The European Real Estate Society welcomes participants to the 30th Annual Conference to be held on 26-29 June 2024 in Sopot & Gdańsk, Poland

30th ERES Annual Conference
Sopot & Gdańsk 2024

Welcome to Sopot & Gdańsk 

Hosted by the University of Gdańsk (UG)
Sopot & Gdańsk, Poland, 26-29 June 2024

Conference Themes

+ Corporate Real Estate Management
+ Real Estate and Economics 
+ Housing
+ Urban and Regional Analysis
+ Sustainable Real Estate
+ New Technology and Data in Real   Estate
+ Valuation and Appraisal
Real Estate Finance and Investments

Key information

29 February 2024, Deadline for full paper submission (refereed papers)
29 February 2024, Deadline for abstract submission (non-refereed papers)
10  April 2024, Deadline for Early Bird conference registration and payment
15  May 2024, Deadline for        conference registration and payment for paper presenters
+ As for registration after  15 May 2024, organiser cannot guarantee access to the social events

+  Conference Chair:  Małgorzata Rymarzak
+ Contact:   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Organiser 2024

The University of Gdańsk is the largest university in the Pomeranian region. It provides education in 87 fields of study, comprising 205 specializations, full-time and part-time studies, at the level of first or second-cycle studies, or within comprehensive (long cycle) five-year master's programmes. University has over 25 thousand students, doctoral students, post-graduates, and more than one thousand seven hundred academic staff. It offers education on three campus sites: in Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia. 

Conference Programme

June, 2024

26


  • 11:00-12:30 PhD Session A
  • 12:30-13:30 Lunch
  • 13:30-15:00 PhD Session B
  • 15:00-15:30 Coffee break
  • 15:30-17:00 PhD Session C
  • 17:00-18:30 ERES Board Meeting
  • 19:30-21:00 Welcome Reception
June, 2024

27


  • 08:30-09:00  Registration

  • 09:00-11:00  Conference Opening Keynote Address
  • 11:00-11:30  Coffee break
  • 11:30-13:00 Parallel Sessions / Panel Discussion
  • 13:00-14:00 Lunch
  • 14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions / Panel Discussion
  • 15:30-16:00  Coffee break
  • 16:00-17:30 Parallel Sessions / Panel Discussion

  • 19:30-22:00 30th Jubilee Conference Dinner

June, 2024

28


  • 09:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions
  • 10:30-11:00  Coffee break
  • 11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions / Panel Discussion

  • 12:30-13:30 Lunch
  • 13:30-15:00 Parallel Sessions / Panel Discussion/ Technical Events

  • 15:00-15:30  Coffee break
  • 15:30-17:00 Parallel Sessions / Panel Discussion

  • 17:00-17:30 ERES Annual General Meeting
  • 19:30-23:30 Gala Dinner
June, 2024

29


  • 09:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions
  • 10:30-11:00  Coffee break
  • 11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions
  • 12:30-13:30 Lunch

Workshops / Panels

Location:  C-21
Address: Piaskowa 9, 81-864 Sopot
Speaker: Giuseppe T. Cirella, Professor, University of Gdansk, Faculty of Economics, Poland

Location:  C-9
Address: Piaskowa 9, 81-864 Sopot
Chair: Tomasz Ogrodzki, CEO & co-founder, REDD
Panellists: 
· Piotr Trzcinski, Head of Poland, Savills Investment Management
· Paweł Toński, Managing Partner CRIDO
· Krzysztof Sakierski, Director, Head of Strategic Consulting, Savills Consulting, Savills
· Bjorn-Martin Kurzrock, Professor of Real Estate Studies at RPTU, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität

Location C-9
Address: Piaskowa 9, 81-864 Sopot
Chair: Krzysztof SakierskiDirector, Head of Strategic Consulting, Savills Consulting, Savills
Panellists: 
· Marcin Klammer, Managing Director, Polish Council of Shopping Centers
· Maciej RiemerDirector of the Ecology and Climate Department Łódź City Office
· Marcin Piatkowski, Leasing Director at Torus sp. z o.o. sp.k.
· Michał StysChief Executive Officer, OPG Property Professionals

