08/14/2024
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
Numerous innovative projects across the world are now showcase the potential of 3D printing in the real estate industry, offering significant hope for new construction techniques, sustainable development, affordable housing solutions and enabling faster, more cost-effective ways to facilitate building maintenance issues.
Please join James Scott, research scientist, lecturer and Director of the MIT CRE Real Estate Transformation Lab, who will present on current advancements in 3D printing and its potential in helping to make an impact across property management.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how 3D technology has advanced in recent years.
- Understand what the biggest challenges in driving adoption of this technology has been.
- Uncover the potential opportunities this technology can bring to the property management industry.
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.