MBA Annual Convention Returns to Boston Oct. 23-26

It’s not too late to register for the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention, #FORWARD, beginning this weekend and running Oct. 23-26 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

As an industry, as mortgage bankers, as real estate finance professionals, you’ve experienced change–the type of change that requires coming together to share ideas and find solutions. The past several years have presented many challenges. MBA has risen to the occasion and as we continue focusing on our customers, efficiency and transparency, we are moving our industry #FORWARD.  

It’s a new day and our industry has never been stronger. Which means there’s no better time or place to forge ahead than at the industry’s largest gathering of real estate finance professionals.  

Network and get energized with more than 4,000 of your peers.    

Keynote Speaker: Megyn Kelly

Join us for the First General Session on Monday, Oct. 24 with keynote speaker Megyn Kelly of Fox News.  

Kelly currently serves as anchor of The Kelly File and is based in New York. She joined the network in 2004 as a Washington-based correspondent.  

Ranked as the number two program in cable news, The Kelly File focuses on late-breaking stories as well as in-depth investigative reports along with newsmaker interviews. The program capitalizes on Kelly’s skills as a former litigator and provides a platform to discuss developing angles as events unfold. Previously, Kelly anchored her own two-hour solo program, America Live, and before that, she co-anchored America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer.  

The Annual Convention features keynote addresses by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and best-selling author Clara Shih; astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly; MBA President and CEO David Stevens, CMB; Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray; MBA Chairman Bill Emerson; MBA Chairman-Elect Rodrigo Lopez, CMB; MBA Vice Chairman-Elect J. David Motley; and MBA Chief Operating Officer Marcia Davies. Music legend James Taylor performs at Concert MBA.

Accommodations

The MBA Annual Convention & Expo takes place at the Hynes Convention Center; MBA has secured a block of reduced rated rooms for registered attendees at the nearby Sheraton Boston and other conveniently located Boston area hotels. Click http://www.bostonusa.com/mba2016/ to learn about the city and area attractions; and view the MBA hotel map to help make the right hotel selection for you: https://www.mba.org/Documents/Meetings/Annual16/MBA Housing Map.jpg.  

To register, click https://www.mba.org/store/events/conferences-and-conventions/annual-convention-and-expo.  

For more information visit the Convention website: https://www.mba.org/conferences-and-education/event-mini-sites/annual-convention-and-expo-2016