Rolls-Royce, Tiffany, Hyatt + 2 dozen other speakers at Luxury Roundtable Sept. 25 summit

August 26, 2025

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has mastered the art of luxury PR and experiences, with every interaction with external and internal audiences on-brand with the long-term view. Seen here: Rolls-Royce Black Badge Ghost Series II. Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

By Luxury Roundtable Intelligence

Please click or tap here to register for the Luxury Real Estate and Design Summit in New York on Thursday, Sept. 25. Join us!

The industry flagship event for the larger luxury real estate ecosystem

In an era of increasing workplace automation and AI-led disruption, what will keep luxury professionals in real estate, design and beyond relevant to customers, prospects and industry colleagues?

How will the leading players in this ecosystem navigate a new AI- and automation-driven reality in 2026? What can luxury professionals learn from top luxury brands' actions, strategies and tactics to acquire and retain customers in a market roiled by tariffs, geopolitical upheaval, and inventory and demand challenges? What can Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Tiffany teach real estate about relationship building and the private client experience? This is the definitive summit to learn from – and network with – the best.

Focus Join us at Luxury Roundtable's Luxury Real Estate and Design Summit on Thursday, Sept. 25 to deliberate how professionals in the larger luxury real estate ecosystem navigate an environment where relationships and trust matter even more in an age of AI and automation. The event will gather luxury real estate agents, brokers, developers, designers, architects, proptech executives and marketers.

Partner Gramercy Wealth Management Group, UBS

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BONUS All attendees will visit an exquisite luxury property on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 4:30 p.m. for a pre-event networking cocktail reception. The venue will soon be disclosed, but save the time and date so you can fly in earlier on the day prior to the Thursday, Sept. 25 conference.

Please click or tap here to register for the Luxury Real Estate and Design Summit in New York on Thursday, Sept. 25. Join us!

AGENDA

8:00 am

Breakfast and Registration

Tank up on nourishment, coffee and water for a day of extensive learning and networking. Get a jump on the day by networking early with fellow delegates and speakers

8:15 am

Welcome: Relationships as the Core Differentiator for Real Estate and Design

The human touch now becomes the premium product and service as the world rapidly embraces AI and automation.

Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO, Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro

Eric P. Berger, senior vice president of wealth management, Gramercy Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services

8:30 am

State of Luxury Real Estate and Design

PANEL

How is the larger luxury real estate ecosystem performing amidst continuing inventory challenges, inconsistent demand, high home prices, increase in time on market, geopolitical events, agent churn and tech-led disruptions? What does this bode for luxury professionals in the real estate business and how should they chart their course for 2026?

Nikki Field, senior global real estate advisor and associate broker, Sotheby's International Realty

Itzy Garay, co-president, Brown Harris Stevens

Leonard Steinberg, chief evangelist and corporate broker, Compass

Juliet Clapp, senior vice president and managing partner for the Northeast Coast, The Agency

Susan Brunstrum, principal and interior designer, Studio Brunstrum

Pierre E. Debbas, managing partner, Romer Debbas

In Conversation with Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO, Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro

9:30 am

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Art, Craft and Science of the Private Client Experience and Managing Relationships

FIRESIDE CHAT

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars follows all key tenets of real luxury: limited production, high-quality product with exquisite materials and craftsmanship, impeccable customer service, finely crafted experiences to engender loyalty, memorable storytelling and authentic communication through the line. While embracing technology at all levels, how does the world’s most exclusive automaker turn client recruitment and retention into an art, craft and science? What can luxury real estate professionals learn from Rolls-Royce’s approach to growing its business without sacrificing the personal touch?

Gerry Spahn, head of communications – Americas, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

In Conversation with Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO, Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro

10:00 am

Tiffany & Co.: Crafting Elevated Experiences for Discerning Customers

FIRESIDE CHAT

One of the most storied jewelers worldwide, Tiffany & Co. knows a thing or two about combining creativity with craftsmanship and marketing to create desire among discerning customers. Founded in 1837, how does the LVMH-owned brand's high jewelry division turns its heritage and history and modernize it for the younger generation of affluent and wealthy consumers worldwide? What can real estate and design professionals learn from this approach to luxury wearables?

Ivette Nersesyan-Stephanopoulos, director for high jewelry for the Americas, Tiffany & Co.

In Conversation with Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO, Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro

10:30 am

Networking Break

Mingle and network with fellow delegates and speakers, grab a coffee, stretch your legs.

11:00 am

Leader POV

FIRESIDE CHAT

In Conversation with Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO, Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro

11:30 am

Show and Tell: New Face of Marketing and Tech for Real Estate and Design

PANEL

Attracting, retaining and reactivating customers is the perennial challenge. For professionals in real estate and design, the current market scenario where customers may be skittish, inventory availability not even across geographies, margins under pressure and mortgage rates high is not helpful to stir desire and demand. So, what type of marketing and branding – be it PR, digital, print, mail, social, AI or events – should agents, brokers, designers, developers and proptech specialists rely on for the period ahead? How to allocate budgets and attention that generate listings acquisition and sales, home commissions and referrals?

