Simon is Vice President, Research & Advisory Services at the Urban Land Institute (ULI), where he is responsible for managing its innovative research agenda covering the key issues shaping the future of the real estate industry including climate change and sustainability, investment and development trends and shifts in demography and technological change. Prior to joining ULI, Simon specialised in research on global cities and real estate for Grosvenor, one of the world’s largest privately-owned international property businesses. Simon’s role involved undertaking analysis on global city developments to inform the company’s long-term strategy and thinking on cities. He has undertaken major research projects on megatrends for real estate, examining topics such as urbanisation, demographic change, digital disruption and climate change. Simon also has previous experience working in urban planning, economic development and strategic consulting for the retail sector. He holds an MSc in Urban Economic Development from The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London.

I am the leader of the Real Estate Sector at PwC and I head a group of economic experts who support clients in legal actions across all sectors. As for the Real Estate sector, we specialise in transaction advisory services: financial and commercial due diligence and trading account review. What our clients particularly appreciate about us is our ability to take a holistic view of the transaction process and identify risks associated with the transaction object and assess long-term property features which affect the property value. We are also busy growing our M&A section and we can already boast first successful achievements as we can find a way to drive the value of complex properties, we understand financial statements and we sell companies and investment platforms rather than just individual properties. We work closely with the team responsible for BPO and help our clients identify all space available. Our team includes GeoAnalytics specialists who can characterise any location in Poland, accurate to dozens of meters. The spatial models they create indicate optimum locations for any type of investment project or business activity, from real estate to retail, banking to public investment projects. I am an expert and mediator registered with the Regional Court in Warsaw. As the Commercial Disputes Team, we provide support to clients in disputes across all sectors, with a special focus on transaction disputes. We assist our clients with commercial disputes pending before international arbitration courts or before common courts of law in Poland. I am a Management Board Member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and is a Certified Internal Auditor. Privately, I am a mom of adorable two: a 14-year-old avid skier boy and a 5-year-old future skier girl, and my other true passion, in addition to skiing,

Magdalena is heading the Capital Markets team at 7R, where she is responsible for securing equity financing for 7R's logistics development projects, managing relationships with investors, and overseeing the disposal of existing assets. Magdalena joined 7R in April 2023 and, during her tenure, has led disposals amounting to approximately EUR 100 million and secured equity partners for several 7R projects in Poland and Czechia, totalling over EUR 100 million. She has more than 12 years of experience as a commercial real estate professional. Prior to joining 7R, Magdalena spent 11 years at top real estate advisory firms, JLL and Colliers, where she focused on logistics and office markets and advised on deals totalling over €2.5 billion. Magdalena has been awarded the 2024 CEEQA Rising Star Industry Professional Award.

Economic expert at Pekao S.A. Piotr is an experienced macroeconomic and financial market analyst, with banking, academic and NGP background. As a member of Pekao’s economic analysis team, he is responsible for analyzing, contextualizing, summarizing and forecasting macroeconomic, financial and industry data.

Chairman of Urban Land Institute in Poland since October 2023. Managing Partner and Vice President of the Board of Capital Park Group with over 20 years of professional experience in the real estate sector and with over 10 years experience in running of the company listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE:CPG). Played strategic roles in Capital Park since its formation in 2003, starting as CFO and then as Head of Investment Department since 2006. Within Management Board responsible for areas of strategic business development, M&A, joint ventures and finance areas. Took part in over 100 transactions involving properties all across Poland, secured over €700m in bank financing and raised over €100m in bonds and shares issues on Polish capital market. Local partner to leading Private Equity Real Estate fund managers such as Patron Capital Partners and Madison International Realty on Polish market. Developer of Norblin Factory in Warsaw - the winner of ULI European and Global Awards for Excellence in 2022. Before joining Capital Park - CFO in Communication One Group / Call Center Poland SA – a leading Polish call/contact center outsourcing group. Until 2001 worked as management and information systems consultant and project leader. Member of the REIT Poland Association, the Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) and the Foundation for Education and Research on REITs. Interested in large scale sustainable urban development projects, mixed-use, premium residential, conversions, brownfield regeneration and revitalization projects.

Dorota joined Colliers in 2018 as Director and Senior Partner, Head of Corporate Finance and Living Services for CEE. She leads a team of real estate professionals with proven experience gained in private equity and investment banking as well as broader living sector. Dorota is responsible for comprehensive financial advisory, including debt financing, mezzanine financing, raising capital and gaining capital partners, and offering support in acquiring companies and entering the stock exchange. Heading living services department, she specializes in advisory, transactions and operations targeting apartments for sale (Built To Sell), flats for rent (Built To Rent) private dormitories (PBSA), co-living, senior living, micro apartments, serviced apartments and other types of housing schemes. Under Dorota’s leadership Colliers was part of all major living and equity transactions in Poland and CEE. Before joining Colliers International, Dorota Wysokinska-Kuzdra spent 11 years as Senior Partner at Griffin Real Estate, where she was responsible for the Group’s management and investments, and for the first mezzanine fund operating in Poland. Recently, she has been involved in the creation of a logistics platform co-managed by Griffin. Earlier, as CEO at Griffin Premium RE, the first REIT fund, she successfully launched the fund on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. She was a member of the team responsible for acquiring shares in Echo Investment SA, one of the biggest transactions on the Polish real estate market, in which she was responsible for due diligence and financing the acquisition. Before joining Griffin, for over 10 years, she held director positions in the HypoVereinsbank / UniCredit Group, and in their subsidiaries, monitoring real estate investment banking and managing real estate. Dorota Wysokinska-Kuzdra has graduated from SGH Warsaw School of Economics, the University of Cologne and the University of Duisburg-Essen. Dorota was chairperson in the Polish branch of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) between 2018-2021 – the international non-profit organisation that supports responsible planning and developing of cities, which functions as a platform of knowledge exchange between experts and participants in the real estate market, both in Poland and abroad. In 2020, in addition to the Polish role, she has been elected to join the Executive Committee of ULI Europe and is now creating ULI CEE HUB. She is a Global Governing Trustee for ULI Global.

Tomasz Trzósło is an expert with 27 years of experience in the real estate market across Central and Eastern Europe. He has extensive expertise spanning all sectors of the real estate market, including retail, office, industrial, hospitality, and residential. Prior to joining EPP, Tomasz worked as Managing Director of JLL for Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. He was also a member of the Legal and Procedural Board at Tétris. Throughout his career, he has been involved in numerous capital market transactions, including portfolio and single asset sales, capital raising, debt-related deals, and structured equity transactions. Tomasz holds a master’s degree in Financial Accountancy and Economics from the Cracow University of Economics. He also possesses qualifications in property valuation, investment appraisal, real estate finance, and portfolio management, certified by the Investment Property Forum (IPF) in London.