SEE Property Forum 2015 - Bucharest, Romania | OVERVIEW

Speakers

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Topics

Property investment map of the SEE-countries – Focus on Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Romania.
Logistics market in SEE – Which are the emerging hubs? Winners and losers in the region’s logistics competition.
Foreign investors’ view on the Romanian investment market. Opportunistic investors and German opend ended funds at one table. Is Bucharest getting back to the good old days of fallimg yields and high liquidity?
CEE or SEE: where does the Romanian real estate market belong?
Distressed products in Romania.
Financing roundtable: local and foreign bankers at one table. The impacts of the European Central Bank’s „quantitative easying” agenda. How long will the era of low interest rates last?
Housing market trends in Romania.
Is there any room for further retail developments in Romania? The changing face of retail: E-commerce, Y-generation, new brands.
Office development in Bucharest.
What do secondary Romanian cities offer for real estate developers?
Green developments – What is driving green developments? Do certifications matter?

Why you should come

SEE Property Forum in association with RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). Leading Romanian and other Southeast-European real estate professionals at one event in Bucharest, Romania. Presentations, panel discussions, networking opportunities. 25 speakers, 150 visitors. RICS is a global professional body that promotes and enforces the highest professional qualification and standards in the development and management of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure. The work of RICS Members creates a safer world and we are proud to have RICS supporting the Property Forum in Bucharest, Vienna, Belgrade and Budapest.

Who is this event for?

real estate professionals in Romania
banking professionals in Romania
developers based in Southeast-Europe
investors interested in the region
bankers, advisors, law firms, agencies, property managers

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Agenda

Registration, coffee - 08:30-09:00

Section I. SEE IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

09:00 - 09:20

Presentation Keynote speech – Future of Cities

Speaker:

Daniel Cook, Director of Strategy and Planning, RICS

09:20 - 09:50

Panel Panel discussion: Future of Cities - Opportunities for the real estate sector

General demographic and economic trends and tendencies from an RICS Global perspective. Opportunities for the real estate sector – how different type of properties can best serve the future model of cities. Successful city concepts – what and how. Opportunities for Bucharest within the CEE/SEE context and generally within EU.

Chair: Gábor Soóki-Tóth MRICS, Head of the Planning & Development Professional Group, RICS CEE

Panellists:

Daniel Cook, Director of Strategy and Planning, RICS
Mircea Enache, Director, Senior Planner & Information Systems Specialist, CEP

09:50 - 10:10

Presentation The macro-analyst’s view of the SEE-region – Challenges and opportunities

Speaker:

Demetrios Efstathious, Head of CEEMEA Strategy, ICBC Standard Bank London

10:10 - 10:40

Panel Eastern Europe insider's view: Focus on the big picture

Chair: Róbert Hermán MRICS, Acquisitions & Investments Director, Portico Investment

Panellists:

Robert Mayhew FRICS, Vice-President, RICS
Péter Számely MRICS, Head of Real Estate Finance CEE, HYPO NOE Landesbank
John Verpeleti FRICS, Chairman of the Management Board – Eastern Europe, Colliers International

10:40 - 11:00

Presentation Coffee break – Networking

RICS Members – photo session

Section II. INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

11:00 - 11:50

Panel Panel discussion – Senior investors’ roundtable – Focus on Southeast Europe

Chair: Michaela Lashova MRICS, CEO, Cushman & Wakefield Forton

Panellists:

Ioannis Ganos, CEO, Alpha Real Estate Services SA
Hedwig Höfler, Head of Investment Management, CA Immo
Bogdan Macarie, Chief Development Officer, Granit Polus Development
Andrew Peirson MRICS, Managing Director SEE Region & Romania, JLL
Stamatis Sapkas, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Globalworth Real Estate Investments

11:50 - 12:40

Panel Development in Romania – Time to…?

Chair: Răzvan Gheorghiu-Testa, Partner - Co-Head of Real Estate Practice Group, Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii

Panellists:

Ana Dumitrache, Head of Real Estate Financing Department, Banca Comerciala Romana / A member of Erste Group
Bogdan Macarie, Chief Development Officer, Granit Polus Development
Ilinca Paun, Managing Partner Romania, Colliers International
Tal Roma, Head of Office Development, AFI Europe Romania

12:40 - 13:30

Presentation Lunch break – Networking