Programme

Call for Papers

University of Hong Kong | University of Cambridge | University of Florida

Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium
October 20-21, 2023

The University of Hong Kong (Department of Real Estate and Construction), the University of Cambridge (Department of Land Economy), and the University of Florida (Bergstrom Real Estate Center) announce a call for papers for their joint 2023 Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium. The symposium will feature longer, more in-depth paper presentations and allow time for discussion among presenters, assigned discussants, and other participants. The event will be held in a setting aiming to inspire a critical mass of leading academics in the field to create new thoughts and insights on real estate finance and investment topics.

The 2023 symposium will be held in Hong Kong. Hotel accommodation (two nights for overseas researchers) and group meals will be provided by the host institutions. All travel costs will be borne by the participants. The organizers do not wish to necessarily limit the focus of the conference, and papers on any real estate-related finance or economics topic are welcome. However, subject to sufficient interest, we may try to focus the symposium on one or more of the following themes:

• Private equity real estate funds

• Commercial mortgage-backed securities

• Leverage, capital structure and real estate

• Infrastructure investment and privatization

• Real estate price index methodologies and performance measurement

• International real estate investment

• Real estate technology and innovation including ML and AI applications

Organizers

• University of Hong Kong: Kelvin Wong

• University of Cambridge: Thies Lindenthal

• University of Florida: David Ling

Symposium committee

Brent Ambrose, KW Chau, Kuangkuang Deng, Piet Eichholtz, Martin Hoesli, Matthijs Korevaar, Rose Lai, Charles Leung, Colin Lizieri, Ronan Lyons, Steve Martin, Stanimira Milcheva, Andy Naranjo, Joseph Ooi, Tim Riddiough, Carolin Schmidt, Changcheng Song, Desmond Tsang, Li Wan, Wayne Xinwei Wan, Chongyu Wang

Paper Submission

The deadline for submission of papers is July 26th, 2023. From the submissions, the organizers will select approximately eight papers for presentation at the symposium, with notification to authors by August 15th, 2023. Only full papers will be considered.

Authors should submit their papers electronically to:
Kelvin Wong, Professor, University of Hong Kong
E-mail:  skwongb@hku.hk

The Program

Participants are expected to arrive on Thursday, October 19th. Presentations will be on Friday, October 20th (full day) and Saturday, October 21st (half day). There will be no parallel sessions and participants are expected to attend all sessions and play an active role in them. Each paper presentation session will last at least 45-50 minutes, including sufficient time for paper presentation, formal discussion, and general Q&A with the audience.

Format

Thursday, October 19
• Pre-conference reception and dinner

Friday, October 20
• 9:00 AM, 3 paper sessions
• 12:00 PM, Lunch
• 2:00 PM, 3 paper sessions
• 6:30 PM, Conference Dinner

Saturday, October 21
• 9:00 AM, 3 paper sessions
• 12:00 PM, Lunch
• 2:00 PM, Conference closing

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