MIPIM Asia 2007: What is The Future for Real Estate?

MIPIM Asia 2007: What is The Future for Real Estate?

October 18, 2007

28-30 November 2007, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong
Kong
Pre-opening Conference, 27 November 2007


    PARIS, Oct. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The economists
Claude Smadja, former Managing Director of the World
Economic Forum organising Davos, and Dr Marc Faber, famous
for predicting the 1987 stock market crash, together with
the astrophysicist Dr Benoit Famaey, are among the eminent
specialists who will talk about the future of the real
estate sector during the MIPIM Asia conference cycle. 

    What are the key trends currently at work in the Asia
Pacific property sector? Where should you invest? What will
the future look like? What role will sustainable development
play within the property business? These are just some of
the questions that speakers will address at MIPIM Asia, the
world's property market in Asia Pacific, to be held at the
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from November 28
to 30.

    On 27 November, at a MIPIM Asia pre-opening conference,
the economist Claude Smadja will give a special presentation
on the major economic trends in the Asia Pacific region.
From 1996 until 2001, Claude Smadja was Managing Director
of the World Economic Forum. He was notably directly
responsible for the annual meeting at Davos, for the
Forum's activities in Asia, and especially for the East
Asia Economic Summit. He is currently President of the
consulting firm Smadja & Associates, Strategic Advisory
Inc..

    On 30 November, the economic analyst and investment
advisor Dr Marc Faber will give a detailed analysis of the
forces at work in the region's various economies and will
explain the direction they are taking for those who wish to
know where best to invest. Dr Marc Faber is the author of
the bestseller "Tomorrow's Gold -- Asia's Age of
Discovery" and publishes the famous monthly financial
newsletter "The Gloom Boom & Doom", which
through his typically contrarian approach, alerts readers
to unusual investment opportunities. Since 1973 he has been
living in Asia, where he works as an investment advisor and
fund manager.

    It is now impossible to refer to the sector's future
without factoring in sustainable development.  What does it
mean to apply this dimension to the booming Asia Pacific
region? Two sessions will be jointly organised on 29
November with the ULI (Urban Land Institute) organisation,
which acts as an authority on land use for preserving the
environment.

    To close MIPIM Asia, the astrophysicist Benoit Famaey
will broaden attendees' horizons by exploring possible
inhabitable worlds in the not so distant future. Science
and technology have advanced to such a degree that it is
very probable that a planet similar to Earth will be
discovered in the next 30 years.  From this perspective, it
is easy to imagine the importance of investment and
development opportunities for real estate professionals.  

    MIPIM Asia will welcome more than 80 experts to speak
at its conference programme.  22 sessions will present
sector analyses from various points of view -- countries
(China, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Japan¡­), sectors
(retail, hotels¡­), investments, architecture¡­

    For the complete MIPIM Asia conference programme,
please go to: http://www.mipimasia.com .
    
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