Over 400 senior level attendees from 18 countries will be welcomed to London by Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes during the Corenet Global EMEA Summit being held on 27-29 September.

Over 400 senior level attendees from 18 countries will be welcomed to London by Deputy Mayor Richard Barnes during the Corenet Global EMEA Summit being held on 27-29 September.

Themed 'Ingenuity at Work: Bold Approaches to Corporate Real Estate', the Summit will focus on the industry's creative response to the challenge of a slow-moving economic recovery in the mature European markets.

Delegates will travel from Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia to attend the annual European Summit. Attendees will comprise corporate real estate executives and portfolio managers, real estate consultants and economic developers.

Major corporate occupiers presenting in the comprehensive programme will include Cisco, Deutsche Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, Motorola, Pfizer and Shell, joining many other leading corporate real estate experts including service providers, academics, economic developers and consultants.

The general session programme will include Baroness Susan Greenfield, the neurobiologist, broadcaster and author, who will focus on 'The Neuroscience of Ingenuity' looking at the ability to think creatively and foster real ingenuity.

Entrepreneur Sahar Hashemi, author and founder of Coffee Republic, will look at the 'Bold Approaches to Life', and what is needed to 'take a chance' on innovation, and overcome your fears to strike out on your own.

A third general session involves a debate to address the motion 'The Recession has Crushed Courage: Bold approaches to corporate real estate are no longer possible, and we are entering a new era of caution'.

Participants arguing for the motion will include Nigel Baker (Microsoft), Andrew Adams (Arcadis), and Roland Teixeira (GE), while those against will include Neil Usher (Rio Tinto), Flip Verwaaijen (TNT), and Thomas Glatte (BASF). Patrick Morrissey of GVA Grimley is the moderator.

Finally, economist and author Norbert Walter will also provide a video update on his uncompromising economic forecasts presented at last year's summit.