AREUEA International Conference 2025

Tuesday, July, 15 (17:00 p.m – 22:00 p.m)

17:00 – 19:00: Workshop for PhD Students

19:00 – 22:00: Opening and Welcome Reception

• Franz Heukamp, Dean IESE Business School

Wednesday, July 16 (08:30 – 16:00)

08:00 – 08:30: Registration

08:30 – 10:00: Parallel Sessions

• Climate Risk 1 

• AI and Valuation in Real Estate 

• Advances in Spatial Modeling for Real Estate 2 

• Regulation and Policy 1 

10:00 – 10:30: Coffee Break (Q-300)

10:30 – 12:00: Parallel Sessions

• Boom-Bust Dynamics in Housing Markets 

• Housing Finance 1 

• Mortgage 

• Urban Economics 1 

12:00 – 12:30: Coffee Break

12:30 – 13.30: Plenary Session – Panel with industry experts and academics “Southern Europe’s Real Estate Renaissance: Top Management Perspectives”

• Cristian Oller (SVP y Head of Southern Europe @ Prologis)

• Ismael Clemente (President and CEO @ Merlin Properties)

• Joaquin Castellví (Co-Founder and Head of Transactions @ Stoneweg)

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch, North Campus Dining Room

14:30 – 15:30: Parallel Sessions

• Behavioral Insights

• Market Behavior & Bias

• Energy Efficiency in Real Estate

• Discrimination in Housing Markets

15:30– 17:00: Parallel Sessions

• Gender Gaps in Finance and Housing 

• Urban Housing Dynamics 

• Climate Risk 2 

• Urban Mobility 

17:00 End of first day conference

17:15: Buses departing from the school’s main entrance for the Social Activity – Guided tour of the Gothic Quarter and the old town of Barcelona

19:30– 22:00  WREN Dinner (20pax)

Thursday, July 17 (8:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.)

08:30 – 10:00: Parallel Sessions

• Housing Markets Under Regulatory Pressure 

• Urban Economics 2 

• Housing and Well-Being 

• Climate Risk 3 

10:00 – 10:30: Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00: Parallel Sessions

• Regulation and Policy 2 

• Monetary Policy and Housing 

• Health Shocks and Real Estate Markets 

• Digital Innovation and Real Estate Markets 

12:00 – 12:10: Natural Break

12:10 – 13.30: Parallel Sessions

• Regulation and Policy 2 

• Monetary Policy and Housing 

• Health Shocks and Real Estate Markets 

• Digital Innovation and Real Estate Markets 

13:30 – 14:30: Lunch, North Campus Dining Room

14:30 – 15:30: Panel with industry experts and academics TBC

15:30: End of first day conference

16:00– 19:30: Social Activity– Buses departing from the school’s main entrance. Visit to the Torres vineyards and wine tasting

19:30 – 22:00: Conference Dinner Torres Vineyards

Friday, July 18 (8:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.)

08:30 – 10:00: Parallel  Sessions

• Climate Risk 4 

• Discrimination in Housing Markets 2 

• Credit & Leverage 

• Housing Supply and Market Structure 

10:00 – 10:30: Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00: Parallel Sessions

• Real Estate in Times of Crisis 

• Urban Pressure 

• Supply & Vacancies 

• Search Frictions in Real Estate 

12:00 – 12:10: Natural Break

12:10 – 13.30: Parallel Session

• Commercial Real Estate Under Stress 

• Tax Policy and Real Estate Outcomes 

• Urban Pressure 2 

• Climate Risk 5 

13:30 – 14:30: Lunch, North Campus Dining Room

19:30 – 22:00: Informal Dinner

a. Track Technology sponsored by Merlin
b. Track Sustainability sponsored by Prologis
c. Track Finance sponsored by Stoneweg

March 3, 2025: Deadline for submission of extended abstracts. The suggested paper length is about 7000 words, with an abstract of about 250 words, including objectives, methodology, possible findings and relevant references.

April 15, 2025: Notification of accepted submissions 

June 1, 2025: Closure of early-bird registration

July 1, 2025: Deadline for submission of full papers 

• The official language of the Conference is English.
• Send proposals using the paper submission platform.

Further Inquiries

Logistical questions about this conference can be addressed to Esther Ribes (eribes@iese.edu), and academic questions to Professor Carles Vergara (cvergara@iese.edu).

Conference email: areuea25@iese.edu

Location

The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) will take place on the Barcelona North Campus of IESE Business School.

C/ Arnús i Gari 3-7
08034 Barcelona
+34 93 253 42 00

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Accomodation

IESE is a dynamic community of scholars and practitioners who will welcome you to Barcelona, a traditional and welcoming Mediterranean city. It is a city with a great number of tourist attractions and a friendly atmosphere that will offer conference participants and their families plenty of opportunities to enjoy their stay here, over and above the academic program we are preparing for you. Accommodations options near IESE. To make reservations at any of the hotels, please contact Anna Sánchez at anna@vintage.cat, who will handle them, because you can enjoy special discounts as a participant of the conference.

·Sansi Pedralbes → 5-minute walk from IESE
Av. Pearson 1-3, 08034 Barcelona

·Torre Girona Residence Halls → 10-minute walk from IESE
Passeig dels Til·lers, 19 , 08034 Barcelona

·AC Victoria Suites → 15-minute walk from IESE
C/ Beltrán i Ròzpide, 7-9 (before Av. Pedralbes, 16), 08034 Barcelona

· Arenas Atiram → 11-minute car from IESE
C/ Capitán Arenas, 20, 08035 Barcelona