On Nov. 10, the DU School of Real Estate and Construction Management is co-sponsoring the Rocky Mountain Real Estate Expo with the Denver Metro Commercial Board of Realtors in the Colorado Convention Center from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This event is being held to create networking opportunities for individuals in the real estate world as well as to give a certain amount of credit hours towards continuing education or continuing legal education courses.

Speakers include Mitchell Joachim, an eco-architect from Brooklyn, N.Y.; Bruce Alexander, CEO of Vectra Bank in Denver; David Boyles, director of the Columbine Capitol Corps; and John Ikard, CEO of FirstBank Holding Company in Lakewood, Colo.

They will be speaking on various topics including “overviews of the office, industrial, retail, apartment, land and real estate investment markets,” according to the Denver Business Journal. The creator of this event and director of the Burns school of real estate at DU, Mark Levine, stated that the Rocky Mountain Real Estate Expo contains a “huge array of anything and everything having to do with real estate, both commercial and residential.”

A panel discussion also will be held featuring Tom Gougeon, Phil Washington, James Hare and Gary Dragul called Buildings of the Future. They represent Continuum Partners LLC, the Regional Transportation District (RTD), Colorado Preservation Inc. and GDA Real Estate Services LLC, respectively, and should bring very dynamic viewpoints to the discussion.

Joachim asks, “Is it possible to run Manhattan only on solar power?” His answer is yes. Joachim will be discussing the future of sustainable cities as well as modeling smaller scale projects, like putting solar panels on the unused rooftops of New York’s apartments and skyscrapers. Another focus of this event will be getting average people on board with sustainability issues and resolutions.

“As it is, people don’t realize how easy it is to practice small-scale sustainability,” Joachim said. “All people have to do is change a light bulb and weatherproof their houses. In the end, they’ll save money. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist.”

The Rocky Mountain Real Estate Expo is one of the most heavily attended events of this nature in the Denver metro area. This year’s theme is Future City Beautiful, inspired by the 1860s revival and urban planning of Paris. The 1893 Chicago World Fair created a city planning and real estate revival in America.

Roughly 1,100 people will be attending the Rocky Mountain Real Estate Expo, said Levine.

This event is open to anyone interested in real estate or urban planning as well as students, alumni, staff, faculty and any industry professionals.