The Responsible Property Development Program is an ongoing and annual effort to teach and research in the development of sustainable and renewable urban development programs, projects, finance models and management tools.
We are now involved in the teaching of our regular
coursework programs
, and are preparing the international Responsible Property Development symposium in 2010. Please contact
Ulrike Sprenger
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Chair of RPD Symposium 2009 organising group:
Prof. DI MAAS Peter Droege
Professor of Urban Design and Planning (UrbanSCAPE), Hochschule Liechtenstein; World Council for Renewable Energy: Author, The Renewable City

Program supported by the Lorenz and Laura Reibling Family Foundation, Boston
Below please
find the 2008 program:
This Symposium presents new and important real estate and property strategies to achieve sustainable development. It will convey fundamental insight into the world of real estate development and finance , and introduce ways of dramatically reducing the ecological footprint of development, lowering energy risks, helping stabilize the global climate - and, in doing so, improving the durability and financial performance of projects.
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Prof. Dr. Michael Bordt SJ
Head, Munich School of Philosophy
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Tatiana Bosteels
Head of Responsible Property Investment
Hermes Real Estate London, Former Manager Climate Change City of London
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Prof. Dr. Tony Ciochetti
Thomas G. Eastman Chair, Chaiman and Director,
Denter for Real Estate, and Professor of the Practice of Real Estate, MIT
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Prof. DI MAAS Peter Droege
Professor of Urban Design and Planning (UrbanSCAPE), Hochschule Liechtenstein; World Council for Renewable Energy: Author, The Renewable City
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Prof. DI ME Manfred Hegger
Chair of Architecture, Technical University Darmstadt
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Uli Hellweg
Managing Director, Internationale Bauaustellung, (International Building Exhibition) IBA Hamburg
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Dr. Erika Meins
CCRS Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at the University of Zurich
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Andreas Loepfe
Head of Real Estate Research & Strategies Zurich IMRE
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Dr. Christopher Bahn
Head of Centre of Urban Real Estate Management, Zurich
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Dipl.-Arch. ETH Moreno Piccolotto
MA Program Director, Hochschule Liechtenstein
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Prof. Dr. Peter Rogers
Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City and Regional Planning, Harvard University
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MS Lorenz Reibling
Chairman and Senior Partner, Taurus Investment Holdings LLC and Trustee, Lorenz and Laura Family Foundation, Boston
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Prof. Dr. Nico Rottke
Executive Director, Real Estate Management Institute, European Business School
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Dipl. Ing. Matthias Schuler
Principal, Transsolar Climate Engineering Stuttgart Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
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Georg Sele
VCL, Verkehrsclub Liechtenstein
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Dr. Andrea Willi
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cultural Affairs, Consultant
Day 1: Thursday 4 December 2008 Sustainable property finance and development
0900
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Welcome
Andrea Willi, Moderator, welcome by Moreno Piccolotto
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0930
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New investment paradigm
Lorenz Reibling, Taurus Investment Holdings
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0950
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New ethics paradigm
Michael Bordt SJ, Munich School of Philosophy
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1015
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Investing in resilience: the renewable city
Peter Droege, Hochschule Liechtenstein
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1045
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Morning break
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1115
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International Building Exposition (IBA) 2013: regenerating Hamburg’s island heart
Uli Hellweg, IBA Hamburg
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1145
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Panel discussion, questions and answers
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1230
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Lunch break
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1400
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Real estate investment and sustainability
Andreas Loepfe and Christopher Bahn, CUREM
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1420
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Making sustainable regeneration work financially
Tatiana Bosteels, Hermes Real Estate
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1450
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Finesse and finance: making sustainability work in buildings
Matthias Schuler, Transsolar and Harvard University
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1520
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Panel discussion, questions and answers
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1550
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Afteroon break
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1620
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Special closing address and celebration 21st century development mandates
Peter P. Rogers, Harvard University
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1650
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Reception
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Day 2: Friday 5 December 2008 Essentials of property finance and development
1015
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Welcomes and introduction
Peter Droege, Hochschule Liechtenstein
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1030
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Principles and practices of property development
Tony Ciochetti, MIT Center for Real Estate
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1200
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Lunch break
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1330
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Foundations of development fincance
Tony Ciochetti, MIT Center for Real Estate
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1500
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Afternoon break
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1530
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Development of an international certificate of environmental efficiency
Nico B. Rottke, European Business School
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1600
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Valuing environmental performance financially: the Economic Sustainability Indicator
Erika Meins, CCRS Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at the University of Zurich
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1615
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Active passive buildings: autonomous development
Manfred Hegger, Technical University Darmstadt
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Day 3: Saturday 6 December 2008 Discourse on the future of development
Discourse workshops: reflections, leading development initiatives, emerging urban
energy work an a look at the future of serving regional development with better transport
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0915
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Introduction by Peter Droege
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0930
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Urban regeneration in emerging markets - Galata, Turkey and Centro di Lima Peru
Nia Stoyokova and Dmitriy Iokhivd, Taurus Investment Holdings
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1015
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Morning break
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1045
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Energy guidance and urban planning - work in progress
Melina Roos, Hochschule Liechtenstein
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1130
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Liechtenstein and the region: energy availability - transportation - spatial planning
Georg Sele, VC Liechtenstein
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1230
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A guided discussion of the Symposium
Holger Adam, aurelis Real Estate
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Language
The Symposium will be held in English
Price
Attendance is free, but public delegate space is limited: early registration is advised.
For academic content and media inquiries:
Professor Peter Droege, UrbanSCAPE