Real-estate service professionals, brokers, appraisers, consultants, salesmen and businessmen looking to expand to Asia Pacific markets will find up-to-date developments in the world’s fastest-growing region at the first Real Estate Asia Pacific (REAP) 2017 Conference and Expo on May 12 and 13 at the SMX Convention Center in Mall of Asia, Manila.
The REAP 2017, with the theme “Asean Real Estate Development and Practices Beyond Borders,” is a professional real-estate summit in the context of globalization and Asean integration, with international set of speakers and highly respected real-estate officials in the Philippines. It is considered as the biggest, grandest and most anticipated real-estate industry event in Asia-Pacific region, and is expected to attract some 3,000 foreign and local real-estate executives to attend.
Philippine Regulation Commission for Real Estate Service Chairman Dr. Eduardo G. Ong said the lineup of distinguished foreign speakers and panelists makes REAP 2017 a compelling event for players in the real-estate and allied industries.
“The real-estate industry has come of age. We can see development and infrastructure rising not only in the urban cities but, likewise, in the suburban communities and in the entire Philippine archipelago. Many of the top billionaires in the country have one thing in common: they are engaged in real-estate development,” emphasized Ong, acknowledged as the “Father of Philippine Real Estate”.
“The country’s biggest developers need the services of credible and reliable real-estate service professionals, brokers, appraisers, consultants and salespersons. They are indispensable partners to the real-estate development and growth. Undoubtedly, the real-estate industry is booming and sparkling for the years to come, especially in the advent of the Asean economic integration, where Asean will become a borderless economy,” he stressed.
“It is in this landscape that I fully endorse the holding of REAP 2016. Let us learn from the experiences of the experts and network with our associates in the industry!” Ong added.
Ong is a highly respected management consultant, educator, real-estate broker and consultant, with a degree in law and holder of three PhDs: Business Management, Philosophy and Public Administration. He is currently the chairman of the Professional Realtors Board of Real Estate Service; chairman for education of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry; board member of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority; regent of the Technological University of the Philippines; trustee of the Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology; vice president and dean of the Southeast Asian College; and member and chairman, respectively, of the Commission on Higher Education panels on public administration and business education.
He is also the president of the Capital Markets Institute of the Phils., corporate secretary of the United Nations Association of the Philippines, immediate past president of the Philippine Association of Realty Consultants and president of the Creba Research Institute. A former dean of business in leading universities in Metro Manila, Ong has published six books in real estate, business, economics and sociology. He was recently conferred a diplomate in Business Education, fellow in Personnel Management and fellow in Real Estate Management by the Royal Institution of Singapore.
Top international speakers and experts will headline the conference and will share with international real-estate players their knowledge and incisive insights on topics that are vital to them and their success during the first and second days of the REAP 2017.
They will also present their respective country-reports during the REAP 2017 breakout sessions. These include reports from Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, India, Mongolia, Fiji, Turkey and the Philippines.
“Both quantity- and quality-wise, we want to make sure our list of international and national experts in REAP 2017 will go down in the history of the real-estate industry as probably one of the best-assembled batches of speakers and panelists,” Ong enthused.
The REAP 2017 is copresented by the Philippine Association of Real Estate Board Inc., and supported by the Professional Regulation Commission, Professional Realtors Board of Real Estate Service, with supporting organizations: Real Estate Brokers Association of the Philippines Inc., Chamber of Real Estate & Builders’ Associations Inc., Philippine Associations of Realty Appraisers, Inc. Subdivision and Housing Developers Association Inc., Institute of Philippine Real Estate Appraisers, National Association of Realtors Philippines Inc., National Real Estate Association, Bureau of Local Government Finance, Philippine Contractors Association, United Architect of the Philippines, Institute Electronics Engineers of the Philippines, Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Inc. and Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, among others, and organized by Media Blitz Group.
The REAP 2017 aims to discover new approaches to issues facing the region’s real estate stakeholders and highlight innovative solutions that can help them differentiate themselves from competitors, and to deliver greater value to their clients. For inquiries, e-mail reap2017@mediablitzgroup.com.