Themes

Conference Themes (Comissions)

COMMISSION 1: REAL ESTATE AND ASSET VALUATION

Real Estate, Asset and Business Valuation
Mass Valuation and Standards, Professional Organizations and Best Practices
Real Estate Taxes and Duties and Examples of Best Practices in Different Countries
Technical Infrastructure of Mass Valuation and Information Technologies
Production of Valuation Maps and Their Usage
International Valuation and Financial Reporting Standards and Harmonzation to Turkish Conditions
Taxation of Wealth and Real Estates
The Property Right-Valuation Relationship
Impacts of the Rights on Real Estate on Valuation Studies and the Practices of Credit Guarantee, Expropriation, Urban Transformation and Conservation

COMMISSION 2: REAL ESTATE, ASSET AND CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS

Macro and Micro Economy in Real Estate
Real Estate Market Indices and Use: Balloon Risk and Wealth Effect
Housing Economics and Policies
Real Estate Marketing and Marketing Management
Commercial Real Estate Market and Its Future
Impacts of the COVID19 Pandemic on Real Estate Investments and Markets
Real Estate Trade, Organizations and Institutionalization
Informality and Its Impacts on Real Estate and Construction Sectors
Development of Real Estate Statistics and Information Systems
Institutionalization in the Real Estate Sector: Real Estate Investment Trusts, Real Estate Investment Funds, Corporate Companies, Financial Leasing, Asset and Real Estate Management Companies
Environmental and Social Impact Analysis and Impact Investments
Real Estate Sector and Demographic Relations
Public Policies for Real Estate and Construction Sectors
Housing Ownership and Tenure Systems
Housing and Commercial Property Rent Control and Its Impacts
Social Housing Policies and Practices
Affordable Housing and Policies
Low-Cost Housing and Policies
Building Saving and Acquisition Funds, Cooperatives and Companies
Real Estate Acquisition and Effects by Foreigners in the Ottoman Empire and the Republics of Turkey
Real Estate Investment of Foreign Real Persons and Legal Persons
Real Estate Acquisition and Management of Non-Governmental Organizations: Real Estate Foundations and Associations

COMMISSION 3: REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Urban Land Economy and Management
Urbanization, Urban Development and Growth Trends
Actors in the Urban Land Development and Real Estate Chain
Real Estate Development Expertise and Institutionalization
Zoning Implementation Models, Area and Value Based Zoning Practices: Theory, Country Models and Sample Project Analysis
Zoning and Construction Law
Land Development Process: Coasts, Military Prohibition and Security Zones, Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage, Water Basins, Efficient Agricultural Lands and Use of Real Estate in Water Basins and Effects of Development Constraints
Urban Infrastructure Investments and Financing: Land Value Increase and Rent Sharing and Project Financing
Development and Financing of Infrastructure Projects
Real Estate Development Process: Development of Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Special Purpose Real Estate Projects
Urban Transformation and Its Applications
Urban Conservation Policies and Practices
Real Estate Development Processes and Successful Development Examples
Post-COVID19 Urban Planning and Built Environment
Risk Management and Models in Real Estate Development
Real Estate Development Risk Analysis and Decision Support Systems
Project and Building Management
Climate Change and the Future of Settlements
Sustainable Built Environment and Green Building Certificates
Real Estate Development and Circular Economy
Real Estate Development and Management Experience Analysis and Case Studies
Disaster Risks, Urban Floods and Real Estate Development
ESG and Investment Decisions and the Impacts of ESG on Investment Value
Transformation of Informal Settlements (Shanties), Inner Cities or Slum Areas and Brownfield Development
Low-Cost Housing and Affordable Housing Policies
Alternative Real Estate Investment Models (Senior Housing- Long Term Care Houses- Student Housing)
Formation of Ankara Province as Capital City, Development Planning, Urbanization and Real Estate Markets

