2021 ULI Europe Conference

When

Monday, February 8th, 2021
to Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

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    Where

    Global ULI Online

    Pricing

    Early Pricing Until January 15 Members Non-Members
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    Private £68.00 N/A
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    Standard Pricing Until February 10
    Public/Academic/Nonprofit €130.00 N/A
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    Agenda

    February 1

    1:00pm - 3:00pm

    Creative Placemaking Forum

    February 2

    1:30pm - 2:00pm

    Product Council Virtual Tour hosted by Squint/Opera: Hudson Yard

    February 2

    10:00am - 12:30pm

    ULI Europe NEXT and Young Leaders Joint Forum (Day 1)

    February 2

    2:30pm - 3:30pm

    Keynote Presentation for Product Council Members: Professor Frank Snowden, Yale University

    February 2

    4:00pm - 5:45pm

    Data Centres Forum

    February 3

    2:30pm - 5:00pm

    ULI Europe NEXT and Young Leaders Joint Forum (Day 2)

    February 4

    1:00pm - 3:00pm

    Urban Infrastructure/ Transit Orientated Development Forum

    February 8

    1:00pm - 3:00pm

    ULI Global Capital Markets Forum (invitation only)

    February 9

    1:30pm - 2:30pm

    ULI Europe Chairman’s Virtual Roundtable (invitation only)

    February 9

    3:00pm - 3:10pm

    Welcome and Introductions

    February 9

    3:10pm - 4:00pm

    A fractured picture

    February 9

    4:00pm - 4:20pm

    Reflect and Stretch Break / On Demand Sessions

    February 9

    4:20pm - 4:40pm

    Tales from the city: Resiliency

    February 9

    4:25pm - 4:45am

    Tales from the city: Resiliency

    February 9

    4:40pm - 5:00pm

    Social Value

    February 9

    5:00pm - 5:15pm

    Tales from the city: Eindhoven

    February 9

    5:15pm - 5:55pm

    The innovation mindset: are real estate companies on track for the great tech leap forward?

    February 9

    5:55pm - 6:15pm

    Meet the Mayor: City leadership in times of change

    February 9

    6:15pm - 6:30pm

    ULI European Leadership Awards

    February 10

    1:15pm - 1:20pm

    Closing remarks

    February 10

    10:00am - 10:05am

    Welcome

    February 10

    10:05am - 10:20am

    Meet the Mayor: Brussels leadership in times of change

    February 10

    10:20am - 10:35pm

    Successful leadership through different cycles

    February 10

    10:35am - 11:00am

    Debate: the future of office work

    February 10

    11:00am - 11:05am

    Intermezzo: the ULI European Leadership Awards

    February 10

    11:00am - 11:05am

    ULI Global Initiatives

    February 10

    11:05am - 11:25am

    Reflect and Stretch Break / On Demand Sessions

    February 10

    11:25am - 11:45am

    Live from Paris: the 15-minute City

    February 10

    11:45am - 12:15pm

    Crafting a better world: How real estate owners and developers can contribute to a net-zero carbon economy

    February 10

    12:15pm - 12:20pm

    Intermezzo: ULI research update: the emerging life sciences sector

    February 10

    12:20pm - 12:35pm

    Rethinking retail: the Asian perspective

    February 10

    12:35pm - 1:15pm

    Putting the pieces together
    The 2021 ULI Virtual Europe Conference offers attendees unparalleled opportunities to engage with cutting-edge content and world-class speakers, observe valuable lessons learned from across the globe, and to connect one-on-one with real estate industry leaders. Join us 8-10 February for an event unlike any other.
     
    Chat with colleagues and use enhanced profile search features through our state-of-the-art online networking platform.
     
    Engage in extended live Q&A sessions and intimate small group discussions on the forces shaping our industry.
     
    Hear from world-renowned industry leaders on topics ranging from finance and technology to sustainability and COVID-19 impacts.
     
    Enjoy the content you need, when you need it. Attendees will have access to recordings of all concurrent sessions and virtual tours, as well as most general sessions. 

    Speakers

    Speaker

    Chris Kane

    Six Ideas UK

    Chris Kane, is a highly respected Workplace professional and change champion who is trusted to lead global enterprises through challenging, transformational journeys to discover new ways of working. Chris is a portfolio professional who is currently a Non-Executive Director, Founder of Six Ideas and a special advisor on 21st Century Workspaces and Workplaces. As a passionate visionary and futurist, Chris identifies new trends to advance the evolution of the Workplace function, which is recognised for adding value to the organization. Chris is an intelligent, strategic thinker with an innate ability to extract clarity from highly complex, cluttered and controversial situations. His decisions are informed by almost three decades’ experience in Workplace, including senior roles at the BBC (2004 – 2013) and The Walt Disney Company (1997 – 2003). His considerable industry experience is backed by an outstanding academic record, which includes: London Business School, Master of CRE from CoreNet Global (2005); an MBA from Henley Management College (2001), a Diploma in Project Management from the College of Estate Management (1994) and a B. Sc Honours in Surveying from Trinity College, Dublin.

    Speaker

    Byrne Murphy

    Chairman, DigiPlex Group of Companies

    J. Byrne Murphy: Chairman & Founder, DigiPlex Data Centers. Byrne Murphy has thirty years’ experience in launching and growing new ventures. Over the past 25 years he has imported into Europe three newly created America concepts. These ventures include outlet shopping, private residence clubs, and data centers. All the ventures have won many, many awards and international recognition, and in aggregate they have created several billion dollars in asset value. Mr. Murphy’s current venture is DigiPlex ( www.digiplex.com ), the largest data center operator in Scandinavia. Created upon the birth of the Internet in 2000, DigiPlex has won multiple awards for innovation, sustainability, and the best-in-class centers throughout EMEA. DigiPlex offers data center solutions of all sizes, from single rack requirements to a 12 megawatt, build-to-suit center on a 20 year contract with one of the world’s largest IT-service providers. Mr. Murphy introduced into Europe the concept of private residence clubs with the redevelopment of Palazzo Tornabuoni ( www.palazzotornabuoni.com ), a $250 million restoration of a 15th century Medici palazzo in the heart of Florence, Italy. Managed by Four Seasons, Palazzo Tornabuoni features Europe’s first Private Residence Club, and was awarded the 2010 Urban Land Insitute’s Award for Excellence. Club Tornabuoni has members from 34 countries around the world. Prior to these ventures, Mr. Murphy was Deputy Chief Executive and co-founder of BAA McArthurGlen, Europe’s largest owner and operator of designer outlet centres. Within eight years of its launch, McArthurGlen was operating eleven centres in seven countries, comprising 1500 stores and nearly 600 brands. The centers generated approximately €1 billion in annual sales, 40 million annual shopping visits, and created nearly 8,000 jobs.

