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DISRUPT OR BE DISRUPTED

The 28th Property Portal Watch Conference will be held in Bangkok from 26th to 27th February 2020. 

Under the theme “Disrupt or Be Disrupted” the conference runs for two days and will feature expert Industry Speakers, Innovative Companies at the forefront of the online real estate industry, and amazing Social Events around the conference that are perfect for networking.

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$ 949
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$ 399
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SPEAKERS

Simon Baker

Founder & Executive Chairman (Global)
Online Marketplaces

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Simon Baker

Simon Baker is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Online Marketplaces and Property Portal Watch. Involved with property portals for 15 years, he’s a well-recognized expert and industry consultant.

As former CEO/MD of the REA Group for 8 years, Simon led the group to its current market-leading position. When he joined REA Group in 2001, it had $4m in revenues, $6m in losses and an $8m market cap.

By 2008, the company presided over $155m in revenues, $35m in EBITDA and enjoyed a peak market cap of $1b. Simon is currently Chairman of the Mitula Group and Real Estate Investar and a serial portal founder and, investor.

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Simon Bray

COO Marketplaces (Global)
Lifull Connect

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Simon Bray

Originally from South Africa, now living in Madrid, he founded SA’s leading real estate CRM, was the CEO of a leading property portal and now works with the team at LIFULL Connect with the aim of digitising and democratising the property industry and truly helping people in their property journeys.

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Malcolm Myers

Founder & CEO (Switzerland)
European Internet Ventures

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Malcolm Myers

Malcolm has spent the past decade in online classifieds and marketplaces; first as Head of M&A at Naspers, and then at EIV, where he has advised on more than 100 investments in, and sales of, classifieds and marketplace companies. Malcolm’s experience cuts across all marketplace formats and verticals, and spans the globe from the US to Myanmar and from Estonia to Brazil.

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Georg Chmiel

Executive Chair (China)
Juwai IQI

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Georg Chmiel

Georg Chmiel is Chair of Juwai.com, the largest marketplace for international properties in China. Georg is also Chair of iCarAsia (ASX:ICQ), the number 1 online automotive portal for Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. He is non-executive Director of Mitula Group (ASX:MUA) and Centrepoint Alliance (ASX:CAF).
Georg was previously Managing Director and CEO of the iProperty Group (ASX:IPP), Asia’s No. 1 Online Property Group before it was sold to REA Group for over $750m. Georg was also Managing Director and CEO of LJ Hooker Group with 700 offices across nine countries providing residential and commercial real estate as well as finance services. Prior to his role with LJ Hooker, Georg held the position of CFO and General Manager International at REA Group and was instrumental in building a solid platform for expansion which allowed the group to grow exponentially.
With companies such as Deutsche Bank and McKinsey & Company, Georg has also built his expertise in the area of strategy, innovative technologies, distribution and corporate finance with a clear focus on growth companies and disruptive technologies.
Georg is the recipient of the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award in 2016 and the Top Outstanding Leaders Asia Award in 2015. Georg is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds an MBA (INSEAD, France) and a Computer Science degree.

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Shaun di Gregorio

CEO & Founder (Malaysia)
Frontier Digital Ventures

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Shaun di Gregorio

CEO and Founder of ASX listed ‘Frontier Digital Ventures’ (ASX:FDV) since 2014.

Formerly CEO of ASX listed company, iProperty Group Limited, where he led the transformation of iProperty Group from a small online business with a market capitalisation of approximately $15 million into one of the largest listed Internet companies in ASEAN with a market capitalisation of approximately $524 million.

Was a non-executive director of iCar Asia (ASX:ICQ) until June of 2016 and is an advisor to online classifieds businesses around the world.

Mr Di Gregorio spent eight years as General Manager at Australia-based REA Group, a global leader and publisher of as many as 20 real estate websites in 12 countries. As General Manager of the core Australian business and global leader at ‘realestate.com.au’, Mr Di Gregorio grew the business alongside a team of eight people with revenue of AU$5million into a company with more than 300 staff and revenues exceeding AU$150 million.

Mr Di Gregorio holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management, part of the University of New South Wales.

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Ryan Gallagher

CEO & Founder (United Kingdom) Iovox

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Ryan Gallagher

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Nicolas Guillaud

CEO (France)
Apimo

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Nicolas Guillaud

CEO of APIWORK since 2004

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Justin Sway

CEO (Myanmar)
ShweProperty.com

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Justin Sway

Since 1992, Justin Sway was the Founder and CEO of FastTrack P/L, the number one provider of integrated Recruitment, Payroll / Billing and Finance applications to the staffing industry in Australia and New Zealand, with over 60% market-share and penetration into various parts of Europe and the Nordics.  He successfully exited the business in 2012.

With over 20 years of business experience, working in over 15 countries globally, today – Justin is the CEO of ShweProperty.com and JobNet.com.mm which are recognised as Myanmar’s number one online classified websites attracting over 1.5 million visits every month.


With years of business experience, working in over 15 countries globally, today – Justin is the CEO of ShweProperty.com (Real Estate portal) and JobNet.com.mm (Jobs portal) which is recognised as Myanmar’s leading online classified websites attracting over 1.5 million visitors every month.