COMMISSION 4: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS AND FINANCE

Financing of Real Estate Investments and Project Finance Models

Real Estate and Construction Sectors Banking Models
Mortgage Finance Institutions, Securitization and Secondary Market Transactions
Islamic Finance and Real Estate Industry Practices
Sukuk, Lease Certificates and Real Estate Certificates
Infrastructure Projects and Financing: Airports, Stations, Marinas, Ports, Toll Roads, Tunnel and Metro Projects

COMMISSION 5: LAND MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY AND SUSTAINABILITY

Rural Land Management and Policies
Urban Land Development and Policies
Land Management and Administration
Land Consolidation and Rural Development Practices
Ministry of Land and Common Land Cultivation Models
Urban and Rural Land Policies
Land Development and Management Institutions, Investments and Financing
Environmental and Sustainable Land Management
Land Acquisition and Expropriation for Public Investments
Cadastre and Land Registry Systems and Investments
Area Protection Policies and Practices
Transfer of Development Rights and Consolidation
Public Real Estate (Land, Land Plot, Housing, Administrative Building and Facilities) Management
Organized Industrial Regions, Industry Regions and Free Trade Zones: Site Selection, Land Acquisition, Development Planning and Infrastructure Investment, Land Plot Allocation and Efficient Land Use, Green and Innovative Technologies, Green Transformation and Sustainability, Domestic and Foreign Credit, Industrial Clustering, Investment-Supports-Incentives, Direct Foreign Investment and Best Practice Cases
Transformation of Small Industrial Sites and Individual Plants Areas and Redevelopment Activities
Local and Regional Development and Planning Activities and Land Use Planning and Land Management Relations
Comparative Settlement Policies and Resettlement Practices
Environmental, Economic, and Social Impact Assessment
Sustainable Land Management and Agricultural Production Practices
Land Acquisition Policies, Legal Arrangements, and Approaches for Creative Solutions
Stakeholder Engagement and Conflict Management Assessment
Historical Development of Land Administration from Seljuk and Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic

COMMISSION 6: FACILITY, REAL ESTATE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT

Facility Management Models and Institutions
Real Estate Management Approaches and Institutions
Asset Management and Real Estate Asset Management Models
Corporate Real Estate and Social Responsibility
Theory and Practices of Facility Management
Facility Management Models and Institutions
Adding Value Facility Management and the Contribution of Facility Management on Investments
Workplace Management and Employees Satisfaction Analysis in Public and Private Institutions
Housing and Condominium Management
Commercial Real Estate Management
Scope of Facility Management Contracts, Services Charges, Specializations, and Business Models
Real Estate Management Approaches and Institutions
Asset Management and Real Estate Asset Management Models
Corporate Real Estate and Social Responsibility Approaches
IT in Facility Management, Computer Aided Facility Management, Computer Aided Maintenance and Operations, BIM and the Use of Facility Management
Sustainability in Facility Investments, Analysis of Building Cycle, Water, Wastewater, Energy, Outdoor Recreation and Indoor Air Quality Management
Special Real Estate Project and Facility Management
Urban Sports and Recreation Spaces and Open Spaces Management
Analysis of Dynamics Among Urban Facility Management, Neighbourhood Management, Accessibility and Employment
Management of Smart Urban Infrastructure
Change in Place-People Relations after COVID19 Pandemic and Its Impacts on Facility and Real Estate Management
International Standards on Facility Management, Real Estate Management, Measurement and Asset Management and the Harmonization of the International Standards with National Level
Human Recourses, Professional Qualification and Certification of Employee in Facility Management
Facility Management Education and Research System and Research Requirements

COMMISSION 7: CLIMATE CHANGE, DISASTER RISKS, SPATIAL PLANNING AND REAL ESTATE MARKETS

Spatial Planning and Land Development Relations
Planning and Urbanization Approaches and Corridor Planning Systems in the Post-COVID19 Period
Impacts of Disaster Risks on Land Development Studies
Disaster Risks and Real Estate Markets
Impacts of Climate Change and Real Estate Markets
Impact Investments, ESG and Real Estate Investments