    Speaker

    Carlos Moreno

    Co-Founder, Scientific Director & Chair of "Entrepreneurship, Territory, Innovation", Panthéon Sorbonne University – IAE Paris (France)

    Researcher of international renown, Carlos Moreno is Scientific director of the Chair «Entrepreneurship – Territory - Innovation», Panthéon Sorbonne University – IAE Paris (France). Carlos Moreno earned recognition as a scientist with an innovative mind, pioneer works and his unique approach on urban issues. He is also a scientific advisor of national and international figures of the highest level, including the Mayor of Paris Smart City special Envoy. He works at the heart of issues of international significance as a result of his research, bringing an innovative perspective on urban issues and offering solutions to the issues faced by the cities, metropolises and territories during the 21st century. Some of his concepts traveled the world: the Human Smart City, the 15mn City, the Territory of 30mn. Carlos Moreno received the Foresight Medal by the French Academy of Architecture (2019). Author of “Urban life and proximity at the time of Covid-19” Published by: Editions de l’Observatoire, July 2020 Author of “Droit de cite, de la ville-monde à la ville du quart d’heure” Published by: Editions de l’Observatoire, November 2020

    Speaker

    Patricia Bandeira Vieira

    Principal, KKR

    Patricia Bandeira Vieira joined KKR in 2020 as part of the Client and Partner Group. In this role Ms. Vieira is responsible client relations across EMEA for KKR’s real estate funds globally. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Vieira was a Director at Hines responsible for raising equity from European investors for funds, separate accounts and joint ventures globally. Ms. Vieira is an active member of the ULI and INREV and holds an bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and an MBA from INSEAD.

    Speaker

    Ed Walter

    Global Chief Executive Officer, Urban Land Institute

    W. Edward (Ed) Walter, a widely renowned real estate industry leader and most recently the Steers Chair in Real Estate at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, is ULI's Global Chief Executive Officer. Walter brings to ULI more than 35 years of management experience in the real estate profession across a variety of disciplines including hotels, multifamily, and land development, with a strong emphasis on capital markets and investments. From 2007 through 2016, he served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Host Hotels and Resorts, Inc., where he led a $19 billion-plus global lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) with a high-performing portfolio of more than 110 hotels around the world. Prior to becoming Host’s CEO, he served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer for more than four years and served in other executive roles at Host for seven years prior to being named the CFO. Walter’s service at Host overlapped with his four-year tenure at Georgetown, where he created and taught the Real Estate Public Equity course, which is designed to explore multiple aspects of REITs.

    Speaker

    Hala El Akl

    Director, PLP Architecture

    Hala is a Director at PLP Architecture and Founding Director of PLP Labs. With over twelve years’ experience covering the full spectrum of typologies as an architect and urbanist at PLP, she helps drive the studio’s deep-rooted passion for innovation. Hala directs teams on commercial, life-science, residential, retail and mixed-use projects across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. At PLP Labs she leads teams exploring new ideas for the future of cities, with a focus on environmental and social sustainability, as well as the impact and integration of technology. Hala sits on the Cambridge University Land Economy board and the ULI UK executive committee. In 2020, she was the first recipient of the ULI European Talent Award. She received her MSc in Urban Policy from LSE, a Masters in Territorial and Urban Strategies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po), and both a Bachelor of Architecture (distinction) and a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

    Speaker

    Tess Pula

    Executive Sustainability, MIRA Real Estate, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets

    Ms. Pula is responsible for Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) global ESG approach for real estate assets, including driving forward portfolio decarbonization. She coordinates the implementation of ESG strategy across MIRA’s real estate businesses and produces best practice guidelines and training resources to support empowerment of portfolio and asset management teams. Prior to joining Macquarie, Ms. Pula worked for GLL Real Estate Partners as a portfolio manager for assets in Australia and Europe at GLL, and as a consultant for urban climate resilience and economic development at HR&A Advisors in New York. Ms. Pula holds a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with distinction, as well as a BA from Bryn Mawr College in Growth and Structure of Cities (Magna cum Laude). She holds a LEED Green Associate credential and is a member of the ULI Europe Young Leaders Executive Committee.

    Speaker

    Dror Poleg

    Director, Rethinking.RE

    Dror Poleg is the author of Rethinking Real Estate and the Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Technology and Innovation Council in New York. His insights on the future of cities and buildings have been featured in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NBC, Forbes, The Times, and The Globe and Mail. Dror briefs and advises senior executives from multibillion dollar companies such as UBS, Goldman Sachs, AvalonBay Communities, British Land, Liberty Mutual, Dubai Holding, and Cushman & Wakefield. Dror’s work draws on his experiences as a real estate and technology executive in the US, China, UK, and Australia, as well as on his formal training at the London School of Economics, INSEAD, and Swinburne University of Technology. Previously, Dror served as Vice President of Kardan Land, where he oversaw the expansion of a $3b property portfolio in partnership with investors such as Blackrock MGPA and Frasers Properties; as CEO of Otherz.com, an app development company; and as Head of Digital at Standards Group, a creative agency that served clients such as IKEA, Scandinavian Airlines, and Shangri La Hotels.

