PARIS, Nov. 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- MIPIM Asia, the international property market for the Asia Pacific region, will be welcoming around 2,000 property professionals on 19 November 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre for three days of exhibitions, conferences and networking. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Ngor, Hong Kong's Secretary for Development, will personally inaugurate this third edition of MIPIM Asia.
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"Over the last 12 months, the world economy has faced unprecedented challenges and investors in the international property market have been taking a hard look at investment strategies," says MIPIM Asia Director, Gilles Saint Georges Chaumet. "In an ever-changing environment, MIPIM Asia is designed to provide the latest market insight and contacts that will help professionals drive their business forward in the months and years to come."
Figures for MIPIM Asia 2008 (as of November 1st):
-- 1,700 professionals worldwide already registered
-- 50 countries represented
-- 611 attending companies
-- 440 investors, end-users, hotel groups and retailers already
registered
-- 9,000 sq. m of exhibition space
The event of the year for international investors in Asia Pacific:
MIPIM Asia is particularly attractive to international investors. Asset managers, fund managers, insurance companies and REITs will all be attending in 2008. The most noteworthy include AMP Capital Investors (Australia); Citigroup Property Investors (China); Credit Suisse Securities India; DEKA Immobilien Gmbh (Germany); Goldman Sachs (Asia); LLC (HK); Grosvenor Ltd (HK); Henderson Global Investors (UK); Hypo Real Estate Capital Hong Kong Corporation Ltd (HK); ING Real Estate Investment Management (HK); Lasalle Investment Management (Singapore); RREEF (Germany) and many more.
Three key themes for the MIPIM Asia 2008 conference programme:
MIPIM Asia 2008 will feature a series of gold standard conferences and events with the participation of leading property experts. Glenn Maguire, Chief Asia Economist for Société Générale SA in Hong Kong, is set to keynote MIPIM Asia's pre-opening conference, 'Asia economies and real estate: are they depression proof?', on November 18. Conference topics will cover current market trends such as investment insights, sustainability in real estate and specific regional focuses:
Regional focuses include:
20 November, 11:45 - 12:45 (Pearl Room) -- "A view of things to come: a perspective on South East Asian investment in 2010." This panel session will offer key insights into the type of change that will shape regional real estate investment in 2010. Jones Lang LaSalle International Director Christopher Fossick will moderate the panel to which Marc Boey, General Manager, Land Sales, International, Urban Redevelopment Authority (Singapore), Ian Mackie, Chief Investment Officer, Jones Lang LaSalle (Singapore) and John Pattar Managing Director, Property Fund I & II, CLSA Capital Partner (HK) Ltd have been invited to intervene.
Conferences on Green issues include:
20 November, 17:15 - 18:15 (Jade Room) -- "Regional Metropolitan Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future." Smart investments in infrastructure coupled with smart land use planning can provide a region with the competitive edge that makes a difference. This panel will examine several programmes across Asia to determine what the principles are for successful infrastructure development. The moderator of the panel is David Faulkner, Regional Director of Colliers International (Japan). Speakers include: Kisaburo Ishii, Deputy Director - General City and Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan), Siew Leng Fun, Director - Urban Planning & Design, Urban Redevelopment Authority (Singapore), Karl Fjellstrom, Deputy Director, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (China).
Conferences on investment insights include:
21 November, 14:00 - 15:00 (Pearl Room) -- "Alternative Routes to Property Exposure in Asia - Direct, Indirect or Synthetic?" Real estate investors all around the world are looking to Asia to provide a home for their capital, but what is the best route for them to take? Chris Reilly, Director of Property, Asia for Henderson Global Investors Lt (Singapore), Stephen Moore, head of GI Colliers (HK), David Edwards, Regional Director, LaSalle Investment Management (HK) and Nicholas Wong, Managing Director Asia Pacific Region, ING Real Estate Select Asia Pacific (HK) will share their views on this topic during the one hour panel session.
For the full conference programme: http://www.mipimasia.com/gb/conferences__1
To download MIPIM Asia photos: http://www.creativegp.com/belinda/Photos.zip
For enquires:
Katherine CHOW
Tel: +852-2372-0470
Email: kat@creativegp.com