 

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Amad Almsaodi

CEO & Founder (Egypt)
Aqarmap

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Amad Almsaodi

Amad Almsaodi is the CEO of Aqarmap.com the leading Real Estate portal in Egypt. Almsaodi founded Aqarmap in 2011, and he managed to grow it to become the most effective marketing channel for Real Estate companies from an ROI perspective.

Prior to establishing Aqarmap, Almsaodi was the Project Manager for eBusiness at Boeing Aerospace in Seattle, Washington. Prior to that he worked with Nike as a Business Systems Analyst in the Supply Chain Management department. Concurrently, he taught eBusiness and eCommerce at Tacoma College in Washington. Almsaodi holds an MBA in Technology & Innovation Management, and a Bachelors degree in Information Systems from the University of Washington.

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Mario Berta

CEO & Co-Founder (The Philippines) Flyspaces

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Mario Berta

Currently Founder and CEO of FlySpaces.com a tech-start up that empowers SMEs to get access to flexible office and retail space. Raised more than USD 3 Million from regional investors in the SEA’s region. Philippines’ top real estate developers like The Net Group and Arthaland are among the investors.
Senior Consultant in the PLDT Group (Philippines’ largest Telecom and conglomerates) and various Conglomerates. Consulting about innovation, digital transformation, sales and Start-up Culture.
Formerly Nova Founder’s director for growth, a tech incubator and VC firm that boasts among its investor Richard Li (among HK’s richest tycoon) and Asia Regional Co-Founder of Rocket Internet’s Easy Taxi, Rocket Internet was the initial investors and incubator of Lazada and Zalora among others.
True global professional with extensive experience in leadership, strategy, innovation and expansion. Passionate about empowering and enabling people, developing businesses, and supporting companies and institutions all around the World.
Driven by success, strongly believes that we live in a World where relationships are the key to standing out of the crowd and excelling at doing business in present competitive environment.


Built, managed and trained successful sales teams in Africa and in the APAC region, including Papua New Guinea, Macau, Angola, Nigeria, Philippines, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Area of expertise: Start-ups, IT / E-commerce, Mobile Payments, Social Media, Telecoms, Advertisement, Business Development / Sales, Training and Coaching.
“Asia Expert” by founding and running multiple businesses for 6 years +
Fluent in 4 languages: Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese
Contestant in the famous business reality show “The Apprentice”, Spanish version.
Master Degree in Business & Economics from University of Turin with exchange in IE Business School (Madrid)
OMP (Owners Management Program) in IE Business School
Visiting Professor at IE business School
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Toby Balazs

CEO (Australia)
Realestateview.com.au

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Toby Balazs

Toby Balazs is a dynamic property professional who joined realestateview.com.au in July 2018 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Prior to joining realestateview, Toby spent over 13 years at realestate.com.au in a range of sales, marketing, operations and strategy roles and drove the rapid growth of REA’s Property Developer business.

Toby has a wealth of experience in scaling digital businesses and has detailed knowledge of the real estate industry in Australia. Since becoming CEO, Toby has been the driving force behind the transformation of realestateview.com.au, establishing the company’s three pillars of providing choice, cost effectiveness and flexibility to customers and consumers alike.

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ATTENDEES

ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS & MARKETPLACES

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PITCH CLUB

Pitch your company and get the chance to present your business to 220+ attendees at the Property Portal Watch Conference in Bangkok. Buy your Conference Ticket and apply to Pitch Club.

If you become a finalist you get the chance to present your business during the Conference. You will be given 6 minutes to present to the attendees. Once you have finished, the judges will provide open and honest feedback on your business. Past participants have received funds, secured mentors and found new board members.

Each pitch is 6 minutes long and should:
– Overview the business.
– Articulate potential.
– Demonstrate progress made to date.
– Outline how much is being raised and at what rate.

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MASTER CLASS

25 February

09:00 – 17:00

Simon Baker, founder and Chairman of Property Portal Watch, former CEO of the REA Group and serial digital investor, looks at best practices in global consumer marketing, industry sales, product development, company structure and capital raising.

LEARN HOW TO
Structure your business.
Generate and drive leads .
Glean approaches to marketing and building relationships.
Get tips on what to do (and not to do) when capital raising.

OBJECTIVES
Accelerate online classifieds growth and minimize wastage of time / money / effort.
To challenge how you are currently approaching your business.
To provide exposure on what others are doing around the world.
Provide practical ‘how to’ steps that any classifieds site can implement tomorrow.
To learn from each other.

This is a hands-on program where you learn the A-Z of building a best practice online portal from a global expert in an informal environment.
Whether you are from a mature, emerging or start-up business this is a great way learn first hand what’s required to be a successful portal leader.

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SOCIAL EVENTS

  • Wednesday 26 February 2020 - Bangkok
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  • Thursday 27 February 2020 - Bangkok
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VENUE

With stunning aerial views from its 30th floor, the Radisson Blu Plaza Bangkok offers an easy access to the city. Placed on Sukhumvit Road, it’s only 200 meters from MRT Sukhumvit Station and sky train.

It has on-site outdoor pool and restaurants serving Thai and International cuisine. Located not far from a vibrant nightlife of Bangkok, the hotel is 3.6 km from Patpong, 7.7 km from Khaosan Road and 21 km from Suvarnabhumi Airport.

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