    Speaker

    Michael Foust

    Chairman, Digital Realty Trust

    MICHAEL F. FOUST Chief Executive Officer and Director Michael F. Foust has served as Digital Realty Trust Chief Executive Officer and as a director since our inception. Mr. Foust is a founder of GI Partners and served as a managing director of GI Partners’ advisor from its inception in February 2001 until our initial public offering. During his tenure at GI Partners, Mr. Foust directed technical property acquisitions and portfolio management. Mr. Foust has over 26 years of experience in institutional real estate investments and portfolio management. Prior to the founding of GI Partners, from 1999 to 2001, he was a senior director at CB Richard Ellis Investors. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Foust was a Senior Vice President at CB Richard Ellis, where he managed regional asset services operations. During the period from 1985 to 1995, Mr. Foust held senior portfolio management and investment positions at UBS Asset Management, Karsten Realty Advisors and Trammell Crow Company. Prior to his real estate career, from 1979 to 1985, Mr. Foust participated in the origination of two related international telecommunications companies, Consortium Communications International and Progressive Systems Inc. The companies provided message switching and turn-key networks for multinational corporations. Mr. Foust received a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from Harvard University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

    Speaker

    Andrea Carpenter

    Women Talk Real Estate

    Andrea Carpenter is a Director of Women Talk Real Estate, and a writer and communications consultant in the property industry. As a Director of Women Talk Real Estate, Andrea helps raise the visibility of female experts in the industry through the stage and media. On the writing side, her book about the history of the modern European property industry, High Rise and Fall, was published by Routledge in September 2018. Andrea began her career as a journalist at Property Week before moving on to be editor of EuroProperty for seven years. Following this she worked for various industry bodies including the Urban Land Institute, INREV in Amsterdam, and its sister organisation ANREV in Hong Kong. On returning to the UK, she worked as Head of Marketing and Communications EMEA at CBRE Global Investors.

    Speaker

    Chris Choa

    AECOM, UK

    A native New Yorker, Christopher Choa works with city governments and private clients to improve regional rankings and urban performance. As the director of OUTCOMIST, he focuses on outcome-based planning, urban masterplanning, and generative digital design. Choa is a Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute. As a non-executive director, he advises organizations related to real-estate, urban mobility, energy, and digital arts. He previously led AECOM’s Cities Consulting practice and was an appointed advisor to the Mayor of London.

    Speaker

    Owen Thomas

    Chief Executive Officer, Boston Properties

    Owen D. Thomas is the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Boston Properties. He is a Director of Lehman Brothers Holdings and served as its first Chairman from 2012 until 2013 when he joined Boston Properties. Prior to Lehman, Mr. Thomas was with Morgan Stanley for 24 years serving in a number of different roles, business units and locations, including Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Asia and Chairman of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, while living in Hong Kong from 2008 until 2011. He also held the roles of President of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Head of Morgan Stanley Real Estate and served on Morgan Stanley's Management Committee from 2005 until 2011. Mr. Thomas is the Global Chairman of the Urban Land Institute, a Director of the Urban Land Institute Foundation, a Director of the Real Estate Roundtable, and a member of the Executive Board of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He is a Director of Episcopal Charities of New York and formerly Chairman of the Pension Real Estate Association and Director of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company. He attended and is a former Trustee of Woodberry Forest School, received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

    Speaker

    Anthony Williams

    Chief Executive Officer, Federal City Council

    Tony Williams, the former Mayor of Washington, D.C. (1999 – 2007), is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Federal City Council, an organization which serves as a catalyst for progress in the Nation’s Capital by focusing the creative and administrative talents of Washington’s business and professional leaders on major problems and opportunities that are facing the City. Prior to this he served as the Executive Director of the Global Government Practice at the Corporate Executive Board in Arlington, Virginia. He also serves as the William H. Bloomberg Lecturer in Public Management at the Harvard Kennedy School. In addition, he is a Senior Consultant to the firm McKenna Long and Aldridge, with particular emphasis on its municipal restructuring practice. During his two terms as Mayor, he is widely credited with leading the comeback of Washington D.C., restoring the finances of our nation’s capital, and improving the performance of government agencies, all while lowering taxes and investing in infrastructure and human services. Before his election as Mayor, he was the independent Chief Financial Officer of the District from 1995 to 1998, working with and on behalf of local officials, the D.C. Financial Control Board, and the U.S. Congress. Before his service in local Washington, Tony worked in a variety of positions in federal, state, and local government, including as the first CFO for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, appointed by President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. In addition to his work on company boards, Tony devotes his attention to issues of education and the environment, serving on the board of Fight for Children and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He holds a BA from Yale and an MPP from the Kennedy School and a J.D. from the Harvard Law School, as well as a number of awards and honorary degrees, including Governing Magazine Public Official of the Year in 1997. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and former President of the National League of Cities. Williams holds a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1971 to 1974. The former Mayor serves on the board of directors of a number of charitable organizations, including Catholic University, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Fight for Children, the Newseum, the National Geographic Education Foundation, and the Urban Institute.

    Speaker

    Ric Lewis

    Executive Chairman and Chief Investment Officer , Tristan Capital Partners

    Ric Lewis is Executive Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Tristan Capital Partners, an independent real estate investment management firm with €12.0+Billion in assets under management across the UK and continental Europe. Ric founded the firm in 2009, continuing the collaborative track record he established with former partners at Curzon Global Partners/ AEW Europe, a €20 Billion+ real estate private equity company (1998-2008). Headquartered in London, Tristan Capital is majority-owned and autonomously managed by its principals with 140+ members of staff in eight locations across Europe. It has developed a multi-year, multi-fund track record establishing it as one of the leading property investment managers in Europe. Tristan was voted by industry peers as European Real Estate Private Equity Firm of the Year in 2014 and 2015; and awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise and International Trade in 2017. Ric is the only two-time recipient of Real Estate Private Equity Professional of the Year 2013 and 2015; and he ranked first in the JP Morgan/EY Powerlist 2019 as the UK’s most influential person of Afro- Caribbean heritage. In 2019, Ric was also included in Facebook’s global list of ‘50 over 50’ of the world’s leading entrepreneurs and innovators. In 2009 Ric founded The Black Heart Foundation dedicated to improving educational access, quality and outcomes for underprivileged young people. The foundation provides educational scholarships with currently over 190 Black Heart Scholars at 89 intuitions completing 155 various courses, training and education programmes throughout the UK and US. Ric also serves on a number of Boards, including Dartmouth College (USA); the International Council at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Chairman of The Institute of Imagination; Trustee of Sported UK; the Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation; and non-executive Director of Legal & General Group Plc. He is also a Patron of the Eastside Young Leaders Academy. Ric graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School, and holds an Honorary Master’s Degree from Dartmouth College. He has resided in London since 1998 with his two daughters and holds British and American citizenship.

