PROGRAM AGENDA USCIS Information Session Hosted by Mona Shah Global

PROGRAM AGENDA USCIS Information Session Hosted by Mona Shah Global

Friday, November 10, 2017 8:30AM to 5:00PM Reception: 5:00PM to 6:00PM

Joint Conference with USCIS IPO

PROGRAM AGENDA

9:30 – 9:45 a.m.                Welcoming Remarks  

Yildiray Yildirim, Director, The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute

Chair, William Newman Department of Real Estate

Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY

 

9:45 – 10:30 a.m.             Panel One: Legislative updates, EB-5 and the Regs

 

Panelists:

Moderator: Mona Shah, Esq., Mona Shah Global

Gary Friedland, NYU Stern Center for Real Estate Finance Research

Jeanne Calderon, Esq., NYU Stern Center for Real Estate Finance Research

Angelique Brunner, Founder and President, EB5 Capital

Leon Rodriguez, Esq., Former USCIS Director, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

Manuel Ortiz, Vice President, Head of EB-5 Investor Relations, Civitas Captial

Group

 

 

10:45 ­– 11:30 a.m.          Panel Two: SEC - The Red Flag- When does a project raise a red flag?

 

                                 Panelists:

Moderator:  Omar Hakim, Esq., Mona Shah Global

                                Clem G. Turner, Esq., Barst, Mukamal & Kleiner, LLP

                                Brian S. Aryai, President, Icon Compliance Services, LLP

          Samuel B. Silverman, EB5 Affiliate Network, LLC

                               Osvaldo F. Torres, Esq., Principal and Shareholder, Torres Law

 

 

11:45am-12:30pm            Panel Three: Rural VS Urban – EB-5 Survival Payback structure, location, TEA

 

                                                Panelists:

                 Moderator: Mona Shah, Esq., Mona Shah Global

                                                John Pratt, Esq., Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli and Pratt P.A.

                                                Jeff Carr, President and Senior Economist, Economic & Policy Resources, Inc.

                                                Aaron Goforth, Esq., Principal, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP   

                                                Peyman Kiara-Attari, President and CEO, AISA Investment Advisers, LLC

                                                John Lam, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Lam Group

 

 

1:30 – 2:15pm                   Panel Four: How much is too much for Source of Funds?

 

                                                Panelists:

                 Moderator: Rebecca S. Singh, Esq., Mona Shah Global

                                                Jinhee Wilde, Esq., Principal and Managing Partner, Wilde & Associates

                                                Genevieve Roman, Esq., In-house EB-5 Immigration Counsel, Extell New York Regional Center

                                                Nima Korpivaara, Esq., Partner, David Hirson & Partners, LLP

                                                Dan Schwarz, Esq., Partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

                                               

2:30 – 3:15pm                   Panel Five: NO to the Wall but YES to Infrastructure & Redeployment

 

                                                Panelists:

      Moderator: Mona Shah, Esq., Mona Shah Global

                                     Kate Kalmykov, Esq., Shareholder, Greenberg Taurig, LLP

                Kyler James, Vice President of Government Affairs and Chief Economist, CMB

                Regional Center

                Jeff Drinkwater, NES Financial

                Julia Yong-hee Park, Esq., Managing Director, Advantage America EB5 Group

                Richard Booth, EB-5 Compliance Officer and Vice President, Signature Bank         

                               

3:30 – 4:30pm                   Panel Six: A Conversation with USCIS  (with Q&A)

 

                                                Panelists:

                                                Julia L. Harrison, Deputy Chief of Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO)

                                                Jan Lyons, Senior Economic Advisor of Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO)

                                                                               

Concluding Remarks

4:50 – 5:00 p.m.       Yildiray Yildirim, Director, The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute

Chair, William Newman Department of Real Estate

Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY

 

Platinum: CMB Regional Centers • Civitas Capital Group • NuRide Transportation Group • Signature Bank • Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP • NES Financial • US Immigration Fund • Rainbow PUSH • Growth Fund Texas Gold Table: Wilde & Associates, LLC • Gartenberg Gelfand Hayton, LLP • EB5 Affiliate Network, LLC  Advantage America EB-5 Group • AISA EB-5 • Barst, Mukamal & Kleiner, LLP • David Hirson & Partner, LLP Torres Law, P.A. • The LCP Group - Live in America EB-5 • Beshara Professional Association  • EB-5 Investors • Seyfarth Shaw  • Lam Group  • Extell  • Greenberg Traurig, LLP EB-5 Capital • Miller Mayer • Xecute Business Plan Solutions • IIUSA • EB-5 New York • Cleveland International Fund • Kurzban & Kurzban • First Pathway • Todd Associates • Greystone • Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP • Wayfare United • Impact Data Source • EB-5 of Ohio  • Appalachian EB-5 • Lightstone Cap United • Green Card Fund • CanAm Enterprises  • US Immigration Fund

 

The sponsorship proceeds of the event will go to support the programs of the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute