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Steve is the lead portfolio manager for the Japan Alternatives Living Fund, a specialist strategy investing in senior housing and other alternative living sectors such as student housing, single family, and co-living in Greater Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Prior to joining Nuveen in 2022, Steve founded AR Capital Advisors, a boutique investment consultancy focused on applications of data science

Angela leads Mirvac’s Build to Rent BTR (Multi-Family) function, generating strategic direction for business activities and continuing growth of the business towards a medium term target of 5,000 apartments. She oversees the Australian Build to Rent Club (ABTRC) and future third party capital relationships for Mirvac in this sector, being accountable for the development, delivery and financial pe

Mr. Keith Chan is the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Funlive. He is responsible for the overall strategic direction, business operations and management of Funlive. Prior to this role, he was Senior Managing Director, Co-head of China and Head of China Real Estate at Macquarie Capital. Mr. Chan has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, investment banking and principal

Junwoo Chang is a general manager, titled Professional, in charge of business development and pre-sales in B2B Business Solution business division. After his 10-year background of software engineering technical marketing and product planning in Samsung SDI, Motorola Korea and OBIGO, he has led in LG Electronics for 12 years various projects, innovative in that they are connecting services to h

Based in Hong Kong, Shaman Chellaram has 17 years experience in the real estate industry across Asia and Europe. As Senior Director at Colliers, he advises clients across the hotel & commercial real estate sectors in Hong Kong and key international markets. He works with hotel owners, hotel operators, family offices, PERE funds, institutions and developers. Key services include brand and operat

Ada Choi is the Executive Director at CBRE Research Asia Pacific overviewing the corporate real estate functions. Ada has over 10 years’ experience in the Asia Pacific property market and is active in publishing thematic research on the regional real estate market. Her research interest spans from aspirations of millennials in reshaping real estate sector to the rise of institutional investors in

Driven by a deep-seated belief that design, innovation and technology can make the world a better place for all, Donald Choi is worker of the built environment. Before joining Chinachem Group as Executive Director and CEO, he was the Managing Director of Nan Fung Group, and a Director of Foster and Partners. He has worked on a large number of high-profile public and private projects worldwide.

Joon Nak CHOI (JC) is Advisor to the MSc in Business Analytics Program, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Management; and Faculty Associate, Institute for Emerging Market Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He teaches corporate strategy, management consulting, leadership, data an

Prasad is a Civil Engineer whose career spans across Europe and Asia Pacific in the private and public infrastructure sector. His track record includes underground railways, places of public entertainment, high-end hospitality facilities, corporate & residential complexes. Most notably, he worked on MTR and HKJC multibillion dollar projects in Hong Kong and the GBA where he led efforts in civil

David Faulkner, president of ULI Asia Pacific, is a Chartered Surveyor with over 40 years of experience in the real estate industry in the United Kingdom and Asia. The Urban Land Institute (ULI) is a nonprofit education and research institute supported by its members. Its mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.

Mr Fong Chun Wah is currently HDB’s Senior Advisor, after retiring from his role as HDB’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Building) [DCEO(B)]. As Senior Advisor, Mr Fong advises HDB in the planning and design, development and upgrading of HDB towns and estates. He also advises on the implementation of initiatives supporting sustainability in public housing developments, housing and facilities to

Robert has over 25 years’ engineering consultancy experience, with the last 10 years in Hong Kong leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams. Robert is a Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Initially implementing his engineering skills across highway and railway infrastructure projects in the UK, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other locations i

Aaron Lee is a serial entrepreneur redefining how millennials rent affordable premium, all-inclusive serviced accommodation through Dash Living, currently leading co-living development in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney. Starting his first business at age 17, Aaron is a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, investor & philanthropist with a string of successful startups in his track record such

Kwan Ok Lee is Dean’s Chair Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. She is a board member of the Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES) and the AsRES representative to the International Real Estate Society (IRES) and the IRES Global Women in Real Estate. Kwan Ok’s research interests center on urban development and housing policy. Her research

Graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University majoring in Building Engineering and Management (Honours), Michele joined Hip Hing Construction Co. Ltd. as Management Trainee in 2012, and participated in several significant projects, such as electical power substations, (Chinese Opera Performance) Xiqu Centre at West Kowloon Cultural District, Grade A office Tower and luxurious residential pr

Mr KM Ma who has more than 23 years of experience in the construction industry. He is the Operation Manager of CNQC Intelligent Construction (HK) Limited focused in MiC business in Hong Kong, Macau and Great Bay Area for CNQC. Mr Ma has been working on steel / concrete MiC projects of different building types from university hostels, primary schools, hospitals, residential developments (3-40

Blake Olafson is a Founding Partner of ACRE , a Private Equity firm with over US$ 2 Billion of AUM. He has spent 30 years in the real estate industry covering all aspects of the direct investment process including origination, underwriting, risk control, and creation of unique deal structures and exits. Mr. Olafson is responsible for the expansion of ACRE’s platform in southeast Asia and oversee

Based in Shanghai since 2003, Ken runs his own investment advisory business, Huhan Advisory, primarily advising local Chinese developers on raising financing and foreign investors and developers on investing in mainlnd China. Also, since January 2012, Ken has been serving as ULI's Chief Representative for Mainland China. Born in South Korea, Ken grew up in South Korea and later on in the US. His

Chihiro Shimizu, Ph.D., is professor of Hitotsubashi University, expert advisor of Statistics Commission in Japan, and research affiliate of Center of Real Estate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in US. His areas of expertise are Index Theory, Real Estate Economics, Applied Econometrics and Machine Learning. Before joining Hitotsubashi University, Dr. Shimizu was a professor at The Uni

He joined the Ministry of Construction (currently MLIT), Japan in 1994. So far, he has worked in the field of housing, building and urban planning in MLIT (Housing Bureau, City Bureau, Policy Bureau, etc.), Cabinet Secretariat, Kyoto City, OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), FNMA (Federal National Mortgage Association, the US), etc. He has been in his current position s