Programme INVESTMENTexpo 2026

Which Sectors Are Worth Entering?

Panel:
Daniel Anderson, Director, Fiera Infrastructure
Jannik Graf Germeroth, Portfoliomanager Depot A, Evangelische Bank eG
Markus Schmidt, Head of Infrastructure Business Development, IntReal International Real Estate Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

International Perspectives on Rents, Demand, and Obsolescence

Panel:
Anthony Bull-Diamond, Managing Director, KanAm Grund Group
Karin Diedrich, Senior Investment Manager Real Estate, ARAG SE
Philip La Pierre, Head of Europe, LaSalle Investment Management Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Pieter Vandeginste, Fund Director - ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund, a.s.r.

Discussionleader:
Felix Meyen, Geschäftsführer, HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH

Where to Enter?

Panel:
Simon Ellis, Fund Manager M&G European Property Fund, M&G Real Estate
João Madeira de Andrade, Board Member, Fidelidade - Property Europe, S.A.
Uwe Krause, Head of Real Estate Fund Management, MEAG

Discussionleader:
Sandy Bierwirth-Zeussel, Mitglied des RICS Deutschland Vorstandes, RICS Deutschland Limited

Requirements, limitations and opportunities of both models

Workshop-Leader: 
Carsten Demmler, Managing Director, HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH

Which Vehicle Fits Which Strategy? An Overview

Opening Statement:
Christian Moersch, Executive Board, HANSAINVEST LUX S.A

Panel:
Dr. Till Friedrich, Deputy Managing Director, Versorgungswerk (Apothekerversorgung) der Apothekerkammer Schleswig-Holstein, K.d.ö.R.
Christoph Kraiker, CEO, Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services S.A.

Discussionleader:
Christian Moersch, Executive Board, HANSAINVEST LUX S.A

Develop or Streamline?

Kaja Bader, Head of Fund Management Real Assets, Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Immo von Homeyer, Head of Business Development, Art-Invest Real Estate Funds GmbH
Daniel Werth, Managing Director, HAMBURG TEAM Investment Management GmbH

Discussionleader:
Aygül Özkan, Hauptgeschäftsführerin, ZIA Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e.V.

Which Continent Is Interesting? Where Is It Worth Taking a Closer Look and in Which Sectors? 

Panel:
Wenzel Hoberg, Global Head of Real Estate, Fiera Real Estate
Joachim Kumme, Head of Treasury, Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg
Christian Schulte Eistrup, Managing Director, Clarion Partners LLC

Diskussionlead:
Christian Behrend, Managing Director & Head of Client Capital DACH, Savills Investment Management KVG GmbH

Decentralized energy supply as the next stage of renewable energy funds

Panel:
Bastian Meitz, Head of Investment, attorney-in-fact, Statkraft Germany GmbH
Moritz Weiss, Head of DACH, Capital Formation, Investor Relations & Business Development, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S

Discussionleader:
Robert Guzialowski, Head of Business Development Real Assets, HANSAINVEST Hanseatische Investment-GmbH

Beyond housing and healthcare – from niche to established portfolio component

Discipline and Active Management for Durable Income

Nicole Pötsch, Co-Head of Direct Equity Europe, PIMCO Prime Real Estate GmbH

New Product Opportunities for Real Estate and Infrastructure Funds

Frank Müller, Solicitor, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery Solicitors Tax Consultants LLP

Is the Era of Real Estate Investments Over?

Panel:
Sascha Pinger, Managing Director, Versorgungswerk der Wirtschaftsprüfer und der vereidigten Buchprüfer im Lande Nordrhein-Westfalen (WPV)
Britta Roden, ​​Head Research Real Assets, Swiss Life Asset Managers Deutschland GmbH
Dr. Philipp Wösthoff, Director / Head of Client Relationship Management Real Assets, Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe

Discussionleader:
Alexander Eggert, Managing Director, HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH

What Works Where – and Why?

Opening Statement:
Kathrin Michalzik, Head of Fund Management, Savills Investment Management

Panel:
Susanne Gehle, Managing Director Real Estate, Kaufland Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG
Christoph Horbach, Member of the Executive Board, Hahn Gruppe
Susanne Klaußner, Managing Partner, DIR Deutsche Investment Retail GmbH
Kathrin Michalzik, Head of Fund Management, Savills Investment Management
Susanne Gehle, Managing Director Real Estate, Kaufland Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG

Discussionleader:
Anna-Lena Budde, Managing Director, Norddeutsche Kirchliche Versorgungskasse (NKVK)

The real asset reality check, including selection of the real asset buzzword for 2026

Workshop speaker:
Andreas Höfner, Managing Director, GARBE Capital & Strategy Deutschland GmbH
Tobias Kassner, Head of Research & ESG, GARBE Industrial GmbH & Co. KG

Workshop leader:
Steffen Uttich, Managing Director, GARBE Capital & Strategy Deutschland GmbH

Is there a Future for Real Estate in Asset Management

Panel:
André Claus, Abteilungsleiter, Saalesparkasse
Jan Gengel,  Head of Treasury, Mittelbrandenburgische Sparkasse in Potsdam
Dr Joachim Köhne, Head of Quantitative Asset Management, Hamburger Sparkasse AG
Dr Matthias Pöferlein, Head of Treasury, Deputy Director of Real Estate Clients, Municipalities, Institutions and Treasury

Discussionleader:
Joachim Kumme, Head of Treasury, Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg

The Return of the Credit Strategy?