COMMISSION 8: DIGITALIZATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR

Real Estate Technologies (Proptech) and Big Data Analysis
GIS and Remote Sensing Applications
3D City Modeling and Digital Twins
Artificial Intelligence in Construction and Real Estate Industry
Real Estate and Mobile Technologies
Crowdsourcing and Collective Intelligence
Cloud Computing in the Real Estate Industry
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Urban Informatics

COMMISSION 9: REAL ESTATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, RESEARCH, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONALIZATION

Self-regulatory bodies, ethical codes and management of professional risks in the real estate sector
Real Estate Education and Research Policies in Turkey

COMMISSION 10: PRESENTATIONS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

• MSc and PhD Thesis Presentations

Advanced Courses:

It is aimed at organizing short-term certified training programs during the pre-conference period and throughout the conference, the aim is to increase the level of utilization of the participants and to strengthen the student-academic global-practice ability. For this purpose, it is envisaged that training programs will be organized on the mentioned subjects below and certificate programs and courses will be held between January 23 and January 30, 2023 in the Department of real estate development and management lecture rooms and conference halls. The duration, registration fees, and place of each program, the lecturers, and other practitioners or professionals who will facilitate the courses will be announced later:

Theory and Practices of Mass Appraisal
Theory and Practices of Land Readjustment on Value Basis
Plant, Equipment and Machinery Valuation Methods and Practices
Asset and Portfolio Management and Valuation
Real Estate Asset Management and practices
Theory and Practices of Development Appraisal
Advanced Valuation Methods and Development Appraisal Practices
Expropriation and Methods and Practices of Valuation Compensation with International Standards
Intangible Asset Valuation and Practices
Art Economics and Art Valuation
Analysis of Real Estate Market and Market Regulations
Development of Urban Transformation Projects, Transformation Models and Financing
Basic Principles of Facility Management
Condominium and Facility Management
Real Estate Project Development and Strategic Project Planning
Facility Management Professionalization and Standards
Determination and Applications of Goodwill in Condominium Buildings and Detached Housing Projects
REVIT and ARGUS Training
Real Estate Project Development and BIM Training
Affordable Housing Policies and Financing
Property Technologies (Proptech) and Digitalization

Certificate programs will be supervised by considering enough participation and decision made by the authority of the Department of Real Estate Development and Management.

Workshop on Valuation Organizations:

Before the commencement of the conference, the workshop called “Role and Structure of Valuation Organizations in Developed and Developing Countries” will be expected to hold on 29 January 2023 with the participation of selected local and foreign academicians and licensed appraisers and organizations. The main theme of the workshop is; mass appraisal, and especially in the public sector, discussion of the valuation organization for property tax, title deed, value increase gain, and other central government taxes and local taxes; and in this process, managers and experts of RICS, IVSC, TEGoVA, TDUB and other professional organizations, TKGM and the Ministry of Treasury and Finance will bring together and will constitute the base of tax reform envisaged by the New Economic Program, 11th Development Plan and 2023 Fiscal Year Fiscal Budget Law. The structure and functioning of the valuation system and the good practice model will be discussed. Besides these, during the conference three (3) important workshops such as “Affordable Housing Policies and Social Housing Strategies”, “Securitization Models and Practices” and “Conservation Economics and Sustainability Value”, are planned to organise.

Graduate Students’ Presentation Sessions:

The last day of the conference will be separated partially or completely to research and presentations of real estate undergraduate and graduate students of Ankara University and other universities in Turkey and foreign universities. Awards and certificates will be awarded for successful undergraduate students and, successful publications for graduate students (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) that are planning to organize for the first time in Turkey. Thesis presentations and the evaluation of publications will be made by a jury of at least 10 people selected from the panel of judges and the results will be announced at the closing date of the conference. The presentations of the projects made by the 4^th year undergraduate students of the Department of Real Estate Development and Management at Ankara University within the scope of the real estate and asset analysis course will also be organised. The Alumni Association of the Department of real estate development and management and student communities will also be allowed to make presentations. In addition, special attention shall be paid to open promotional stands of several associations such as RICS, IVSC, TEGoVA, ERES, and TDUB and special attention shall be paid to contributing to aware corporate organizations of real estate development and management expertise.