Programme
The International Real Estate Finance Summit '09
Day One: Wednesday 4th November 2009
| Registration |
| Inaugural Session | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Economic & Global Market Dynamics |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Chairman’s Welcoming Remarks |
| 09:10 - 09:30 | The Current State of the UK Economy - Issues & Challenges |
| 09:30 - 09:50 | UK Real Estate Market Update |
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Tea & Coffee Networking Break |
| Session Two | |
| 10:30 - 12:10 | UK Real Estate Markets - Challenges & Opportunities |
| 10.30 - 10.40 | Chairman’s Remarks |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Availability & Sourcing of Leverage Finance in the UK Real Estate Market |
| 11.00 - 11.20 | Topic TBA |
| 11.20 - 11.40 | ‘Are We There Yet? - Investment Opportunities on the Road to Recovery’ |
| 11:40 - 12.00 | ‘Direct Investment in UK Real Estate’ |
| 12:00 - 12:10 | Questions & Answers |
| 12:10 - 14:00 | Networking Lunch |
| Session Three | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Key Real Estate Trends in the GCC |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Keynote Address: |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | ‘Development of the First Performance-Based Sustainability Rating System in the Middle East |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | ‘GCC Mortgages Current Perspective’ |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | ‘Opportunities in the West: Legal Issues’ |
| 15:20 - 15:30 | Questions & Answers |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea & Coffee Networking Break |
| Session Four | |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Flows into & from the GCC Real Estate Sector |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Good Architectural Principle & their Application to the GCC Real Estate Environment |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | ‘Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Flows into & from the GCC Real Estate Sector ‘ |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | ‘Opportunities in the US Market (Topic to be confirmed) |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | ‘Cross Border Issues in Islamic Finance Real Estate Transactions’ |
| 17:20 - 17:30 | Questions & Answers End of Day One |
| 19:30 - 22:00 | Gala Dinner & IREF ME Awards of Excellence in Association with British Property Federation. Special Guest of honor, Liz Peace, CEO, BPF |
Day Two: Thursday 5th November 2009
| Registration |
| Session Five | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Financial Structuring & Shariah Issues |
| 09.00 - 09.25 | Special Keynote |
| 09:25 - 10:15 | Panelists |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tea & Coffee Networking Break |
| Session Six | |
| 11:00 - 12:10 | GCC Real Estate Market Players Panel Discussion: Current Views & Future Trends of GCC Real Estate Market |
| 11:00 - 12:10 | Liz Peace, CEO, British Property Federation |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Market Player Discussion |
| 12:00 - 12:10 | Questions & Answers |
| Session Seven | |
| 12:10 - 13:15 | Shariah Scholars Panel Discussion |
| 12:10 - 13:15 | Chairman/Moderator: Mushtak Parker - Editor, Islamic Banker |
| Conference Closure |