Location:  C-9
Address: Piaskowa 9, 81-864 Sopot
Chair: Paloma Taltavull de La PazProfessor, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Panellists: 
· Clare LehaneCommissioning Editor at Emerald Publishing, UK
· Laura Gabrielli, Associate Professor, University of Ferrara, Italy· 
· Hilde Remoy, Associate Professor, Head of section Real Estate Management at TU Delft, the Netherlands
· Karen Gibler, Associate Professor Emerita at Georgia State University, IRES Executive Director, USA
· Abdullah Yavas, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Location:  C-9
Address: Piaskowa 9, 81-864 Sopot
Chair: Hans Vrensen, Managing Director, Head of Research & Strategy, AEW Europe, UK
Panellists: 
· Wolfgang A. Brunauer, Executive Board Member at DataScience Service GmbH in Vienna, Austria   Presentation: Real world applications of machine learning for information extraction in real estate
· Yi Wu, Programme Director & Lecturer, University of Reading, UK   Presentation: An academic perspective on Al's current and future relevance for real estate valuations 
· Nicola StalderHead of Analytics, IAZI AG in Zurich, Switzerland    Presentation: Technologies as catalysts: five theses on future property valuation

Location:  C-9
Address: Piaskowa 9, 81-864 Sopot
Chair: Karen Gibler, Associate Professor Emerita at Georgia State University, IRES Executive Director, USA
Panellists: 
· Steven Bourassa, Professor and Chair at University of Washington, USA
· Hilde RemoyAssociate Professor, Head of section Real Estate Management at TU Delft, the Netherlands
· Paloma Taltavull de La PazProfessor, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
· Radosław TrojanekAssociate Professor, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland
· Francois VirulyAssociate Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Location:  C-9
Address: Piaskowa 9, 81-864 Sopot
Chair: Eamonn D'Arcy, Professor of International Real Estate, University of Reading, UK
Panellists: 

· Kola Akinsomi, Associate Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
· Erwin Heurkens, Assistant Professor, TU Delft, the Netherlands
· Deborah Levy, Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Digitally Enabled Learning means using digital tools and resources to create learning activities and experiences. Digitally enabled approaches, combined with in-person and non-digital approaches, can help to create an active, varied, flexible and inclusive learning environment. Digitally enabled learning requires more than just providing access to online resources or opportunities to revisit and review content. Digital tools and resources need to be: Intentionally used to provide scaffolded activities that students can interact and engage with and designed to integrate with or support in-person teaching. The panellists will share their experiences of using and creating a variety of Digitally Enabled Learning tools and resources and assess the future direction which such approaches to learning might take. 

Event Venue

Welcome Reception
 

Faculty of Management
University of Gdansk
 
Address: Armii Krajowej 101 
81-824, Sopot
 
Dress code: casual smart
 
 
 
 
 
 

30th Jubilee Conference Dinner

European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk
a museum dedicated to the history of solidarity and opposition movements of Communist Eastern Europe

 
Address: Pl. Solidarności 1
80-863 Gdańsk
 
Dress code: casual smart
 

 

Gala Dinner
 

Sheraton Sopot Hotel*****, Sopot
 
Address: Powstańców Warszawy 10,  81-718 Sopot
 
Dress code: formal (black tie not required)

Keynote Speakers

Steven C. Bourassa

Steven C. Bourassa

University of washington

Steven C. Bourassa is H. Jon and Judith M. Runstad Endowed Professor and Chair of the Runstad Department of Real Estate in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. He also serves as Director of the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at the University of Washington. Previously, he served as department chair at Florida Atlantic University, the University of Auckland, and the University of Louisville, where he was KHC Real Estate Research Professor. His research focuses on urban housing and land markets and policy, covering a range of topics including housing tenure, residential property valuation, property taxation, housing affordability, low-income housing policy, community land trusts, and public land leasehold. He has published his research in numerous real estate and related journals, such as the Journal of Housing Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, and Journal of Urban Economics, as well as Real Estate Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, and Urban Studies. His co-edited book, Leasing Public Land: Policy Debates and International Experiences, was published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Dr. Bourassa is on the editorial boards of seven real estate journals. He is a Fellow of the Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and Land Economics and a member of Lambda Alpha International. He received the Research Achievement Award as well as the Service Award from the International Real Estate Society, of which he is a past President. He is currently Treasurer of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. He holds a Ph.D. in city and regional planning from the University of Pennsylvania

