EB-5 INDUSTRY FORUM 2019
The 9th Annual EB-5 Industry Forum
October 28 – 30, 2019
Seattle, WA
The EB-5 Industry Forum is the year’s premier EB-5 conference focusing on education and business development on a global scale. We are excited to welcome over 300 EB-5 industry stakeholders to forge our future during this pivotal time for the EB-5 industry.
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Conference Schedule
1:30pm – 3:00pm : IIUSA Board of Directors Meeting
3:00pm – 4:15pm: Editorial Committee | Member Relations Committee
4:15pm – 5:30pm: Best Practices Committee | Public Policy Committee
5:30pm – 7:30pm: Leadership Reception (By Invite Only) Board, Leadership, Committee Chairs
8:00am – 8:15am: Welcome
8:15am – 9:15am: General Session 1: Visa Updates with Charlie Oppenheim & Roundtable Discussion
9:15am – 10:15am: General Session 2: EB-5 Legislative and Regulatory Updates: What Now?
10:15am – 10:45am: Networking Break
10:45am – 11:30pm: General Session 3 (Keynote): Sarah M. Kendall, Chief, Immigrant Investor Program Office U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
11:30am – 12:00pm: I-829 Awards & Overseas Member Recognition
12:00pm – 1:00pm: Networking Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm: General Session 4: Seattle Local Economic Development Roundtable
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Breakout Sessions
Opportunity Zones and EB-5 An Emerging Opportunity?
Investor Relations: Communication, Transparency & Record Keeping
3:00pm – 3:30pm: Networking Break
3:30pm – 4:30pm: Breakout Sessions
Overseas Intermediary & Agent Roundtable: Perspectives from Leading Investor Markets
USCIS Policy and Actions: Living in a World or Adjudication Backlogs, RFEs, and NOIDs
4:30pm – 5:30pm: Breakout Sessions
Indian Investors Roundtable: What They Look for in a Project & Why They Continue to Seek EB-5
EB-5 in the Courts: Suing USCIS, Regional Centers & Other Litigation Cases
5:30pm – 7:00pm: Networking Reception
8:00am – 9:00am: General Session 5
The New Normal of TEAs: What are the Changes & How to Adapt
9:00am – 10:00am: Breakout Session
Options for Investors in “Busted” Deals & Terminated Regional Centers
Capital Stack: Creative Financing and Leveraging Funds to the Most Successful Outcome
10:00am – 10:30am: Networking Break
10:30am – 11:30am: Breakout Sessions
EB-5 from the Front Lines: How to Survive in a Challenging Market & Make Projects More Competitive Globally
Overcoming Overseas Investigations, Alleged Discrepencies Between I-526 and DS-160 & Other Pushback from USCIS on Source Funds
11:30am – 12:30pm: Breakout Sessions
Redevelopment: Structuring Deals, Informing Investors & Checking the Boxes Amongst Uncertain Guidance
Emerging Investor Markets: Keeping Your Project Dreams Alive
PHOTO GALLERY
We invite you to explore the EB-5 Industry forum photo gallery.
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IIUSA members benefit from access to state-of-the-art tools, networking opportunities, educational events, and insights into the latest trends in the EB-5 industry. For over a decade, IIUSA has served as the unifying voice of the EB-5 Regional Center Industry, representing and connecting thousands of diverse stakeholders who contribute billions of dollars of economic development and job growth in the United States through EB-5 investment. Interested in learning more about the many benefits of IIUSA membership?
