AsiaConference

Event Details

At the AsiaConference distinguished investment experts will present current topics related to Asian Real Estate investments.

  • Conference: Tuesday, 2 June - Wednesday, 3 June 2026
  • Location: Hilton Frankfurt City Centre, Frankfurt
  • Pre-Event Dinner: Monday, 1 June 2026 for investors and sponsors only
  • Participation form: on site event
  • Conference language: English
  • Participants: investors, project developers, investment specialists
  • Ticket Price: from 2,390 Euro free of charge for institutional investors
  • Important Links: Registration Program

Content & Goal

AsiaConference

The AsiaConference is the industry event for all topics related to institutional Asian real estate investments. The conference took place for the first time in 2025. Experts and investors explained to international participants their topics and experiences on individual program items in expert presentations and panel discussions. Personal Face-to-Face-Meetings gave the attendees a great chance to connect within this community.

Conference Report  Asia conference magazine to the event

 

AsiaConference

Chairpersons of the Conference

The Chairmen of the AsiaConference played a pivotal role in organizing the second event focused on Asian real estate. Through their insights, experience, and extensive networks with global investors and managers,
Dr. Karsten Lieser and Jun Ho Lee will lead the advisory board and are fully involved to continue the success of the event. A special thanks to their respective firms - Mocean Capital and Lübke & Kelber - for their support in making the next event possible.

Dr. Karsten Lieser, CIO, Lübke Kelber       Jun Ho Lee, Managing Partner, Mocean Capital
karsten.lieser(at)luebke-kelber.de       Junho.lee(at)moceancapital.com

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AsiaConference 2026

Advisory Board

Karsten Abromeit CAIA
Leiter Portfolio Management Real Assets
Provinzial Asset Management GmbH

Hubertus Bäumer
Managing Partner
substnz Capital Partners

Benedikt Gabor
Head of Department
Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung 

Alexander Hoffmann
Senior Investment Leader
Partners Group

Doohyeong Lee
Senior Manager, Real Estate Investment Team, National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF)

Jun Ho Lee
Managing Partner
Mocean Capital Advisors

Wei-Ting Leong
Investment Director
Grosvenor

Dr. Karsten Lieser
Chief Investment Officer
Lübke Kelber

Joyce Lo
Director
Lazard

Sven Schaltegger
Senior Portfolio Manager & Member of Investment Committe
UBS Unified Global Alternative - Real Estate

Oliver Strumpf
Founder
FondsForum-Platform

Additional investor access

Networking Partner

We appreciate the cooperation with ANREV - the Asian Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles. ANREV is a not-for-profit organisation with a membership base of over 200 corporate firms and is the leading platform for investors in the Asia Pacific non-listed real estate industry, with the goal of improving transparency and best practice across the region.

The agenda is driven by the members, who contribute directly to our data and research help to grow the quality and quantity of information available across the market. This ensures investors have the tools to make informed decisions for their Asia Pacific real estate portfolios.

www.anrev.org

Our Cooperation Partners

Sponsors

Premium Sponsors

Main Sponsors

Content Sponsors

Note: We are currently in process of onboarding sponsors and cooperation partners for the event. If you interested in actively participating in the conference you are welcome to register HERE >.

Expert knowledge

Speakers

Chadly (Chedli) Boujellabia

Managing Partner/CEO
Alyssa Partners Japan K.K.

Chadly (Chedli) Boujellabia is the Founder, Managing Partner, CEO and Co-CIO of Alyssa Partners. With over 20 years in real estate, he leads investment strategy, capital partnerships and the wider group strategic planning. He previously served as President of Eurohypo Japan and held senior roles at Deutsche Bank in London. He serves on ULI Japan Executive Committee and ULI APAC Housing Council.

Kevin Chee

Managing Director Private Funds
CapitaLand Investment

Kevin Chee is the Fund Manager of COREF, CapitaLand’s flagship open end core plus fund. With over 20 years of private equity real estate and public REITs experience across Asia Pacific, he has led the inception, establishment, fundraising, and ongoing buildout of COREF as part of the strategic expansion of CapitaLand’s real assets management platform.

