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EG Offices Summit

4th November 2008, The Berkeley, London

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Tuesday 4 November 2008

8:30

Breakfast and Registration

9:00

Chairman’s Welcome

Richard Kauntze, Chief Executive, British Council for Offices
Richard Kauntze, Chief Executive, BCO
9:05

The Economic Impact on the Office Market -

Supply, occupier demand and future rents; the market after the Credit Crunch

Andrew Burrell, Head of Office Research, King Sturge
9:15

Investment Outlook -

Who is spending, on what and where?

Tobias Simon, Director - Fund Management, Invesco Real Estate
9:35

Space Debate -

How will the actual buildings being worked in evolve – what are the changing space requirements for office blocks – what does the occupier want?

Rab Bennetts OBE, Director, Bennetts Associates Architects
Terry Brown, Senior Partner, GMW Architects
Neil Usher, General Manager Group Property , Rio Tinto - Development Case Study: Transforming Workplace Transformation
10:25

Coffee Break

10:55

The Developers' Perspective -

How does the office supply need to adapt to occupier demand? What is being provided and where it is being located? What type of buildings need to be developed to meet evolving occupier demand and use of space requirements? Presentations from speakers followed by a panel debate.

Gerald Kaye, Development Director, Helical Bar
John Hughes, Director, Ask Developments
11:40

The Occupiers' Requirements -

What the occupier actually wants from their office building – where they want it, how they want it to work for them, and how they will wish to use it? Views from several occupiers followed by panel debate.

Nicholas Ridley , Executive Director, Colliers CRE
Martin Booth, Head of Government Estate Rationalisation, Office of Government Commerce
Billy Davidson, Global Property Director , Vodafone
Paul Harrington , Real Estate Director , PricewaterhouseCoopers
12:25

Chairman’s Closing Remarks

12:30

Close of Conference


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