22nd - 23rd September 2008, The Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Day 1 - Monday 22 September 2008

9:45 Registration and coffee 10:30 Chairman's Welcome Mark Cooper , Group Editor, EuroProperty 10:40 Keynote address Lord Lamont , former Chancellor of the Exchequer , 11:30 The state of the property investment nation   Malcolm Naish , Scottish Widows Investment Partnership 11:50 Market trends - nationally and globally • Volumes • Prices/values   Mat Oakley , Savills 12:20 Audience Q&A Malcolm Naish and Mat Oakley 12:30 Networking lunch

13:30 Future opportunities Presentations followed by chaired panel discussion • Who will be buying • Who will be selling – and why? How much distressed selling? • What will the institutions do? Audience Q&A Michael Brodtman , CBRE Stephen Smith , AXA Real Estate Investment Managers Chris Bartram , Orchard Street Investment Management Killian O'Higgins , DTZ 14:30 Rewarding European Performance Presentation by IPD followed by a chaired panel discussion The Global and European patterns of real estate investment performance The spread of returns between and within national markets Top quartile fund performances from the mature European markets The key drivers of success, and of failure The challenge of achieving consistent outperformance Ian Cullen , IPD Christophe Tanghe , ING Real Estate Capital Advisors Michael Walton , Rynda Property Investors LLP 15:30 Coffee 16:00 Workshop: Understanding Environmental Liabilities: Property Investment in the UK and Europe Run by Ambiente LLP   16:30 Sourcing debt • Wherever you invest, can you get finance? • What shape are the debt markets in for UK and European acquisitions? • How are the banks managing their balance sheets?   John Rathbone , J C Rathbone Associates Peter Denton , Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG William Newsom , Savills 17:15 Close of day one 18:45 Networking drinks reception and gala dinner Winners of the 2008 IPD/EuroProperty Investment Awards will be announced at the gala dinner.  sponsored by

Day 2 - Tuesday 23 September 2008

9:00 Coffee 9:45 Keynote speaker – Is this the right time to buy UK property? John Plender , Chairman , Quintain Estates and Development 10:15 The space debate • Is income king • Which will be the weak and which the strong occupier markets, underpinning (or threatening) investment performance? Matt Richardson , Fidelity Carmine Rotondaro , Worldwide Real Estate Director , Gucci Group Robert Bonwell , Jones Lang LaSalle 11:00 Coffee 11:30 Accessing returns by buying debt instead of direct property • Is the current market an historic opportunity? • What are the returns? What are the pitfalls? Graham Barnes , CB Richard Ellis Stephen Mundy , M&G Investments Sam Mellor , Managing Director, Evans Randall Capital Partners 12:15 The future for European Investment vehicles • What do investors think about European (and especially UK REIT performance?) • Is the sector a buy or a sell and what’s the outlook for their evolution?   Andrew Fenlon , Santander Nick Jacobson , Citi Mickola Wilson , Seven Dials

13:00 What to expect Panel debate and key presentations involving lessons learnt from the conference and audience Q&A 13:15 Networking lunch 14:45 Close of Summit

The organisers reserve the right to change the programme, speakers or venue should circumstances require.

Agenda