The Inman Real Estate Connect Conference, San Francisco, will be held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, July 13 - 15.

For more than 14 years, Brad Inman, publisher/founder of Inman News, has brought the best minds in real estate and technology together for three power-packed and inspiring days. The San Francisco session has more than 150 speakers slated and expects more than 2,000 in attendance. Among the programming for the weekend:

• New Product Smack Down: Online real estate leaders unveil their newest innovations before our panel of expert judges, including Robert Scoble and Kara Swisher.
• Franchise Wars, Innovation and Market Recovery: Do Real Estate Brands Matter? with Alex Perriello and Bradley Inman.
• Connect Download: Ten Ways To Measure Your Way to Web Success with Gahlord Dewald.
• Keynote Address: Online Real Estate Futurama with Errol Samuelson.
• What is Google Doing? with Carter Maslan.
• Debate: Is the MLS System Broken? with Michael Wurzer and Simon Baker.
• Keynote Address: The Location-Based Future of Online Real Estate with Matt Galligan.

Saturday afternoon features two separate "innovation tracks," one for The MLS and the other for Technology and Media.

Those who register for the Real Estate Connect Conference prior to Friday, June 4 will be entered into a drawing for a free iPad.

Read more at the Inman Real Estate Connect Conference San Francisco website.

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The latest Info Central Video Update from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is from NAR's 2010 AE Institute in Quebec. Learn what the future holds for your MLS and get a plan of "A.T.T.A.C.K." for staying calm and productive under pressure.

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On Wednesday, Point2 Technologies announced its partnership with Wolfnet Technologies to seamlessly embed Wolfnet's IDX on realtor websites conveniently through their Point2 dashboard, and at special rates exclusive to Point2 customers.

The integrated solution is designed to provide Point2 members with more convenient, less expensive access to a world-class IDX solution, with leads generated from all listings displayed on the agent's site streamed directly into their Point2 system for management through the platform's second-to-none predictive marketing tools and analytics, for optimal conversion.

The technology is a popular means for enhancing cooperation between real estate professionals to facilitate the purchase and sale of real estate property. It is applied by giving participants within a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) organization the ability to display each others' property listings on their Internet websites, with full control over which listings are displayed.

Read more in the official press release.

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Melissa Olson from Metrolist sits down with BrokerIPTV.com to discuss one of their newest features, team profiles, that supports collaboration and listing syndication.

Interviewer: Today we are talking with Melissa Olson from Metrolist; she is the Senior Marketing and Account Manager Sales, thank you.

Melissa Olson: Thank you for having me.

Interviewer: Appreciate you being here. You know in our previous interview, we touched on, at the very end, some new features in PrimeAccess and one of them is that, which has been asked for, I imagine, for a long time by real estate agents, is we can create a team profile, is that right? 

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In this BrokerIPTV.com video, Melissa Olson from Metrolist discusses the PrimeAccess "Impersonation" feature.

Interviewer: Today we are talking with Melissa Olson from Metrolist; she is the Senior Marketing Manager in charge of sales at Metrolist. Welcome.

Melissa Olson: Thank you, nice to be here.

Interviewer: Thanks for being here. Today we are talking about our individual Metrolist accounts and something called "Impersonation." Now, I think we know what impersonation is on the outside; what does it mean to real estate Metrolist?

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