    Speaker

    Philippe Close

    Mayor of the City of Brussels, City of Brussels

    Philippe Close studied law at the Brussels university ‘Université Libre de Bruxelles’ (ULB) and started his career as a parliamentary employee for Senator Roger Lallemand working on Institutional Affairs. In 1999 he started working at the study centre of the Socialist Party and became the spokesman for the President of the Socialist party, Mr. Elio Di Rupo. A year later he became chief of Staff of the Mayor of Brussels, Mr Freddy Thielemans. In 2006 Philippe Close became Alderman for Tourism and City Staff. He attached great importance to the development of tourism as an economic engine for the City and the Region of Brussels. Events tourism and city events are not only an important economic matter but also a way to give Brussels a great international reputation. In 2009, Philippe Close was elected as a member of the Brussels Parliament where he focused on the health sector and institutional issues. In 2013 he was chosen to be the leader of the Socialist party group in the Brussels Parliament. In July 2017 he became Mayor of the City of Brussels and resigned from the Brussels parliament to focus entirely on his work as Mayor. In October 2018, he was reelected as the Mayor of Brussels for another 6 years.

    Speaker

    Jürgen Fenk

    Member of the Executive Board, SIGNA Development Selection AG

    Jurgen joined the SIGNA Group Executive Board on 1 October 2017. He was previously a member of the management board of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba), where he was responsible for real estate, debt capital markets and financial institutions. Mr Fenk has extensive experience of the banking, capital market and property sectors. In his position at SIGNA he will primarily focus on banking, capital markets and capital sourcing for the Group. He will also be responsible for establishing the SIGNA Group’s new innovation & prop tech unit. SIGNA is a privately managed, entrepreneurial retail and real estate group. The Group comprises two core businesses: SIGNA Real Estate and SIGNA Retail. The gross asset value amounts to over EUR 13 billion, and the development volume accounts of some EUR 8 billion. Juergen is the past Chairman of ULI Germany and the Chairman of ULI Europe. He is also Member of the Global Board of ULI

    Speaker

    Andrei Girenkov

    Senior Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer, Greystar

    Andrei Girenkov is the Senior Managing Director of Technology for Greystar Enterprise Services. Andrei leads Greystar’s technology efforts across the globe, focusing heavily on digital transformation, operating systems, and data. Previously Andrei has served in a variety of senior technology roles in the financial services industry. Before joining Greystar in 2020, Andrei was Vice President of Technology & Chief Information Officer at Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company with a global team that led digital transformation efforts and operational efficiency across the organization. Prior to Colonial Life, he served as Vice President of Technology at Raymond James Financial from 2015 to 2018. Prior to Raymond James, Andrei served as Head of Trading Systems Software at Direct Edge Stock Exchange from 2007 to 2015. Andrei received his bachelor of science degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University, his Masters of science in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law.

    Speaker

    Duncan Swinhoe

    Gensler

    Duncan brings a passion for design, strategy, and innovation to his role as Co-Managing Principal for Gensler’s Europe Region. Duncan has been living and working in London for over twenty years and is spearheading the growth of the European business and establishment of our new offices across key markets in Germany and Paris. He co-led the creation of Gensler’s Commercial Office Building Developers practice and has gained a deep knowledge of the trends and issues affecting how people interact with their cities and working environments. In addition, he has been responsible for some of the most significant architectural projects in the firm’s portfolio. Duncan serves on Gensler’s Management Committee and is responsible for leveraging the best of the firm’s global platform for clients firmwide. Educated at the University of Washington in Seattle, Duncan earned a B.A., with Honours and Dip.Arch from the University of Liverpool Duncan is an active member of the BCO and the ULI, speaks regularly on issues relating to office design and shaping the future of cities.

    Speaker

    Alexandre Huyghe

    Re-Vive

    Alexandre Huyghe became Revive's CEO early 2020, taking over from the company's founder Nicolas Bearelle. After graduating as a Master in Economics, he obtained a postgraduate in Real Estate and another master's degree in Urban Planning. But he developed his interest for real estate when he was a lot younger, doing student jobs for his grandfather, who was a contractor. In 2013, Alexandre got his first job at Revive, starting as a Project Developer. And after only a year and a half, he already got promoted to Chief Investment Officer - a job he did for 5 years, before becoming the company's CEO. In his spare time, you'll mostly find Alexandre at the waterside, sailing, or high up in the mountains, either skiing or mountain biking.

    Speaker

    Michela Hancock

    Managing Director of Development and Construction, Greystar

    Michela Hancock is Managing Director for Greystar Europe. She identifies new opportunities to support acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures across student accommodation, build-to-rent and senior living. Michela is focused on growing Greystar’s third-party platform and strategic partnerships with country leaders in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. Michela joined Greystar in 2015 and most recently led the development and construction team for two years, as Managing Director for the UK. She was previously director of PRS at Grainger and is on a number of public and private advisory boards, including the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Build to Rent Joint Committee, the British Property Federation Build to Rent Sub Committee and the CREFC advisory board.

    Speaker

    Marnix Galle

    Executive Chairman, IMMOBEL SA/NV

    After studying economics at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Marnix began his professional career in 1987 at Cegos Belgium as a consultant. In 1989, he took his first steps in the real estate sector (family portfolio). His own company Allfin (°2001) became one of the leading real estate developers in Belgium. In 2014, Allfin took a 29% stake in Immobel, listed on Euronext since 1863. Following the merger between Allfin and Immobel in 2016, he became its Executive Chairman. Since 1 July 2020, Marnix has been chairing Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe. He is a director, member and trustee of several leading European and American associations.

    Speaker

    Josja van der Veer

    Director Department of Urban Planning and Sustainability, City of Amsterdam

    Josja van der Veer is Director Department of Urban Planning and Sustainability at the City of Amsterdam. She is an urban geographer and has long time experience as an area developer, working with international and national architects. Josja has worked in many large cities, developing her expertise and skills in many different roles: as a researcher, as a client for real estate developers, in programming, as a policymaker and in the real estate business. She has operated on both sides of the playfield, for government as well as commercial real estate. Josja builds bridges and creates synergy between different worlds. The Amsterdam Department of Urban Planning and Sustainability is developing innovative policy that creates space for the sustainable development of Amsterdam and the region, an area that serves a market of over 10 million people. These integrated policies help push forward transitions in different fields: environment, energy, mobility and housing. We create a vision for the city government , that embraced the circular model presented by Kate Raworth, and we help prepare the city for balanced growth in the next decade, creating a green, inclusive, healthy, liveable and economic sustainable city for all: residents, entrepreneurs and visitors. For the last ten years Josja van der Veer played a leading role in the Campus development at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam within the Innovation District in the new booming Zuidas area of Amsterdam. In this Innovation District a new part of Amsterdam has been created, with a lot of attention to sustainability, hospitality, meeting spaces and space for entrepreneurs, students and researchers who wish to live on the campus site. Josja is chairperson for the jury’s of two annual Dutch rewards : The Abe Bonnema reward for architects and the Neprom reward for project development in the Netherlands.

