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Conference programme























































Day
1: Friday, November 28th, 2003

08:00



Coffee & Registration at the
Glyfada Golf Course



09:00 - 09:10

Welcome to the 1st
European Golf Investment & Real Estate Conference and Programme
Overview


09:10 - 13:00


SHOTGUN

To be held at the
Glyfada Golf Course, the Shotgun will be organised under the auspices of the Hellenic Golf
Federation in cooperation with the Glyfada Golf Club of Athens


13:15 - 14:45


Lunch and prize-giving
ceremony
with a Special Guest


15:00 - 15:30


Transportation to the
Athenaeum
InterContinental Athens
(by coach)


15:45 - 17:30


Keynote Addresses and
Presentations / Special Country Focus: Greece

INVESTING IN GOLF &
RECREATIONAL REAL ESTATE IN GREECE: HOW TO KICK-START THE EMBRYONIC GREEK MARKET


Topics to be
discussed include:



  • Does Greece need a golf strategy?



  • Developing 45 golf
    courses until the year 2010: what are the critical success
    factors?



  • Tourism and golf
    development in
    Greece



  • The role of golf in
    tourism development for Greece



  • The future of golf
    investment and resort development in Greece



  • The role of international market players,
    specialists and investors in developing golf, recreational real estate
    and golf-oriented hotels in Greece



  • Greece represents
    one of the greatest real estate opportunities relative to the
    rest of developed countries in Europe: what are the
    opportunities, challenges and prospects ahead?



  • The role of the
    Church of Greece in kick-starting Greece's embryonic Greek market



  • The role of
    Hellenic Tourist Properties SA (ETA) and local authorities in
    developing golf courses and resorts in Greece



  • Greece's new
    emerging role as a major economic force in South-East Europe




17:30 - 18:00


Questions &
Answers
session with the speakers


18:30


Special Closed-Door
Dinner


Day
2: Saturday, November 29th, 2003

Venue: Athenaeum InterContinental Athens

07:00



Grand Opening of the
1st European Golf Investment & Real Estate Exhibit


07:15 - 08:30



Update Breakfast

An opportunity to speak to renowned experts and industry leaders
on the current state of the golf, resort, leisure and real estate
industries in Europe.


08:30 - 08:40
Welcome Back

08:45 - 11:00


Keynote Addresses and
Presentations

INVESTING IN,
MANAGING AND DEVELOPING GOLF COURSES AND LEISURE REAL ESTATE IN EUROPE


Confirmed keynote speakers
include:


  • Mr. Ewout Hoogendoorn, director of
    Horwath Consulting
    Netherlands
    , a specialised consultancy on strategically and economically oriented assignments in the hospitality industry.
    The company has conducted Golf Course Statistics (similar to the Horwath Hotel Statistics) with mostly economic analyses on running a golf course. Horwath Consulting is involved in further developing the Uniform System of Accounts for Golf Courses as this is used in the US, based on the Uniform System of Accounts for Hotels, which was -- in the very distant past -- developed by Horwath International

  • Making Money from Resort
    Real Estate

    - New innovations in resort products internationally

    Ms. Muriel Muirden, Managing Director, Europe, Africa and the
    Middle East, Economics
    Research Associates (ERA London)
    , United Kingdom