Krzysztof Grzesik

Krzysztof Grzesik REV FRICS

TEGOVA

Krzysztof Grzesik is a UK born chartered surveyor, a Polish qualified valuer and Recognised European Valuer, with many years of experience as a property consultant in the UK and mainland Europe. In the UK he first worked for several years as a valuation surveyor at the UK Government's Valuation Office and then as a partner of Kinney & Green, chartered surveyors in the City of London.
In 1991 he set up the real estate services arm of Price Waterhouse in Poland and was also involved in property consultancy work in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia. In 1997 he joined Healey & Baker (Cushman & Wakefield) as a partner and in 2000 he became managing partner of King Sturge Poland.  In 2004, Krzysztof set up Polish Properties specializing in the valuation of commercial property across Poland.
Krzysztof is currently the Chairman of The European Group of Valuers’ Associations (TEGOVA). He is also a past Chairman of RICS Europe.  
Krzysztof is a former Vice President and International Representative of the Polish Federation of Valuers' Associations (PFVA). He is also a former member of the Polish Valuers’ Qualifications Commission and the Polish Valuation Standards Board. He is a co-author of the „ Professional Standards for Polish Valuers” published by PFVA. He is also the author of many publications concerning property valuation and a co-author of the Appraisal Institute’s textbook titled “ Real Estate Valuation in Global Markets”. For many years, Krzysztof has focused on acting as an expert witness in international valuation disputes. In this connection, he has presented evidence before Arbitration Tribunals in London, Brussels, Paris and The Hague.

28

June

13:30-15:00

Technical Event

OLIVIA CENTRE

Olivia Centre is a dynamic business hub that offers a blend of various types of office space and services, including one of Poland's largest coworking spaces. 
It is a pioneer in the field of sustainability and ESG. It has achieved the world's first maximum score in the WELL Health & Safety certification. Furthermore, the Olivia Star building has received the first green loan according to the LMA Green Loan Principles for office investment in Poland. 
Visitors will have the opportunity to view coworking spaces, a spacious patio and the year-round Olivia Garden as well as a stunning view of the city from the 32nd floor of the Olivia Star (the tallest building in Northern Poland). 
 
Conference participants (maximum 30) who are interested in taking part in the event are asked to register at:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Conference fees

Please register to the conference application to be able to make the payment

regular participant

550 EUR

vogon & gif member

500 EUR

phd student (full-time)*

400 EUR

ON-LINE ATTENDANCE

150 EUR

accompanying person**

300 EUR

* To be eligible for the PhD student fee a letter (.pdf file) confirming full-time studies signed by the university must be uploaded during the process of payment for the conference.
** Accompanying Persons are those who accompany the participants during conference social events who may be either a spouse/family partner and/or a son/daughter. Please note that business partners do not qualify as Accompanying Persons.

 

Scientific Committee

Monique Arkesteijn

TU DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS

Eamonn d'Arcy

UNIVERSITY OF READING, UNITED KINGDOM

Martijn  Dröes

UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Heidi Falkenbach

AALTO UNIVERSITY, FINLAND

Marc Francke

UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Martin Hoesli

UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Björn-Martin Kurzrock

UNIVERSITY OF KAISERSLAUTERN-LANDAU (RPTU), GERMANY

Gunther Maier

MODUL UNIVERSITY, AUSTRIA

Bob Martens

VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRIA

Giacomo Morri

SDA BOCCONI, ITALY

Ingrid Nappi

ECOLE DES PONTS PARISTECH, FRANCE

Hilde Remøy

TU DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS

Małgorzata Rymarzak

UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK, POLAND

Paloma Taltavull

UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE, SPAIN

Michael White

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY, UNITED KINGDOM

Refereed Papers Committee

Heading

Anupam Nanda

ERES Board member
professor of urban economics & real estate
university of manchester
uk

Heading

Marc Francke

eres board member
full professor of real estate valuation
university OF amsterdam
netherlands