    Speaker

    Rosemary Feenan

    Executive VP of Research, QuadReal Property Group

    Rosemary Feenan joined QuadReal as Executive Vice President, Global Research in May 2018. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, QuadReal Property Group is a global real estate investment, operating and development company which manages the real estate and mortgage programs of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI). Her role focuses on strategic research and analysis in support of QuadReal’s international investment objectives. Prior to QuadReal, Rosemary was the Director of Global Research Programmes at JLL, concentrating on urbanisation, changes in city competitiveness and the impact of technology on real estate. She previously held a Board position at Chesterton International and a senior position at CACI Limited. In her early career she worked as a town planner and as a retail analyst. Rosemary is a Governing Trustee of ULI, a Fellow of the Society of Property Researchers and was formerly a member of the World Economic Forum’s Regional Futures Council.

    Speaker

    George Hongchoy

    Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Link Asset Management Limited

    George HONGCHOY has been appointed Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Manager since February 2009 and May 2010 respectively. He is also one of the responsible officers of the Manager for the purposes of the Securities and Futures Ordinance, a director of The Link Holdings Limited, Link Properties Limited, The Link Finance Limited and a number of subsidiaries of Link. He is the chairman of the Supervisory Committee of The Tracker Fund of Hong Kong, a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, an adjunct professor of the Department of Real Estate and Construction of The University of Hong Kong, a member of the Asia-Pacific Advisory Board of International Council of Shopping Centers, a global governing trustee of the Urban Land Institute and an advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation Limited. He was a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand from 2016 to 2018. Mr Hongchoy began his career in New Zealand and has since held various senior management positions in financial consulting, investment banking and real estate investment. He was named one of Harvard Business Review’s 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2019, the Country Winner of Hong Kong/Macau Region in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 China Award, Business Person of the Year by DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards in 2015, and was also presented with the Director of the Year Award (Listed Companies – Executive Directors) by The Hong Kong Institute of Directors in 2011. Mr Hongchoy holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Canterbury and an MBA degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a Chartered Accountant, a Senior Fellow and a member of the Corporate Advisory Council of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, a Fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and the Institute of Shopping Centre Management. He was a Council member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

    Speaker

    Etienne Cadestin

    CEO & Founder, Longevity Partners Ltd

    Etienne founded Longevity Partners in 2015. Prior to that, Etienne worked at Knight Frank, JLL and the United Nations Environment Programme (the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agendas). Etienne has more than a decade of experience in sustainable property investment and strategy. He currently advises the largest property investment companies in Europe and is on the board of Orée, the leading French think tank on Biodiversity, circular economy and ESG reporting. In 2019, Etienne won the EG Awards in the category ‘Future of Real Estate’. Before that, Etienne was picked to be an Estate Gazette’s 'Property Rising Star' and nominated for numerous awards as one of the most active young leaders in the sustainability and real estate industries. He regularly speaks at high-level events, giving his vision for smart cities, carbon neutral buildings, wellbeing in the work place and the future of the real estate industry.

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    Susan Freeman

    Partner, Mishcon De Reya

    Susan is a partner at law firm Mishcon de Reya. An experienced real estate lawyer, her in depth understanding of the property market and business training as a Sloan Masters MSc (London Business School) graduate, combined with a wide circle of contacts help make the firm’s programme of events “must attend” networking opportunities. Susan has been listed as ''The woman who knows everyone' by Bisnow in their 51 Most influential Women in UK real estate list 2018. Susan is a member of the Mishcon Technology Group, which has recently launched MDR LAB - an incubator programme for tech start-ups in the legal space. She also mentors for Pi Labs accelerator programme for proptech start-ups since it launched and is a regular speaker on the #proptech circuit. Susan is a non executive director of development company, This Land, on the advisory boards of Seaforth Land and Work.Life and chairs the Bee Midtown Property Group. She is vice chair of the new BPF Tech & Innovation Working Group and a member of the Urban Land Institute . She is ranked 40 in the Tyto Tech Top 500 List 2018. She is on the advisory board of Property Week and is an active member of a number of property-related organisations including as Vice Chair of the British Property Federation's newly formed Technology and Innovation Group. She is a member of the Urban land Institute Technology and Real Estate European Product Council. Susan also chairs the FUTURE: Proptech Advisory Group which brings together key influencers in real estate and proptech. Susan is on the Advisory Boards of flexible working company Work.Life and property investment company Seaforth Land and she chairs the Property Group of BEE Midtown, the Holborn and surrounding area's Business Improvement District. Susan undertakes speaking and panel engagements and hosts a regular Propertyshe podcast interviewing an eclectic mix of property personalities that define and make a difference to the real estate industry and built environment. She is active on Twitter and can be followed @Propertyshe.

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    Mette Lassesen

    Executive Director, Environment & Health, Ramboll

    As a member of the senior executive team Mrs. Mette S. Lassesen heads up strategy, business planning, and market development within Ramboll Environment & Health - Ramboll's largest business unit with 2500 employees around the World. She works with and leads mergers & acquisitions – both in the early phases and throughout the post-merger integration phase. Ms. Lassesen is also in charge of Ramboll’s global division for impact assessment, working with projects and clients around the World. As responsible for the global market organization within Ramboll’s Environmental Business, she oversees the work with Key Clients, Global Sectors and the six global Services Lines of the business. She leads Ramboll Environment & Health’s strategic and market-oriented focus on Sustainability, including the develpment of new service offerings, and strategic partnerships, including with the United Nations Global Compact. Ms. Lassesen is the executive sponsor of a business wide push for diversity and inclusion, and is mentoring several colleagues within and outside Ramboll. She continues to provide thoughtleadership on issues related to urban development and resilience, and she is a frequent speaker and moderator at conferences and forums in Denmark and abroad. CAREER 2018-present: Market Director, Executive Team, Environment & Health, Copenhagen, Denmark 2016-2018: Market Director, Synergies and Liveable Cities Ramboll Environ, Washington DC, USA 2014-2016: Group Director, Market Development, Ramboll Group, Washington DC, USA 2008-2014: Group Director, Markets, Knowledge Management and Innovation, Ramboll Group, Copenhagen, Denmark 2000-2008: Business Manager, Rambøll Management, Managing Department for International Development Consulting, Copenhagen and Brussels 1998-1999: Legal Adviser on citizenship, UNHCR Ukraine/ Crimea 1997-2000: Legal Consultant and Project Manager, Danish Refugee Council, Copenhagen, Denmark 1996-1997: Repatriation/protection Monitor, UNHCR Liberia EDUCATION: 1992-1997 Master of Law University of Copenhagen LANGUAGE SKILLS: Danish, English, German, French, Swedish, Russian CONTACT INFORMATION: Mette Søs Lassesen MSL@ramboll.com +45 5161 6049/ + 1 202 304 3281 Ramboll Hannemanns Allé 53 2300 Copenhagen S DENMARK

