Connect with peers, meet the LightBox team, and start the morning with informal conversation over breakfast.

LightBox’s local sales leadership will kick off the morning, set the stage for the Chicago market, and share why this conversation matters now.

A metro-level, data-driven analysis of the environmental due diligence landscape, grounded in proprietary LightBox Phase I ESA metrics. This session connects broader CRE market drivers to due diligence demand, highlights emerging risks and opportunities, and forecasts what you can expect in the second half of 2026. What’s shifting. What’s gaining momentum. What’s ahead.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the technology powering City Directories—offering a rare peek behind the curtain at how property, environmental, and geospatial intelligence come together to support smarter decisions.

Alan Agadoni and Kathleen Lavallee will dive into Climate & Natural Hazard risk, the evolving Property Resilience Assessment (PRA) guide, and how LightBox’s new data assets can help firms expand services, strengthen client conversations, and grow revenue in a market increasingly focused on resilience.

A forward-looking view of enhancements and capabilities designed to support faster delivery, stronger defensibility, and more efficient environmental analysis.

What do bank risk managers really think about the due diligence reports they rely on every day? This candid panel will explore lender perspectives on consultants’ work products: from clarity and turnaround times to risk quantification and commercial relevance.

The discussion will explore bank priorities, what is changing and provide practical insights into what drives confidence in underwriting, and what undermines it. Panelists will address how reports can better support credit decisions, reduce friction in closings, and align with evolving ESG and regulatory expectations.

Attendees will leave with actionable guidance on how consultants and lenders can collaborate to produce clearer, more defensible, and more decision-ready deliverables.

Key topics include:

• Characteristics that define a truly decision-ready report

• How reports fall short in supporting credit decisions

• Making summaries more useful for underwriting teams

• Aligning technical findings with collateral value and loan structure

• Communication practices that strengthen, or strain, bank/vendor relationships 

Alan Agadoni will unveil results from the LightBox Benchmark Survey on AI in Environmental Due Diligence, cutting through the hype to reveal where firms are truly adopting AI, how peers are managing defensibility and risk, and what it takes to get in the game responsibly. The findings show an industry at an inflection point: adoption is accelerating, delivering measurable efficiency gains, while governance, training, and oversight lag behind. With clients still shaping their expectations, now is the time to define what responsible, competitive AI adoption looks like—and how to turn safeguards and strategy into advantage.

Key topics include:

• AI Adoption Trends

• Company Governance & Responsible Use

• Efficiency & Workflow Acceleration

• Risk, Accuracy & Liability

• Workforce & Professional Impact