"The International Symposium of Barcelona Meeting Point" will be held between 06 - 07 - 08 November 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. It will count with the collaboration of the European Property Federation, the Global Real Estate Institute, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, the Urban Land Institute, and the business schools ESADE and IESE.

The Professional Real Estate Exhibition will remain open on 04 - 06 November 2008 in Barcelona, Spain.

Program
06 November 2008
The ULI Seminar "Prospering in Challenging Times"
10:05 - 11:15: Too hot to handle? Spanish property markets in a European context
11:15 - 12:30: Managing change. Diversification or back to basics?
12:45 - 14:00: Global Capital Markets Turmoil

ESADE Seminar
10:00 - 10:15: Welcome
10:15 - 11:00: Prospects on the financial system as the engine of real estate growth in Spain and in Europe
11:15 - 12:30: Capital flows, liquidity and property. Current situation and expected trends
12:45 - 14:00: Real estate strategies of the largest Spanish finance institutions: the vision of the leaders
14:00: Closing remarks

14:00 - 16:00: Luncheon
"The international credit squeeze and its impact on the Spanish real estate market"
Keynote Speaker: Leslie Crawford (Chief Correspondent, Financial Times)

The ULI Seminar "Prospering in Challenging Times"
16:00 - 17:15: Creative branding marketing and sales strategies. Selling through the cycle
17:20 - 18:35: Innovative finance formulas to facilitate home buying
18:45 - 20:00: The "new" Spanish real estate sector

ESADE Seminar
16:00 - 17:15: Foreign funds and Spanish partners. New goals for a changing Spain?
17:20 - 18:35: What's next in the European development scene. The derivatives!
18:45 - 20:00: The "new" Spanish real estate sector

07 November 2008
RICS Seminar “The Changing Face of Retail”
10:00 - 10:05: Welcome
10:05 - 10:45: Europe’s Hottest Property: Retail
10:45 - 11:30: Retail Opportunities in Southern Europe and in CEE
12:00 - 12:40: The Oldest VS the Latest: High Street VS E-Commerce
12:40 - 13:20: Discount Retail: Warehouses and Factory Outlets
13:20 - 13:45: Discussion and Concluding Comments

Sustainability and Real Estate “Real Estate Sustainability: Everything From The Theory To The Practice”
10:00 - 10:15: Introduction
10:15 - 11:00: Paradigmatic and environmental change
11:15 - 12:30: Architecture and environment. Realistic Spanish pioneers
12:45 - 14:00: Building and environment regulations

14:00 - 16:00: Luncheon
“Building a sustainable future”
Keynote Speaker: Ed McMahon (Senior Resident Fellow, ULI)

RICS Seminar “The Changing Face of Retail”
16:15 - 17:30: Do real estate developments respond to the needs of our cities’ standard pattern?
16:30 - 18:00: The EU REIT and the Internal Market for Real Estate

Sustainability and Real Estate “Real Estate Sustainability: Everything From The Theory To The Practice”
16:15 - 17:30: Sustainability and commercial real estate
17:45 - 18:30: Climatic change and Europe's search for energy efficiency
18:30 - 19:00: Closing

08 November 2008
The “Live & Invest in Brazil” Seminar
10:00 - 10:30: Welcome
10:30 - 11:00: The power of the Brazilian economy
11:00 - 11:30: Stability and great prospects for the real estate industry
11:30 - 12:00: Brazil, much more than just tourism. São Paulo, the largest property market in Latin America
12:15 - 13:00: Property opportunities linked to tourism in Brazil. How to get them financed
13:00 - 14:00: The resort market in Brazil and its attractiveness for the investors

New Markets
10:00 - 10:30: An overall economic and demographic review on Central European countries and its consequences to the residential markets
10:30 - 11:15: The residential market in Poland
11:30 - 13:00: Residential development opportunities in Russia, Romania and Bulgaria
13:00 - 14:00: Turkey: A rising star. Facts for residential developments
Keynote Speaker: Erdoğan Bayraktar (President, TOKİ - Housing Development Administration)

14:00 - 16:00: Luncheon
“Brazil: a country open to investors”
Keynote Speaker: Marta Suplicy (Minister of Tourism, Government of Brazil)

The “Live & Invest in Brazil” Seminar
16:15 - 16:45: The environment and sustainable property and tourism development in Brazil
16:45 - 17:15: How to attract tourists to Brazil to use apartments under the formula "Buy to Use to Let?"
17:30 - 18:15: Legal security for tourism and property investments
18:15 - 19:15: Northeast Brazil, an open gate for international investment

New Markets
16:15 - 17:30: The nicest opportunities in Spanish-speaking America: Mexico, Panama and Argentina