The 12th Asian Real Estate Society Annual Conference, jointly the 2007 American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) International Conference, takes place in the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center, Macau, China, during July 10-12, 2007.
The Conference is organized by the Asian Real Estate Society and the University of Macau. Co-organizers are the Baruch College of the City University of New York, the School of Hotel and Tourism Management of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Institute of Real Estate Studies of the Tsinghua University, the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), the International Real Estate Society.
The conference provides a forum for academics, practitioners, and policymakers in the areas of real estate market, real estate finance, development and investment, housing and urban planning, hospitality and tourism development, urban economics, regulation and government policy, to exchange ideas on important issues. Participants can fully relax and enjoy the summer in the Orient, while simultaneously sharing academic and research ideas in the conference.
The three keynote speakers, all having remarkable influence to both the real estate markets and the academia, adding much glamour to the conference opening ceremony are: Secretary Alphonso Jackson is the secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department of the United States of American government. Prof. Sir James A. Mirrlees is the 1996 Nobel laureate in Economics, and distinguished professor of economics of the University of Macau. Prof. Sheridan Titman is a world renowned professor in the area of finance.
This conference also features several highlights. In addition to nine sessions featuring six concurrent paper sessions, covering over 250 papers on current theoretical and applied research, there are always one (or more) English as well as a Chinese special panel discussions (one of which offers English/Chinese simultaneous interpretation) in each of the nine sessions by both academics and practitioners on issues about Asia and rest of the world. The organizers have also organized a plenary session, a dinner speech by Dr. Ronnie Chan, chairman of the Hang Lung Group, Hong Kong, and a couple discussion sessions on some topical issues on the practicing side of real estate. Furthermore, a Chinese paper session is offered in each of the nine session time slots.
There is also a panel discussion session dedicated to “The Impact of the Gaming Industry on Property Markets in Macau”.
The delegates consist of many leading scholars and practitioners from all over the world. There are over 400 participants from Australia, Austria, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to name a few. The organizers are confident that this conference can serve the purpose of providing a stimulating environment and platform for all academics and practitioners to meet in this small city that is famous for being a bridge where East meets West.
The opening ceremony will be held on 10 July 2007 (Tuesday) at 9:00 a.m. at 3/F, Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre. All are welcome. For more details, please vist the official website http://www.AsRES2007.umac.mo or contact Miss Angela Fong at 397 4736.