Embark on a transformative journey into the realm of Generative AI (Gen-AI) and discover its potential to revolutionize real estate research. This seminar is tailored for real estate researchers eager to leverage cutting-edge technology for efficiency gains, explore unforeseen pay-offs, and address critical challenges related to data quality.
Explore how Gen-AI can enhance efficiency in real estate research processes. From automating data analysis to generating insights. Discuss the mechanisms through which AI algorithms might enhance data accuracy, mitigate errors, and contribute to the overall reliability of research. Debate the limitations associated with Gen-AI in real estate research, including considerations related to data definitions. Deliberate on the critical decision of adopting Gen-AI solutions internally or relying on external providers. Examine the factors influencing this decision, including organizational capacity, resource allocation, and strategic alignment. Gain insights into the considerations that will guide you in choosing the most suitable path for your research needs.
The SPR would like to thank Fifth Generation AI for kindly hosting this event.
Chair
Malcolm Frodsham, Director, Real Estate Strategies
Speakers
Chris Dunn, Head of Insights - London Offices, Colliers
Thies Lindenthal, Grosvenor Professor of Real Estate Finance, University of Cambridge
Johnny Morris, Co-Founder, Fifth Dimension AI
Hattie Walker-Arnott, Owner, AI-RE
Registration: 17.45
Seminar: 18.15-19.15
Drinks reception: 19.15-20.00
Chris Dunn, Head of Insights - London Offices, Colliers
Chris began working in the property industry working at rating specialist CVS in 2014. In 2015, Chris joined Cushman & Wakefield as an Analyst focusing on the West End office market and progressed to Associate Director in the UK Research & Insight team, leading the London Offices Research function. In 2021, he joined Colliers as Head of Insights for the London Offices team, with responsibility for producing forward-looking thought leadership content on key trends that are impacting London.
Chris regularly presents to clients and contributes to industry publications on topics relevant to London offices.
Chris holds a LLB (Hons) in Law from Aberystwyth University and a MRes in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Loughborough University.
Malcolm Frodsham, Director, Real Estate Strategies
Malcolm has 20 years of experience in real estate data, modelling and risk management techniques. He founded Real Estate Strategies in 2013, an independent management owned business that provides high quality forecasts, research and strategic consulting on the European real estate market. Prior to Real Estate Strategies, Malcolm was Director of Research at IPD and prior to that Head of Research and Strategy at Legal & General Property.
Johnny Morris, Co-Founder, Fifth Dimension AI
Johnny is a seasoned leader with a fervent passion for the synergy between AI and real estate. With a robust 16-year history in real estate data and analytics, he has harnessed the power of technology to pioneer solutions in the property sector. His prime focus has been the revolutionary blend of AI with property, leading to the creation of Ellie, an AI assistant tailored for real estate professionals.
Fifth Dimension AI are on a mission to kickstart a new era in the industry where automation takes over the mundane, data is effortlessly accessible, and creativity is given free rein. Their goal is to empower exceptional individuals with AI, transforming the future of real estate. Fifth Dimension AI stands at the forefront of this transformation, embodying innovation, growth, and the drive to redefine what's possible in the real estate world.
Thies Lindenthal, Grosvenor Professor of Real Estate Finance, University of Cambridge
Thies is the Grosvenor Professor of Real Estate Finance at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, a professorial fellow at Pembroke College, a fellow at the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, and a JM Keynes Fellow in Financial Economics.
His research interests are twofold: First, he analyzes property investments in the very long-term, tracking rents, prices, and returns for up to 500 years. The second research line focuses on applied machine learning techniques to utilize high-dimensional “Big(ish)” data. Put differently, he uses images and other data that are too complex for spreadsheets to better understand property values, household preferences, and decisions made by very human and not always rational agents.
Professor Lindenthal is the course director for Cambridge’s postgraduate MPhil programme in Real Estate Finance. He is interested in supervising new PhD students in Real Estate Finance, preferably with a focus on new (or “big”) data or, alternatively, property markets in the very long run.
Before joining the University of Cambridge, Thies did a postdoc at MIT’s Center for Real Estate, working on the market for virtual locations such as Internet domain names. His PhD is from Maastricht University. He is a board member for the American Real Estate And Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) and has served as an expert witness for internet domain names at US courts.
Hattie Walker-Arnott, Owner, AI-RE
Hattie Walker-Arnott is a commercial real estate development and technology specialist. She spent the early part of her career at JLL and GPE before leading the spaces team at FlowSpace, a future-of-work start-up.
Hattie now runs AIRE, a development & tech advisory business. She divides her time between working on regeneration projects and helping forward-thinking real estate businesses understand and adopt AI. She produces the Property 3.0 Podcast and the AIRE Fortnightly Briefing to help investors and developers navigate key advances in AI and understand the relevance for real estate businesses.