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    Marion Waller

    Advisor to the Mayor of Paris, City of Paris

    Marion Waller is advisor to Jean-Louis Missika, deputy mayor of Paris, in charge of urban planning, innovation and attractiveness issues. Following a double training in environmental philosophy and urban planning at Sciences Po and the École Normale Supérieure, she is also an acclaimed author and has published a book titled ‘Artefacts naturels (L'éclat, 2016).

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    Nathalie Charles

    Global Head of Investment Management, BNP Paribas REIM

    Nathalie Charles is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Real Estate in charge of Investment Management. She started her career as a real estate lender at Compagnie Bancaire, then Natixis. She also worked at Unibail-Rodamco Group, where she held various senior positions overseeing office, retail and large development projects in the Paris region and EDF Group (French Electricity Company) as Managing Director of Corporate Real Estate. After joining AXA IM–Real Assets in 2013, Nathalie became Head of Development and European Country Teams in 2018, overseeing all aspects of managing properties, namely acquisitions, disposals, lettings and development. In July 2019, She was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Real Estate in charge of Investment Management to reinforce the position of BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management as a leading player in Europe with more than €30b of AUM. Nathalie has over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry and graduated from the French École Polytechnique. In 2011, she was awarded the French distinction Légion d’Honneur. Between 2017 and 2020, she was a Board Member of ULI Europe and from 2018 to 2020, Chair of ULI France.

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    Raphael Mertens

    Allianz Real Estate GmbH

    Dr. Raphael Mertens is Chief Risk Officer of Allianz Real Estate and member of the Executive Committee. He is a member on both the Equity and Debt Investment Committees where he holds a right of veto. He joined Allianz Real Estate in 2015 as Global Head of Portfolio Management. He has been with Allianz since 2004 where he held several positions including Group Head of Alternative Investments and Director at Allianz Investment Management. He has also served as Head of Alternative Investments-Controlling at Allianz Deutschland AG and Investment Officer Alternative Investments at Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG. Raphael holds a Ph.D. from University of Kiel, Germany, and an MBA equivalent (Dipl.-Kfm.) from the Universities of Kiel and Trier.

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    Vanessa Cheung

    Group Managing Director, Nan Fung Development Ltd.

    Vanessa is the Group Managing Director of Nan Fung Development Ltd., managing the Group’s Hong Kong property division. She is also the Founder of The Mills – a revitalization project of transforming the Nan Fung Textile Mills into a global innovation techstyle destination comprising of art, start-up incubator and experiential retail. Through The Mills project and her experience in working for AECOM as a Landscape Designer as well as a part-time lecturer at HKU on City Branding, she hopes to inspire the younger generation and push Hong Kong’s leadership potential beyond the status quo. She is a convener of NarrativeHK, an initiative promoting positive attitude among her generation in envisioning the future of HK. She co-founded Quo Kefir Believers, a natural probiotic health food company, and the coowner of HK’s first CrossFit gym, CrossFit Asphodel. Vanessa obtained her Master in Landscape Architecture at Harvard University and Bachelors in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.

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    Pere Vinolas

    CEO, INMOBILIARIA COLONIAL SOCIMI, S.A.

    Pere Viñolas is a Graduate and Master in Business Administration (MBA) at ESADE, Barcelona. He is also a graduate in business administration by the University of Barcelona, where he also studied Law. From 2008 he is the CEO of Inmobiliaria Colonial. Pere Viñolas has been Chief Executive Officer at Filo, Barcelona, a listed real estate company that went into a successful turnaround. He has been partner and Chief Executive Officer at Riva y Garcia, a Spanish independent investment bank, and also has been Dep. Chief Executive at the Barcelona Stock Exchange. Former Chairman of the Spanish National Council of the Urban Land Institute, and Former Chairman of the Catalan Society of Financial Analysts. Professor of Finance at ESADE, Barcelona. Vice Chairman of Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise. Member of the Board of Directors of Inmobiliaria Colonial and Board Member of European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA). Also member of the Board of Bluespace and ESADE.

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    Lars Huber

    CEO, European Region, Hines Europe Ltd

    Lars Huber serves as CEO for Hines’ European Region and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is responsible for all development activity, acquisitions and operations in the region with Hines presence in 13 countries. Since joining Hines in 1996 he has contributed to over $20 billion of investments in Europe. In his prior roles, Huber oversaw equity capital raising for Hines in Europe and Asia, served as fund manager in the European Investment Management team, and worked on development and acquisitions as development officer in Germany.

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    Ross Bailey

    CEO, Appear Here

    Ross Bailey is the CEO & Founder of Appear Here, the leading online marketplace for short-term retail space. Based on the concept that renting retail space should be as easy as booking a hotel room, Appear Here’s mission is to create a world where anyone with an idea can find space to make it happen. Hailed a "Digital game changer for the high street" by The Guardian, Appear Here lists over 10,000 spaces across the UK, US and France. With over 250,000 brands in its community, Appear Here works with everyone from Google, Chanel and Apple to start-ups including Daily Paper, Rip N Dip, Away and thousands more independents and creatives. Named as one of Wired’s ‘100 Hottest Start-Ups’, Appear Here has become the go-to destination to make innovative and creative ideas happen. Ross started his entrepreneurial journey aged just 16 when he attended the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy. Determined to launch his own business, Ross tested his different ideas by launching a string of successful pop-up shops in destinations across London, including the Rock & Rule pop up for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. It was from this experience, Ross’ vision for Appear Here was born. Widely quoted on retail, e-commerce and technology, Ross has appeared in many publications including GQ, Monocle, Wired, and TechCrunch. Recognised for his achievements, Ross has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business and British Airways’ 100 most influential Britons.