David Chen

Managing Director
J.P. Morgan Asset Management - Real Estate Asia Pacific

David Chen, chief investment officer & head of J.P. Morgan Asset Management–Real Estate Asia-Pacific, leads the APAC real estate investment platform. Previously, he was the head of Asset Management for Real Estate Europe and has held various senior investment roles in Real Estate Americas since joining J.P. Morgan in 1990 and is currently based in Hong Kong.

Joseph Chien

Head of Real Estate Asia
Partners Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Joseph Chien is the Regional Head of Private Real Estate Asia and Co-Head of Private Real Estate Partnership Investments at Partners Group, based in Singapore. He is a member of the Real Estate Investment Committee. He has 28 years of industry experience in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director at Blackstone Real Estate.

David Fassbender

Managing Director, Head of Japan and Senior Portfolio Manager Asia Value Partners
PGIM

David Fassbender is a managing director at PGIM and deputy head of Asia Pacific, in addition to his role as senior portfolio manager for Asia Pacific real estate value-add fund series. As deputy head, David’s responsibilities include leading the business in Japan and oversight of portfolio management strategies across the region. He is a member of the Asia Pacific Executive Committee and Investment Committee.

Gweyn Foo

Managing Director
MEC Global Partners Asia – part of Mitsubishi Estate Group

Gweyn Foo is Managing Director of MEC Global Partners Asia the Investment Management arm of Mitsubishi Estate. She has 21 years of real estate experience across Asia-Pacific, covering investor relations, structuring, finance, portfolio management, acquisitions and underwriting. She started her career with Jones Lang LaSalle followed by 11 years in Abu Dhabi SWF.

Felix Frankl MRICS

Head of Real Estate
Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse

Felix Frankl manages the real estate portfolio of the EZVK Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse. Previously, he held senior positions at various investment firms and with various investors.

Benedikt Gabor

Head of Department
Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung KöR

Benedikt has 25 years of professional experience in the real estate sector. Since July 2023 he is responsible for all global direct and indirect real estate holdings of Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung as head of real estate. Prior, he worked for more than 10 years at Deutsche Rückversicherung AG and VöV Rückversicherung KöR and previously as Senior Portfolio Manager at Catella Real Estate AG KAG and Deutsche Immobilien Leasing – Deutsche Bank Group.

Joe Gagnon

Partner
Rava Partners

Joe Gagnon is a Partner and the Co-Head of Rava Partners, Hillhouse Investment's real assets investment platform. Previously, he was a Managing Director and Partner at Warburg Pincus (2005-2020), leading its Asia real assets business as Co-Head (2008-2012) and Sole Head (2012- 2020). Prior thereto, he worked at GE Capital in the US and Tokyo. Joe holds a B.S. in Mathematical Economics from Wake Forest University.

Eduardo Gorab

Co-Head of Research and Strategy, Asia Pacific
LaSalle Investment Management

Eduardo Gorab is Asia Pacific Co-Head of Research and Strategy at LaSalle Investment Management. He was previously responsible for guiding investment strategy for LaSalle’s Global Solutions business as well as other global portfolios. Over his career he has covered a wide range of real estate markets in Europe, Latin Americas, the US, and Asia Pacific.

Ben Hickey

Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, Australasia
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

Ben Hickey, Managing Director and Head of Australia for BlackRock APA Real Estate, leads the Australian Real Estate business, overseeing investment activities in the country. Mr. Hickey is responsible for leading the origination, evaluation, execution and delivery of the local investments along with management of the local country team. He is also a Challenger member of the Global Value Add Investment Committee.

Alexander Hoffmann

Senior Investment Leader
Partners Group

Alexander Hoffmann is a Senior Investment Leader in Partners Group's Real Estate Secondaries business, based in London. He has 18 years of industry experience in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Allianz Real Estate in Singapore and SIGNA Unternehmensgruppe in Germany.

