Agenda 2026

Monday 11 May 2026

Warsaw Property Tour (for international participants and journalists)

Warsaw is one of the most exciting capital cities in the world. Year by year, the skyline changes significantly.

The annual Warsaw Property Tour is a unique opportunity for international participants to visit key projects that are in planning, under construction or recently launched – and meet the decision-makers and market-shapers behind them. For more information please go to the dedicated page: The Warsaw Property Tour

Welcome Reception, hosted by CMS, 43rd floor, Varso Tower

Tuesday 12 May 2026

Registration, Networking Coffee

The Poland Observer film

Keynote Presentation: Macro-economic Prospects for the CEE Region

MACRO-ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR THE CEE REGION

Keynote Speech + Q&A: The CEE Region – a Global Investors Perspective

How major global forces are reshaping real estate and investment markets, from capital flows and pricing cycles to structural shifts across sectors such as logistics, living, offices and alternatives. Drawing on CBRE Investment Management’s global insights, Sabina will explore how these trends are playing out across different markets and what they mean specifically for Central and Eastern Europe – highlighting risks, opportunities and the region’s evolving role in global portfolios.

Panel 1 – Global meets Local: Capital. Strategy and Execution in CEE

Bringing together international investors and on-the-ground operators to explore how global capital strategies translate into local execution across Central and Eastern Europe. Panellists will discuss how investment is adapted to regional market conditions and occupier demand, comparing perspectives across sectors and countries. The discussion will focus on where global expectations align – or clash – with local realities, and what this means for performance, partnerships and long-term growth in CEE.

Networking Coffee Break

Panel 2 – Data Centres: Real Estate’s AI Revolution

As demand for cloud computing, AI and digital infrastructure accelerates, data centres are rapidly emerging as one of the most strategic real estate asset classes globally. This panel will examine the latest global trends shaping data centre investment, development and site selection, from power availability to capital flows. Panellists will discuss how these dynamics translate into opportunities and constraints across Central and Eastern Europe, and what the next phase of growth will be.

Breakout Sessions 1

1. Living

BETWEEN GROWTH AND AFFORDABILITY: where do demand, affordability and returns align?

2. Data Centres

POWER, PERFORMANCE, PLACE: how are data centres reshaping real estate, and whare are the opportunities?

3. Hotel & Leisure

TRAVEL TRENDS, RECOVERY & REPRICING: What’s Next for Hotels in CEE?

Networking Lunch

Panel 3 – Transforming Real Estate Assets: When, Why & How?

As changing occupier demand, sustainability goals and pricing pressures reshape real estate markets, transformation and adaptive reuse is moving from niche solution to potential mainstream strategy. This panel will explore the latest trends in repurposing buildings across sectors, from offices to residential, living and alternative uses. Panellists will discuss when reuse makes commercial, technical and environmental sense, key planning and design challenges, and lessons learned from recent projects. The session will feature case studies highlighting key issues, and lessons learnt, in practice.

Panel 4 – CEE in Focus: Projects shaping the Region’s Future

This closing session of the main conference programme will showcase a selection of new and upcoming real estate projects from across Central and Eastern Europe, offering snapshots of what is coming next in the region. Through a series of short case studies, speakers will present projects at different stages of development, sharing the thinking behind them, key challenges and market assumptions. Spanning different sectors, the session will highlight how developers and investors are responding to shifting demand, capital conditions and local market dynamics across CEE, finishing with a Q&A.

Panel 5 – The Great Sector Debate: Which Asset Class Wins?

This fast-paced, interactive session brings together leading voices from across the major real estate sectors – office, retail, logistics, living, hotels and leisure, and data centres – to make the case for why their sector offers the most compelling opportunity today. Panelists will debate investor appetite, occupier and end-user demand, risk, resilience and long-term relevance, testing assumptions and challenging narratives. Expect sharp insights (not to mention elbows), contrasting viewpoints and a lively discussion on where capital, users and growth are most likely to align next.

Coffee Break

Breakout Sessions 2

1. Office

REDEFINING WORK, WORKPLACE AND VALUE: can offices meet both occupier and investor expectations?

2. Retail

REPOSITIONING RETAIL: How are Brands, Capital and Experience Evolving?

2. Warehouse & Logistics

SUPPLY CHAINS IN MOTION: where do risks and returns now lie?

Networking Drinks

End of Conference

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