The event will also provide a variety of other hot-button topics, including how to make deals in an overheated capital market and San Diego's challenges in retaining business. In Getting Deals Done in the Heated Debt & Equity Capital Markets, local pros will delve into the ever-present challenge of rising interest rates and the constraints of stringent underwriting. The panel will also examine what borrowers are looking for, the most popular capital structures and the short- and long-term outlook for the debt and equity markets.

An exploration of how office tenants view the market provides the core of discussion in What Corporate Real Estate Executives Like, and Dislike, about the San Diego Market. With its highly educated workforce and abundant human capital, San Diego County often acts as an incubator for businesses. But challenges remain and how the region stacks up against its competitive neighbors and how that competition is likely to change shape will figure heavily in the discussion. Tenants such as Qualcomm, SAIC, Intuit and Cardinal Health are scheduled to sit in on the panel.

The future of the TIC market is another critical issue to the local real estate markets, and panelists from the sector will be on hand to comment on such questions as debt and equity structures and the assets that are most in vogue.