Pierre-Alexandre Humblot

Managing Director, Fund Management & Capital
ESR Group

Pierre-Alexandre Humblot is MD, Head of Japan Fund Management & Capital at ESR. He has over 24 years of logistics real estate experience and has completed more than USD15bn of transactions across Asia and Europe. He previously held senior roles at Prologis, AEW, Tristan Capital Partners, and DTZ. He holds a BBA in Finance from INSEEC.

Bernhard Karas

Managing Director
CapitaLand Investment

Bernhard Karas is a Managing Director at CLI working with global investors on private real estate investment solutions. His responsibilities include delivering CLI’s unlisted investment products to institutional investors in Europe. With over 25 years of experience, Mr. Karas has led real estate private equity advisory transactions and capital raising assignments exceeding US$10B.

Paul Keogh

Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investment

Paul Keogh is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and has been based in Asia for approximately 21 years of his 29-year career in real estate. Paul is Deputy Chairman of the Asian Association of Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV).

Jun Ho Lee

Managing Partner
Mocean Capital Advisors

Jason Leong

Fund Manager
M&G Real Estate

Jason Leong is Fund Manager for M&G’s flagship pan-regional Asia Property Fund. Jason has over 28 years of multi-sector experience in senior real estate roles. Prior to M&G, he held senior roles with Investa Property Group (Australia), LaSalle Investment Management (Singapore) and New City Corporation (Japan). Jason holds a Bachelor of Property Economics from the University of Technology Sydney.

Dr. Karsten Lieser

Chief Investment Officer
Lübke Kelber Investment Partners GmbH

Dr. Karsten Lieser, a seasoned investment expert with a doctorate in finance and an engineering degree, has been appointed as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Lübke Kelber Group as of January 2025. In this role, he will focus on expanding the firm’s investment management and capital raising activities. He joins the company from the investment platform substnz Capital Partners and brings a wealth of experience from his previous positions at Lehman Brothers, Lone Star Funds, and PIMCO Real Estate.

David Matheson

Chief Investment Officer - Group Strategy & Investments
ESR Group

David Matheson is Chief Investment Officer of ESR, focusing on corporate strategy, balance sheet investment management, capital allocation, and enhancing the company’s investment platform.

Sam McConnell

Senior Vice President
Sentinel Real Estate

Sam McConnell is a Senior Vice President and a Portfolio Manager for Sentinel’s Australian BTR platform, for which he is also responsible for acquisition activities. He serves as Assistant Portfolio Manager for two of Sentinel’s US multifamily funds. Sam joined Sentinel in 2016 and graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Business.

Ryota Nagao

Managing Director
Ares Management Corporation

Ryota Nagao is Managing Director and Head of Income Fund, Logistics at GLP Japan (now part of Ares Management) since September 2024. He leads portfolio strategy, capital and investment management, fundraising and investor relations, and is portfolio manager of the Japan Logistics Income Fund, an open‑ended logistics fund with ¥1.0 trillion GAV.

Sven Schaltegger

Senior Portfolio Manager & Member of Investment Committe
UBS Unified Global Alternative - Real Estate

Sven Schaltegger is Senior Portfolio Manager & member of the IC at UBS Unified Global Alternatives – Real Estate. He has over 25 years of experience and holds a Master in Finance from the University of Zurich and is a CFA & CAIA Charterholder. He built and headed the Multi-Manager Real Estate team at Credit Suisse before its merger with UBS and worked at PwC and Partners Group earlier in his career.

 

Irene Shimada

Portfolio Manager
J.P. Morgan Asset Management - Real Estate Asia Pacific

Member of the PM team for JPMAM – Real Estate Asia-Pacific. Based in Tokyo, Irene serves as Co-PM of JMF V+ and Deputy PM of JMF III/IV and focuses on real estate investments in the living sector across various strategies with primary focus on Japan. Irene holds a BSc in Govt and Econ and an MSc in Real Estate Economics and Finance from the London School of Economics. Irene is a CFA charterholder.

