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CEEQA 2012 GALA DINNER & PARTY in pictures. Nearly 600 guests were present at the sector's flagship annual event in Warsaw to celebrate the outstanding business achievements & achievers in emerging Europe real estate in 2011 and were treated to four course dinner and dazzling array of production and entertainment.

CEEQA 2012 AWARD WINNERS in pictures. A total of 23 awards were judged by 30 jury members for the ninth edition of the CEEQA Gala & Industry Awards.

CEEQA 2012 LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARD in pictures. This year's award for Lifetime Achievement in Real Estate was presented to Richard Clare, Group Chairman of EC Harris for 15 years. On hand to assist with the presentation was last year's recipient of the award, Carol Panattoni.

REALGREEN 2012 in pictures. The CEEQA Gala was preceded by a full day symposium and fair focusing on the business case for green building in the region, four new CEEQA RealGreen awards were presented for achievement in development, investment, green building services and the green building of the year.

CEEQA 2012 JURY DINNER in pictures. A total of 23 awards were presented at the ninth edition of the CEEQA Gala & Industry Awards.

CEEQA GALA RAISES MORE THAN €10,000 FOR CHARITY: Guests at the CEEQA Gala helped raise a totla of €10,300 on behalf of Budapest based charity Bator Tabor Foundation, which organises therapeutic holiday camps for seriously sick children across Central Europe. The money raised at CEEQA2012 will be spent on the maintenance and the development of the charity's high-ropes course program, the only wheel-chair accessible high ropes course in the region.

CEEQA@MIPIM 2012 PHOTOS: More than 200 guests attended the awards short list announcement cocktail in Cannes on the opening night of MIPIM and were treated to an electric live show by soul disco legend Gloria Gaynor.

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8TH ANNUAL CEEQA GALA: A packed house of 530 business leaders from more than 40 countries gathered at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel on 1-March 2011 to celebrate the sector's achievements in 2010. The crowd paid tribute to a fallen soldier, Marcin Kania, with a minute of applause.

8TH ANNUAL CEEQA GALA IN PICTURES

THE GREEN DEBATE 2: The second Green Debate insight forum in the morning preceding the CEEQA Gala focused on the business case for green building on emerging Europe real estate - Demand for green buildings is on the rise, but what are the funds thinking?

8TH CEEQA JURY DINNER: The jury for the eighth annual CEEQA Awards welcomed participants active in the Southeast Europe as well as CEE markets, judging real estate projects and business achievements across eighteen countries.

BUYING SIGNALS: Nearly 150 business leaders met in Zagreb 4th November to discuss investor sentiment, challenges and opportunities in the SEE markets led by the EBRD, GTC, Heitman and Jones Lang LaSalle. The forum was opened by Croatian Minister of Economy Djuro Popijac and also presented the launch of the 2010 CEEQA awards.

7TH CEEQA GALA DINNER & AWARDS CEREMONY: Nearly 600 business leaders from 38 countries attended the 7th annual CEEQA Gala at the Warsaw Royal Castle Kubicki Arcades on 3rd March. The success of the event underlined the underlying momentum of the CEE property sector and raising hopes of a return to business in 2010.

7TH CEEQA GALA IN PICTURES

The 7th CEEQA programme commenced with a CEE Insight Forum event on 21st October ‘Through the Looking Glass’ discussing the new shapes and patterns in the post-crisis CEE market place and launch of the 2009 awards, presented by Polish TV presenter Monika Richardson and CEE Insight Forum director Richard Hallward.

The 6th annual CEE Quality Awards Gala in February 2009, presenting awards for performance and achievement in in Central & Eastern European real estate in 2008, provided some benchmark victories and a few surprises in the award categories. Television presenter Monika Richardson hosted the awards ceremony among a stellar line up of entertainment through the evening including exceptional performances by 80s legends Bananarama, young Polish stars Aufiofeels and contact juggler Kamil Dzilinski "Dzielny"

The CEE Insight Forum event preceding the awards gala (TROPICAL STORM2: Global economic crisis and the CEE property markets) attracted more than 150 guests, regional investors, developers, financiers and consultants were joined by Anatoli Annenkov (EBRD) and Jan Cienski (Financial Times) in a powerful debate on challenges and opportunities for the market chaired by George Leslie (KPMG).

CEE Insight Forum V: Tropical Storm2 IN PICTURES

Bananarama had the shoes tapping as and kilts twirling as they reeled out all the old classics

In October 2008 finance, investment and real estate business leaders joined IMF regional head Christoph Rosenberg at the Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal in Budapest to discuss the impact of the escalating financial and economic crisis on the CEE property markets

CEE Insight Forum IV Tropical Storm IN PICTURES

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	Alfred Watzl Chief Executive Officer Strabag As a civil engineer Alfred started his professional career from the roots – working several years as a site manager in a medium-size German/Bavarian company. He is following a family tradition representing the third generation working in the construction management. His professional experience began in Poland in 1998 with the position of a site manager of M1 Shopping Centre in Bytom, his outstanding achievements in the role contributing to his promotion in 2004 to the CEO of STRABAG General Construction & Engineering Division. Since 2007 Alfred is also CEO of Züblin Poland, another daughter company of STRABAG SE. Alfred is responsible for almost 1000 employees in Poland and is very well linked to other CEE and SEE markets via the Strabag Group. Strabag was awarded the CEE Real Estate Commercial & Construction Services Company of the Year 2005.