The University of Cambridge (Department of Land Economy), the University of Florida (Bergstrom Real Estate Center), the University of Hong Kong will be hosting their joint 2024 Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium. The symposium will feature longer, more in-depth paper presentations and will allow ample time for discussion among presenters, assigned discussants, and other participants.

The event will be held in a relaxed yet focused setting aiming to inspire a critical mass of leading academics in the field to create new thoughts and insights on general finance, real estate finance, and investments topics.

The symposium will be hosted by the Department of Land Economy in Cambridge. Hotel accommodation (two nights for researchers from Europe, three nights for those from overseas) and group meals will be provided by the organizing institutions. All travel costs will be borne by the participants.

Subject to sufficient interest, we may try to focus the symposium on one or more of the following themes:

• Real estate risk management
• Leverage, capital structure and real estate
• Infrastructure investment and privatization
• Real estate price index methodology and performance measurement
• Economics of sustainability in real estate
• International real estate investment
• “Big Data,” ML and AI in real estate finance research
• Behavioral approaches to real estate
• Derivatives

The participants are expected to arrive on Thursday, September 5. All presentations will be on Friday and Saturday (September 6-7). There will be no parallel sessions, and all 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.

Thursday, September 5

• Pre-conference reception and dinner

Friday, September 6

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

Saturday, September 7

• 9:00 AM, 3 paper sessions
• 12:00 PM, Lunch                           
• 2:00 PM, conference closing