The Association of Real Estate Funds

Future Events

The AREF Education and Training Committee are working on new events for the future. We would be grateful if you could please take 5 minutes to complete this survey.

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* 1. Are there any topics you would be interested in hearing/learning about at future AREF events?

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* 2. We are looking at organising events for the next generation/rising stars of the property industry. Out of the topics below, please could you let us know if you/your colleagues, who fit this criteria, would be interested in events around the following subjects? We would look to tie these subject areas into how these can impact the real estate world.

Sharing economy (i.e. owning less/renting more eg sharing cars, devices)

Increased popularity of office-sharing/co-working as well as airbnb etc

Big data (including privacy concerns/trust in social media)

Urbanisation (e.g. infrastructure, tall towers vs street-based)

Smart real estate (i.e buildings supporting and using tech platforms)

Sustainability/renewables

Geopolitical shift in power / politics risk

Demographics

Crowdfunding

Blockchain

Shift to the East

Mobile technology

AI/automation/robotics

Future of jobs - structural changes/trend to short-term

Virtual reality

Drones (impact on logistics/retail)

Gender diversity

Media disintermediation (i.e. people watching TV less, more social media etc)

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* 3. Please let us have any other ideas/comments you might have for future events.

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* 4. We are trying to extend our database, do you have any colleagues who do not currently hear from us or do not get invited to our free events (particularly next generation members of your team)? If so please feel free to leave their details here (name/title/email).

Many thanks for taking the time to complete this survey.