Real Estate and Political Leaders to Meet at MIPIM Asia

15-17 November 2011 - Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong

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Nov 10, 2011, 11:08 ET

HONG KONG, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MIPIM Asia opens for business on November 15, in Hong Kong, with some 1,800 real estate professionals, including over 300 investors, 150 retailers and numerous senior politicians.

The sixth edition of MIPIM Asia will welcome delegations from some 40 countries with a significant presence of real estate executives from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and Russia.

On the eve of the event, MIPIM Asia Director Filippo Rean comments: "Asia Pacific real estate continues to develop as a cross-border market which has significant potential for international investors. In addition, Asia Pacific capital is being sought for projects outside the region. MIPIM Asia is positioned at the crossroads between investment and property markets, providing international real estate professionals with the perfect platform to follow industry insights, explore business opportunities and connect with new partners. MIPIM Asia 2011 will reflect the market reality and brings together the main players and industry deciders operating in the region."

Top leaders speaking at MIPIM Asia next week include:

Keith Griffiths, Chairman, Aedas Ltd (Hong Kong)

Yiping Huang, Professor of Economics at the China Center for Economic Research of Peking University (Hong Kong)

Takuya Ishikawa, Director of Real Estate Market Division, Industry Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)

Carrie Lam, Secretary For Development (Hong Kong SAR)

Maurice Leroy, French Minister for Urban Affairs (France)

Christina Liu, Minister of CEPD (Taiwan)

Sergey Sanakoev, Chairman, Russian-Chinese Center for trade and economic cooperation (Russia)

Ruqing Xu, Vice President, Shanghai Huangpu River Banks Development Construction Investment (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (China)

For more information on the full schedule of conferences, click here.

MIPIM Asia offers a wide range of high-profile social functions and targeted matchmaking meetings to facilitate networking opportunities and business connections.

New this year at MIPIM Asia, "Link-in" sessions bring together real estate professionals, experts and speakers to further debate select conference session themes, combining both learning and networking.

For more information on the full schedule of events, click here.

To participate in the event next week, don't forget to register as press here.

To review all the information available on MIPIM Asia, click here.

Notes for editors

Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organiser of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries.

The company hosts MIPTV, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPJUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate sectors.

Reed MIDEM belongs to Reed Exhibitions, which is the world's leading event organiser, with over 460 events held in 36 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and organised by 34 fully staffed offices.

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