The Philip and Ethel Klutznick Center for Urban and Regional Studies at

the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning,

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

The Fishman-J.E.C. Center for Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Real Estate at

the School of Business Administration

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Chaim Katzman Gazit Globe Real Estate Institute at

the Recanati School of Business,

Tel Aviv University

The UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate at

the Sauder School of Business,

University of British Columbia

and

The Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at

the Anderson School of Management and the School of Law,

University of California at Los Angeles

Submissions

All papers in the broad area of real estate finance, real estate economics, urban economics, and urban planning will be considered. Also, offers to serve as a discussant are welcome. Please submit an abstract or a completed manuscript as well as offers to serve as a discussant no later than April 15, 2010 to: Danny Ben-Shahar (dannyb@technion.ac.il) or Efrat Tolkowsky (efratt@post.tau.ac.il). The program committee will review the submitted manuscripts and will send a notification of the selected presentations by May 1, 2010.

Conference Dates and Events

A day-trip to Tel Aviv will be offered to interested participants on Friday, July 16. The sessions will begin on the morning of Wednesday, July 14 and conclude in the afternoon of Thursday, July 15. As part of the conference we will schedule lunches and dinners for all three days (July 14-16). The tours are optional, but you and family and friends joining you are actively encouraged to join us on the organized tours.

Venue

Sessions will be held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. We will also bloc a set of rooms at a hotel in Jerusalem for Tuesday, July 13 through Saturday, July 17 (reservations may of course be extended for those who express interest).

Papers

Presentations will be limited to one hour per paper, with time for assigned discussants.  We expect to have 10-12 papers presented at the event.

Conference Expenses

There is no registration fee and we will pick up the costs of the scheduled lunches, dinners, and tour to Tel Aviv. Unfortunately we are unable to cover any part of flight and hotel expenses. Accommodation at a boutique hotel (Mishkenot Shaananim) overlooking the old city of Jerusalem. The hotel cost is estimated at about $200 per night.

Getting to Israel

From North America – non-stop flights on Air Canada, Continental, Delta, and El Al (code share with American).

From Europe – nonstop flights from all major cities on El Al and the major European carriers. Easy connections from North America.

From Asia – nonstop flights on El Al from select cities. Connections via Europe on all major European carriers.

The Organizers and the Program Committee Are:

Danny Ben-Shahar, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, dannyb@technion.ac.il;

Stuart Gabriel, University of California at Los Angeles, sgabriel@anderson.ucla.edu;

David Genesove, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, genesove@mscc.huji.ac.il;

Efrat Tolkowsky, Tel Aviv University, efratt@post.tau.ac.il;

Tsur Somerville, University of British Columbia, tsur.somerville@sauder.ubc.ca.

For further information please contact the organizers.