The International Real Estate Federation

Publications > Congress Papers > Barcelona 2007

Opening ceremony, Thursday 31 May 2007

Real estate and financial markets.
Speaker: Jos Mara Esp, General Manager, Risk Division, BSCH

Conference day, Thursday 31 May 2007

Conference 1: Property is local, finance is global. Practical implications of outward and inward investment in international real estate.

Moderator: Shlomo Grofman

• Refinancing the spectacular growth in the Spanish motgage market between 2003 and 2006 through international capital markets.
  Speaker: Roberto Colomer, General Manager, UCI, Unin de Crditos Inmobiliarios
• Foreign investment or overseas remittances: what bouys real estate in developing countries?
  Speaker: Robert Marie Sy, Reina Properties Corporation
• Between local properties and global finances, which link?
  Speaker: Frederic Haven

Conference 2: The impact of information technology on real estate

Moderator: Kumar Tharmalingam

• Information technology for real estate agents in Japan.
  Speaker: Tsuneo Yamamoto, IT Manager of Tokyu Livable Company
• Internet an real estate: a perfect marriage?
  Speaker: Jeroen Wilhelm, Marketing Manager, Funda Real Estate
• Technology and real estate: opportunities for enhanced transparency.
  Speaker: Joseph Fisher, President, CCIM Institute

Conference 3: The Euro an dits impact on real estate

Moderator: William Endsley

• The euro and its effect on the property bubble.
  Speaker: Ramn Riera, Treasurer of the Real Estate Agents College of Barcelona
• Comparison of US Dollar and Eurocurrency area, what factors will affect the USA and Europe real estate markets in the future: bigger/smaller currency area, demographic changes, immigration flows, etc ?
  Speaker: Anton Kozar, President of FIABCI Slovenia
• The importance of the Euro on the real estate.
  Speaker: Emilio Colomina, General Manager, BNP Paribas Real Estate Property Management

Real estate worldwide. Tendencies in international marketing.

Moderator: Carlos Varela

Alicia Cervera, CEO, Related Cervera Realty Services

Forums day, Friday 1 June 2007

Panorama of world real estate

Moderator: Evert Jan Stoel

• Market overview. Office, industrial and shopping centres in Spain.
  Speaker : Andrs Escarpenter, Council Member, Jones Lang LaSalle Espaa
• Trends in the property sector in Spain.
  Speaker: Luis Basagoiti, PhD Architecture
• Postcards from the future: architecture, urban planning, real estate in the Philippines.
  Speaker: Felino A. Palafox Jr., Palafox Associates
• Panorama of North American real estate.
  Speaker: Ann Bosley, President, Canadian Real Estate Association

Forum 1 : Transparency and due diligence in real estate transactions

Moderator: Wayne Thorburn

• Market information and its use in property valuation.
  Speaker: Luis Leirado, General Manager, TINSA Tasaciones Internacionales S.A.
• Due diligence for agents in relation to foreign developments.
  Speaker: Bryan Stevens, CEO REIA
• Investing in the Brazilian real estate market procedures to be taken by foreigners.
  Speaker: Flvio Gonzaga B. Nunes, Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Forum 2 : Are international franchises viewed in different countries as improving professional standards in real estate, or dumbing them down?

Moderator: Danielle Grossenbacher

• Spanish opinion from a dual perspective: business franchises and service franchises.
  Speaker: Joan Oll, Vice-president, General Council of Real Estate Agents Associations of Spain
• Are international franchises viewed in different countries as improving professional standards in real estate?
  Speaker: Javier Parraga, Executive Vice-president, Realogy Corporation
• Is the role of international property franchises beneficial to professional standards?
  Speaker: Laurence J. McCabe, Ganly Walters Ltd

Forum 3: How would a US housing price crash affect the global housing market?

Moderator: Peter Bolton King

• Canadian perspective on residential real estate 2007.
  Speaker: Dorothy Mason, President, Toronto Real Estate Board
• The US housing market an dits impact on the global economy.
  Speaker: Dick Gaylord, President Elect, NAR National Association of Realtors
• Real estate transactions in Mexico, as affected by the US demand.
  Speaker: Gerardo Paredes, Global Commercial & Investment Real Estate Corp. de Mxico, S.A. de C.V.

Renta Corporacin rehabilitation as a means to create wealth

Moderator: Francisco M. Snchez

Enric Venancio, Member of the Board of Directors Chief Operating Officer, Renta Corporation Real Estate S.A.

Business day, Saturday 2 June 2007

Marketing session (residential)

Moderators: Robert Hatcher, Luke Romero

Marketing session (commercial)

Moderators: Robert Hatcher, Luke Romero

REITs in Europe

Moderator: Graham Chase

• The expected impact of REITs on the London property market.
  Speaker: Jonathan Price, Managing Director, Business Centre Capital Co.
  
• The Asian REIT market.
  Speaker: Chris Reilly, Director of Property in Asia, Henderson Global Investors

Closing Ceremony

• World Congress in Amsterdam presentation
• Americas Congress in Panama presentation