Marco Simonis

Partner
Clifford Chance

Lawyer and tax adviser, with Clifford Chance Frankfurt since 2001. Focus areas: structuring and establishing open-ended and closed-ended investment funds for institutional investors, as well as tax advice on fund-linked structured products and securitisations. Advising on numerous real estate funds/investment structures with investments in Asia. 

Broderick Storie

Partner and Co-Head of Real Assets
PAG

Jointly oversees and manages PAG’s Real Assets strategy. Prior to joining PAG, he served as the chief risk & investment officer for Europe and Asia and a member of the Global Management Committee at Prudential Real Estate Investors. Mr. Storie started his career in Australia at Gresham Partners and subsequently joined Babcock & Brown, becoming head of real estate for Asia (ex-Japan). 

Oliver Strumpf

Initiator of the AsiaConference
FondsForum-Platform

Oliver Strumpf studied business information management and real estate economics at the European Business School. In addition to start-ups, he gained professional experience at international fund and consulting companies. Since 2002, he has initiated various platforms and event formats in the institutional real estate sector. He joined HEICO Group in 2015 and was managing partner of the investment section until May 2021.

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AsiaConference 2026

Registration

Participation in the conference is possible from 2,390 Euro plus VAT (free of charge for institutional investors).

Registration

Pre-Event Dinner 1 June 2026

Dinner

only for invited Investors and representatives of Premium and Main Sponsors

18:00 - 22:30

Program 2 June 2026

I. APAC POLITICS & ECONOMICS

Global macro- and geopolitical trends / Asia‘s Real Estate Potential / Chances or Concerns in Asia

09:00 - 10:30

II. INVESTMENTS IN APAC REAL ESTATE

Global capital flows into APAC / FDI Investor views about existing APAC allocations / Domestic Investor views on APAC allocation / Relative attractiveness APAC vs. US vs. Europe

11:00 - 12:30

Face-to-Face-Meetings

3 personal meetings of 20 minutes each

13:20 - 14:20

III. APAC REAL ESTATE MARKETS

Key Investment Themes for APAC / Trends of Core Markets / Trends of Emerging Markets / Where to invest in Asia

14:00 - 16:00

IV. APAC SECTOR FOCUS

Impact of AI and Data Centers / Living strategies on the rise / Further asset classes

16:30 - 18:00

Reception & Dinner

18:00 - 22:00

Program 3 June 2026

Face-to-Face-Meetings

3 personal meetings of 20 minutes each

08:30 - 09:30

V. HOW TO INVEST IN APAC

How to pick the right GP / Chosing the right investment structure / How to build an indirect portfolio

09:45 - 11:00

VI. UNLOCKING THE REAL ESTATE POTENTIAL

Refinancing Wave 2025-2027 / Is 2026 the right time to deploy?

11:30 - 13:00

Final Lunch

13:00 - 14:30

End of Conference

14:30 - 14:30

Meeting Point

Conference Location

Hilton Frankfurt City Centre

The Hilton Frankfurt City Centre is located in the heart of Frankfurt. Sights, shopping facilities and the banking district are all within easy walking distance. The 342 rooms shine in new splendor and their urban design is reminiscent of New York loft living. Guests are invited to sample unique cocktails in the Hudson Yards Bar, Lounge & Dining and relax in the large health and fitness club.

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Hochstr. 4, 60313 Frankfurt | Germany
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Pre-Event dinner

1 June 2026
Restaurant Schönemann
For investors and premium / main sponsors

Conference dinner

2 June 2026
Occhio d'Oro
Eschenheimer Tor 2, 60318 Frankfurt

Overnight stay

Hilton Frankfurt City Centre  
Hochstrasse 4, 60313 Frankfurt

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Impressions

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From the FondsForum Blog-Area

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Interview: Jun Ho Lee

Contact

Event Manager

Kim Riedel

Strumpf Eventmanagement
Niederseelbacher Straße 24
65527 Niedernhausen

Tel.: +49 6127 999363 24
Email: info(at)AsiaConference.com