04/02/2024
11 am PT / 12 pm MT / 1 pm CT / 2 pm ET
*approximate length: 45 minutes to 1 hour
Presenter: James Scott, Lead Researcher, MITS Real Estate Innovation Lab
Climate change regulation is increasingly impacting real estate operations, making adaptation and mitigation strategies crucial for the industry. As the real estate industry grapples with these regulations and the continued challenges posed by climate change, innovative technologies are emerging as powerful tools to help property managers mitigate risks, enhance sustainability, and improve operational efficiency.
In this webinar James Scott, Director of MIT's Real Estate Transformation Lab, explores the cutting-edge technologies, startup concepts and innovative strategies poised to revolutionize the real estate industry in the coming years.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain insights into upcoming real estate technologies.
- Understand which innovations have the greatest potential to disrupt the industry.
- Discover leading companies driving these advancements

James Scott, who is working with IREM as Technology Innovator-in-Residence, is Lead Researcher for the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab (REIL). REIL merges MIT’s school of real estate with its technological capabilities to create an innovative real estate tech research platform. Among other projects at REIL, Scott has been responsible for creating a global database of all real estate-oriented technology companies, and has identified over 1,800, with that number continuing to rise. His experience with this project further validates the impact of technology on the world of real estate. As Innovator-in-Residence at IREM, Scott’s goal is to identify innovations that can help IREM members operate their buildings more efficiently, improve their properties’ competitive positioning, and better serve tenants and clients.