Panelists for “Which Capital Cities in Europe Have Most to Gain from Brexit?” will include Marie-Célie Guillaume, managing director, Defacto (Paris La Défense); Marie Hunt, executive director, CBRE Ireland; Prof. Dr. Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, permanent secretary strategies for Berlin and airport policy for the Governing Mayor of Berlin; and Raphael Tréguier, CEO, Cegereal.

The discussion at MIPIM will encompass global trends, as well, including Tuesday morning's keynote by author and strategist Dr. Parag Khanna, “Why Do Connectivity and Geography Affect the Future of Global Affairs?” A global contributor for CNN and managing partner of Hybrid Reality, a geostrategic advisory firm, Khanna is author most recently of Connectivity: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization.

And “Ousting the Establishment: What Is the Impact on the RE Industry?” will examine case studies including Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as well as the upcoming German, French and Dutch elections. Chris Marlin, president of Lennar International, and Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors in the US, have been confirmed as speakers.

Check back on GlobeSt.com over the next few days for onsite coverage from MIPIM. As for the Brexit conversation, it will continue later this year at MIPIM UK, scheduled for Oct. 18 and 19 in London.

CANNES, FRANCE—The geopolitical environment is a key influencer in commercial real estate, and no more so than this year, as the implications of the surprising UK vote to exit the European Union start to be realized with the triggering of Article 50. With that in mind, this year's annual MIPIM conference here will focus on how Brexit and changing world politics will affect the industry.

The 2017 edition of MIPIM will mark the first time that the British government has its own pavilion at the four-day confab, running Tuesday through Friday at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. It will be led by the government's Department of International Trade and will involve senior ministers who will be promoting its “Investment is Great” campaign to major international real estate companies and investors.

London's two deputy mayors, Jules Pipe and James Murray, will be on hand as well, with Pipe offering introductory remarks to a panel discussion titled “How is London Responding to the Immediate Challenges Posed by Brexit?” Other participants in the panel discussion will include Miles Gibson, head of UK research at CBRE; and Tomas Jurdak, managing director UK with HB Reavis/ Paul Norman, managing news editor with CoStar Group UK, will moderate the discussion, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

Brexit may produce winners and losers among European capitals, and a discussion of which cities have the most to gain from Brexit is scheduled for later on Tuesday afternoon. It will examine what historically has made London and the UK a popular home for global business and discuss which cities in Europe are best positioned, with the right infrastructure, to accommodate any major corporate relocations out of the UK.

Panelists for “Which Capital Cities in Europe Have Most to Gain from Brexit?” will include Marie-Célie Guillaume, managing director, Defacto (Paris La Défense); Marie Hunt, executive director, CBRE Ireland; Prof. Dr. Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, permanent secretary strategies for Berlin and airport policy for the Governing Mayor of Berlin; and Raphael Tréguier, CEO, Cegereal.

The discussion at MIPIM will encompass global trends, as well, including Tuesday morning's keynote by author and strategist Dr. Parag Khanna, “Why Do Connectivity and Geography Affect the Future of Global Affairs?” A global contributor for CNN and managing partner of Hybrid Reality, a geostrategic advisory firm, Khanna is author most recently of Connectivity: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization.

And “Ousting the Establishment: What Is the Impact on the RE Industry?” will examine case studies including Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as well as the upcoming German, French and Dutch elections. Chris Marlin, president of Lennar International, and Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors in the US, have been confirmed as speakers.

Check back on GlobeSt.com over the next few days for onsite coverage from MIPIM. As for the Brexit conversation, it will continue later this year at MIPIM UK, scheduled for Oct. 18 and 19 in London.