LeadingRE Global Symposium 2025

Bridges to the Future: AI, data and the human touch in Prague

LeadingRE, the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, held its 2025 Global Symposium at the Fairmont Golden Prague from 7 to 9 October, under the theme "Bridges to the Future: Global Insight, Local Impact". RISMedia reported that members from 31 countries attended to explore how global trends are reshaping local markets.

Three days in Prague

The programme opened on Tuesday with a commercial real estate workshop and the first general session. Wednesday brought the sessions "Excellence in Action" and "Global Markets, Smart Tech & Shared Success", followed by excursions in the city and the Gala Dinner and Awards. Thursday turned to growth strategy and the outlook for the network, and closed with a celebration at Villa Richter.

Smart technology and shared success

INTRIC's founder, Abhii Dabas, spoke on the Wednesday morning panel "Global Markets, Smart Tech & Shared Success". It began with members from different markets describing housing trends, buyer opportunities and population shifts, then turned to how AI, data and digital tools are changing the relationship between agent and client, from personalised service to predictive insight. It ended with roundtables for managers and agents.

In RISMedia's account of the AI segment, moderated by LeadingRE's chief operating officer Kate Reisinger, Mr Dabas sat alongside Berry Everitt of Chas Everitt International and Wolfram Gast of VON POLL IMMOBILIEN. The agency leaders described AI inside their own companies; Mr Dabas took the investor's view.

He described INTRIC's platform as "buyer-driven, community-based and global", and said that AI helps investors identify cross-border opportunities efficiently "but it doesn't replace judgment". On the limits of the technology: "When AI tries to do too much, it becomes irritating. AI has to be genuinely useful, not performative."

Tech and touch

The panel kept returning to one point: adoption depends on culture as much as on tools, and technology should support the personal relationships that property depends on. RISMedia summed up the closing message as using technology not to replace the human touch but to enhance it.