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200+ Industry leaders
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Connecting European capital to global real estate
Join the PERE Network to attend the 20th annual Europe Forum in 2025 and understand where the greatest opportunities exist across private real estate markets as we enter a new cycle.
Connect with 200+ of the region’s most influential institutional investors, fund and asset managers, developers, and strategic partners prepare for the next generation of real estate investment.
- Build lasting relationships with emerging players in real estate
- Discover investment opportunities
- Understand local trends and challenges across Europe’s leading markets
Our keynote speaker
Keynote spotlight:
Bruce Flatt, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management
Bruce Flatt, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management, joins us to reflect on Brookfield’s real estate journey from post GFC turnarounds to $15bn in global fund closings this year. Discover his perspective on real estate’s position relative to other asset classes and its evolving role in institutional portfolios. Gain exclusive insights into the convergence across real assets sectors where the lines are blurring why it matters and what’s next.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn from the leader of one of the world’s most successful alternative investment firms.
Accelerate your fundraising
Easy access and interaction with European investors allocating across a wide spectrum of real estate strategies and geographies.
Discover the latest industry intelligence
The Forum’s world-class speaking faculty will dive into market trends and emerging opportunities that will influence your strategic direction.
Save time building your network
Engage with industry leaders before, during, and after the Forum with a PERE Network membership. Access a network of over 1,400 investors and managers worldwide.
2025 Speakers include:
Key discussion topics
Navigating Economic Forecasts, Inflation, and Interest Rate Dynamics
Rethinking Fundraising, Capital Structuring, and Liquidity Solutions
Identifying Sector-Specific Opportunities Across Cycles
Driving Operational Value Creation Beyond Capital Deployment
Decarbonisation, ESG Compliance, and Sustainable Investing in Practice
Harnessing AI & Technology for Competitive Advantage in Real Estate
PERE Europe is a key event to attend in my calendar and always provides excellent insight to the state of the European real estate market.
Raj Kotecha
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Amro Real Estate Partners
Apply for a complimentary Institutional Investor pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for allocators and institutional investors to join the event.
Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your pass.
Thought leadership, branding and networking opportunities
Be part of thought-provoking discussions with leading institutional investors, investment, fund and asset managers, developers, advisers, and strategic partners.
Sponsorship offers you:
- Thought-leader speaking opportunities
- VIP access for you and your team
- High-profile branding before, during and after the Forum
- And much more …
For exclusive sponsorship packages for 2025, contact Charlotte Hung, our Global Business Development Manager of Real Estate at charlotte.h@pei.group
Thanks to our 2025 sponsors
View the key conversation topics
Download 2025 agenda to discover the topics we discussed at the PERE Europe Forum.
Have a topic that think would fit on the 2025 agenda? Contact Ben Moss today.
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Agenda
PERE Europe Forum - Day one, Equity, Decarbonisation ＆ AI - Tuesday 10th
08:00 - 08:45
Registration and networking breakfast
08:00 - 08:45
Breakfast briefing: Investor Council (Invitation only, RSVP required)
- PERE data presentation on investor allocation, geographies, strategies and asset appetites
- Investor sentiment in the current market landscape – market and political headwinds are increasingly of concern to investors
Plenary
08:45 - 09:00
Welcome remarks
Jonathan Brasse,
Harm Meijer
09:00 - 09:30
Keynote: Bruce Flatt, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management
Jonathan Brasse,
Bruce Flatt
- Reflection on Brookfield’s real estate business: from the Turnaround Consortium post-GFC to $15bn global fund closings this year.
- What are the prospects for real estate relative to other asset classes and its evolving role in the institutional portfolio?
- Where are the blurring lines within real assets sectors? Where does that matter and why?
- Prospects for European real estate in the context of today’s deglobalization
Moderator: Jonathan Brasse, Editor-in-Chief, PERE
Bruce Flatt, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management
09:30 - 10:15
Headline panel: is private real estate in a new cycle or facing a false dawn?
Natalie Breen,
Mike Bryant,
Jesse Hom,
Nick Montgomery,
Jan Plückhahn,
Alistair Smith
- How managers, investors and their advisors are positioning themselves amid today’s geopolitical, macroeconomic and sector uncertainty
- What private real estate’s place and purpose in the institutional portfolio looks like now
- Which secular themes stayed relevant from the last cycle to this
- Technology and energy: why both are gathering prominence for today’s private real estate practitioners
Moderator: Natalie Breen, Global Market Leader, Real Assets, CSC
Mike Bryant, Partner, Real Estate, Partners Group
Jesse Hom, Chief Investment Officer, Real Assets and Real Estate Credit, Blue Owl
Nick Montgomery, Global Head of Real Estate, Schroders Capital
Jan Plückhahn, Head Real Estate Germany, Swiss Life Asset Managers
Alistair Smith, Head of Real Estate, Border to Coast Pension Partnership
10:15 - 10:45
Networking coffee break
Plenary
10:45 - 11:30
Europe on the road to recovery
Edward Tran,
Alfonso Aramendía,
Riccardo Cobianchi,
Allen Chilten,
Arvi Luoma,
Erik Vikbladh
- What are the prospects for private real estate in a Europe impacted by deglobalization?
