, send e-mail or call 415-485-6700.

--Peter Pike