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    Raymond Chow

    Executive Director, Commercial Property, Hongkong Land Limited

    Raymond Chow has been Executive Director of Hongkong Land Limited since July 2000. He is responsible for all the Commercial Property business activities for the Company. This includes all development and asset management activities of the Company’s premier office, retail and hotel property portfolio. Mr Chow joined the Company in 1994 and has over 26 years experience in the property market. Prior to joining Hongkong Land, Mr Chow held a number of real estate management appointments with companies in Canada and Hong Kong. Mr Chow was educated in Vancouver and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Simon Fraser University. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme of Harvard Business School. He is a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is on various professional bodies advising real estate matters. He is also the Head of Governors’ Council of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and is involved in various charity committees in Hong Kong.

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    Gab McMillan

    CEO, Equiem

    Gabrielle is the founding CEO of Equiem, leading the business from its 2011 inception to become the world’s leading tenant experience platform, used by 165,000+ people across 60 million sq ft of prime commercial real estate worldwide. Named in Business Insider’s Coolest People in Australian Tech (2016) and honoured in Bisnow’s 2019 NYC Power Women list, Gabrielle is an exceptional leader, with a commercial acumen honed across 15+ years of leading and growing organisations. In the space of just 8 years, she has developed the Equiem team from just two to over 230 employees. Today, Gabrielle's Equiem manages a client portfolio of 145+ buildings across Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the USA, leading the firm to be named in Deloitte's Tech Fast 500 (APAC 2016). In 2017, she moved to New York with her family to spearhead the company’s expansion in the USA. Gabrielle was previously Director of Sales & Marketing and Group General Manager of Advance Marketing, a leading marketing organisation operating in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. She is also a published writer and an accomplished global presenter having studied Business and Communications at Monash University in Melbourne.

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    Sarah Forster

    CEO, The Good Economy Partnership

    Sarah Forster is CEO of The Good Economy Partnership (TGE), a leading social advisory firm and specialist in impact measurement and management. TGE clients include mainstream and social investors, businesses, governments, international development organisations and charitable organisations. Sarah leads on the design of innovative impact investment funds and helping mainstream investors integrate ESG and impact considerations into investment decision-making, including investors in affordable housing. In early 2020, TGE also led a collaborative project to develop a sector-standard approach to ESG reporting for the UK social housing sector in partnership with leading housing associations, investors and other market participants. Sarah has over 25 years’ experience in international development, development finance and social impact investment from the World Bank, New Economics Foundation and Big Issue Invest.

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    Lisette van Doorn

    Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Urban Land Institute

    As chief executive of ULI Europe, Lisette van Doorn is responsible for the development of the Institute’s activities across the region, including its renowned pan-European conferences and over 250 local meetings and events across 14 countries. She is responsible for working with ULI’s staff both locally and globally to deliver more high profile content and reports; coordinating Advisory Services panels and Urban Plan; and expanding the Institute’s thought leadership across Europe. Van Doorn joined ULI in January 2015 from LIRE, her own consultancy business, which advises international institutional real estate investors and fund managers on strategy, organisational optimisation and portfolio structuring. Prior to this, van Doorn was country manager for CBRE Global Investors where she managed a €1.6bn portfolio of assets in Italy and fund manager of two shopping centre funds (€ 1.3 billion) with assets in Spain, Portugal and Italy. Before joining CBRE Global Investors, van Doorn was founding chief executive for INREV, the European association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles for four and a half years. Van Doorn started her career at ING Investment Management, where she held account manager and assistant controller positions before being made managing director of research & strategy for ING Real Estate Investment Management Europe.

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    Joanne McNamara

    Executive Vice President, Europe and Asia-Pacific, Oxford Properties Group

    Joanne McNamara is Executive Vice President, Europe and Asia-Pacific of Oxford Properties. In this role, Jo is responsible for all aspects of Oxford’s business across Europe. Jo is a member of Oxford’s Executive Leadership Team, Executive Committee and Investment Committee. Jo was one of Oxford’s first team members in London, joining the European investment team in 2010, and over the past decade has contributed to and led many of the organization’s most significant investment and development transactions. Jo was most recently responsible for the operating performance of Oxford’s European business and leadership of the 40+ person European team. Prior to joining Oxford, Jo worked in investments and development at leading real estate companies. Jo has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (Honours) from Cardiff University and a Master of Science in International Real Estate from Oxford Brookes University. She currently lives in London.

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    Norman Foster

    Founder and Executive Chairman, Foster + Partners

    Norman Foster is the founder and executive chairman of Foster + Partners, a global studio for architecture, urbanism and design, rooted in sustainability. His projects include the Reichstag in Berlin, the Great Court of the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, airports in Hong Kong and Beijing and headquarters buildings for Hearst in New York, Apple California, Bloomberg London, Comcast Technology Center Philadelphia and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong. Current research projects, in association with the European Space Agency and NASA, are exploring solutions for the creation of habitations on the Moon and Mars. He is president of the Norman Foster Foundation, based in Madrid with a global reach, promoting interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists anticipate the future. He became the 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate in 1999. In 1997, he was appointed to the Order of Merit and in 1999 was granted a Life Peerage in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, taking the title of Lord Foster of Thames Bank.

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    James Scott

    Lead Researcher, MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab

    James Scott is the Lead Researcher for the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab (REIL) based in Cambridge, MA. The REIL is a research lab that merges MIT’s Center of Real Estate with the universities technological capabilities, to create an innovative real estate technology research platform. Among other positions, James is also ‘Innovator-In-Residence’ for IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) where he identifies technology innovations that help IREM members operate their buildings more efficiently, improve their properties’ competitive positioning, and better serve tenants and clients. James has written a number of industry papers and gives regular talks and presentations on Automation and Real Estate Technologies, often focusing on how these will affect the industry in the future. James brings both a background in commercial real estate and a passion for innovative technologies that utilize data to identify the products and processes that will provide the future spaces that people will want to live and work in.

