PropertyGuru, Southeast Asia’s leading property technology company, announces the second virtual edition of its technology and thought leadership platform, the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit.
Gathering the finest minds, top-level business leaders, and decision-makers in the real estate and tech industries, the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit: Virtual Edition is set to premiere on Wednesday, 8 December 2021 on AsiaRealEstateSummit.com with interactive features including live chat among participants, virtual booths, and on-demand playlists after opening day until Saturday, 8 January 2022. The virtual summit will feature global keynotes, expert talks, fireside chats, and panel discussions. This year’s conversation will centre on the “Data Revolution” in the real estate sector, with discussions on sustainability, accessible data, green finance, smart tech and smart cities, and innovation from visionaries and start-ups.
The day-long premiere will be segmented into an interactive exchange of ideas on the data landscape, accessible data, sustainable development, and data innovation, and will also feature expert speakers including: conference chair Stephen Oehme, managing director of Quantum Thailand Ltd and former board member of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai; Dr. William Thomas, PhD, South East Asia director of The Economist Intelligence Corporate Network, who will give a keynote on Asia’s economic recovery and reinvention post-pandemic; Susan Bennett, the original voice of Siri, will deliver the International Keynote on “Becoming the Voice of A.I.”; former US Ambassador to Asian Development Bank Curtis S. Chin, now senior fellow for Asia at Milken Institute, will give the Policy Keynote to discuss Asia’s urban resilience; and Ommid Saberi, senior industry specialist for green buildings at the International Finance Corporation, will present this year’s World Bank Keynote.
The Philippines’ Jean Jacquelyn de Castro, CEO at ESCA Incorporated and current chair of Urban Land Institute Philippines, will join a Fireside Chat with Thailand’s Kotchakorn Voraakhom, CEO and Founder, Pourous City Network, who was included in the prestigious TIME100 Next list in 2019 and will be the first female recipient of the PropertyGuru Visionary of the Year at the summit. Other speakers from the Philippines include podcast host Tina Ryan, the 2019 emcee of the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit in Bangkok, Thailand; and Angelo Tan, Country Lead for the Philippines, Climate Business, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group.
In addition, there will exclusive presentations from PropertyGuru Group leadership, including Manav Kamboj, Chief Technology Officer and Chairperson of the Tech Innovation Award; Jules Kay, managing director of PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards & Asia Real Estate Summit; Mallika Gadepalli, Director of Strategy, who will join a fireside chat with Milken Institute’s Curtis S. Chin; and a “GuruTalk” to promote greater transparency and market intelligence in the Asian property industry from Hari V. Krishnan, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of PropertyGuru Group.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW
Tickets to the virtual edition of the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit are on sale now, with an early bird offer until 7 November 2021, and special discounts for students who can present valid identification.
Access codes are valid from opening day of the virtual summit on 8 December 2021 until 8 January 2022. For tickets, please visit the official site: AsiaRealEstateSummit.com.
The 2021 PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit: Virtual Edition is supported by official innovation partner IHI; official cable TV partner History Channel; official PR partner Infinity Communications; official charity partner Right To Play International; official ESG partner Baan Dek Foundation; supporting associations Asia MarTech Society, and Green Building Consulting and Engineering; and media partners Oxford Business Group, Asia.Proptech, APAC CIO Outlook, Nikkei Asia, and PropertyGuru Property Report.
TECH INNOVATION AWARDS ENTRIES ARE OPEN
Starting September 2021, PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit also began accepting entries for its annual Tech Innovation Award, which is given to a game-changing, impactful idea in proptech. Entrants are judges by an independent panel of global experts on how their tech or innovation can solve an issue or problem in real estate.
Submissions for the PropertyGuru Tech Innovation Award 2021 competition are currently being accepted until 7 November: AsiaRealEstateSummit.com/award/
WEBINAR SERIES AND DIGITAL WHITE PAPER
The PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit marks its seventh edition in 2021. The preferred space of real estate industry leaders, innovators and visionaries in Asia Pacific, the Summit went into high gear in July with a relaunch of its official site: AsiaRealEstateSummit.com.
The PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit held its 2021 webinar series between June and October, covering the impact of the pandemic on Food & Beverage (F&B) tenants in retail properties and the use of e-commerce and contactless tech to mitigate losses in the industry; the logistics and retail real estate segments; and the new concept of living webinar (co-hosted by C9 Hotelworks’ Bill Barnett).
The PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit also published its inaugural ARES Digital White Paper, Vol. 1 in early September, entitled “PropTech and the Responsible Innovator”, tackling the crucial themes discussed at the 2020 Summit to encourage the Asia Pacific property sector to act on minimising their carbon footprint and building smarter, healthier cities for future generations.For more information, email [email protected] or visit the official website: AsiaRealEstateSummit.com
