Golden Group and Astra Real Estate team participate in the LeadingRe Global Symposium in Cascais, Portugal.

This Leading Global Symposium was an event full of knowledge sharing, exchange of best practices, and networking with the best real estate agents and brokers from all over the world, with the same aim – to connect globally but lead locally.

The program of the Symposium included a range of timely topics impacting all our businesses in 2022 and beyond.

An expansive world only shrinks as understanding grows. Some of our sessions focused on exploring the world landscape that affects our industry – and what we can do to prepare our business for success in the future. We have heard an inspiring keynote address from LeadingRE CEO Paul Boomsma, focusing on the importance of relationships in a global world. One of the opening general sessions introduced us to our beautiful host nation by exploring the influences, trends, and conditions that affect the Portuguese real estate market. Leading Re Chief Economist Dr.Marci Rossel examined the global economic factors in today’s market with her unique ability to take complex issues and make them relevant to our business and lives

Industry experts discussed the latest updates in the developer and commercial spaces. We also heard about the latest updates and what’s ahead for LeadingRE’s programs and global tools designed to support our success and elevate our business to the next level. The best sales experts discussed the latest industry trends, opportunities, and challenges. Through the always popular World of Real Estate segment, we heard best practices from colleagues representing markets worldwide.

The second-day session culminated with a special keynote address from renowned speaker and resilience trainer George Anderson, who delivered actionable strategies for cultivating a foundation of resilience to achieve top performance even in the face of inevitable adversity, failure, and setbacks.


Our final day began with a look ahead as experts forecast what the future will hold for the business of the real estate. We heard an exploration of technological innovations transforming our business – including PropTech, crypto, blockchain, and the metaverse. Closing out the program, we got a chance to guide the discussion through the Leading Re “Interact to Impact” segment, designed to identify and address the topics affecting real estate now and into the future.

We learned how members around the world are making LeadingRe an integral part of their branding strategy and saw the examples that inspired us to tell better the stories of our worldwide connections and global reach using LeadingRe.