The 16th Annual Shared Ownership Investment Conference (SOIC) welcomed more than 500 guests at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach on October 13 - 14, 2014. For the first time this year, the Chaplin School has been designated the Exclusive Educational Partner, providing a great opportunity for students and faculty to attend the conference. Dean Mike Hampton opened the two-day conference alongside Bryan Ten Broek, senior vice president of resort sales and marketing for Interval International. Dean Hampton also moderated the CEO's panel discussion, "View from the Top", an event that brought together four distinguished leaders in the hospitality industry who spoke from their unique perspectives about the challenges and opportunities in the shared ownership sector. The panelists were: Jonathan Fredricks, president of Welk Resorts, Craig M. Nash, chairman and CEO of Interval Leisure Group, Roberto Rotter, executive director of Plaza Hotels, and president of Forum de Operadores Hoteleiros do Brasil (FOHB), and Stephen P. Weisz, president and CEO of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation. More than 15 hospitality management students volunteered to provide support and logistical assistance to the conference.