The 24th Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES) Annual Conference“The Future of Cities, the Future of Real Estate.”
July 7 - 10, 2019

Shenzhen, China

Second Call for Papers
The 24th Asian Real Estate Society International Conference will take place in Shenzhen, China
during July 7-10, 2019. It is co-organized by Asian Real Estate Society, China Future City Lab andCenter for Real Estate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Hang Lung Center for Real
Estate at Tsinghua University.
The conference will provide a platform for academics, practitioners and policymakers in the areasof real estate market, housing, urban planning, urban economics, development and investment,
and public policy to exchange ideas on important issues with a theme of “The Future of Cities,
the Future of Real Estate.” Participants can fully relax and enjoy the summer at the seaside, while
simultaneously sharing academic and research ideas at the conference. In addition to paper
sessions covering current theoretical and applied research, the conference will feature panel
discussion sessions by both academics and practitioners on issues about Asia and the rest of theworld. There will also be special sessions for urban entrepreneurs, women and young scholars.
Academics and practitioners are invited to submit and present papers in this stimulatingenvironment.
Major themes:

Smart people and smart cities
The forefront of Real Estate technology
How technology is transforming future cities and the future of real estate
The role of real estate to increase urban resilience
The Belt and Road initiative – how it is changing the real estate landscape in Asia
The Greater Bay Area – discussing a sustainable growth mechanism

Conference program:
Sunday, July 7
Monday, July 8
Tuesday, July 9
Wednesday, July 10

Welcome ReceptionPlenary in the morning and Parallel Sessions in the afternoon;
Welcome Dinner
Parallel Sessions; Gala Dinner
Parallel Sessions in the morning and Tours in the afternoon

All paper sessions will be in English.
The keynote speaker is Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Media Lab
Entrepreneurship Program Director, MIT Media Lab.

Paper submission:
Well-developed abstracts or preferably full papers must be submitted online following thesubmission guidelines posted on the AsRES 2019 website:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=asres-2019
February 28, 2019
April 15, 2019
May 10, 2019
May 15, 2019
June 10, 2019

Deadline for paper or abstract submission
Notification of accepted paper
Submission of full paper for Best Paper Awards
Close of early-bird registration
Submission of full paper for being included in oralpresentation sessions

Conference venue:
The conference will be held in Hilton Shenzhen Shekou Nanhai. The hotel is a 40-minute drivefrom the Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport. Transportation from Shenzhen Bao’an
International Airport to the venue by local bus, subway, or taxi is very convenient. There are alsofrequent 30-minute ferry transfers between HK International Airport and Shekou Cruise Center.
The conference venue is close to the cruise center. A free shuttle bus from Shekou Cruise Center
to the hotel is available, please call concierge 86-755-2162 3018 two hours in advance to arrange(limited to those who will stay in the conference venue).
Registration fee:
ParticipantStudent
Accompanying Person

Before May 15, 2019
USD 330
USD 160
USD 270

After May 15, 2019 or On site
USD 490
USD 270
USD 380

Travel and lodging expenses are not included.
Tour: Optional

Tencent New Headquarter: Tencent's thinking and scenario application in future cities
Country Garden Science Town
China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone
Shenzhen Smart City Operation Center
Great Bay Area sight- seeing

Contact:
All questions about submissions should be emailed to hanglung_cre@tsinghua.edu.cn.

About Shenzhen:
Shenzhen, once a small town with a population of 30,000 on the Kowloon–Canton Railway,
Shenzhen was promoted to city-status in 1979, and one year later it was designated as China's
first Special Economic Zone. The rapid foreign investment since the institution of the policy of"reform and opening" has made Shenzhen a vibrant and competitive economy and one of thefastest-growing cities in the world in the 1990s and the 2000s. The history of Shenzhen can beseen as a miniature of the fast economic and urban development in China over the past 40 years.
In 2019, Shenzhen will celebrate its 40 years’ anniversary of establishment.
Shenzhen once started as a manufacturing hub, has upgraded its industry to become a city ofinnovation in recent years. The city is a leading global technology hub, dubbed the next Silicon
Valley. It is home to several leading hi-tech companies in China, such as Tencent, Huawei, BYD,and BGI. Moreover, its robust supply chain and welcoming business environment attract smart
hardware makers from all over the world. In recent years, the hi-tech industry has become thenumber one pillar industry in Shenzhen. Indeed, Shenzhen tops the nation regarding its annual
patent authorization under PCT.
In the future, Shenzhen will make an essential part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater
Bay Area Initiative. The initiative was introduced in 2017 by the central government, to givepriority for economic development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Byincreasing connections between major cities within the Pearl River Delta Region, the planning
initiative of the Greater Bay Area is to enhance cooperation between mainland, Hong Kong, andMacao, thus fully advancing a mutually beneficial relationship between the mainland and these
two regions. Locating right at the border between Hong Kong and mainland China, Shenzhen willbe the nexus of the Greater Bay Area. In 2019, the high-speed rail connecting Shenzhen and Hong
Kong will complete its construction and the travel time between the two cities will be shorten to
14 minutes.
The vibrancy and diversity of Shenzhen’s economy have been drawing a mix of young techprofessionals, business people, investors and migrant workers to its golden gates. For tourists, it
is not surprising to find thriving clubs and indie-music nightlife, a growing contemporary art anddesign scene and hip local shopping in Shenzhen. Shenzhen's collection of amusingly bizarre
theme parks has long been a draw, and there are a handful of quirky specialty markets where
you can grab a bargain house decoration or a dozen.