1Q2018 / WK 5-8: #ICNY18 featured Inman 10x10 sessions, now #RE2020 assembling Top 20 using @MITxULab framework

Ending: New generation of real estate reporters lack historical context to understand what's been normalized -- conflicts of interest, bidding wars, missing big issues -- families & parenting = sustainability issues Note
Ending: Continuing downward trend, Twitter & social media coverage of ICNY off from previous years Note
Ending: Lead generation morphing into consumer direct Note
Ending: "New Kids on the Block" & StartUp Alley both more sustaining innovation than disruptive innovation despite prediction 2018 = Tipping Point Note
Presencing: Motivational speakers turning up the #REHypeMachine = Beginning of the End? Note
Presencing: Transformative disruption overdue, focus moving from search to transaction, to value of personal data during / after transaction (Homeownership cycle?) Note
Presencing: ICNY keynotes challenge industry to find moral compass, build community (while CFPB moves in opposite direction) Note
Presencing: Compass positioning strategy: 20/20/20 Note
Presencing: Compass premium fees for concierge related referrals failed in past, will it work in the future? Note
Presencing: Teams shamelessly blind to conflicts of interest = time bomb for consumers when market calms Note
Presencing: Capital Connect = conversations about funding moving from private meetings to stage Note
Presencing: Mega-funded iBuyers reflects transformation of Main Street by Wall Street, displacement of ordinary homebuyers by Landlord Nation Note
Presencing: As #AI app bragged about Stalking 2.0 functionality, questions about privacy, use / misuse of personal data now on stage at #ICNY Note
Presencing: Industry is aware that "real estate is broken," and as past decades reveals, left to itself will not change. Fear vulnerable to disruption. Note
Emerging: Antitrust workshop hosted by DOJ & FTC hosting will be leveraged to create awareness of Real Estate as Sleeping Giant of Consumer Movement Note
Emerging: Acknowledging housing insecurity, Zillow seeks opportunities to collaborate in local initiatives including hackathons Note
Emerging: AI tech arms race seeks to create super agents, but will 10X productivity goal will cause number of agents to shrink? Note
Emerging: Blockchain in Real Estate: Beyond buzz, first movers getting real (including several in Boston?) Note
Emerging: Driven by biometrics-enabled authentication, digital identity in real estate moves from personal security to HousingID Note
Emerging: 2018 = Tipping point as moneysaving business models capture more market share, MegaBrokers introduce new options? Note
Emerging: "Tech Tsunami" breaking open brokerages (Pete Flint), expanding real estate ecosystem = #RE2020 Note
Emerging: Within 10 years, majority of incumbents gone -- Pete Flint, Trulia; Realtors admit "Identity Crisis" Note