- Where does today’s digital revolution fit into the institutional investing thesis?
- From Covid-19 to 2022’s inflation surge: a debrief on accelerated secular trends and a market paralyzed by surging inflations and the lessons learned for today.
- What will reboot fundraising for private real estate funds?
Moderator: Edward Tran, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Alfonso Aramendía, Azora Investment Management
Riccardo Cobianchi, Executive Director, Zurich Insurance Group
Allen Chilten, Global Head of Real Estate Capital Formation, Schroders Capital
Arvi Luoma, Senior Managing Director, Head of European Equity, Cain International
Erik Vikbladh, Chief Investment Officer, AREIM
11:30 - 12:00
Keynote interview: the surge in private real estate secondaries activity
Evelyn Lee,
Jeff Giller
12:00 - 13:25
Networking lunch
Equity Track
13:25 - 13:30
Opening remarks
Harm Meijer
Chairman: Harm Meijer, Founding Partner, ICAMAP
13:30 - 14:15
Managers: winning investment strategies amid the green shoots
Guelda Voien,
Daniel Andersson,
Robert Campkin,
Sheelam Chadha
- Which geographies, sectors and risk-return profiles stand the best chance of success today
- How best to engage ‘beds, sheds, meds and bytes’ given current secular trends
- Back to (old) school: where do the traditional food groups of office and retail fit in now?
- Private real estate’s next generation: as another cycle forms, another cohort of managers make their moves.
Moderator: Guelda Voien, Editor, PERE Deals
Daniel Andersson, Head of Acquisitions, NIAM
Robert Campkin, Managing Director, Real Assets, Blue Owl
Sheelam Chadha, Founder, Dry Capital
14:15 - 15:00
Investors: securing long-term value
Michael Abel,
Mathieu Elshout,
Jenny Hammarlund,
Tom Jackson
- Today’s liability-matching requirements unpacked
- How are investors balancing core, value-add, and opportunistic real estate investments to optimize risk-adjusted returns today
- Denominator impact: prevalent practices for navigating macroeconomic impacts on the real estate part of the institutional portfolio.
- Vehicular shifts: investors explore access private real estate via traditional commingled funds, co-investment vehicles, clubs, JVs and separate accounts.
Moderator: Michael Abel, Founder ＆ CEO, GREYKITE
Mathieu Elshout, Head of European Property, Aware Super
Jenny Hammarlund, Senior Managing Director, OTPP
Tom Jackson, Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, Europe, CPP Investments
15:00 - 15:30
Networking coffee break
15:30 - 16:15
The REIT opportunity unpacked
Jack Sidders,
Sara Bellenda,
Miranda Cockburn,
Harm Meijer
- An assessment of the trends linking today’s privatization headlines
- What to understand about today’s discounts to NAV
- Why so many REITs are internalizing managers
- Europe’s listed real estate universe is dwindling but could the private sector return to using it for exits?
Moderator: Jack Sidders, Senior Reporter, Bloomberg
Sara Bellenda, Sales Specialist, Real Estate, Bernstein
Miranda Cockburn, Head of Strategy and Reporting, Indurent
Harm Meijer, Founding Partner, ICAMAP
16:15 - 17:00
Keynote interview: the key to growing through a market cycle transition
Charlotte D’Souza,
JP Hagen
- Notes from a real estate conglomerate
- Appetite for construction: a journey through today’s most logical urban environments
- Which innovations make most sense as one cycle gives way to the next?
- Today’s best practices in decarbonization
- From the Nordics to the word: what can the private real estate sector of the region teach the rest of us
Moderator: Charlotte D’Souza, EMEA Editor, PERE
JP Hagen, Partner, Urban Partners
Debt Track
13:25 - 13:30
Opening remarks
Daniel Cunningham
Chairman: Daniel Cunningham, Editor, Real Estate Capital Europe
13:30 - 14:00
Keynote interview: Why debt, why now?
Daniel Cunningham,
Henry Randolph
- How are interest rates, inflation, and capital markets volatility reshaping real estate debt strategies?
