Each year the IRES President selects a theme and organizes panel discussions at each of the sister societies’ conferences. The purpose of the panels is to bring together a multinational group of researchers, educators, and practitioners to discuss a topic that is globally relevant to members. A list of some of previous years’ topics is presented below.
- 2009 Global Real Estate Markets – Global Turmoil
- 2010 What Students, Teachers, and Researchers Should Know about Real Estate in Emerging Markets
- 2011 Global Real Estate Education
- 2012 Opportunities for International Mobility in Real Estate Education and Research
- 2013 Property Research in Universities – Including Doctoral Student Training
- 2014 Fulbrights, Fellows and Funding; How to Obtain and Report on Research Grants
- 2015 Technology Needs in Education; The Gap Between Academics and Practitioners
- 2016 Sustainability, Livability, Wellness and Real Estate
- 2017 The Crisis and Housing Curriculum
- 2018 Infrastructure
- 2019 Big Data
- 2020 Young Scholars: How to Grow and Thrive in Academia
- 2021 Global Investing; Women Researchers in Real Estate
- 2022 Sustainability
- 2023 Academic Research Relevance to Industry
- 2024 Innovative Solutions for Affordable Housing
