Program INVESTMENTexpo 2025

Discussion leader:
Robert Guzialowski, Leiter Business Development Real Assets, HANSAINVEST Hanseatische Investment-GmbH

Participants:
Dr. Dirk Krupper, Managing Director, Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Giselher Kühne, Managing Director, Advace Group GmbH

Where are the investment opportunities in office, residential and logistics?

Discussion leader:

Felix Meyen, Managing Director, HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH

Participants:

Christoph Drdla, Fund Manager | Fund of Funds Management, Authorized Representative, Raiffeisen Immobilien Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Robin Hubbard, Global Head of Investor Relations & Investment Specialists, M&G Real Estate Ltd.
Gerhard Lehner, Head of Germany and Head of Fund Management Germany, Savills Investment Management (Germany) GmbH
Lennart Weinhold, Managing Director, Real Estate Debt, Edmond de Rothschild REIM (Germany) GmbH

Wind, solar, water, battery storage and geothermal energy - What is interesting for investors?

Discussion leader:
Christian Moersch, Management Board, HANSAINVEST LUX S.A.

Participants:
Anna-Lena Budde, Managing Director, Norddeutsche Kirchliche Versorgungskasse (NKVK)

How attractive is real estate compared to other asset classes?

Discussion leader:
Carsten Demmler, Managing Director, HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH

Participants:
Christoph Kraiker, Management Board, Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services S.A.
Sascha Pinger, Managing Director, Versorgungswerk der Wirtschaftsprüfer und der vereidigten Buchprüfer im Lande Nordrhein-Westfalen (WPV)
Immo von Homeyer, Head of Business Development, Art-Invest Real Estate Funds GmbH
Dr. Heinrich Wohlfart, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Bochumer Versicherungsverein a.G.

Is diversification worthwhile? What advantages do the individual regions offer?

Participants:
Jason Leong, Deputy Fund Manager Asia Property Fund, M&G Real Estate Asia Pte. Ltd.
Jan Schlüter, Managing Director, Provinzial Asset Management GmbH
Frank Winkenwerder, Head of Real Estate Department, SVSparkassenVersicherung Holding AG

Efficient control and management of illiquid alternative investments by master funds

Discussion leader:
Alexander Eggert, Managing Director , HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH

(Registration required, for institutional investors only)

Where do we stand? What are the advantages and disadvantages of sustainability requirements?

Discussion leader:
Theodor Baur, ESG Specialist Real Estate, MEAG MUNICH ERGO AssetManagement GmbH

Participants:
Benedict Marzahn, Managing Director & CPO, Alasco GmbH
Christian Woese, Head of Customer Success, Predium Technology GmbH

Current developments at the interface between real estate, insolvency and tax law

Participants:
Dr. Marie-Theres Rämer, Lawyer I Tax Advisor, Partner and Head of Tax Germany, Frankfurt, DLA Piper UK LLP
Fabian Mühlen LL.M, Lawyer/Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP
Florian Bruder M.Jur. (Oxon), Lawyer/Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP

Participants:
Jan Philipp Daun, Managin Director, GARBE Industrial Real Estate GmbH
Tobias Kassner, Head of Market Intelligence & Sustainability, GARBE Industrial Real Estate GmbH

Discussion leader:
NN, EnBW mobility+ AG & Co. KG

Participants:
Christian Hanke, Managing Director, EMPIRA Investment Solutions GmbH

How can the demand for space be met in the long term?

Discussion leader:
Anna-Lena Budde, Managing Director , Norddeutsche Kirchliche Versorgungskasse (NKVK)

Participants:
Sebastian Schambeck, Associate Director/Portfolio Management, Savills Investment Management KVG GmbH
Nikolaus von Blomberg, Managing Director Real Estate, Fiege Logistik Stiftung & Co. KG
Barbara Geidner - Buchelt, Global Head of Investment Management international, Real I.S. AG
Theo Soeters, Managing Director, Head of Fund Management, EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD REIM (Benelux) B.V.

How is the market developing in Germany?

Participants:
Markus Schmidt, Head of Infrastructure Business Development, IntReal International Real Estate Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Participants:
Sascha Pinger, Managing Director, Versorgungswerk der Wirtschaftsprüfer und der vereidigten Buchprüfer im Lande Nordrhein-Westfalen (WPV)

Which locations are in focus? What are the differences between the various European countries?

