GIS PRESS RELEASE
📰 Long press release
Global Investment Summit 2026: Five years connecting the world of investment. Prague will host the most significant investment event of the year
Prague Castle, Martinic Palace, 4 March 2026 – the jubilee fifth annual event Global Investment Summit (GIS) will bring a two-day programme to Prague full of exclusive data, expert discussions and meetings of Czech and global business leaders.
This year's summit will focus primarily on property investment, but it will also offer a broad outlook into capital markets, private equity, trading, cryptocurrencies, and macroeconomic predictions.
Key themes of the 2026 programme
(selection of main blocks)
- Current data on property price developments Ondřej Záruba will provide exclusive analyses of the residential and commercial markets.
- Main causes of insufficient construction in the Czech Republic – architects and state representatives on spatial plans and slow approval processes.
- Debate of leaders in Prague and regional development – strategies of the largest developers, capital transfers and new opportunities.
- FKI as a tool for development financing – mezzanine vs. equity, the difference between real and „fake“ funds.
- Real Estate Funds and the Buy Side Perspective – asset allocation, risks and opportunities in the Czech market.
- CEE region: office and retail properties – impacts of e-commerce, home office, and the role of foreign investors.
- The logistics and data centres of the future – GPU data centres, project delays, and challenges in the European market.
- Hospitality & HoReCa Investments in the hotel and catering industry.
- Elite Real Estate Agents and Consultants – client expectations, valuations, and lack of data.
- Architecture and Its Economic Significance – examples of buildings that have retained their value across decades.
- Leisure properties – where Czechs invest at home and abroad.
- Shares, bonds, trading, crypto and private equity – from radical stock market changes and fixed income to debates on private equity and next-generation trading strategies.
- Macroeconomic outlook – inflation, interest rates, geopolitics and the impact of the US elections.
Distinguished Speakers 2026
The summit will welcome over 40 top personalities from the Czech Republic and abroad. Among them:
- Miroslav Singer, Chief Economist CEE, Generali CEE Holding B.V.
- Ondřej Záruba, Managing Director, Comsense Analytics / Future X1
- Jana Brodani, Executive Director, AKAT
- Michal Skořepa, Economist, Česká spořitelna
- Lukáš Kovanda, Chief Economist, Trinity Bank
- Lubor Žalman, Founder, EnCor Wealth Management
- Pavel Peterka, Chief Economist, XTB
- Dominik Stroukal, Assistant Professor, Metropolitan University Prague
- Michaela Nováková, Chief Editor, Investiční web
- Marek Tichý, Co-Founder, TaK Architects
- Winy Maas, Co-Founder, MVRDV (Netherlands)
- Regina Loukotová, Head of School, ARCHIP
- Vladimír 518, Founder, Czech Architecture 58–89
and other leading economists, architects, investors, influencers, and representatives of state administration.
Exclusive guests and anniversary
The summit will traditionally also welcome special guests – personalities from the world of architecture and capital markets. Their presentations will complement the annual reflection on five years of GIS.
„Five years of GIS show that Prague is a natural centre for investment debate in Central Europe. This year's summit will offer the most comprehensive programme in its history – from real estate and capital markets to macroeconomics,“ says organiser Jan Novotný.
Practical information
When and where 4 March 2026, Martinic Palace, Prague Castle
Tickets and programme www.globalinvestsummit.com