- Where are institutional investors and fund managers deploying capital across private credit, structured debt, and opportunistic financing?
- How are fund structures adapting to changing investor demands, and what innovative financing solutions are emerging in today’s market?
Moderator: Daniel Cunningham, Editor, Real Estate Capital Europe
Henry Randolph, Partner, Patron Capital
14:00 - 14:45
Keynote panel: what’s next for real estate debt?
Lucy Scott,
Alberto Agazzi,
Will Dear,
David Gorleku,
Jonathan Jay,
Arron Taggart
- How are debt funds overcoming fundraising challenges and attracting institutional capital?
- With banks retreating, where are alternative lenders stepping in to fill the financing gap?
- How will recapitalizations and refinancings drive capital movement in the next 12-18 months?
Moderator: Lucy Scott, Deputy Editor, Real Estate Capital Europe
Alberto Agazzi, Head of Generali Real Estate International, Generali Real Estate
Will Dear, Managing Director and Co-Head of European Real Estate, Sculptor Capital
David Gorleku, Managing Director, Real Estate, Blackstone
Jonathan Jay, Managing Partner, Conduit RE
Arron Taggart, Head of UK Real Estate, Cheyne Capital
14:45 - 15:30
Networking coffee break
15:30 - 16:15
Institutional perspectives on global real estate credit
Joe Marsh,
Laurine Amiel,
Jonathan Campbell,
Laia Massague
- How are institutional investors adjusting their real estate debt allocations in response to market volatility?
- How do European credit opportunities compare to the U.S. and other global markets?
- What key factors are driving manager selection, risk appetite, and return expectations?
Moderator: Joe Marsh, EMEA Editor, Investors, PEI Group
Laurine Amiel, Investment Director, Australian Super
Jonathan Campbell, Head of Real Estate Credit, The Phoenix Group
Laia Massague, Partner, StepStone Group
17:00 - 18:00
Networking drinks
Agenda
PERE Europe Forum - Day two, Real Estate Debt ＆ Sectors - Wednesday 11th
08:15 - 09:00
Registration and networking breakfast
08:15 - 09:15
Women’s Circle Breakfast Meeting
Join fellow women of the PERE Network over breakfast before we kick off with Day 2 of PERE Europe. Network amongst peers, while joining an off-the-record discussion on supporting women in the workplace through mentorship, sponsoring and coaching – what actually works and how to get involved.
Equity Track
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome remarks
Harm Meijer
Chairperson: Harm Meijer, Founding Partner, ICAMAP
09:15 - 10:00
Navigating the next phase of growth for logistics investment
Jake Monroe,
Nicolò Benzi,
Chris Button,
Christian Jamison,
Brady Welch
- What considerations are most informing investment decisions across European and global logistics markets?
- Tenant demands for automation, ESG compliance, and nearshoring are reshaping logistics asset requirements
- Big box, last-mile, outdoor industrial or something else. Which type of assets warrants most attention now.
- Emerging sub-sectors such as cold storage – do they offer long term scalability?
Moderator: Jake Monroe, Co-Founder ＆ CEO, Camion Energy
Nicolò Benzi, Investment Director, Patron Capital
Chris Button, Head of Investment Management, European Real Estate, Fiera Capital
Christian Jamison, Managing Partner and CEO, Valor
Brady Welch, Co-CEO, Slate Asset Management
10:00 - 10:30
Networking coffee break
10:30 - 11:15
Operational real estate
Victoria Hills,
Chad Buchanan,
Andrew Dawber,
Robert Holl,
Yasser Al Saheal,
Rob Tyson
- Why investors are increasingly targeting healthcare in 2025.
- European hospitality investment is surging—should the sector now be considered a core asset class?
- With student populations rising and supply constrained in key markets like the UK, where are the best opportunities for investors?
Moderator: Victoria Hills, Partner, Macfarlanes
Chad Buchanan, Founder and Managing Partner, Twin Light Capital
Andrew Dawber, Founding Partner, Civitas Investment Management
Robert Holl, Principal, Wellcome Trust
Yasser Al Saheal, Managing Director, ASFO
Rob Tyson, Chief Financial Officer, Aboria Capital
11:15 - 12:00
Engaging data centres post DeepSeek
Elliot Glausiusz,
Robert Björk,
David Bloom,
Sebastian Rossavik
- How an AI event in China unsettled the data center universe
- AI vs cloud computing: which is the right occupier for institutional capital?
- Examining the mature markets and where to look next – are secondary markets viable options for deployment?
