TECNOBORSA SCPA - Per lo Sviluppo e la Regolazione del Mercato Immobiliare

Facing the financial crisis

Rethinking Real Estate Markets:
Sound Rules Towards Social and Economic Benefits

Rome, 3 – 4 June 2009

PRESENTATIONS/VIDEO

DAY 1: 3 June 2009

OPENING SESSION. INTRODUCTION TO THE FORUM PROGRAMME AND WELCOME ADDRESSES

		Valter Giammaria, President Tecnoborsa (41 kb)
		Christina von Schweinichen, Deputy Director, Environment, Housing and Land Management, UNECE
		Andrea Mondello, President Unioncamere
		Italian Government Representative
		Giampiero Bambagioni, Chair of REM (43 kb)

FINANCIAL CRISIS AND PERSPECTIVE FOR REAL ESTATE MARKETS

Giorgio Gobbi, Bank of Italy, Head of Division Structural Economic Analysis Department And member Scientific Committee of Tecnoborsa

SESSION 1. GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE CHECKLIST OF PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES BY THE REAL ESTATE MARKET ADVISORY GROUP

Chairperson:

Damir Pahic (Croatia, WPLA Bureau Member)

Speakers:

		Giampiero Bambagioni, Chair of REM (1.199 kb)
		Brian Emmott (REM member) (72 kb)
		David Egiashvili (REM member)

Some of the REM members will introduce the checklist and explain the format of the forum and how speakers and participants are expected to contribute to the development of the checklist.

Discussant:

		Peter Creuzer (Germany, Chair of WPLA)
		Discussion will follow among speakers and participants to obtain feedback to the checklist.

SESSION 2. SEEKING INCREASED TRANSPARENCY

Chairperson:

Brian Emmott (REM)

Speakers:

		Steven L. Nystrom, Appraisal Institute, USA (2.120 kb)
		Damir Pahic (Croatia, WPLA Bureau Member) (1.203 kb)
		Wendy Thomas, Managing Director Thomas Daily GmbH, Germany (3.195 kb)

Discussant:

		Anna Georgieva, WORLD BANK
		Discussion will follow among speakers and participants to obtain feedback for the checklist.

SESSION 3. TOWARDS GOOD PRACTICES: THE EXPERIENCE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Chairperson:

Enrico Campagnoli (REM)

Speakers:

		Alfons Metzger, Past World President Intentional Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) (984 kb)
		Jim Amorim, President of the Appraisal Insitute, USA (913 kb)
		Peter Champness, Former Chair, European Group of Valuers' Associations (TEGoVA) (1.670 kb)

Discussant:

		Federico F. Oriana, Italian Forum on Real Estate (FIRE) and President of the Associazione Società Promozione e Sviluppo Immobiliare (ASPESI)
		Discussion will follow among speakers and participants to obtain feedback the checklist.

DAY 2: 4 June 2009

SESSION 4. FINACING REAL ESTATE

Chairperson:

Jonathan Harris (REM) (102 kb)

Speakers:

		Roberto Sabbatini and Francesco Zollino – Real Economy Sector Research Department, BANK OF ITALY (205 kb)
		Rudy de Jong, Chair Internal Market WG – CECODHAS (206 kb)
		David Berno, MICRO PROGRESS (The Study Center for International Cooperation and Development) (372 kb)

SESSION 5. SOCIAL HOUSING AS PART OF THE HOUSING MARKET

Chairperson:

Wolfgang Amann (REM) (277 kb)

Speakers:

		Krzystof Mularczyk UN-Habitat - Poland, Director (1.820 kb)
		Rudy de Jong, Chair Internal Market WG – CECODHAS
		Gerard Bakker, President Global Housing Foundation (GHF) Europe (442 kb)

Discussant:

		Doris Andoni, (Albania, Chair of Committee on Housing and Land Management, CHLM))
		Discussion will follow among speakers and participants to obtain feedback for the checklist.

SESSION 6. IMPROVING THE DRAFT CHECKLIST: INPUTS FROM THE SESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES

Chairperson:

David Egiashvili (REM)

Speakers:

		Peter Creuzer, Germany (Germany, Chair of WPLA)
		Anna Georgieva (WORLD BANK)
		Federico Oriana (FIRE)
		Andrea Zenhder (HUMAN)
		Doris Andoni (Albania, Chair of CHLM) (2.529 kb)

Feedback from sessions and input to the checklist will be provided by the moderators and discussants.

CLOSING REMARKS AND FUTURE STEPS

Prof. Saverio Miccoli (University of Rome “La Sapienza”) and Prof. Marco Simonotti (University of Palermo) - Valuations and Real Estate rating
“The Way forward as Seen from the Academia”

Closing remarks from the hosts and organizers and next REM appointments.