Mingtiandi Tokyo Forum 2024 On-Location Event

With Japan moving to the top of investor preferences, Mingtiandi is closing out 2024 with our inaugural event in Tokyo. The top-level gathering will give global investors a chance to feature their strategies in front of local decision-makers, while also providing Japanese limited and general partners with opportunities to connect with their global counterparts.

The full-day forum is Mingtiandi’s first-ever event in the land of the rising sun which is expected to bring together 200 industry professionals for a series of exclusive spotlight interviews and panel discussion on the role of global capital in Japanese markets.

Speakers

Agenda

Tuesday 12 November 2024, Mandarin Oriental Tokyo

English and Japanese translations will be provided throughout the entire event.

Time	Description
08:00	Registration and networking
09:00	Welcome and opening remarks
09:10	Keynote Panel Megatrends driving Japan real estate Hajime Watanabe, President & Representative Director, UBS Japan Advisors Laurent Jacquemin, Head of Asia Pacific, Real Estate, AXA IM Alts Taiyo Taimi, Head of Asia, Unlisted Real Estate, Norges Bank Investment Management Chedli Boujellabia, Managing Partner and CEO, Alyssa Partners
09:55	Spotlight Interview: Life Science and R&D Investment Tag Yuxiang, Principal, Warburg Pincus Andrew Gauci, Chairman Japan, Executive Director Development Partnerships, Lendlease Shigeko Mizutani, Managing Director, Valuation Advisory & Consulting Services, Japan, CBRE
10:25	Networking coffee break
10:55	Spotlight Interview with GLP Capital Partners Yoshiyuki Chosa, President, Japan, GLP Capital Partners
11:30	Panel: Japan Commercial Markets Value-add, opportunistic and beyond Moderator: Zoe Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Japan Property Central K.K. Takashi Imanaga, General Manager, Real Estate Finance, Mizuho Bank Christopher Handte, Chief Executive Officer, Tokyo Trust Capital Taku Yamaumi, Partner and Head of Japan, L Catterton Real Estate Yukihiko Ito, CEO, GOYOH; Member of CRREM Global Scientific & Investor Committee
12:00	Lunch break
13:20	Spotlight Interview with ESR Stuart Gibson, Executive Director, Group Co-founder and Co-CEO, ESR
13:55	Panel: Japan Industrial Outlook Shed strategies for Asia's second largest economy Ross Antoci, Principal, Unified Industrial Pierre-Alexandre Humblot, Managing Director, Fund Management and Capital, ESR Tetsuya Fujita, Managing Director, Country Manager, Japan, CBRE Investment Management Joseph Gagnon, Co-Head, Rava Partners
14:30	Panel: Residential Investment in Japan The ongoing transformation of Asia Pacific's largest rental housing market Moderator: Paul Davis, Counsel, Baker McKenzie Chedli Boujellabia, Managing Partner and CEO, Alyssa Partners Harumi Kadono, Head of Japan Real Estate, abrdn Japan Aaron Lee, Founder and CEO, Dash Living
15:00	Networking coffee break
15:30	Panel: Hotels and Lodging in Japan Travel recovery providing new opportunities Moderator: Lisa Du, Finance Reporter, Bloomberg News Seth Sulkin, President and CEO, Pacifica Capital K.K. Gary Kwok, CEO and Managing Partner, Axe Management David Cheong, Managing Director, Co-Head of Acquisitions, Asia Real Estate, KKR Malcolm MacLean, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Star Asia Group
16:05	Panel: Japan REITs and Capital Markets How fund managers can best leverage the depth of Japan’s real estate investment market Moderator: Hideaki Suzuki, Executive Director, Head of Business Development Services, North Asia, Cushman & Wakefield Hayato Tsuji, General Manager, Real Estate Finance Department, Development Bank of Japan Masakuni Taka, Senior Director, Investment, Private Assets, ORIX Life Insurance Corporation Atsushi Sato, Head of Financial Institution Group, Japan, UOB Naoki Suzuki, President and CEO, KJR Management
16:40	Spotlight Interview with Deloitte Tohmatsu Group Moderator: Tetsuya Kaneko, Managing Director, Head of Research & Consultancy, Savills Japan Tomoko Sakai, Tax Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co. Kazutaka Inoue, Manager, Deloitte Tohmatsu Risk Advisory Yuki Sakamoto, Partner, DT Legal Japan
17:10	Closing remarks and cocktails

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