Real Estate Connect '05, returns with its tenth annual sold-out real estate and technology conference, which will be held at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco from Wednesday, July 27 through Friday, July 29.

Inman News, a leading national real estate news service, is the organizer and main sponsor.

"The goal of Real Estate Connect '05 is to present a diverse variety of debates, speakers, and entertaining presentations in order to explore the new and innovative ways real estate is beginning to be thought of in the twenty-first century," said Bradley Inman, Publisher of Inman News and creator of Real Estate Connect.

"We want to supply the most knowledgeable and forward-thinking leaders in real estate and technology with the goal of having every attendee walk away with new ideas as to how to use the Internet to grow their business."

Apprentice winner and real estate expert Kendra Todd will join Internet guru Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and recently ranked by Time Magazine as one of the world's 100 "Most Influential People" in 2005, Thomas Kunz, President and CEO of Century21 Real Estate Corp, Van Davis, CEO and President of Foxton's USA, Lockhart Steele, blogger of the edgy real estate-centric website curbed.com and managing editor of Gawker Media, and representatives from Google, Yahoo! and major banks, technology companies and real estate companies.

In addition to panels addressing the future of real estate, the role of blogs and real estate, and the relationship between the Internet and marketing, controversial debate forums will explore major issues from price fixing to antitrust laws. Other presentations will focus on Inman Flix, Inman News' highly anticipated and cutting-edge film series.