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    Norman Foster

    Founder and Executive Chairman, Foster + Partners

    Norman Foster is the founder and executive chairman of Foster + Partners, a global studio for architecture, urbanism and design, rooted in sustainability. His projects include the Reichstag in Berlin, the Great Court of the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, airports in Hong Kong and Beijing and headquarters buildings for Hearst in New York, Apple California, Bloomberg London, Comcast Technology Center Philadelphia and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong. Current research projects, in association with the European Space Agency and NASA, are exploring solutions for the creation of habitations on the Moon and Mars. He is president of the Norman Foster Foundation, based in Madrid with a global reach, promoting interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists anticipate the future. He became the 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate in 1999. In 1997, he was appointed to the Order of Merit and in 1999 was granted a Life Peerage in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, taking the title of Lord Foster of Thames Bank.

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    Anne Kavanagh

    Member of the Management Board, CIO, PATRIZIA AG

    Anne Kavanagh joined PATRIZIA in April 2017 as a Member of the Board and Chief Investment Officer. As a company with operations around the world, PATRIZIA has been offering investment opportunities in real estate and infrastructure assets for institutional, semi-professional and private investors for 36 years. PATRIZIA manages more than EUR 46 billion in assets and employs over 800 professionals at 24 locations worldwide. You can find further information at www.patrizia.ag. Prior to PATRIZIA Anne was at AXA Investment Managers, Real Assets, where she was a member of the Management Board, a member of the Global Investment Committee and Global Head of Asset Management and Transactions. Prior to AXA Anne carried out leading management roles at a number of internationally recognised businesses, including MD of Real Estate at Lazard, Head of Real Estate at Cambridge Place Investment Management and International Director in Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets business. Anne is a Global Board Member and a Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute.

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    Peter Frankopan

    Professor of Global History and Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford University

    Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University, where he is Senior Research Fellow of Worcester College and Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. He works on the history of the Eastern Mediterranean, Russia, the Middle East, Central Asia and China. His work on the history of the Crusades as ‘overturning a millennium of scholarship’ and making ‘the most significant contribution to rethinking the origins and course of the First Crusade for a generation.’ His book, The Silk Roads: A New History of the world has been described as ‘magnificent’ (Sunday Times) ‘ dazzling’ (Guardian), ‘a rare book that makes you question your assumptions about the world’ (Wall St Journal), ‘a treasure’ (Libre Belgique), ‘phenomenal’ (Die Welt), ‘a joy’ (Le Point) and ‘not just the most important history book in years, but the most important in decades’ (Berliner Zeitung). A New York Times Bestseller, it has topped the Non-Fiction charts all around the world, including in the UK, India and China. His most recent book The New Silk Roads: A The present and Future of the World was published in November 2018. It is a ‘masterly mapping out of a new world order’ (Evening Standard) and nothing less than ‘a state of the world address’ (The National). He works with UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) on the future of sustainable cities and on the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2017, he was appointed Senior Advisor and Academic Expert to a major project for the World Bank and Department for International Development (DFID) on Transport Corridors in South Asia. Professor Frankopan advises governments, inter-government agencies, multi-lateral institutions and corporations around the world about geopolitics. He writes regularly for the press in the UK, US, China and South Asia about international affairs.

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    Frank Snowden

    Andrew Downey Orrick Professor Emeritus of History & History of Medicine, Yale University

    Professor Snowden received his Ph.D. from Oxford University in 1975. His books include Violence and Great Estates in the South of Italy: Apulia, 1900-1922 (1984); The Fascist Revolution in Tuscany, 1919-1922 (1989); Naples in the Times of Cholera (1995) and The Conquest of Malaria: Italy, 1900-1962 (2006). Conquest was awarded the Gustav Ranis Prize from the MacMillan Center at Yale in 2007 as “the best book on an international topic by a member of the Yale Faculty,” the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize by the American Historical Association as the best work on Italy in any period, and the 2008 Welch Medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Italian history, European social and political history, and the history of medicine.

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    Vanessa Cheung

    Group Managing Director, Nan Fung Development Ltd.

    Vanessa is the Group Managing Director of Nan Fung Development Ltd., managing the Group’s Hong Kong property division. She is also the Founder of The Mills – a revitalization project of transforming the Nan Fung Textile Mills into a global innovation techstyle destination comprising of art, start-up incubator and experiential retail. Through The Mills project and her experience in working for AECOM as a Landscape Designer as well as a part-time lecturer at HKU on City Branding, she hopes to inspire the younger generation and push Hong Kong’s leadership potential beyond the status quo. She is a convener of NarrativeHK, an initiative promoting positive attitude among her generation in envisioning the future of HK. She co-founded Quo Kefir Believers, a natural probiotic health food company, and the coowner of HK’s first CrossFit gym, CrossFit Asphodel. Vanessa obtained her Master in Landscape Architecture at Harvard University and Bachelors in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.

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    Michala Marcussen

    Group Chief Economist and Head of Economic and Sector Research, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking Real Estate Finance

    Michala Marcussen assumed the role of Societe Generale’s Group Chief Economist in September 2017 and leads a team of over 30 economists and sector engineer’s in her role as Head of Economic and Sector Research in the Risk Division. She is a member of Société Générale’s Group Management Committee and has been with the Group since 1994. She began her career with Den Danske Bank in 1986 and has worked in Copenhagen, Brussels, London and Paris. With over 30 years of experience in the financial industry, she is a frequent commentator in the economic debate and has done extensive work on European integration, the long-term economic outlook, fair value of interest rates and pension savings. Michala Marcussen holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and is a CFA charterholder. Michala Marcussen is also Vice President of the SUERF (European Money and Finance Forum) Council of Management.

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    Pete Gladwell

    Head of Public Sector Partnerships, Legal & General Property

    After an erstwhile life as a Youth Worker, Pete joined Legal & General in 2007, launching a new generation of property funds focussed on liability matching and Defined Contributions pension schemes, and L&G’s joint venture with PGGM, which total over £5bn. In 2015, Pete moved to lead L&G’s investments with the Public Sector - including the Cabinet Office, Local Authorities, NHS, Housing Associations and Universities - which now total over £4.5bn. Pete holds an MA from Brasenose College, Oxford in Computation, the IMC, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and Honorary Professor at UCL. Pete is heavily involved in local community projects in Harlesden, west London and a Trustee of the Young Foundation, which works to create a more equal and just society through social innovation.

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