Welcome from the PRRES Board
Welcome to the
11th annual PRRES conference in Melbourne. Melbourne was the venue for
the first conference held under the name of PRRES in January 1995 at
RMIT. Previous conferences were held under the auspices of the
Australian Real Estate Educators. The annual PRRES conference circuit
has become an established forum for regional and international property
researchers.
Strong links have grown between the members of the International Real
Estate Society (IRES) of which PRRES is a member. Other members of the
IRES network include the American (ARES), European (ERES), Asian (AsRES),
African (AfRES), Latin American (LaRES) and Middle East (MeRES) Real
Estate Societies. The various Society meetings provide many
opportunities for researchers who desire a forum to present their work
and develop joint research projects with colleagues in other countries
and regions.
Since its inception PRRES has sought to develop links with the property
industry. This is evident from the continuing sponsorship relationship
that is now in place with API (the Australian Property
Institute), NZPI (New Zealand Property Institute) and RICS
(Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors). The inclusion of a specific
industry forum as a keynote conference session, such as the Round Table
on Thursday, has also become an important feature of our three-day
event.
The PRRES journal, Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, now published
four times a year, which together with the annual conference is a key
element of PRRES’s strategic objective to promote and foster property
research in our region. A special edition of the journal will be
devoted to the conference theme ‘property investment’.
Details of the call for papers for the special edition are included in
this program.
We congratulate the joint conference hosts; the University of Melbourne,
Monash and RMIT universities and the organising committee for their
efforts in organising this conference. We wish all participants a
successful and enjoyable conference.
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