Michael Morgenroth MRICS, CEO, CAERUS Debt Investments AG

Discussionleader:
Daniel Sohler, Managing Director, RUECKERCONSULT GmbH

First automotive, now defence: legal and tax challenges

Florian Bruder, M.Jur. (Oxon), Attorney at Law, Partner, Frankfurt / Munich, DLA Piper UK LLP
Fabian Mühlen, LL.M., Attorney at Law, Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP
Dr. Marie-Theres Rämer, Attorney at Law and Certified Public Accountant, Partner and Head of Tax Germany, DLA Piper UK LLP

Impulse Lecture KPMG

• Dr. Marianne Roth, Senior Manager / Prokuristin, Deal Advisory, Real Estate & Infrastructure, KPMG
   

Impulse Lecture PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG

De-Risking Construction Projects – Understanding Exposure, Enforcing Claims

• Igor Zarva, LL.M., Senior Manager, Rechtsanwalt, Head of Construction Law, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG
   

Impulse Lecture Wüest Partner

Energy prices, risk and returns: how strategic value enhancement of real estate portfolios becomes possible

• Dr. Michael Heigl, Director ESG & Impact Economics, Wüest Partner
   

How Institutional Investors Are Rebalancing Their Real Asset Strategies

Panel:
Kaja Bader, Head of Fund Management Real Assets, Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Christoph Drdla, Fund Manager | Fund of Funds Management, Authorised Signatory, Raiffeisen Immobilien Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft m.b.H
Thomas Erdmann, Managing Director, UNIQA Real Estate Management GmbH
Marcel Konzek, Treasury, Pax-Bank für Kirche und Caritas eG

Discussionleader:
Carsten Demmler, Managing Director, HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH

How Resilient Is the Segment Really?

Panel:
Jan Philipp Daun, Managing Director, GARBE
Thorsten Kiel, Managing Director – Head of Industrial & Logistics, Nuveen Asset Management Europe S.à.r.l.
Theo Soeters, Managing Director, Head of Fund Management, EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD REIM (Benelux) B.V
Christina Ofschonka, CIO Europe / Head of Germany & CEE, AEW Invest GmbH

Discussionleader:
Anna-Lena Budde, Managing Director, Norddeutsche Kirchliche Versorgungskasse (NKVK)

Which Assets Have a Future?

Dr. Maximilian Brauers, Member of the Management Board, Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH
Jörn Burghardt, Managing Director, GPEP GmbH
Prof. Dr. Gerd Merke, Secretary General, Euroroc – European & International Federation of Natural Stone Industries

Discussionleader:
Sarah Ruschkowski, Board Member, Frauen in der Immobilienwirtschaft e.V.

Which Strategy Will Dominate in 2026?

Felix Frankl, Head of Real Estate, EZVK - Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse (AdöR)
NN, DWS Real Estate GmbH
Ramin Rabeian, Managing Partner, Montano Real Estate GmbH

Discussionleader:
Andreas Trumpp, Head of Market Intelligence & Foresight, PTXRE GmbH

Where Are Opportunities Emerging, Where Do Risks Lurk?

Opening Statement:
Patrick Griesbeck, Senior Investment Manager/Fund Management, Savills Investment Management (Germany) GmbH

Panel:
Karin Diedrich, Senior Investment Manager Real Estate, ARAG SE
Marcus Eilers, Head of European Living, M&G Real Estate
Patrick Griesbeck, Senior Investment Manager/Fund Management, Savills Investment Management (Germany) GmbH
Thomas Wirtz, Managing Director, INDUSTRIA Immobilien GmbH

Discussionleader:
Thomas Meyer, Member of the Executive Board, WERTGRUND Immobilien AG

Will Investors Benefit from the Upswing?

Opening Statement:
Dirk Bratschke, Managing Director, TeWo2 Verwaltungs GmbH

Where Can Potential Be Unlocked?

Panel:
Jakob Kær Bille Krogh Nielsen, Founder, Gaianavia

Discussionleader:
Christiane Eckert,Exceutive Council & Founding Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Denmark

Impulse Lecture GSK:

Contribution in kind-funds & more – AIFs as restructuring vehicles

• Robert Kramer, Partner and Attorney at Law, GSK Stockmann

Impulse Lecture Predium:

Financing in transition: From ESG assessment to credit decision.

• Christoph Busch, Head of Banking Solutions, Predium Technology GmbH

Backbone of Digitalisation or ESG Risk?

Panel:
Philip Rauh, Head Investment Operations, Infrastructure Investments, Swiss Life Asset Management AG

Transparency, Volatility, Opportunity?

Sustainable Construction in Commercial Real Estate