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PROGRAMME *
8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 – 9:30 KEY NOTE: Urban challenges in a dynamic investment environment
Arch. Zdravko Zdravkov, Chief Architect, Sofia Municipality
9:30 – 10:30 PANEL 1: ECONOMICS AND INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT 2016
- What are the factors that create prerequisites for risk and implementation of new projects on the Bulgarian market? What is the investment environment in Bulgaria by the end of 2016 and what are the segments with growth potential?
- What are the most influential industries for the development of the property market and what is their potential for development?
- How possible a repetition of the 2007/2008 scenario is? How the projects currently appearing on the market differ from those observed in previous investment wave?
- How do large-scale investment projects affect the urban environment, the infrastructure and the development of the regions
- How do stress tests of the banks and financial institutions affect / will affect the property market?
Participants:
Atanas Garov, Managing Partner, Garitage Investment Management
Dipl. Eng. Plamen Andreev, CEO, Planex Holding
Lachezar Todorov, CEO, Terra Tour Service
Erden Bilginer, Board Member, Garanti Koza Bulgaria
Michaela Lashova, CEO, Forton
Nikola Kedov, Associate Director, Advisory, KPMG Bulgaria
Katerina Kraeva, Partner, Wolf Theiss
Georgi Kirov, Director Evaluations and Investments, Colliers International (moderator)
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:00 PANEL 2: OFFICE SPACE MARKET – DEMAND, SUPPLY, CHALLENGES
- How will the office map of Sofia change by the end of 2017 and after that? Market 2016 - demand, supply, trends
- Challenges: What are the risks for Bulgaria to lose its image of a leading outsourcing destination and thus leading to withdrawal of investors in the sector and how to avoid such risks? How should the education strategy of the country meet the high demand for qualified staff to maintain the potential for the development of the outsourcing business?
- How do cities in the country meet / will meet the companies that are interested in them? Is there potential for realization of Class A office projects in the cities besides Sofia?
- Investments: What is the current situation on the investment market in the office segment and should we, based on the existence of assets with stable financial flows, expect investment transactions?
Participants:
Adina Welsh, CEO, Expo 2000 Office Park
Xavier Marcenac, President, TELUS International Europe
Olga Stoichkova, Chair of the Managing Board, ACBO
Stanimira Pashova, Head of Office Space, Forton
Dimitar Zwiatkow, CMS Sofia
Denitsa Simeonova, Capital (moderator)
12:00 – 13:00 PANEL 3: OFFICE SPACE MARKET – INVESTMENTS AND NEW CONCEPTS
- Will there be a balance between supply and demand in late 2017 and in 2018, when we expect the basic volume of areas that are currently at realization stage to come to market?
-What are the rental rates, on which the developers make their business plans and what is the risk of oversaturating the market? How many and what king of office buildings could the market could absorb?
- Functionality, amenities, transport security, working environment - which will be the main competitive characteristics of "the new wave" Class A office buildings?
- How do the dynamics and the development in the IT and the outsourcing industries affect the requirements of the office tenants - competition in employee retention, development of value-added services, better office environment and others.How is this reflected in the conception of new projects?
- Office building management trends
Participants:
David Davidov, Managing Partner, Garitage Park
Sergey Koynov, CEO, Polygraphia Office Center
Verka Petkova, Manager Office & Industrial Services, Colliers International
Todor Kavrakov, CPM, Property Manager, Trade Center Europe
Arch. Angel Zahariev, A&A Architects, planner of Sky Fort
Bissera Ivanova, Deputy CEO, Mundus Services
Tanya Kosseva-Boshova, CEO, European Trade Center (moderator)
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 15:00 PANEL 4: RESIDENTIAL SPACE MARKET
- What was the residential space market in 2016 and what should we expect for 2017? Demand, supply, tendencies.
- If in recent years we comment on the continuous development of the buyers' requirements, how have they changed over the last year? What are the new concepts that can provide the desired living environment of the modern, technological and dynamic resident?
- Stabilization of prices - does it mean a balanced future for the market?
- What is happening in markets outside of Sofia? Is the price the only factor in marketing and is there any ground for development projects in the higher segments?
- What is happening in the luxury segment? Would the new projects be able to meet the demand and the shortage of quality luxury homes?
Participants:
Geori Ranchev, CEO, Residential Park Sofia
Iliyan Marinov, Marketing and Sale Manager, Green Life Development & Resorts
Dimitar Savov, CEO, BLD
Hristo Chepishev, Owner, Edelweiss
Svetoslava Georgieva, Deputy CEO, Unique Estates
Kaloyan Bogdanov, Marketing and Communications Manager, AG Capital (moderator)
15:00 – 15:15 COFEE BREAK
15:15 – 16:15 PANEL 5: INDUSTRIAL SPACE MARKET
- Will the volume of industrial spaces answer the market demand, provided the newly built projects? What is the main criteria when looking for modern industrial and logistics spaces?
- How the development of infrastructure projects will change the industrial map of the country? Are there any other cities/regions that can achieve the success of Plovdiv /Trakia economic zone as an industrial hub?
- The challenge of attracting and keeping qualified human resource - a key factor for the future success of industrial spaces
Participants:
Valeri Andreev, Member of the Managing Board of BCCI and consultant in the field of industrial project
Julian Mihov, Director Business Development, EY
Daniela Boytcheva, Manager Key Accounts, Colliers International
Vladimir Gurdjieff, Head of Industrial Space and Land Development, Forton
Arch. Lubomir Stanislavov, CEO and Member of the Board, Automotive Cluster Bulgaria
Simeon Mitev, CEO of Chance 96 and Owner of the platform Bgsklad
Nikolay Todorov, The City Media Group (moderator)
16:15 – 17:15 PANEL 6: RETAIL SPACE MARKET
- based on the steady rate of occupied areas with well performing assets and the lack of new implementations of shopping malls in Sofia, can we define the market as mature and stable? What are the important aspects that give a competitive advantage in an already established market?
- Models for restructuring and repositioning of shopping centers
- Plovdiv: the most dynamic city on the country mall map. What will change the commercial map of the city after the upcoming opening of new facilities?
- What is the potential for development of retail parks in Bulgaria and what attract tenants and visitors?
- Expansions of the market for fast moving consumer goods: new concepts in the process of fighting for market share
Participants:
Wolfgang Idl, Director of Retail, Revetas Capital
Andrey Petrov, Director Expansions and Sales DM Bulgaria EOOD
Nina Nikolova, CEO, Markovo Tepe Mall
Vladislav Tanchev, Country Manager, LC Waikiki International Retail
Stefan Kossev, Owner, Regent’s Property Advisors (moderator)
* The organizers reserve their right to change the programme. Last update: 8.11.2016 |
