‘RESETTING TO THE FUTURE’

Covid-19 has pushed trends forward for urban evolution and the developing real estate market. While posing some new challenges, the pandemic era has also opened new opportunities. Experts gathered during an annual conference by Urban Land Institute (ULI) Poland have been discussing new development strategies and the most effective tools to be implemented in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Called “RESETTING TO THE FUTURE,” the hybrid event took place on October 6 and 7 in Warsaw’s Raffles Europejski hotel.

Combining an “in-person” event with an online component, the hybrid conference formula made it possible to connect with experts from around the globe. “Online platform allows us to speak with specialists from Sydney, Hong Kong, Paris, and New York. This will be a journey around the world,” said Dorota Wysokińska-Kuzdra, senior partner, head of corporate finance CEE in Colliers International, and chairwoman for ULI Poland, while opening the event.

“The Covid-19 pandemic is not just a health crisis. This is a crisis that is being experienced by densely populated cities, especially their centers. It also opens up new opportunities, creates new ways of thinking about the cities and each country works on this problem in its own unique way. Rebuilding concepts and thoughts on the functioning of city centers appear. However, it is difficult to say whether we will return to the old normality or wake up in the new one,” said Tim Williams, international cities advocacy lead, Grimshaw Architecture, and Planning from Sydney.