Dezireh Eyn, CEO, Platinum Properties

Mollie Hanna Lang, real estate sales associate, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services

Monica Elias, CEO and executive producer, Elias World Media

Lucy Edwards, host, Get Real with Lucy Podcast

In Conversation with Kathleen Carlin-Russell, former publisher and editor in chief, Unique Homes

12:15 pm

Sponsored Networking Lunch

Break for lunch, network with fellow delegates and speakers, stretch your legs, catch up on emails and texts.

1:00 pm

UBS: Decoding the Current Era of Billionaire Wealth

PRESENTATION

Since 2015, the number of billionaires has risen by more than half and their combined wealth has more than doubled to $14 trillion. But this increase in wealth has leveled off since 2020, notably as conditions have forced China’s billionaire entrepreneurs to retrench. Also, billionaires have been moving domicile since the COVID-19 pandemic and they increasingly want their wealth to have a positive impact on the world. From a demographic point of view, billionaires’ families are growing, potentially leading to a major upsurge in inheritance and charitable giving among this group of people. How to communicate to them?

Caitlin Watson Picher, executive director – global family and institutional wealth, UBS Financial Services

1:30 pm

Home Run: Future of Design, Landscaping, Architecture and Amenities

PANEL

What’s new and next in the world of interior design, landscaping, architecture and amenities in the United States and worldwide? As the number of wealthy and UHNW rises globally, what does this portend for the shape of existing and new homes?

Paris Forino, founder, Paris Forino Design

Andrew Kline, principal, Workshop/APD

Gwen Whiting, founder, The Fill

Francis Nicdao, principal and chief creative officer, Pembrooke & Ives

Eleanora Paulsen, founder/CEO, Gruppo Italia

Jamie Hammel, president, The Hudson Company

In Conversation with Rachel Fasciani, principal storyteller and strategist, She Runs in Heels

2:15 pm

Checking In: Influence of Travel and Hotels on Home Design, Secondary Homes, Branded Residences and Wellness

PANEL

How are travels to resorts and popular spots as well as stays in iconic hotels, resorts and Airbnbs shaping design at home? Another thought to consider: How does this tourism shape purchases of secondary homes in locations visited? And how does this stir demand for branded residences? Additionally, what role are spas and other elements of wellness and wellbeing now sine qua non for new home builds and developments?

Jacqueline Gifford, editor in chief, Travel + Leisure

Stacy Fischer-Rosenthal, president, Fischer Travel Enterprises

Stuart Greif, chief strategy and innovation officer, Forbes Travel Guide

Tina G. Necrason, global head of branded residential, Hyatt

Mia Kyricos, president and chief love officer, Kyricos & Associates

In Conversation with Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO, Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro

3:00 pm

Networking Break

Mingle and network with fellow delegates and speakers, grab a coffee, stretch your legs.

3:15 pm

Best Practices: Growing Market Share and Nurturing Relationships

PANEL

Leading luxury brokers, agents and executives on how to generate leads, referrals and listings in a market with tight inventory and longer time-on-market, tips on personal branding, reputation management and digital presence including websites and apps, importance of customer experience, articulating your value proposition and optimizing relationships with customers and prospects as well as the brokerage, franchise or network.

Kelly Kennedy Mack, president, Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group

Alison (Ali) Graham, managing director, Barnes New York, and CEO, Six and Twenty Property Group

Kevelyn Guzman, regional vice president, Coldwell Banker Warburg

Anna Zarro, president, One Wall Street, and principal, AnnaZarro&

Melissa J. True, team leader, Christie's International Real Estate Group

Nathan Zeder, broker associate, The Jills Zeder Group, Coldwell Banker

In Conversation with Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO, Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro

4:00 pm

Ground Floor: The Real Estate-Experience Nexus in Retail

PRESENTATION

In today's challenging economic climate, luxury retail real estate must cater to increasingly sophisticated customers who demand exceptional product, entertainment and memorable experiences seamlessly integrated into one destination. How can location format, cultural adaptation and experiential design drive luxury retail performance?

Silvia Coleman, vice president of market intelligence and strategic growth, CXG

4:20 pm

AI will Reshape the Larger Real Estate Ecosystem. Are We Prepared?

Artificial intelligence and its two step-up versions, artificial general intelligence and superior intelligence, will reshape the way consumers work and play in a manner no other technology has. While AI's virtues are easily evangelized in creative, marketing and product development, what is not clearly understood is the obvious end goal: to mimic – and even supplant – human intelligence. Where does this leave sectors such as real estate and the professionals who people this relationship-based trade? Is AI a friend, foe or frenemy to real estate?

Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO, Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro

4:45 pm

Closing Remarks: The Road Ahead

What delegates must do next in the 30-, 60- and 90-day context.

Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO, Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro

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