Evening Lecture Series

The Evening Lecture Series runs throughout the autumn term and provides our Corporate Patrons with an exclusive opportunity to deliver a presentation to students on a topic related to a recent project or issue in the market, as well as highlighting graduate opportunities and career prospects to real estate and planning students at Reading.

The lectures aim to give students insight into real projects and issues in the property market from leading professionals in the industry as well as to offer a flavour of what it is like to be a graduate surveyor. An informal networking reception follows the lecture, giving students the opportunity to speak with the company representatives, including recent Reading graduates with the firm.

The topics covered range from investment and development to market trends and sustainability issues. To see the projects and topics covered last year please see Evening Lectures 2010/2011

Past Evening Lectures 2011/12

Details for this year's Evening Lectures are as follows:

• Wednesday 12 October
  Bill Page, Head of EMEA Office Research at Jones Lang LaSalle presents "Offices 2020"
  
  
• Monday 24 October
  Bryan Laxton, CEO UK at Cushman & Wakefield presents "London's West End Real Estate - A Safe Haven or a Growth Opportunity for Investors"
  
  
• Monday 31 October
  David Williams, Director National Development at Savills presents "The delivery of Kings Cross" and "Commercial overview, touching on Asia in the UK"
  
  
• Tuesday 8 November
  Paul Clark, Divisional Director and James Thornton, Associate Director at Capita Symonds present "Asset Enhancement - Moving Property Through The Lifecycle"
  
  
• Tuesday 15 November
  James Wickham, Associate - Planning and Development and Chris Long, Associate - RIO Industrial at Gerald Eve present "The Localism Bill, with business rates issues from the Localism Agenda"
  
  
• Tuesday 22 November
  Debbie Taylor, Senior Director Property Consulting at BNP Paribas Real Estate presents "Residential Development Appraisal"
  
  
• Tuesday 29 November
  Tom Higginson, Head of Town Planning at Network Rail presents "Unlocking commercial value from stations"
  
  
• Tuesday 6 December
  Mike Bryant, Head of Asset Management for Europe at GE Capital Real Estate presents "Operational Excellence in Europe Asset Management"
  
  
• Tuesday 24 January
  Dr. Sotiris Tsolacos, Director of European Research for Property & Portfolio Research Limited, a CoStar company presents "Risk diagnostics in the UK Real Estate Market Using the CoStar database"
  
  
• Tuesday 31 January
  Richard Fagg, Deputy Director Property Development at Bouygues Development presents "The New Covent Garden Market"
  
  
• Tuesday 7 February
  Gareth Osborn, Business Unit Director at SEGRO presents "Slough Trading Estate 'masterplan' and regeneration of the estate"