Adam Smith Conferences would like to thank all participants – sponsors, speakers and delegates – for contributing to the considerable success of its first international conference on Real Estate & Construction in Central & South-East Europe!

The conference brought together developers, investors, lenders and industry experts from Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Greece, Austria, Germany, France, UK, Denmark and other countries of Eastern, Southern and Western Europe.

Many important industry trends and practical business issues were discussed in the course of informative presentations and lively discussions at the conference. The topics included: pros and contras of investing in the CEE and SEE real estate, impact of the May 1 EU accession on the East European real estate markets, business strategy of leading developers and investors, yields and rates in various sectors of real estate, legal and financial issues, to name just a few. 

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Many of the key industry decision-makers were featured as speakers and panellists in the forum – including:

  • Ken Munkacy, Senior Managing Director, GE Capital Golub Europe
  • Wolfgang Lunardon, General Manager, Europolis
  • Edgar Rosenmayr, Managing Director, Immofinanz
  • Karim Habra, Managing Director, Central Europe, GE Commercial Finance, Real Estate
  • Skip Schwartz, Senior Vice President, International Private Equity, Heitman
  • Tod Cowan, Chief Executive Officer, TriGranit Development Corporation
  • Henrik Stig Moller, Senior Vice President, International Development, TK Development
  • Mieczyslaw Godzisz, Director, Hines Polska
  • Jean-François Ott, President & CEO, Orco Property Group
  • Lambros Anagnostopoulos, CEO and Member of the Board of Directors, Lamda Development
  • Michael De Jong-Douglas, First Vice President, Country Officer CEE, ProLogis
  • Peter Vermeer, Vice President for Development in CEE, InterContinantal Hotels Group
  • Frédérique Raveau, Development Project Manager, CEE, Accor Hotels
  • Noah Steinberg, Chairman & CEO, Wallis Real Estate
  • Klaus Durst, President, DURST d.o.o. Real Estate Development
  • Peter Számely, Head of the Representative Office in Budapest, Eurohypo
  • Ilaria Benucci, Head of Tourism & Property Team, EBRD 
  • And many more…

The contributions made by all of the conference speakers provided an excellent overview of the latest activities and strategies for success for the leading companies active or interested in the real estate sector in Central and South-East Europe!

We look forward to seeing all of you again at future events in this series! For more details about future events in the Real Estate sector, please contact Taissia Chinina on +44 20 7490 3774 or email taissia@adamsmithconferences.com

The conference was very interesting and well organised. Ilaria Benucci, Head of Tourism and Property Team, EBRD

I have enjoyed the conference very much, a lot of new information. David Rys, Chairman of the Board of Directors, AIM, Croatia

Excellent opportunity to feel investors’ and developers’ movements. I met our company’s clients and potential clients. Alexandru Nitescu, Department Manager, Regatta, Romania

Interesting. I valued experience sharing, networking, finding new partners, exchanging different points of view, discussions. Miroslav Tantchev, Financial Manager, Soravia Group, Austria

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