Property Forum 2011, preliminary agenda: 8.30

Property Forum 2011, preliminary agenda:
8.30-9.00 Registration of guests
9.00-11.30 Inaugural session
Attractiveness of Polish commercial property market as an investment product
Debate on perspectives for investment market in commercial property sector:
• What factors are building attractiveness of this branch in the eyes of foreign investors?
• How to create good property projects and build their value?
• What kind of products are investors looking for?
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Crisis vs. market bargains
Debaters (list of invited guests in alphabetical order):
Michał Goli – President of the Management Board, GC Investment SA; Bartłomiej Hofman – President of the
Management Board, Immobel Poland Sp. z o.o.; Sven-Torsten Kain – Member of the Management Board, BRE
Bank Hipoteczny; Paweł Kuśmierz – Principal, Master Management; Jan Mroczka – President of the
Management Board, Rank Progress SA; Edgar Rosenmayr – Managing Director, Kulczyk Silverstein Properties
Sp. z o.o.; Agata Sekuła – Regional Director, Jones Lang LaSalle; Michael Sternicki – General Manager
Poland, Aareal Bank AG; Jeroen van der Toolen – Managing Director, Ghelamco Poland
11.30-12.00 Break
12.00-14.00 Thematic session
Shopping center market.
Development of modern retail space from tenants’ point of view – do location and quality of new supply always go
hand in hand with directions of expansion of retail chains?
• Developers’ investment plans – which facilities and in what locations will be created (investment
strategies of 2-3 property developers)
• Directions of expansion of retail chains – development strategies in smaller cities
• What are prospects of retail space supply in the nearest years?
Point of view of consulting agency – statistics.
• How to struggle for tenants?
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Analysis of needs and purchasing power of consumers from smaller cities (up to 100 000 inhabitants)
Debaters (list of invited guests in alphabetical order):
Agata Brzezińska – Leasing Director, Neinver Polska; Elżbieta Dmowska-Mędrzycka – President of the
Management Board, Mediadem Communication; Magdalena Frątczak – Director of Retail Space Department,
CB Richard Ellis Polska Sp. z o.o.; Michał Goli – President of the Management Board, GC Investment SA;
Katarzyna Górecka – Director, Real Estate Department, Piotr i Paweł SA; Jan Mroczka – President of the
Management Board, Rank Progress SA; Roman Tomala – Head of Architecture Department, ECE
Projektmanagement Polska Sp. z o.o.; Jędrzej Wittchen – President, WITTCHEN SA; Piotr Zieliński – Board of
Management Representative for Rental, Rossmann SDP Sp. z o.o.; Magdalena Zimna – Department Director,
Custom Research Trade, GfK Polonia Sp. z o.o.; representatives of: ECE Projektmanagement Poland
12.00-14.00 Thematic session
Offices.
Office space market – development prospects, expansion directions:
• When is supply going to exceed demand? – evaluation of property development activity of the biggest
companies in this sector
• Which companies are creating the largest demand for office space?
• BPO sector
• Evaluation of economic situation of the largest groups of tenants of office space
• Location or price? – Selection criteria of office space and how to struggle for tenants during recession
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Investment in ecology – fashion or real profit?
Debaters (list of invited guests in alphabetical order):
Tomasz Czuba – Director, Office Leasing Department, Jones Lang LaSalle; Piotr M. Krawczyński – Managing
Director, Kulczyk Silverstein Properties Sp. z o.o.; Kinga Nowakowska – Managing Director, Capital Park Sp. z
o.o.; Wojciech Papierak – President of the Management Board, Grupa PHN SA; Arkadiusz Rudzki – Head of
Commercial Agency, Knight Frank Sp. z o.o.; Jeroen van der Toolen – Managing Director, Ghelamco Poland;
Maciej Zajdel – President of the Management Board, IVG Development Poland Sp. z o.o.
14.00-14.30 Break
14.30-16.30 Thematic session
Hotels.
Investing in hotel market – to build or to buy finished project?
• Where to look for market bargains regarding purchase of hotel real estate? A perfect project to take
over?
• Are there too many hotels in Poland? Where are still empty spaces on Polish map of hotels?
• How to build it with a chain – market of international hotel chains, that is how to open a hotel under a
well-known brand – opportunity not only for newly opened facilities
• Investment funds are more and more interested in Polish hotel market – what they are looking for and
what kind of transactions relating to sale of accommodation facilities we can expect
• Holiday hotels and condo hotels – an alternative for financing hotel investments
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Meaning of promotion of Poland as a tourist and business brand – joint activity of governmental
institutions and private hotel business to reach the goal – boost Poland’s popularity on the map of tourist
and business destinations
Debaters (list of invited guests in alphabetical order):
Adam Grehl – Vice President of Wroclaw; David Heijligers – Development Manager, Louvre Hotels Group w
Polsce; Alex Kloszewski – Partner, Colliers International; Martin Lachout - Chief Project Development Officer,
VIENNA INTERNATIONAL Hotelmanagement AG; Adam Milanowski – President of the Management Board,
Interferie SA; Janusz Mitulski – Partner, Horwath HTL in Poland; Agata Schmidt – Director of Hotel Business
Development, PBG ERIGO Sp. z o.o.; Magdalena Sekutowska – Director Development, Eastern Europe, Hilton
Warsaw Hotel & Convention Centre; Jacek Twardowski – Managing Director, Kristensen Group Sp. z o.o.; Jan
Wróblewski – Member of the Management Board, Zdrojowa Invest
14.30-16.30 Thematic session
Warehouses.
New areas of investing:
• Development prospects for the sector – market by numbers
• Logistics and warehouse park – or BTS?
• Market of inner city warehouse and logistics space – opportunities and challenges
• What warehouse projects are likely to be financed by banks?
• Who creates the largest demand for new warehouse space?
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Evaluation of economic situation of the group of the largest tenants
Debaters (list of invited guests in alphabetical order):
Jan Barbasiewicz – Director, Warehouses Department, Jones Lang LaSalle; Błażej Ciesielczak – Managing
Director, Goodman Poland; Marek Foryński – BTS Group Director, Panattoni Europe; Mirosław Karapyta –
Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; Dariusz Kierski – Logistics Director for Poland, Grupa Muszkieterów;
Mirosław Koszany – President of the Board, Biuro Inwestycji Kapitałowych SA; Bożena Krawczyk – Chief
Investment Officer Central Europe, SEGRO Poland Sp. z o.o.; Radosław T. Krochta – Member of the
Management Board, MLP Group SA; Craig Maguire – Managing Director, PointPark Properties Sp. z o.o.;
Mirosław Szydelski – Member of the Management Board, AIG/Lincoln Polska Sp. z o.o.