Heading

Bing Zhu

w2tt professor
technical university of munich
germany

Local Organizing Committee

Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Małgorzata Rymarzak

Małgorzata Rymarzak

conference chair
ERES Board member 
 UNIVERSITY OF GDAŃSK
poland

Krzysztof Kowalke

Krzysztof 
Kowalke

VICE-CHAIR OF CONFERENCE
 UNIVERSITY OF GDAŃSK
POLAND
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Gunther Maier

Gunther 
Maier

ERES BOARD MEMBER 
modul  UNIVERSITY
austria

Mohsen Shojaee-Far

Mohsen 
Shojaee-Far

eres board member
compliance and data protection officer
spain

Mirosław 
Szreder

organizing committee
 university of gdańsk

Anna Wojewnik-Filipkowska

organizing committee
university of gdańsk 

Dariusz 
Trojanowski

organizing committee
university of gdańsk

Krzysztof Szczepaniak

organizing committee
university of gdańsk

Ewelina 
Nawrocka

organizing committee
 university of gdańsk

Aleksandra Koszarek-Cyra

organizing committee
university of gdańsk

Rafał 
Kramer

organizing committee
university of gdańsk

Rafał 
Kowalski

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
UNIVERSITY OF GDAŃSK

Conference Sponsors

Ministry of Education and Science Republic of Poland
The project is subsidised by the national budget and the resources were granted by Minister of Education and Science within the "Doskonała nauka II" Program, Polska 

Conference Partners

University of Gdansk, Honorary Patronage of Rector
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GDANSK
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SOPOT
RICS
TEGOVA

Scientific Journal Partners

Media Partners

MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GDANSK
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SOPOT
RICS

Sister Organisations

LARES
ARES
AFRES
ASRES
PRRES
 

Travel information

Conference venue:  Faculty of Management, University of Gdańsk
Centrum Konferencyjno-Dydaktyczne,  Piaskowa 9, 81-864 Sopot

Map

International travel

The Sopot campus benefits from superb transport connections to Pomeranian Metropolitan's railway network and can be reached from Gdańsk's airport (Gdańsk Lech Walesa Airport) in less than an hour.

Local travel

The Sopot campus is a short walk from the rail station Sopot (about 18 minutes). Get more travel advice: 

 https://maps.app.goo.gl/7Afc8bWJe4zaEJ8dA
 
The Gdańsk Airport station is located right next to the T2 passenger terminal and is connected to it by a special footbridge. Tickets can be purchased from the ticker machine located on the platform or from the train manager. The SKM carrier's tariff applies to trains serving the PKM line (SKM and PolRegio) (also for journeys with a change at the Gdansk Wrzeszcz station in the direction Gdansk Śródmieście [Gdansk Downtown] or Sopot). 
For the most up-to-date Sopot travel information and network maps please see the website: 
https://www.airport.gdansk.pl/passenger-area/transportation/train-p98.html
 

Hotels

Sopot and Gdańsk have one of the greatest concentrations of hotel options at affordable rates per night in Tri-City. Below are a number of local options for individual booking. 

Sopot (close to the conference venue):
*****
Sheraton Sopot Hotel (1,3 km)
Hotel Sofitel Grand Sopot (1,3 km)
Hotel Haffner Sopot (1,3km)
****
Sopot Marriott Resort & Spa (3,0 km)
Radisson Blu Sopot (2,7 km)
Hotel Sopot (1,8 km)
Bayjonn Hotel Sopot (1,2 km)
***
Focus Hotel Premium Sopot (0,5 km)
Hotel Zhong Hua (1,7 km)
Hotel Aqua Sopot (1,8 km)
Villa Ozone (1,1 km)

Gdańsk (close to Gdańsk old city and a little further from the conference venue):
****
Radisson Hotel & Suites (14,6 km)
PURO Gdansk Stare Miasto (14,7 km)
***
Hampton by Hilton Gdansk Old Town (14,3 km)
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Montownia Lofts & Experience (close to European Solidarity Centre – 0,5 km) (13,2 km) 

Booking Websites:
http://booking.com
www.trivago.com
https://www.airbnb.pl/