CHICAGO, IL – March 11, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — New York City real estate executive Howard C. Gelbtuch, CRE®, will address an audience of international real estate professionals Tuesday, March 12 at MIPIM, the world’s largest real estate conference, held annually in Cannes, France.
Gelbtuch, principal of Greenwich Realty Advisors, Inc., New York is the 2013 Board Chair of The Counselors of Real Estate, an international association of top-level real estate advisors headquartered in Chicago. He was selected to participate in the panel session titled “Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Value in Volatile Markets: The Role of International Standards.”
Speakers will address such questions as the role of international valuation standards; the impact of international standards on markets and investors; should ethics standards be globally uniform; and how can standards be realistically implemented in the world marketplace?
Gelbtuch advises institutional and corporate clients in the United States and in a number of other countries on matters of real estate investment valuation, analysis, research and litigation support.
In addition to Gelbtuch, speakers on the panel include Alan Collett, president, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Jan Engstrom, member of the International Accounting Standards Board/ International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation; and Peter Mitchell, CEO, Asia Pacific Real Estate Association
The Counselors of Real Estate®, established in 1953, is an international group of high profile professionals including members of prominent real estate, financial, legal and accounting firms as well as leaders of government and academia who provide expert, objective advice on complex real property situations and land-related matters. Membership is selective, extended by invitation only. The organization’s CRE® (Counselor of Real Estate) credential is granted to all members in recognition of superior problem solving ability in various areas of real estate counseling. Only 1,100 people in the world hold the CRE credential. For more information, contact The Counselors of Real Estate, 430 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611; 312/329.8427; http://www.cre.org
