The real estate industry has weathered cyclical headwinds including inflation, interest rate hikes, sinking deal flows, and vacant office and retail spaces in recent years. Yet there is still room for optimism: Workers are returning to offices, smart cities are reimagining urban living while US renters are getting into home ownership and retailers returning to brick-and-mortar to embrace omnichannel strategies. In the midst of a global debt crisis, where are savvy investors taking their aims? What do we do with the world we are in and built environment we have? In a world crowded with news, data and deals, where does the application of data science, AI, and machine learning come into play? And how, besides looking forward, have we met the structural changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last three years?

Moderator

Jana Sehnalova

Managing Director and Co-Founder, Tovana Investment Advisors

Speakers

Rich Gomel

Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Two Sigma Real Estate

Don Mullen

Chairman and Founder, Pretium

Hussain Sajwani

Chairman and Founder, DAMAC Group

David Steinbach

Global Chief Investment Officer, Hines

Sophie van Oosterom

Global Head of Real Estate, Schroders