Frankfurt, Germany, June 4–5, 2019
Thank you for joining us at the 2019 AFIRE European Conference, which took place in Frankfurt, Germany in June 2019. Go here to view AFIRE's upcoming events.VENUE
Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof
Am Kaiserplatz, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
AGENDA
Tuesday, June 4:
1:00pm–5:15pm
Tour: Reimagining and Redefining a City
Tour of Frankfurt Real Estate Properties
6:00pm–8:00pm
Welcome Dinner Reception at Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof
Wednesday, June 5:
8:00am–9:00am
Breakfast Meeting
9:00am–9:30am
Opening/Welcome
9:30am–10:30am
TECHNOLOGY & DISRUPTION - A fundamental shift in urban transportation and its impacts on real estate
Don Hoang, Andrew Moeller, Uber
10:30am–11:00am
Networking Break
11:00am–12:00pm
ESG DISCUSSION/WORKSHOP – How to change, “How much will this cost?” to “How much value can I create?”
Brad Dockser, CEO, Green Generation
12:00pm–1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm–2:30pm
GEOPOLITICS KEYNOTE – Brexit, LIBOR, and the Future of Europe
Sigmar Gabriel, Member of the German Bundestag and Former German Foreign Minister
2:30pm–3:00pm
Networking Break
3:00pm–4:00pm
PROPERTY PANEL – Why invest in the U.S.? What markets are most attractive and what are the compelling reasons to invest now?
Byron Carlock, PWC
Zeb Bradford, Metzler
Christoph Donner, Allianz
Christina Gaw, GAW Capital Partners
4:00pm
Close/Cocktails


Karen is the head of acquisitions for Allianz Real Estate, and has worked to invest in more than $25 billion of unlisted institutional real estate over the past 20 years. The first half of her career was oriented toward closed-end value-add and opportunistic fund investments in office, retail and multi-family assets across continental Europe. Since 2011, Karen has primarily focused on core and core-plus commercial investments in US gateway markets.














