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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Institution of Surveyors of Kenya

The University of Nairobi

The 2015 Eastern Africa Real Estate Infrastructure Development & Finance Conference on 8th – 9th July 201 --- Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel Nairobi, KENYA with a Golf Tournament on 10th July 2015 at the Vet Lab, Kabete, UoN Campus

Welcome to The 2015 Eastern Africa Real Estate Infrastructure Development & Finance Conference on 8th – 9th July 201 at The Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel Nairobi, KENYA with a Golf Tournament on 10th July 2015 at the Vet Lab.:

NB: University of Nairobi (UoN) is one of the key organisers of the Conference.

In 2014, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Institution of Surveyors of Kenya and African Real Estate Society (AfRES) organized a very successful Real Estate Conference entitled Real Estate Financing in Eastern Africa. The conference was attended by 84 delegates from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and as far as Mauritius. At the closing session of the Conference, the delegates requested the organizers to make this an annual event.

The 2015 Eastern Africa Real Estate Development & Finance will be held from 8th to 9th July 2015 at the Vila Rosa Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi Kenya. Thereafter there will be a golf tournament on Friday 10th July at the Vetlab Sports Club. This time round the University of Nairobi (UoN) is one of the key organisers of the Conference.

The 2015 Conference

The Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK) in association with The Royal Institution of Chartered Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Surveyors (RICS) in UK, and the African Real Estate Society (AFRES) and The University of Nairobi (UoN)) will hold The 2015 Eastern Africa Real Estate Infrastructure Development & Finance Conference on 8th – 9th July 201 at The Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel Nairobi, KENYA with a Golf Tournament on 10th July 2015 at the Vet Lab .

The Conference will include but is not limited to the following thematic areas: financing strategies for green real estate and the forces driving tenant demand for green space, economic realities for sustainable real estate, assessing risk and rewards in the current real estate markets, innovative approaches to infrastructure project financing, real estate innovative financing mechanisms, REITS, environmental stewardship in real estate management & the impact of recent land reforms and legislative framework on real estate development

Target Participants:

Members of ISK, RICS and AFRES, Real Estate Researchers, Academic and Professionals, Real Estate and Investment Appraisal Experts, , Private Equity Firms, Capital Fund Managers, Property Owners, Mortgage Providers, Property Developers, Mega Infrastructure Financiers and Developers, Manufacturers and Suppliers of building materials and services providers. Conference Structure:

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The Conference will have interactive Sessions on these clusters:

· Standards and Code of Ethics in Valuation · Real Estate Financing · Property Management · Legislative Regimes in Real Estate & Mega Infrastructure Development · Supportive Infrastructure

CPD Points:

Those who will attend this seminar will earn 40 CPD Points.

Registration Fees:

Members of ISK, RICS and AFRES Ksh.15,000. Non ISK members will pay Ksh.20,000, for those registering by 26th June 2015. There will be a 25% late registration charge.No registration will be done at the Conference entrance.

Payments:

Cheques are payable to ‘Institution of Surveyors of Kenya’. Cash payments should be made directly to ISK ACCOUNT NO: 094 8211246 Barclays Bank of Kenya, Queensway House Branch and the original deposit slip forwarded to the Secretariat for receipt. Those making direct transfer to the Bank Account are requested to send a copy of the Remittance advice slip to the Secretariat.Payments can also be made through MPESA Money transfer services via ISK Business Number PAYBILL NO.933200. For Paybill services, kindly use your first two names as the Account Number.

Thank you,

Moses Kiambuthi Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Chief Executive Officer Target Participants:

Members of ISK, RICS and AFRES, Real Estate Researchers, Academic and Professionals Real Estate and Investment Appraisal Experts ,Private Equity Firms, Capital Fund Providers for Mega Infrastructure Projects, Infrastructure financing Firms, Property Owners, Mortgage Providers, Property Developers, Manufacturers and Suppliers of building materials and services providers.

Conference Structure:

The Conference will have interactive Sessions on these clusters:

· Standards and Code of Ethics in Valuation · Real Estate Financing · Property Management · Legislative Regimes in Real Estate & Mega Infrastructure Development · Supportive Infrastructure

Sincerely, CONFERENCE CONVENORS

Moses Kiambuthi CEO, ISK [email protected] , Bernadette Gitari, RICS Country Representative. in Kenya [email protected] Catherine Kariuki, Country Representative AFRES, [email protected] Nicky Nzioki, Senior Lecturer, Department of Real Estate & Construction Management, ADD, University of Nairobi, Tel + 254722715029 E-mail: [email protected],

Nicky Nzioki, Senior Lecturer,

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Department of Real Estate & Construction Management, School of the Built Environment, University of Nairobi, Tel + 254722715029 E-mail: [email protected],

Catherine Kariuki, Lecturer, Department of Real Estate & Construction Management Email: [email protected], Tel + 254722707130