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