APREA UAE Conference

Programme

08:30 – 09:00

Registration & Networking

09:00 – 09:10

Welcome Address

Opening remarks by APREA Executive
Welcome by UAE official or strategic partner

09:10 – 09:30

Keynote Address:"Real Assets and Economic Diversification in the Middle East"

Insights on national visions (e.g., UAE Vision 2030, Saudi Vision 2030)
Implications for infrastructure, real estate, and logistics investment

09:30 – 10:15

Panel 1: Building a Diversified Real Assets Portfolio in UAE

Affordable and Mid-Market Housing vs Luxury Residential Properties
Rise of integrated mixed-use developments
The evolving role of hospitality assets

Abdulhaq Mohammed

Head of Asia and Managing Partner, Singapore
Trowers & Hamlins

Abdulhaq Mohammed

Head of Asia and Managing Partner, Singapore
Trowers & Hamlins

Abdulhaq is a Real Estate and Infrastructure Partner at Trowers & Hamlins and specialises in complex real estate investment deals and development projects, PPP and concession arrangements relating to urban and transport-related development, and strategic legal advice.

He has held several senior management positions within the Firm, including sitting on the Management Board for six years, as well as being the Firm's International Managing Partner until late 2021. He is consistently recognised as a top-tier lawyer by both The Legal 500 and Chambers Global.

He is now the firm's Head of Asia and spearheaded the opening of our Singapore office.

10:15 – 10:30

Keynote: ESG, Technology & Tokenization in Real Estate

10:30 – 11:00

Networking Coffee Break

Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure Logistics and Industrial Real Estate

Panel 2: UAE as a Tech Hub – Infrastructure Driving Innovation

Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure
Logistics and Industrial Real Estate

11:45 – 12:30

Panel 3: Outbound Capital Allocation

Perspectives from LPs and family offices on diversifying portfolios beyond the region
Sectors and geographies attracting outbound capital in 2025
Investment opportunities showcase from India, China and other markets.

Aditya Bhargava

Senior Portfolio Manager
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Aditya Bhargava

Senior Portfolio Manager
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Aditya is a senior portfolio manager in ADIA’s Asia-Pacific real estate team, with primary responsibility for ADIA's investments in Indian, Japanese and Korean real estate. He has been with ADIA since July 2012. His responsibilities include helping manage the Asia Pacific portfolio and investment team. In addition to his duties as a member of the Asia Pacific team, he was chair of ADIA’s Real Estate Department’s Task Force for ADIA’s 2017 Global Investment Forum.

Immediately prior to joining ADIA, Aditya was the Managing Director for SITQ India, a real estate division of the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec in Montreal, Canada. Aditya graduated from the Sri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi University with a BA in Economics, and studied at Carnegie Mellon University to graduate with an MBA degree. He is a former member of the South Asia advisory board of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and a member of the advisory board for Global Real Estate Investors (GRI India).

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