Programme INVESTMENTexpo 2026

Which Sectors Are Worth Entering?

Panel:
Jannik Graf Germeroth, Portfoliomanager Depot A, Evangelische Bank eG
Ciaran Henry, Global Head of Infrastructure Investor Relations, Fiera Infrastructure Inc
Giselher Kühne, Managing Director, Advace Group GmbH
Markus Schmidt, Head of Infrastructure Business Development, IntReal International Real Estate Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Discussionleader:
Marius Berg, Deputy Director & Head of Business Development – Real Assets, Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services S.A.

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. real assets

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

Where to Enter?

Panel:
Tim Breitenstein, Co-Head Europe of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing and Portfolio Manager of Prime Europe, Morgan Stanley
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

Panel:
Tanja Aschenbeck, LL.M. (San Francisco), Head of Financial Services/Partner, Osborne Clarke GmbH & Co. KG
Nicole Bittlingmayer, Attorney at Law and Partner, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
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:
Marc Zimmer, Head of Business Development & Fund Projects, HANSAINVEST LUX S.A.

Develop or Streamline?

Dr. Kaja Bader, Head of Fund Management Real Assets, Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Prof. Dr. Henric Hahr, Head of Asset Management, Real Blue Kapitalverwaltungs-GmbH
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:
Christian Goebel, Co-CEO, Manova Partners GmbH
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:
Dr. Martin Leinemann, Executive Board, Arbireo Capital AG
Bastian Meitz, Head of Investment, attorney-in-fact, Statkraft Germany GmbH
Bart Vink, Fund Director, a.s.r. real assets
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

Tanja Volksheimer, Managing Director, NEXT Generation Invest GmbH

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 & Schulte Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP

Is the Era of Real Estate Investments Over?

Panel:
Viktoria Hoffmann, Senior Fund Manager, Swiss Life Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Sascha Pinger, Managing Director, Versorgungswerk der Wirtschaftsprüfer und der vereidigten Buchprüfer im Lande Nordrhein-Westfalen (WPV)
Dr. Philipp Wösthoff, Head of Client Relationship Management Real Assets, Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG

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, Sparkasse Nürnberg (AdöR)

Discussionleader:
Joachim Kumme, Head of Treasury, Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg

The Return of the Credit Strategy?

Frederik Bräkling, Credit Advisor for Property and Infrastructure Financing, Pax-Bank für Kirche und Caritas eG
Matthias Düsing, Investment Manager for Illiquid Assets, Norddeutsche Kirchliche Versorgungskasse (NKVK)
Michael Morgenroth MRICS, CEO, CAERUS Debt Investments AG
Eugenio Sangermano, CEO, BF.capital GmbH

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

Silent risks, loud consequences: red flags in due diligence

• 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
Matthias Düsing, Investment Manager for Illiquid Assets, Norddeutsche Kirchliche Versorgungskasse (NKVK)
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:
Nikolaus von Raggamby, Managing Director, RUECKERCONSULT GmbH

Which Assets Have a Future?

Dr. Maximilian Brauers, Member of the Management Board, Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH
Jörn Burghardt, Managing Director, GPEP GmbH
Christian Freundl, Director of Institutional Investors and Asset Management, Deutsche Investment Kapitalverwaltung AG
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?

Panel:
Sebastiano Ferrante, Head of Europe, Real Estate, PGIM Germany AG
Felix Frankl, Head of Real Estate, EZVK - Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse (AdöR)
Ramin Rabeian, Managing Partner, Montano Real Estate GmbH
Sebastian Schneider, Director, Lead Portfolio Manager and Team Lead Real Estate, DWS Alternatives 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

Backbone of Digitalisation or ESG Risk?

Panel:
Michael Dada, Board member, German Datacenter Association e.V.
Sebastian Dooley, CFA / Senior Fund Manager, Principal Asset Management
Günter Eggers, Director Public, NTT Global Data Centers EMEA
Philip Rauh, Head Investment Operations, Infrastructure Investments, Swiss Life Asset Management AG

Discussionleader:
Peter Pohlschröder, Director / Co-Head of Digital Infrastructure Investments, Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG

Where Can Potential Be Unlocked?

Opening Statement:
Jakob Kær Bille Krogh Nielsen, Founder, Gaianavia

Panel:
Richard Dallinga, Head of Real Assets, Achmea Investment Management
Jakob Kær Bille Krogh Nielsen, Founder, Gaianavia
Jens Kramer, Chief Executive Officer, PROMOS
Andreas Röhr, Partner, Baker Tilly

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

Impulse Lecture Planon Real Estate: 

From Data to Decisions: Sustainable Investment Across the Real Estate Lifecycle

• Klaas Bosma, Chief Revenue Officer, Planon Real Estate

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