We are pleased to announce the following keynote speakers.

RON BIDULKA

Associate Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP          

PRESENTATION TOPIC

“Launch of Deloitte’s Research Study and Position Paper”

Ronald Bidulka is an Associate Partner with Deloitte & Touche and leads the Real Estate Advisory Services Group’s Real Estate Development and Project Management practice, a service line which assists owners, investors and government agencies evaluate structure and realize a wide range of development projects. Ron’s expertise in this area involves a broad range of traditional and non-traditional real estate development projects including office, retail, cultural, leisure, hospitality, sports and entertainment facilities.

Ron provides a broad range of market, financial and joint venture partnership advisory services to government entities, assisting them in successfully structuring development projects; Ron also assists investors and development sponsors in working with government authorities in achieving their development objectives. Ron’s specific areas of expertise include:

• Economic development / site location;
• Real estate and project development financing / financial analysis;
• Market feasibility and demand analysis;
• Development strategies;
• Business case development;
• Project monitoring / management services; and
• Corporate real estate / management consulting services.

In effect, Ron supports development projects from “idea” to “implementation”.

FRANK NERO

President & CEO
Beacon Council, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
 

PRESENTATION TOPIC

“Leveraging Leadership and Partnerships Grow Investment”

Frank Nero has been the President & CEO of The Beacon Council since 1996.  Through Frank’s leadership, The Beacon Council has been recognized as one of only 26 Accredited Economic Development Organizations by the International Economic Development Council, and is a founding member of the InternetCoast, a South Florida organization dedicated to promoting the region’s Information Technology and Telecommunications assets. Before accepting the position as President & CEO of Miami-Dade County’s Beacon Council, Frank served a dual role for the City of Jacksonville, Florida, as both Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, as well as Executive Director, Jacksonville Downtown Development Authority. In Jacksonville, from 1991 through 1996, Frank was the City’s chief economic development official and served as the chief negotiator in all economic development deals. 

Before accepting the position as President & CEO of Miami-Dade County’s Beacon Council, Frank served a dual role for the City of Jacksonville, Florida, as both Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, as well as Executive Director, Jacksonville Downtown Development Authority. In Jacksonville, from 1991 through 1996, Frank was the City’s chief economic development official and served as the chief negotiator in all economic development deals. more...

LAWRENCE F. MORETTI
Senior Manager
Deloitte Global Expansion Optimization, New York

PRESENTATION TOPIC
“What Global Investors are Looking For"

Larry is the eastern regional lead for Deloitte Consulting’s Global Expansion Optimization & Location Strategy (GEO) practice and subject matter expert on global business geography and deployment.  He has over twenty years of experience, including three years leading our European site selection team in Brussels, solving problems related to the strategic and operational aspects of facility location, site selection and economic development. He has extensive industry experience in the banking/financial services, chemical/process, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, high-tech electronics, health care and not-for-profit industries. Larry has spoken and written on topics pertaining to headquarters ‘stay/go’, banking, manufacturing, hi-tech and customer service locations, high-tech, global location strategy and future trends. He has been written or contributed to articles in Area Development, Corporate Relocation, Fortune, and the Wall Street Journal, and others.

Larry has had extensive experience guiding economic development and investment attraction agencies at the local, regional and national level in North America, Europe and Asia.  Representative project leadership and consulting experience includes work for  Ireland Development Agency. Manchester (UK) Investment and Development Agency (MIDAS), Region Wallonie (Belgium), Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh-Lothian, Sviluppo Italia and  Thailand Eastern Seaboard