Participants:
Jan Heidelmann, Managing Director, GRR GARBE Retail Real Estate GmbH

Asset management change: when is it worthwhile? What do concrete scenarios look like?

Discussion leader:
Frank Müller, Lawyer/Partner, McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP

(Registration required, for institutional investors only)

Still niche or already mainstream?

Discussion leader:
Michael Denk, Managing Director, Quadoro Investment GmbH

Discussion leader:
NN, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG

Discussion leader:
Annika Steiner, Head of DAT, W&P Immobilienberatung GmbH

What impact will it have on the real estate industry?

Participants:
Aygül Özkan, Managing Director, ZIA Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e.V.

Participant:
Vanessa Cann, AI manager, entrepreneur, Forbes 30 under 30

Where are the opportunities now? Which real estate and infrastructure sectors and countries are in focus?

Discussion leader:
Alexander Eggert, Managing Director, HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH

Participants:
Nicolas Stenger, Treasury and Trading, Kreissparkasse Heilbronn (AöR)
Andreas Wolf, Portfolio Manager Private Markets, Kirchliche Zusatzversorgungskasse des Verbandes der Diözesen Deutschlands (KZVK)

Discussion leader:
Karin Diedrich, Senior Investment Manager Real Estate, ARAG SE

Participants:
Jeffrey King, Managing Director, Fund Management Germany, AEW Invest GmbH
Michael Keune, Managing Director, Catella Investment Management GmbH

What opportunities are there for investors?

Participants:
Anna-Lena Budde, Managing Director, Norddeutsche Kirchliche Versorgungskasse (NKVK)

Vacancies, refurbishment backlog, poor service providers, devaluation: what leeway do institutional investors have?

Keynote:
Annika Dylong, Managing Director, REAX Advisory GmbH

Participants:
Kaja Bader, Head of Fund Management Real Assets, Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Karin Diedrich, Senior Investment Manager Real Estate, ARAG SE
Annika Dylong, Managing Director, REAX Advisory GmbH

What rent increases are still possible? What rent is still socially acceptable?

Discussion leader:
Thomas Meyer, Management Board, WERTGRUND Immobilien AG

Participants:
Thomas Wirtz, Managing Director, INDUSTRIA Immobilien GmbH
Fabian Klingler, CEO and Head of German Residential, abrdn Investments Deutschland AG
Dr. Ulrich von Creytz, Managing Director/CIO Real Estate Europe, DWS Real Estate GmbH

What transformation strategies are being pursued in different sectors?

Participants:
Marcel Konzek, Treasury, Bank für Kirche und Caritas eG
Carsten König, Managing Director, Habona Invest Asset Management GmbH
Jan von Mallinckrodt, Head of Sustainability, Union Investment Real Estate GmbH
Daniel Werth, Managing Director, HAMBURG TEAM Investment Management GmbH

What advantages do mixed-use properties offer?

Participants:
Prof. Dr. Gerd Merke, Secretary General, Euroroc - European & International Federation of Natural Stone Industries
Iris Schöberl, Managing Director Germany und Head of Institutional Clients, CT Real Estate Partners GmbH & Co. KG

Participants:
Nicolas Stenger, Treasury and Trading, Kreissparkasse Heilbronn (AöR)

Locations, space requirements, employee benefits - what makes the office attractive again?

Participants:
Uwe Krause, Head of Real Estate Asset- and Fund Management, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Nick Puschkasch, Managing Partner, Transaction & Asset Management, Sonar Real Estate GmbH
Frank Winkenwerder, Head of Real Estate Department, SV SparkassenVersicherung Holding AG

Participants:
Matthias Huesmann, Head of Portfolio Management Real Estate, Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe
Rainer Komenda, Head of Real Estate Investment Management, Bayerische Versorgungskammer

What banks invest in. A discussion between treasury managers

Participants:
Marcel Konzek, Treasury, Bank für Kirche und Caritas eG
Joachim Kumme, Director of the Treasury Department, Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg

War for Talents: How is the industry coping with the high demand for talent?

How can net-zero carbon targets, circular economy and cradle-to-cradle be implemented in practice?