What's on the agenda?

The Real Estate Market Forum programme addresses issues relevant to the residential market and topics important to the commercial sector separately. The sessions take place simultaneously in two rooms (the Residential Room and the Commercial Room), whilst two presentations are common to both groups.

Two days of proceedings, no more than 700 attendees, over 100 speakers, nearly 40 debates and talks – this is an event you simply can’t miss!

Common themes for both the residential and commercial markets will include a panel discussion on the growing fragmentation of the property market, which is leading to the emergence of an increasing number of specialised asset classes and changing the way investment decisions are made, projects are financed and risks are managed, a lecture by a Special Guest and a discussion summarising various investment models in the living segment and ways of building value in institutional rental projects. Does the living segment currently function as a stable, long-term asset class for institutional capital, or rather as a set of flexible investment strategies based on various exit scenarios and capital rotation?

The programme on the housing market includes, amongst other things:

• an opening panel on the fragmentation of the property market – discussing how the growing number of specialised asset classes is changing the way investment decisions are made, risk is managed and projects are compared in Western Europe and the CEE region,

• a debate on the growing impact of regulation on the housing sector – on the consequences of changes to spatial planning, master plans and planning permission decisions, and on the boundary between public duties and the responsibilities of private investors,

• a panel on the developer–client relationship in the new market realities – covering the effects of changes to the Development Act, transparency of flat prices, increasing buyer protection, and the impact of regulation on sales strategies and prices,

• a discussion on the role of the state in the housing market – on whether the market for new flats can function without subsidies and support schemes, and which housing policy tools have a real impact on housing affordability,

• foresight “Housing in Poland 2050” – a discussion on the long-term model for the development of the housing market, the balance between ownership and renting, and the role of public policy in ensuring housing affordability,

• a panel on demographic changes and their impact on housing demand – covering an ageing population, the growing number of single-person households, and market polarisation between metropolitan areas and smaller towns,

• discussions on new investment segments and models – including senior housing, the ‘living’ segment, and various strategies for building value in institutional rental projects.

The commercial programme includes:

• a debate on capital structure in the property market – focusing on the growing role of private capital, family offices and investors in wealth succession, and the question of whether core institutional investors will return to the market in Poland and CEE,

• a panel on technology as the new standard in commercial projects – discussing when technological solutions genuinely enhance the value and efficiency of assets, and when they become merely a costly market requirement,

• a presentation on the data centre market – covering the global boom in data centres, infrastructure and energy barriers in Poland, and the country’s potential to serve as a regional digital hub,

• a discussion on the office market operating under a multi-speed logic – covering differences between cities and building classes, selective demand, and the challenges facing older office stock,

• a panel on the warehouse market in the context of economic security – on the impact of nearshoring, supply chain reorganisation and geopolitical tensions on the development of logistics and infrastructure assets,

• a debate on the maturity of the Polish commercial property market – on the transition from a phase of dynamic growth to a stage of asset management, data and more sophisticated risk management,

• a panel discussion on strategies for designing flexible (dual-use) assets – covering projects designed to accommodate changes in function, the limits of multifunctionality, and whether such flexibility actually enhances the resilience of investments or merely increases project costs and complexity.