A Commitment to Cities Cities are the places where the strongest forces for change are at work and where there is the greatest need to address issues of growth, liveability and climate change. The physical environment can be designed, and economic and political forces can be influenced by the design process. As a result, design plays an essential role in the public interest to stimulate, guide and influence debate as well as public and private investment at all urban scales, from street to neighbourhood to city. Dan brings a unique perspective to his many accomplishments in urban environments around the world. As an architect, urban designer and city planner, he is interested in the physical characteristics of a place and how planning, urban design, urban infrastructure, landscape design and architecture can create a positive public environment. This is evident in the strong role he has played in realising complex projects of significant magnitude through collaborative planning, design and delivery across 30+ Years. Prior to joining Arup in 2022, Dan was the leader of the City Design Practice at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) based in London. There, Dan directed projects which focussed on the urban transformation of our cities. He had also guided the urban strategy of many architectural projects delivered by the London office of SOM. Dan has extensive experience working across differing cultures and contexts throughout the world. Collaborating closely within a multi-disciplinary team, he is able to guide the development of city designs with public and private sector clients and specialist experts. His urban design and planning skills include a strong ability to work in concert with regional authorities, city officials, public and private institutions, developers, specialist consultants and individual communities to deliver long-term visions as well as short term ‘wins’. Dan has been a long-standing member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) over the length of his career, joining first as a member in the US, and then in the UK and Europe. From 2019 to 2023, Dan has been the Co-chair of the European Urban Regeneration Council at ULI.

Konstantinos Santikos is a hospitality entrepreneur. He holds a Business & Finance Degree from Babson College. He has worked at UBS bank in Zurich Switzerland and CondeNast Traveller in New Work both in their product and marketing department. Since 2010 he has been involved and leading the Santikos Collection hospitality group as General Manager for the Princess Resort until 2012, head of Sales until 2018 and Managing Director since 2018. In 2019 he founded Santikos Hospitality, a hospitality consulting agency with long term mentality.

Eleni Polychroniadou is an impact entrepreneur, dedicated to improving the sustainability of the built environment. In 2020 she co-founded Sintali, an environmental verification body working to ensure that every building globally is green. A strategic thinker, Eleni specializes in joining dots between finance, verification, policy and delivery to increase accessibility and simplify the full green building ecosystem and process. Eleni was recently recognised as one of the ‘50 Rising Stars in ESG’ by the Women of the Future Programme, for her contribution to the cause.

Tom has advised retailers, landlords and developers for over 20 years on all things retail, from store expansion strategies, shopping centre feasibility and supermarket performance. For the last 5 years Tom has been a commentating on ways of rationalising and improving retail places to address the needs created from over expansion and addressing both economic and environmental sustainability challenges. His passion lies with creating genuine curated mixed use spaces that serve better social value, have more positive environmental impact, while still fulfilling the financial expectations of investors and other key stakeholders.

Evgenios Dendrinos holds the position of Real Estate Director in TEMES since 2013, responsible for the development, marketing, sales and delivery of the private residential properties in Costa Navarino and other projects of TEMES Group. Evgenios has led the strategy and implementation of Costa Navarino Residences from the onset of the project. Prior to joining TEMES Evgenios spent 3 years in renewable energy project development bringing to fruition more than 60 MW of Photovoltaic Projects in Greece. Among those the largest photovoltaic project in Greece with a capacity of 12 MW. In 2003, Evgenios joined Siemens AG based in Germany for a total of 6 years, 3 of which with the Medical Division as Product Marketing Manager for Interventional Radiology systems worldwide. He then joined Siemens Management Consulting, consulting the top management of Siemens AG. Evgenios has advised on major restructuring projects for the Siemens IT sector, reorganization projects for the Siemens Industry Sector and Merger & Acquisition projects for the Siemens Telecommunication sector. Evgenios holds an MEng (Mechanical Engineering) and an MSc in Bioengineering from Imperial College, London. He is married with two children

Christian Meister is a Managing Director of Hines Germany and is heading the Munich office. He is responsible for investment management, project development and business development across all asset classes in southern Germany with a focus on Munich. His past experience includes serving as a development manager in Hines’ Stuttgart office. Meister has joined Hines in 2008. He graduated from the International Real Estate Business School IREBS in Regensburg with a MBA in Business Administration. He also holds a lecture at the chair of Prof. Dr. Bone-Winkel at the University of Regensburg and the University of Stuttgart in Real Estate Finance and Development.

Adam is responsible for the European research & strategy living outlook. Using extensive in-house and third party resources Adam works closely with the fund teams and global clients to formulate and implement comprehensive, integrated investment strategies and views. Prior to joining Savills IM, Adam was a senior member of the global research & strategy team at AXA IM. Adam was residential sector specialist and fund strategist for AXA’s flagship pan-European residential open-ended fund. In addition to his living sector specialism, Adam was involved in providing detailed strategic analysis during the acquisition, development and leasing of 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London as well as working with value-add and debt strategies. Adam attended the Strategic Investment Committees and presented recommendations for the Living sectors to the Real Assets Board. Adam was a Senior Analyst at M&G working on forecasts and on strategy for the flagship UK open-ended fund as well as covering North America and associated indirect investments there. Adam has over 14 years of experience in the commercial and residential investment management industry covering public and private markets.