MIAMI—If you are wondering how visible Miami is on the global radar screen, consider this: the Global Diversity Summit its bringing its annual conference to town. The Global Diversity Summit, a national organization focused on promoting the participation of minorities in commercial real estate, will hold its Miami conference Nov. 6-7.

Downtown Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts is hosting the conference. The even will include panel discussions, featured speakers and breakout sessions exploring topics ranging from investment trends and capital sources, to new development activity and infrastructure projects across the U.S.

The event's roster of national and regional speakers will include Related Group Chairman & CEO Jorge Perez; Dacra CEO and president Craig Robins; University of Miami president Donna Shalala; Macquarie Capital managing director Alan Braxton; former Miami Mayor and Lydecker Diaz senior partner Manny Diaz; Port of Miami director Bill Johnson; New Boston Real Estate Investment Funds senior vice president Kirk Sykes; Swire Properties president Stephen Owens, and more.

“When it comes to tackling the issues and trends driving real estate and diversity in business, there's no better host city than Miami for our first-ever conference outside Atlanta,” says Global Diversity Summit chairman Michael Tabb, who runs Red Rock Global. “Our two-day conference in Miami will be a platform on which some of the brightest minds in the national real estate and business landscape will connect and share ideas.”

The summit's panel discussions will focus on topics such as offshore capital sources, multifamily investment opportunities, infrastructure development, and entertainment districts. The luncheon's keynote speakers will be Perez and Manny Diaz.