- How managers are navigating scalability and supply challenges such as power limitations, land scarcity and permitting delays
Moderator: Elliot Glausiusz, CIO, ImmoFinRE
Robert Björk, Data Centre Platform Lead, AREIM
David Bloom, CEO, Goldacre
Sebastian Rossavik, Managing Director, BGO
12:00 - 12:30
How retail should be treated like operational property
Sarah Marx,
Dan Mason
- What are the macro drivers behind retail’s bounce back?
- Explore the role of data and active management in driving retail performance
- What makes a sustainable deal?
Moderator: Sarah Marx, Reporter, PERE Deals
Dan Mason, Managing Director, Multi Realm
Sustainability Track
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome remarks
Katherine Ekers
Chairperson: Katherine Ekers, Partner, Forsters
09:15 - 10:00
The future of sustainable real estate – balancing responsibility, regulation and returns
Diana Louis,
Bertrand Absolut,
Cecile Babcock,
Richard Craddock,
Robbie Epsom
- How are institutional investors aligning ESG, decarbonisation, and impact mandates with financial performance?
- How are evolving global and European regulations influencing sustainability strategies across portfolios?
- How ESG performance is becoming a key differentiator in access to capital, investor partnerships, and long-term value creation
Moderator: Diana Louis, Head of Alternative Assets ESG Integration, MEAG
Bertrand Absolut, Senior Advisor, Sustainability, Ivanhoé Cambridge (CDPQ)
Cecile Babcock, Head of Distribution, EDGE
Richard Craddock, Head of Real Estate Debt, Redevco
Robbie Epsom, EMEA Head of Sustainability, CBRE Investment Management
10:00 - 10:30
Networking coffee break
10:30 - 11:15
The role of decarbonisation in value creation
Sarah Walker,
Robert Jenkins,
Jacob Loftus,
Brett Ormrod
- With evolving European & UK regulations, how are investors ensuring compliance while staying competitive?
- What are the most effective strategies for reducing embodied carbon and achieving net-zero portfolios?
- How are institutional investors financing the green transition, from green bonds to sustainability-linked loans?
Moderator: Sarah Walker, Partner, Real Estate, Travers Smith
Robert Jenkins, Responsible Investment Director, Delancey
Jacob Loftus, Founder and CEO, General Projects
Brett Ormrod, Net Zero Carbon Lead, Europe, LaSalle
11:15 - 12:00
Impact investment – where purpose meets performance
Katherine Ekers,
Gianluca Romano,
Limor Shklaz,
Cath Webster
- How investors are integrating measurable impact mandates while ensuring strong financial performance
- How carbon reduction goals and social impact investments, such as affordable housing, are being structured for institutional capital
- How Europe and the UK can attract larger allocations to impact-driven real estate funds
Moderator: Katherine Ekers, Partner, Forsters
Gianluca Romano, Head of Capital Raising ＆ Client Relations, Catella
Limor Shklaz, European Living ＆ Alternatives Investment Director, Nuveen
Cath Webster, CEO, Thriving Investments
12:30 - 13:30
Networking lunch and conference end
2025 Speakers
PERE Europe Forum brings together C-level executives and industry thought-leaders to speak about the latest macroeconomic trends and insight impacting your strategies and plans in the region. Download the 2025 agenda to learn about the sessions we discussed at the Forum.
Please contact Ben Moss at ben.m@pei.group for a discussion on key topics and speaking opportunities at the PERE Europe Forum 2025.
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Institutional Investors at the PERE Europe Forum
Join us at the Europe Forum, where you’ll connect with over 200 institutional investors and fund managers from around the globe.
This is your chance to discover the latest investment opportunities in private real estate and gain invaluable insights into how your peers are tackling the industry’s biggest challenges. Limited complimentary passes available for qualified institutional investors!
Don’t miss out! Apply for a pass today, and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your spot.
Benefits for attending investors include:
Investor Breakfast Briefing
This off-the-record session for investors will present insights into the behaviours of the world’s biggest real estate investors.
PERE Investor Council
Engage in open discussions about global portfolio construction with your investor peers. Explore how market headwinds are affecting real estate portfolios and discover exciting opportunities for investors.
Investor-led panels
Gain actionable insights from thought leaders in private real estate on navigating market volatility, identifying high-growth sectors, and building resilient portfolios in today’s dynamic landscape.
Network with your peers
Connect with other institutional investors to understand their strategies and allocation approach to real estate. Discover co-investing opportunities.
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Benefits include:
- All-access pass to the forum
- Full access to the PERE Network membership
- Insights from 40+ expert speakers
- Network with investors, fund managers and developers
- Access to exclusive networking events
- Matchmaking and networking platform