Conference participants include corporate real estate leaders representing over 100 companies from American Express to Chevron, Cisco, GlaxoSmithKline, Microsoft, Nissan, Standard Chartered Bank, Proctor & Gamble, and Unilever.
HONG KONG, Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- CoreNet Global, the world's leading association representing the corporate real estate (CRE) industry, today announced the line-up of keynote speakers and topics for its upcoming Hong Kong Summit to be held at the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel on March 22-24, 2011.
The conference, which will be officiated by Ms. Carrie Lam, Secretary for Development for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, provides a platform for Asia's corporate real estate experts to examine the trends, strategies, risks and opportunities associated with the region's changing CRE landscape.
For 2011, the Summit which is themed 'Social Dynamic: Growing Cities, Evolving Work Styles and Global Influences,' will feature three General Sessions with keynote presentations by:
Delegates will also have the opportunity to choose from six educational themes that focusing on the highly relevant topics of 'Workplace Strategies,' 'Social Dynamics,' 'Technology,' 'Sustainability,' 'Optimizing Resources,' and 'Leading Issues,' will offer more than 11 sessions presented by CoreNet Global experts, members and partners with highlights including the following:
According to Mr. Mike Zamora, CoreNet Global's Vice President of Communications for Asia, the Hong Kong Summit programme has been designed to address the current challenges and networking needs of end users, developers, service providers and others working in the CRE industry.
Comments Mr. Zamora, "We are thrilled to be able to provide a platform that enables Asia's most influential CRE decision makers to come together to share their knowledge, skills and best practices, as well as discuss the future of the region's corporate real estate development."
Mr. Zamora points out that aside from the General Sessions and break-out tracks, the agenda will present conference delegates with the opportunity to join organized site tours to visit prominent corporate real estate landmarks across Hong Kong. This includes an option to visit the recently-completed International Commerce Centre (ICC) in Kowloon which houses the corporate offices of prominent multinationals such as Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank.
To date, the event has received extensive support from across the entire CRE industry, including the following trade associations:
"CoreNet Global Summits are designed to help our delegates forge meaningful partnerships and to build significant ties with other members of the corporate real estate industry," concludes Mr. Zamora.
To view the full event programme and register for the conference, interested parties are invited to visit www.corenetglobal.org. Regular summit rates are available until February 18, 2011.
Editor's Notes
CoreNet Global is the world's leading association for corporate real estate (CRE) and workplace professionals, service providers, and economic developers. Today, we operate in five global regions, namely Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and North America.
Our 7,000 members, who represent nearly half of the Forbes Global 2000 and 70% of Fortune 100 companies, meet locally, globally and virtually to develop networks, share knowledge, learn and advance professionally.
Throughout the Asia-Pacific, we have active chapters operating across the region including Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and the Philippines. For more information, please visit www.corenetglobal.org.
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