Colleen McShane, group conference manager for the RealShareseries of events, tells GlobeSt.com that the event organizersexpect questions surrounding the capital markets to be a majorfocus of this year's RealShare in light of the dramatic changes ineconomic and credit conditions since last year's event. Onehighlight of the conference and one of the sessions that is likelyto draw much comment regarding capital markets is a 9:55 a.m.session titled, "The Million Dollar Question: What Does it Take toGet Deals Done in the Current Capital Markets?"

"We expect a lot of interest in that question," McShane says."That's one reason that we made it a general session."

As is the case with all RealShare events, McShane notes, the SanDiego conference will feature a combination of individual and paneldiscussions, keynote remarks and networking opportunities designedfor commercial real estate professionals and those in alliedfields. RealShare San Diego will begin with registration at 7:30a.m., with the first session kicking off at 8 a.m. as KellyCunningham, economist and senior fellow at the San Diego Institute,delivers the keynote address. After that follows an 8:20 a.m. townhall meeting that will weigh in on the question, "How Will SanDiego Fare in 2008?"