Elevate 2025 annual real estate conference returns during Miami Design Week

Miami, FL Elevate, areal estate conference, returns to the city for its third year, drawing voices from development, architecture, branded hospitality, brokerage, and tech. 

Presented by Zonda and ARCHITECT, in conjunction with Hundred Stories, headliners include Mauricio Umansky, David Martin, Danielle Naftali and Michael Liebowitz; plus leadership from One & Only, Clinique/La Prairie, JDS Development Group, Arquitectonica, Culinary Institute of America, Hyatt Hotels, Related Ross, Forbes Global Properties, Flow, Corcoran Sunshine, Barnes Realty and dozens more to share expertise on how to stay ahead in an ultra-competitive market.

Timed with Miami Design Week, December 8-10, 2025, real estate leaders will convene at the Kimpton EPIC, downtown’s only waterfront hotel offering the backdrop for ideas, networking, and luxury.

New to the 2025 program, Elevate introduces accredited Continuing Education (CE) credits developed in partnership with Esther Muller, renowned educator and founder of The Real Estate Academy. Licensed real estate professionals attending Elevate will earn 7.5 hours of New York State–approved CE credit. 

Registration is open. Elevate includes two days of keynotes, fireside chats and expert panels on the state of the housing market and the wider economy, wellness and longevity real estate, branded residence trends, and the evolving consumer/luxury landscape. 

Throughout the conference, speakers examine the new calculus of luxury demand, and how data, storytelling, and immersive technology are reshaping sales and marketing for new development.

Specialists in different areas will share their insights including international art gallerist Cristina Grajales, architect and designer Michael Gabellini, and authorities in new development such as Daniel De La Vega, president of ONE Sotheby’s International Realty, and Stephen Kliegerman, president of Brown Harris Stevens New Development Marketing; the leaders in global branded residences including Tina Necrason, Global Head of Branded Residential at Hyatt Hotels Corp., Marci Clark, managing director, strategy and development at JDS Development Group, and CEOs from the world’s most successful brokerages such as Michael Liebowitz, president and CEO of Douglas Elliman, and CEO of Forbes Global Properties, among others.

“Powerhouse executives, from Dubai, London and across the United States, will take the stage at Elevate 2025, representing billions in luxury real estate and new development inventory, ranging from ultra-luxe branded residences to next-gen vertical living concepts,” said Zonda’s CEO Jeff Meyers. “Elevate blends market intelligence with design vision and real-world case studies to explore this market and what will come next.”

“Elevate brings together the people and ideas truly moving the market,” said Robin Dolch, CEO of Hundred Stories, Elevate’s PR and programming partner. “It’s where data meets design and strategy meets relationships—three days that change how our community thinks about building, branding, and selling the next generation of towers.”