Posted by: Darren Krakowiak, Head of Markets, Korea

I’ve just experienced my first 24 hours at the 2013 CoreNet Global Summit at the amazing Grand Hyatt in Shanghai. Last night the event kicked off with an opening ceremony and the well attended and thoroughly enjoyable Jones Lang LaSalle client event.

This morning’s key note speaker embodied China’s pride at hosting this event for the first time with a very well informed take on the world’s second largest economy. My first breakout session was about the relationship between suppliers and end-users in CRE – there were some very insightful thoughts on what a true client-vendor partnership should look like. At lunch, John Forrest hosted the Peer to Peer Roundtable Luncheon; I was the facilitator on my table, discussing Getting Stakeholders’ Buy-In in a Difficult Environment. We decided that having support and leadership from the C-suite is critical to ensuring buy-in within the entire organisation.

I’m looking forward to the next 24 hours, including of course the Networking Dinner tonight … with 500+ attendees, I’ll make sure I take plenty of business cards!

Darren

Posted by: John Forrest, Global Director and CEO, Corporate Solutions Asia Pacific

What better way to usher in the 2013 Asia Summit then with a cocktail in hand while enjoying panoramic views of The Bund.

We had the pleasure of welcoming more than 70 regional and international clients to Jones Lang LaSalle’s annual CoreNet Summit dinner last night.

The event was held at the Piano Bar on the 53rd floor of the Grand Hyatt, Shanghai, where the scenery is particularly spectacular at night when the iconic architecture along the waterfront is lit up to full effect.

You may spot a few familiar faces in these photographs taken on the night! Click here to view the full photo gallery.

John

Posted by: Richard Wesson, Regional Director, Project and Development Services, Asia Pacific

With more than 520 delegates at the Summit, it is a great opportunity to network with peers from around the globe.

I had an interesting discussion with Lee Utke, global head of CRE for Whirlpool at our client event last night. He sees business in China slowing as a result of tightening consumer credit and last year.

I also caught up with Chua Ming Lee from Unilever. She has been doing ‘Zumba’ and looks fit and relaxed. Says she is travelling a lot and has spent time in Eastern Europe. Her non-corporate attire made her stand out in a sea of conservative, business attired CRE people!

Looking forward to more interesting conversations as the day progresses!

Richard